2007 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD UNTIL THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO RELEASE IT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 80 MPH. WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. WHEN SHE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SPUN OVER A SIDEWALK INTO A PARKING LOT. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE; THEREFORE, SHE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE KEYS BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION FOR THIRTY MINUTES. THE DEALER HAD NOT INFORMED THE CONTACT WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE EXPERIENCED HEADACHES AND NECK PAIN AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

2007 DODGE CALIBER OVER THE WINTER THE CAR IDLED ROUGH AND SOMETHING CAME ON ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. I THE LAST 3WEEKS THE THROTTLE PEDAL ON THE CAR GOT STUCK 4 TIMES. I JUST READ ON INTERNET THIS YEAR CAR HAD PROBLEMS. I CALLED LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY ONLY HEARD ABOUT PROBLEM ON INTERNET TOO. THEY HEARD NOTHING FROM DODGE. THE STUCK PEDAL DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT COULD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS HALF DEPRESSED, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL CLICK FOLLOWED BY A MOMENTARY STICKING OF THE PEDAL. THE CONTACT WOULD TAP ON THE ACCELERATOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD RELEASE AND RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,700.

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR JUST OVER 3 YEARS. IT HAS 38,000 KM/23,612 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TODAY TO SWAP OUT MY WINTER TIRES FOR MY SUMMER TIRES. WHEN I PICKED IT UP, I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS ON THE FRONT NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE WORN. IN FACT, HE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND I SHOULD GET THESE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT THE WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED AND THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THESE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1000.00. HE SAID THAT THE CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END INDICATES THAT THIS IS TRUE. I DO NOT HEAR ANY CLUNKING NOISE AND MY VEHICLE RUNS AND DRIVES VERY SMOOTHLY. I HAVE NOT PURSUED THIS MATTER WITH DODGE YET AS AT THE MOMENT I AM IN SHOCK. THIS VEHICLE IS A HIGHWAY DRIVEN VEHICLE AND USED VERY SELDOM IN THE CITY. THE ROADS THAT I DRIVE ARE PAVED AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED. I DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT AND IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, ABUSE THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS PRACTICALLY NEW GIVEN THE VERY LOW MILEAGE. I JUST WANTED TO DOCUMENT THIS PROBLEM IN CASE THERE ARE OTHER CALIBER OWNERS OUT THERE WHO RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM. NOT ONLY DO I NOT HAVE $1000 TO REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS, I NOW HAVE THE STRESS OF KNOWING THAT MY VEHICLE IS DANGEROUSLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TOOK MY CAR INTO SAFFORD DODGE IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA BECAUSE WHEN I HIT BRAKES MY CAR WOULD SHUDDER. I STATED THAT I FELT MY FRONT BRAKES WERE GOING BAD. AFTER THEY LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE THEY STATED I NEEDED MY REAR BRAKES REPLACED AND THAT MY FRONT ONES WERE FINE. UPON THEM WORKING ON MY REAR BRAKES, THEY INFORMED ME THAT CYLINDER WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP ON THE REAR LEFT SIDE. PREVENTING THE WHEEL FROM BEING PLACED BACK ON THE CAR. WHEN I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP, MY BRAKE PEDAL MADE A POPPING SOUND. I THOUGHT THAT WAS BECAUSE I JUST HAD NEW BRAKES PUT ON. FOUR DAYS LATER MY BRAKES WENT OUT ON ME AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT AND I WAS ABLE TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO SAFFORD DODGE AND THE FRONT DESK GUY PAUL STATED HE FELT THAT MY POWER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS BAD. I TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR BEFORE I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN EXCEPT THAT IT SHUDDERED. WHICH IT STILL DOES. *TR

4 SETS OF HEADLIGHT HAVE BLOWN ON THE CAR IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THEN MY GEARS AREN'T SHIFTING CORRECTLY BECAUSE IT'S MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHICH HAS BEEN HEARD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE. ALSO THE STEERING WHEEL CLICKS WHEN YOU TURN IT ON OCCASIONS. ON A 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT2.0. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO SPEEDS OF 75 MPH. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REACH OVER AND MANUALLY LIFT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECREASE IN SPEED AND CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THE BRONZE BUSHING RING LYING ON THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED REPLACING THE ENTIRE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 59,000.

I PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE CALIBER I LATE SPET OF 2007 AND TE CAR WAS IN FACT USED AND CHECKED BY MECHANICS PRIOR TO SELL. MY FIRST PRBLEMS STARTED WHEN THE STRUTS ON THE VECHILE STARTED TO LEAK CAUSING SEVERAL BRAKE JOBS TOB NEEDED BECAUSE THE MECHANICS AT DODGE FAILED TO REALIZE THAT THIS LEAKAGE WAS CAUSING DAMAGE TOMY PADS.. ON MARCH 30 2010 WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60MPH ON A POORLY LIGHTED ROAD, I ATTEMPTED TO AVOID A OBJECT IN THE ROAD AND UPON MOVING INTO THE OTHER LANE THE CAR BEGAN TO SPIN OUT AND THE CAR ROLLED OVER, MY CAR CLEARED TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND AT LEAST 50 FEET OF MEDIAN BEFORE IT STOPPED ROLLING RIGHTBFRE HITTING SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC-- A BLESSNG -- AND AS I TURND OVER AND OVER MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, EVER I HAD ON PREVIOUS OCCASION BROUGHT TO DODGE ATTETION THAT MY AIRBAG SENSOR GOES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY ON THE PASSANGER SIDE AND THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR WHICH DID NOT FIX ANYTHING, MY CAR IS TOTALEDAN MY AIR BAGS DONT GO OFF. UNACCEPTABLE

I OWN A 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT. RECENTLY TOOK IT IN TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE CAR WAS PULLING SEVERELY TO ONE SIDE WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING BAD GRINDING SOUNDS. MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS AND ALSO THE BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WERE SO DETERIORATED THAT HE DEEMED THE VEHICLE UNDRIVEABLE UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE. IN HIS OFFICIAL OPINION THEY WERE THE WORST HE HAD EVER SEEN THAT DID NOT RESULT IN THE TIRES FALLING OFF. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE DODGE CALIBER MODELS I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THAT MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR TIRES FALL OFF AT 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY? I DO NOT WANT TO BE DRIVING WHEN THAT HAPPENS. NO THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT LED TO A DEATH YET, BUT DO WE REALLY NEED TO WAIT UNTIL IT DOES BEFORE CHRYSLER IS FORCED TO UPGRADE THE PARTS ON THEIR VEHICLES? $1000 WORTH OF PARTS AND SERVICE ON A 4 YEAR OLD CAR IS RIDICULOUS AND TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO USE LOW QUALITY PARTS THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED TO MY TIRES FALLING OFF AT 65 MPH IS UNSETTLING. *TR