2007 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

AFTER TWO SETS OF TIRES WE WERE TOLD THE LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON FRONT END. HAD TO PARK THE CAR AND WAIT A WEEK BEFORE THE PARTS CAME IN. WE WERE TOLD IT WASN'T SAFE TO DRIVE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE MANY PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE. ALSO THE WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE WAS SERVICED EACH TIME AT THE DODGE DEALER WHO INFORMED US THESE PROBLEM SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN SO SOON. *TR

FIRST MY CAR STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A DRYER FULL OF BALL BEARINGS THE BALL BEARING THE OEM ONES IN THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT PULLEY SO THE WHOLE ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED $600+ (FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN 2007 DODGE CALIBERS) THEN WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT MY TIRE FELL OFF DUE TO FAULTY/WORN-OUT I BALL JOINTS AND UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS.. HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT END SUSPENSION $1400+! (THIS IS A MAJOR COMPLAINT AS I HAVE FOUND ONLINE. I HAVE READ OVER 200 DIFFERENT COMPLAINT STATEMENTS) NOT TO MENTION MY ABS LIGHT WAS ON AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE OUT MY SPEED SENSOR 100 +. THEN MY CK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2 WEEKS AFTER THE ENTIRE FRONT END SUSPENSION WAS REPLACED WHEN I DROVE THE CAR IT WOULD SHAKE AND ACTED LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER & WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE PAST 35 MPH. I TOOK IT IN IT HAD SEVERAL STORED CODES. ONE WAS THEN INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS STUCK AND THE OTHER WAS THE CAMSHAFT.. THEY CLEARED IT OUT AND ONLY THE MANIFOLD CAME BACK UP SO THEY SAID I HAD TO REPLACE THAT. WE DID $800 + I PICKED IT UP & A DAY LATER IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING NOW SAYING MULTI. CYLINDER MISFIRE & CAMSHAFT THEY CLEARED IT AND TEST DROVE IT BUT IT DID NOT COME BACK ON SO THE DODGE TECH. HAS NO CLUE WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT & NO CLUE ON THE COST ( THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A PROBLEM ON 2007 DODGE CALIBERS) THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS AND MY CAR HAS ABOUT 86000 TO 87000 MI ON IT! I?M FED UP THIS CAR IS FALLING APART. AS I HAVE READ DODGE KNOWS OF THESE ISSUES & HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT I HAVE ALSO CALLED AND MADE MY COMPLAINT NO CALL BACK YET..ANY OPEN LAWSUITS ON THIS? I WOULD EVEN BE HAPPY IF DODGE WOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THESE ISSUES AS OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE WELL DOCUMENTED KNOWN ISSUES. I HAVE SPENT WAY TO MUCH ON THIS CAR IN 3 MONTHS AND @ 7 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH A 6 YEAR OLD I NEED A SAFE RELIABLE CAR! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO EMIT A LOUD SOUND FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

I HAD TO HAVE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE REPLACED AT ABOUT 36,000 MILES, TIE ROD ENDS, BALL JOINTS, AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS. NOW ONLY 1.5 YEARS LATER (AT 53,000 MILES) ONE OF THE CONTROL ARMS IS BAD AGAIN. I'M NOT SURE WHY ALL OF THESE PARTS HAVE SUCH A HIGH FAILURE RATE BUT FROM DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND TALKING TO OTHER CALIBER OWNERS THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING AT VERY LOW MILEAGE. EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT DRIVING ONE OF THESE THINGS WHEN THE STEERING GOES OUT. I HAVE TALKED TO CHRYSLER PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY OF COURSE DON'T WANT TO ADMIT ANY FAULT AND INSTEAD IMPLY THAT YOU MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM YOURSELF DUE TO YOUR DRIVING HABITS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD PROVIDE NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. ....UPDATED 10/11/12 *BF UPDATED 10/15/2012 *JS

CAR SWERVED TO THE LEFT SUDDENLY AND FORCEFULLY TWICE. FIRST TIME WAS ON A 3 LANE ROAD. IF ANOTHER VEHICHILE WERE IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOIUS COLLISION. SECOND TIME NEARLY AVOIDED A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THEN WHEN I PULLED INTO MY DRIVE WAY, THE U-JOINT ON MY FRONT PASSENDER TIRE BROKE COMPLETELY. CAR BECAME UNDRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. *TT

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ON PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT TURN ON TOOK INTO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS THE TIPM TELLING THE LIGHT NOT TO TURN ON SO IN OTHER WORDS ITS A BAD TIPM. I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE PART WOULD BE CLOSE TO $1200. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND I SEE THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE. THE OTHER DAY THE DRIVER SIDE DECIDED TO TURN OFF AS WELL. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING IN THE DARK AND THE ONE HEADLIGHT THAT I DO HAVE DECIDES TO TURN OFF AND I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE SET INTO MOTION ON THIS PART. APPARENTLY THE TIPM CAUSES MANY ISSUES OTHER THAN JUST WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING. *JS

A SMALL BRASS BUSHING FELL ON MY RIGHT FOOT ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING. I PICKED IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE CONSOLE CUP HOLDER. A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE GAS PEDAL STUCK AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES SINCE. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO CHECK IF MY CALIBER WAS COVERED UNDER THE GAS PEDAL RECALL. I WAS TOLD THE RECALL ONLY COVERED VEHICLES FROM A CERTAIN DATE RANGE. MY CALIBER WAS MANUFACTURED 2/06. *TT

WHEN PUMPING GAS I CANNOT ALLOW IT TO 'FILL UP' BECAUSE THE GAS WILL LEAK OUT INSTEAD OF TELLING THE HANDLE TO STOP PUMPING GAS AS IT NORMALLY SHOULD. I AM AWARE THAT DODGE DURANGO HAD A RECALL ON THIS VERY MATTER, YET THE CALIBER HAS NOT. I HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY GALLONS I PUT IN SO AS NOT TO LET IT OVER FLOW. AM I THE ONLY OWNER OF A DODGE CALIBER HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM/GASOLINE? *JS

THE RECALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF FAULTY WIRING BY VIKING DODGE OF CRYSTAL LAKE. THIS DEALERSHIP IS OUT OF BUSINESS. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL INSTALLED BY VIKING DODGE WAS NOT A MOPAR APPROVED PART. I HAVE FURNISHED CHRYSLER ALL THE DOCUMENTATION STATING THAT THIS IS CAUSING A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE PEDAL. THEY HAVE TOLD ME I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING THE INCORRECT INSTALLATION BY ONE OF THERE OLD DEALERSHIPS. *JS