2007 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

AFTER SUNDAY SERVICE, I WAS LEAVING OUT OF THE CHURCH'S PARKING GARAGE, WHEN THE SPEED ON MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED TO A SPEED BEYOND MY ABILITY TO CONTROL IT BEFORE HITTING, HEAD ON, A PILLAR INSIDE THE GARAGE. THIS RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE FRONT DAMAGE TO RADIATOR, HOOD,. FENDER, GRILL, FAN ASSEMBLY, A/C LINES, MANIFOLD, THROTTLE, BATTERY, AIR CONDENSER, U&L REINFORCEMENTS, & HOOD LATCH DAMAGE. THE CAR IS STILL AT A MECHANICS GARAGE AWAITING COSTLY REPAIRS. OLD PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. THANK GOD I WAS NOT PHYSICALLY INJURED, JUST SHATTERED NERVES AND MAJOR INCONVENIENCES. *TR

2007 DODGE CALIBER. BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS FAILING AT 52,000 MILES. VERY PREMATURE. THE DEALER SAID THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE OFF THE LOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATE 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE FOR 20 MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER CHIP. THE FAILURE HAPPENED A WEEK LATER AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE FAILURE. SHE THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. TWO WEEKS LATER THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED HER THAT THEY WOULD CALL HER WHEN SPECIAL TECHNICIANS CAME FROM CHRYSLER. THE DEALER NEVER NOTIFIED HER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

I BOUGHT A 2007 DODGE CALIBER IN APRIL 08, IT HAD 12,00 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 70,000 MILES. IT IS MAKING A LOUD CLICKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. I CAN FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND ON THE FLOOR BOARD WHENEVER I MAKE A TURN OR GO OVER A BUMP. I DO NOT HAVE A WARRANTY, AND THE DEALER WANTS 75.00 JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING WITH MY SMALL CHILD, MY TURN SIGNALS, HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS, AND WIPERS JUST STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE LOOKED AT HUNDREDS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE SAME ISSUES, BUT I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY RECALLS FOR THESE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING. I AM NOT SURE HOW I WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. WONDERING HOW DODGE CAN GET AWAY WITH THESE SAME ISSUES HAPPENING WITH THOUSANDS OF CALIBERS AND THEM NOT BE HELD LIABLE TO FIX IT AT THEIR COST? WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN! THANK YOU, AND I HOPE TO SEE RECALLS VERY SOON FOR THESE ISSUES! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A PRECEDING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY WAS INVESTIGATING THE FAILURE BUT HAD NOT REACHED A DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,016.

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A DEFECT WITH MY 2007 DODGE CAIBER.THE INSIDE HANDLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR PEELED AWAY THE OUTER LAYER. AS I HAD MY HAND ON THE HANDLE I CUT MYSELF. SINCE IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY ANY MORE I HAD TO PAY FOR A NEW HANDLE. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS RIGHT SINCE I THINK IT IS A DEFECT. *TR

DODGE FAILED TO NOTIFY ME OF A RECALL ON MY GAS PEDAL. DUE TO THIS THE PEDAL STUCK AS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE REACHING SPEEDS OF 80+ ON A BACK ROAD. I CONTACTED A DEALER WHICH GOT ME IN THE NEXT DAY BUT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A DAY TO GET THE PART IN. SO IN THE MEAN TIME I WAS SUPPOSE TO DRIVE MY CAR ON THE ROADS SO THIS COULD STICK AGAIN AND HOPE THAT I WAS AS LUCKY AS THE FIRST TIME WHERE NO ONE WAS HURT. ALSO THERE IS OTHER DAMAGE TO THE BRAKES AND FRONT END FROM TRYING TO STOP THIS BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING IT HAS TO COME OUT OF MY POCKET. ALSO SINCE I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR FOR A DAY TILL THE PART CAME IN I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR A RENTAL OUT OF MY POCKET OR DRIVE MY CAR. SO DODGE DID NOT SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH ME DRIVING MY CAR AGAIN. DOES ANYONE ELSE FEEL THIS WAS NOT A SMART THING TO DO THAT THIS WAS UNSAFE. IT IS LIKE SENDING A DEATH TRAP ON THE ROAD TO KILL SOMEONE. DODGE COULD CARELESS ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS OR ANYONE'S LIFE. *TR

NOTICED RATTLING IN FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED DURING AN OIL CHANGE BY A NATIONAL COMPANY. THE ESTIMATE INCLUDED RIGHT CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT. TOOK CAR TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO I HAVE DEALT WITH FOR OVER 20 YEARS. HE STATED THE RIGHT BALL JOINT NEEDED REPLACING BUT CONTROL ARMS WERE FINE. HAD RIGHT BALL JOINT REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A BOTTLE OF WATER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT SERVICE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO HERS AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

HAD TO REPLACE STRUTS AT 46,000 MILES, THEN AT 59,000 HAD TO REPLACE LOWER BALL JOINT WITH CONTROL ARMS, WAS TOLD NO TO DRIVE CAR UNTIL IT WAS FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS, THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. ALSO KNOW OF 3 OTHERS IN SMALL COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SAME PROBLEM, WITH SAME CAR. ALSO COURTESY DODGE IN ALTOONA PA, KNOWS OF PROBLEM WITH THE CALIBERS AND ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR