2007 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

I BOUGHT A USED 2007 DODGE CALIBER ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO. IT HAD ABOUT 27,000 MILES ON IT. I LOVE THE CAR EXCEPT FOR ONE MAJOR PROBLEM. ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO(CAR NOW HAS 46,000 MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY) I GOT STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER. HE INFORMED ME THAT MY REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING(THIRD BRAKE LIGHT WORKED OK). I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM SO THEY COULD DIAGNOSE IT. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED SOME KIND OF SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND WAS GOING TO COST ME BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NO LONGER IN WARRANTY. I LOST MY JOB SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THE CAR AND TOLD THE DEALERSHIP I COULDN\'T AFFORD TO PAY. THEY DID SOME TYPE OF RESET(FREE OF CHARGE)AND SAID IT MIGHT NOT LAST. THE OTHER DAY I GOT STOPPED AGAIN, FINDING OUT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING AGAIN. I'M STILL NOT WORKING SO THINGS ARE EVEN TIGHTER THAN BEFORE. I CALLED DODGE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HELP ME OUT. HE SAID HE TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD HAVE TO DIAGNOSE IT. BECAUSE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THEY MIGHT NEED THE CAR FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THE CHARGES COULD BE QUITE HIGH. THE GUY AT DODGE SAID THE BEST HE COULD DO IS PAY HALF OF THE REPAIR. I TOLD HIM HALF WASN'T GOING TO HELP SO I GUESS MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO DRIVE IT LIKE IT WAS. MY INTENSION WAS TO KEEP THE CAR FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND BUY A NEW DODGE BUT IF THIS IS THE WAY THEY OPERATE I GUESS I'LL BUY ANOTHER BRAND. HE SAID HE WOULD KEEP ON RECORD IN CASE I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT SPLITTING THE CHARGES. I TOLD HIM HE SHOULD KEEP IT ON RECORD SO WHEN I GET REAR ENDED I CAN SAY I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I'M STILL OUT OF WORK AND STILL DRIVING IT WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME, BUT WHAT CAN I DO? *TR

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC TODAY THAT THE BALL JOINTS ON THE FRONT NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE DANGEROUSLY DEFECTIVE AND IF THEY BREAK WHILE I AM DRIVING, THEY COULD CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT BALL JOINTS SHOULD NOT BE WORN OUT ON A CAR THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD AND ONE WITH 41,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. HE SAID THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE LIKELY DEFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE. THE FRONT TIRES CAN BE FREELY MOVED AND JIGGLED WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH LITTLE EFFORT. I HAVE GOTTEN NO HELP FROM MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER IN REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AND AM FORCED TO RISK MY LIFE EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL I CAN AFFORD THE REPAIR WHICH WILL COST BETWEEN $500 AND $1,200. BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE LIKELY DEFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE, I SUSPECT THAT ALL OTHER DODGE CALIBERS MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE SAME PARTS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE OWNERS ARE SIMPLY UNAWARE THAT THEIR VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

2007 DODGE CALIBER, WHILE DRIVING TODAY GOING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN WITH SON IN THE BACK SEAT. THE KEYCHAIN HOLDER YOU ATTACH TO ANY KEY GOT CAUGHT ON THE STERRING WHEEL PART AND ACTUALLY BROKE THE KEY OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT THE GADGETS SHOULDN'T BE POSITIONED THAT WAY. ANYWAY THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE KEY IS STILL IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT ALMOST CAUSED ALOT OF CARS TO HIT THE CAR BECAUSE AFTER THEY KEY BROKE OFF AND HALF STAYED IN THE CAR IT ACTUALLY LOCKED THE WHEEL. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT I TOLD MY SPOUSE NOT TO TOUCH IT. WE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED TODAY. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE AT ALL. I FEEL THE WHEEL AND THE SPACE THEY HAVE FROM WHERE THE KEY IS INSERTED AND WHERE THEY PUT OTHER THINGS IS OBVIOUSLLY UNSAFE. WE ARE FRUSTRATED AND AFRAID OF GETTING BACK IN THE CAR WHEN IT IS FIXED. ALSO WHERE DO WE GO TO GET THIS FIXED SINCE THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT? A STEERING WHEEL SHOULD NEVER BE DESIGNED WHERE THE PARTS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT A SIMPLE STRING THAT IS YOUR KEY CHAIN AND SHORT CAN GET CAUGHT ON THE GADGETS OF THE WHEEL. MY SON IS ONLY 4 PLEASE GIVE US ADVICE. WHEN TRYING TO GET THE WHEEL TO MOVE AFTER IT STOPPED OUR SON WAS JERKED AND WE ARE FRUSTRATED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT LEAVING ME DRIVING IN THE DARK WITH OUR BEING ABLE TO SEE THE SPEEDOMETER OR FUEL GAUGE, ETC. ALL OTHER INTERIOR LIGHTS CONTINUED TO OPERATE. THE LIGHTS THEN CAME BACK ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WENT OUT AGAIN. IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE GAUGE CLUSTER. IT STILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS RELEASE WITHOUT PUSHING RELEASE BUTTON OR WHEN COMING TO A FAST STOP. *TR

POSITIVE BATTERY POST ON ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER BATTERY CAME LOOSE FROM BODY AND RELEASED BATTERY ACID INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. BATTERY ACID ATE THROUGH PROTECTIVE COATING ON WIRES TO MAIN ELECTRICAL AND CAUSED CAR TO STALL AND MALFUNCTION. *TR

CAR WAS WORKING FINE. PURCHASED APRIL 26 2009 WITH 12000 MILES ON IT. ON FATHERS DAY OF THIS YEAR, CAR INTERMITTENTLY STALLED ON FREEWAY WHILE GOING AROUND 65 MPH. HAPPENED 1 MORE TIME ON FREEWAY, 2X ON ROAD, 2X IN PARKING LOTS SINCE THEN. DODGE CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR. - REPLACES IGNITION SWITCH. INTERMITTENT STALLING HAPPENS AGAIN. -- *TR

2007 DODGE CALIBER GAS PEDAL. WITH 50,600 MILES. WHILE DRIVING APPROX 65 MPH ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY THE GAS PEDAL ACCELERATED TO OVER 90 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES AND EMERGENCY BRAKES COULD NOT STOP THE CAR ONLY SLOWED IT SLIGHTLY WHEN I REACHED THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE CAR TO FULLY STOP THE VEHICLE. THE GAS PEDAL WAS REPLACED AND EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE EXCESSIVE SPEED. *TR

IN APRIL TOOK CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND CAR MAKING NOISES. REPAIRED SEVERAL WARRANTY ISSUES AND ALSO ROTATED AND BALANCED TIRES. SINCE THEN HAVE HAD A VIBRATION SOUND AND THUMPING 2 DEALERS TELL ME TIRES ARE CHOPPED AND NEED REPLACING FIRST TIME AT AROUND 15, 000 MILES AND NOW AT 18,000. HOW CAN THIS BE. DID HAVE SUSPENSION WARRANTY WORK DONE IN APRIL. BOUGHT CAR IN 7/07 WITH ONLY 65 MILES ON IT. I HAVE READ ON SEVERAL FORUMS THAT OTHER CALIBER OWNERS ARE HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THEM IN THE CAR. ALSO, THE NOISE VIBRATION LEVEL IS HORRIBLE AND YOU CANNOT EVEN HEAR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT NOISE. *TR

I OWN A 2007 DODGE CALIBER R/T WITCH I PURCHASED NEW. AFTER THE FIRST 4 MONTHS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE. I NOTICED THAT EVERY BUMP I HIT, THE CAR WOULD SWAY BACK AND FORTH ON THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE STABILITY WAS NOT GOOD AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE STABILITY SYSTEM PROGRAM FEATURE. I PROCEEDED TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER AND HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS FINE. I JUST NEEDED TIRES. I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AND STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SO I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AGAIN AND THEY THEN REPLACED THE SWAY BAR LINKS AND STRUTS. I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM SO I BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN AND THE DEALER SAID IT WAS FINE. IT IS NOT FINE! IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HARD TO CONTROL ON A ROAD THAT IS NOT PERFECTLY PAVED ESPECIALLY IN RAINY WEATHER AND WINTER MONTHS THIS VEHICLE HAS VERY BAD TRACTION AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF UNABLE TO CONTROL, WHICH I AM TRYING TO PREVENT FROM HAPPENING. I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHER DODGE CALIBER OWNERS AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW I'M EXPERIENCING WATER RUNNING INTO MY CAR EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE AC OR HEAT AND HOT WATER RUNNING ON MY FOOT WHILE DRIVING WHENEVER I TURN A CORNER. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF THIS MATTER IS INVESTIGATED AND RESOLVED. THANK YOU *TR