2007 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

BALL JOINT FAILURE AT 50,000 MILES. WORE OUT TIRES . REPLACED BALL JOINTS AND TIRES. *TR

THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE ON LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS NOT WORKING. SO ,THE BRAKE LIGHTS & HORN DO NOT WORK . HOWEVER, THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT WAS TESTED THE BRAKE LIGHTS & HORN WORK INDIVIDUALLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN DRIVING LIKE THIS BUT ONE OF MY CO WORKERS TOLD ME MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OUT BECAUSE HE ALMOST HIT ME IN THE REAR. THIS PART IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS NOT PART OF THE ENGINE. IT WILL COST APPRX. $820 FOR REPAIR. WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD AT THIS TIME. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE DRIVING WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS OR A HORN. SOMEONE CAN GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR POSSIBLY DIE FROM DRIVING LIKE THIS. *TR

WAS INVOLVED IN A PD CRASH WHEN A PIECE OF TIRE TREAD APPEARED IN MY LANE AND I STRUCK IT CAUSING MY ENGINE TO HAVE COMPLETE FAILURE. WHEN THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP BEING REPAIRED, SHOP PERSONNEL ADVISED ME THAT MY FRONT SUSPENSION (CONTROL ARMS, ETC.) NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I HAD IN MAY, 2010 (MILEAGE APPROXIMATELY 87,000) NOTICED A LOOSENESS TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I GO OVER RR TRACKS IT SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE A CLUNKING OR GRINDING IN THE FRONT END. I KNOW IT'S NOT MY BRAKES AS I HAVE HAD THEM LOOKED AT. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH DODGE? I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE IN REGARDS TO THE SUSPENSION PROBLEM THAT I AM ALSO HAVING. *TR

2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT HAVING BALL JOINT/TIE ROD/CONTROL ARM FAILURE AT 53,000 MILES. REPLACEMENT OF ALL PARTS AT 1000.00 EXPENSIVE. VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YRS OLD AND HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXHIBIT AND UNUSUAL VIBRATING NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE INTERIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WERE ROTTING AWAY FROM THE CONTROL ARMS. UPDATED 04/15/11*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY SO THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE BEGAN TO RECUR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR LATER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE BRAKES, TIRES, TIE ROD AND BALL JOINTS WERE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. I CAN REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT PUTTING THE CAR IN "PARK". THIS ALLOWS THE CAR TO ROLL WHEN IT IS NOT ON. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, AS I HAVE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS EXITED THE CAR, AT WHICH TIME IT BEGINS TO ROLL AWAY. THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL FOR CERTAIN 2010 CHRYSLER PRODUCTS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN #10V200000). I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE 2007, IF NOT THE YEARS IN BETWEEN AS WELL. *TR

I HAVE 2007 CALIBER. I RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ABOUT ACCELERATOR. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN TO LOCAL DEALER THE PAPERWORK STATED THEY REPROGRAMMED SOMETHING WITH THE TEMP. IT IS NOW A MONTH LATER. CAR STARTED RUNNING HOT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. A FEW DAYS AGO I GO TO START MY CAR UP AND THE RPMS RAN UP TO 4 AND STAYED THERE WITHOUT GOING DOWN. IT SEEMED LIKE THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK DOWN. IT STAYED LIKE THIS UNTIL I HAD TO SHUT CAR OFF. CALLED DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME TO NOT TRY TO DRIVE AND HAVE CAR TOWED TO THEM. SPOKE WITH HEAD OF SERVICE AND HE STATED THAT THIS IN NO WAY IS RELATED TO THE RECALL BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL WAS FOR. THEY HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR A DAY NOW AND STILL NO VERDICT. I HAVE APPROX. 62,000 MILES. *TR

I OWN A 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT. IN EARLY 2009 I WAS TOLD BY MY DEALERSHIP THAT THE RIGHT LOWER BALLJOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. MY CAR ONLY HAD 45,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT ELSEWHERE TO BE REPLACED. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2010, THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME THAT THE LEFT LOWER BALLJOINT NOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE FRONT FEA THAT CONTAINS THE RECENTLY REPLACED RT BALL JOINT. MY CAR ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHICH ADVISED ME THAT BALL JOINTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED THIS EARLY ON. I THEN DID RESEARCH AND FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THERE ARE NO RECALLS AND I THINK THIS IS A DEFECT THAT LIES WITHIN DODGE. THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE'S SAFETY AT RISK! *TR

I BOUGHT A 2007, DODGE CALIBER. DROVE IT FOR A WHILE. THEN AS I WAS DRIVING IN A SCHOOL X-ING MY ACCELERATOR STUCK. I HAD A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH THE WOMAN STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. A WEEK LATER I RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE ACCELERATOR, AFTER THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. I HAVE HAD NO COMPENSATION, AND AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE. I MUST WORK. HELP ME PLEASE! *TR