2012 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL REGARDING MY 2012 DODGE CALIBER, REGARDING A LOSS OF AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITY DURING A CRASH DUE TO SHORTING CONDITION RESULTING IN NEGATIVE VOLTAGE TRANSIENT THAT TRAVELS TO THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER VIA THE FRONT IMPACT SENSOR WIRES. I RECEIVED THIS NOTICE AT LEAST 6 MONTHS AGO AND NO ACTION HAS HAPPENED YET REGARDING THIS RECALL. PLEASE HAVE THIS REVIEWED AS I TRAVEL MY FAMILY AROUND IN THIS CAR AND NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS UP TO STANDARDS. THANK YOU

MY OILS AND FLUID LEVELS WERE FINE. I HAVE ABOUT 74,000 ON MY VEHICLE, AND JUST HAD A RECENT OIL CHANGE ABOUT 300 MILES OR SO AGO. WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH ON A LOCAL STREET, MY VEHICLE''S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON. THE STEERING WENT OUT AND I IMMEDIATELY LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER OR MAINTAIN SPEED. I COASTED MY VEHICLE INTO A WENDY'S. I IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED MY CAR, AND MADE IT INTO THE PARKING LOT BEFORE LOSING THE ABILITY TO STEER AND MANAGE MY SPEED, AGAIN. I MANAGED TO GET IT THE 2 MILES OR SO HOME. I GOT IT TOWED, AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP.

"TAKATA RECALL" I HAVE A 2012 DODGE CALIBER AND THE HORN HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND I AM UNSURE WHY. THE HORN IS LOCATED IN THE AIRBAG ASSEMBLY AND BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT REPLACED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A HORN ON A 4 YEAR OLD CAR WOULD SUDDENLY STOP WORKING, AND IF IT'S NOT THE HORN IT WOULD BE THE AIRBAG. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A COLLISION, NOR HAS THE AIRBAG BEEN DEPLOYED SO I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS OCCURRING. I HAVE GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE DIFFERENT YEARS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE, BUT CHRYSLER IS REFUSING TO DEEM IT A RECALL ISSUE. ONE NIGHT I WAS AWAKEN TO MY HORN/ALARM GOING OFF, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS INSIDE A CLOSED GARAGE. THE HORN WON'T BLOW IF PRESSED, BUT WILL LATER BLOW ON IT'S ON IF YOU ATTEMPT TO PRESS IT. THERE IS AN ISSUE IN THE STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE IT BEGAN TO BLOW, AND IN ORDER TO STOP IT FROM BLOWING I HAD TO MOVE THE HORN PAD UP AND DOWN. THIS CANNOT BE NORMAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND THEN IGNITED INTO FLAMES NEAR THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THIS CAR JUST DROPED POWER ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH TO 15 MPH WITH NO WARNING HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY TO THE SHOLDER AND CALL A TOW TRUCK THE DODGE DEALER SAID IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE CARBARATER 700.00 DOLLARS LATER AND NOT COVERED THE CAR WASN'T EVEN 3 YEARS OLD THIS SHOULD BE A SAFTY ISSUE BUT NOT WITH DODGE NEVER AGAIN WILL I BY DODGE THEY SUCK.

THE LEFT TAIL LIGHT FIXTURE HAS ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 7.25 INCHES OF WATER/MOISTURE IN SIDE OF IT. THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHT FIXTURE HAS ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 2.75 INCHES OF WATER/MOISTURE IN SIDE OF IT. THE LEFT RUNNING, BRAKE AND TURNING SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, BUT THE REVERSE LIGHT (THE ONLY ONE COMPLETELY COVERED WITH WATER/MOISTURE) DOES NOT. THE RIGHT RUNNING, BRAKE, REVERSE AND TURNING SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY (NONE ARE COVERED BY WATER.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON THURSDAY WHERE I HIT A GUARD RAIL PRETTY HARD AND DEAD ON. AT THE TIME I WAS GOING 35 MPH IN THE POURING RAIN. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THIS IS VERY BOTHERSOME AS I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS CAR BEFORE NOT STARTING ALL THE TIME WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR. I HAD BUMPER DAMAGE, THE RIGHT HEAD LIGHT WAS DAMAGED AND MY NECK WAS SLICED BY THE SEATBELT! *TR

REAR SPEED SENSOR WENT MESSING WITH TRACTION CONTROL CRUISE CONTROL AND ABS SYSTEM NONE OF THEM WORKING SUE TO ONE SENSOR ON ONE WHEEL NOT WORKING PROPERLY AFTER A WHEEL BEARING HUB WENT AND GOT REPLACED. *JS

I WAS IN A ACCCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS A CAR THAT STOPPED ON HIS BRAKES QUICKLY, AND I HIT THE BACK OF HIM AND MY CAR FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRBAG DIDNT SUPRESS DURING THE ACCIDENT CAUSING ME AND MY FIANCEE TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT. *JS

I NOTICE WHERE EVER MY CAR HAS BEEN PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS OR MORE, WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK UP THE REAR BRAKES ARE GRINDING/RUBBING WHEREAS IT VIBRATES THE CAR. NOW YOU MAY SAY THAT THE BRAKES ARE WORN BUT THEY'RE NOT. I'VE HAD THEM INSPECTED AND THE PADS ARE GOOD. I'VE CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER DODGE CO AND WAS GIVEN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT BUT WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I'VE ASK A COUPLEOF DODGE CALIBER OWNERS AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, THIS PERSON HAD HIGH MILEAGE ON THEIR VEHICLE, EVEN A MECHANIC WHO WORKS FOR DODGE SAID HE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. IF YOU ASK MY OPINION, I WOULD SAY THAT THE PROBLEM LIES WITH THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. NOT ONLY WHEN ITS COLD BUT ALSO WHEN IT RAINS. I'M WRITING TO SEE IF YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE DODGE CALIBERS AND JEEPS FROM THE YEAR 2006 - 2012. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I AWAIT YOUR REPLY,[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR