2007 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

2007 DODGE CALIBER 1.8 LITER 5 SPEED STALLS AT IDLE IN TRAFFIC OR WHEN COASTING TO A STOP. WHEN THIS HAPPENS POWER STEERING AND BRAKES NO LONGER WORK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND NOTHING. I ALMOST RAN INTO A WALL THE LAST TIME IT STALLED THERE IS NO WARNING, LIKE YOU SHUT OF THE KEY. IT WILL RESTART NO PROBLEM BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A REAR END CRASH AT STOP LIGHTS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AS THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN AN IMPACT TO THE CURB OF THE BRIDGE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, IN A LIGHT RAIN. THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND FILED AN ACCIDENT REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO IMPOUND. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED, HOWEVER A SERVICE MECHANIC DID NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE MANUFACTURED FLOOR BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE FLOOR MAT BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE CONTACT'S SHOELACE. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH FLOOR MATS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DISARMS ITSELF AT RANDOM WITH OR WITHOUT OCCUPANT IN PSGR SEAT. DEALER CHECKED AND CALIBRATED SEAT SENSOR TO NO AVAIL. DEALER REPLACED AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE (OCM) AND VEHICLE SEEMS TO BE FIXED. *NM

THE FIRST WEEK I HEARD A HARD & SOLID CLICK NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE 6-15-06. ON 6-18-06 WHILE IN STAND-STILL TRAFFIC THE VEHICLES OIL LIGHT LIT UP & CHIMED PRIOR TO THE ENGINE STALLING & IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUTCH TO THE FLOOR. ON 6-19-06 I TOOK IT IN TO THE SHOP. JOHN AND I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP 6-22-06 SPOKE WITH BOB CORLETTE ABOUT THE MULTIPLE MECHANICAL FAILURES. WE WERE TOLD BY BOB THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. WE SPOKE WITH DAVID TINDALE (WHO PROVIDED THE OWNERS MANUAL) & WHO REASSURED BOTH OF US THAT THE PROBLEMS WOULD EITHER BE FIXED OR IF THEY COULDN'T BE FIXED THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENACT THE LEMON LAW & REPLACE THIS CAR WITH A NEW ONE. I DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF THE FOLLOWING WEEK 6-26-06, LEN THOMAS SAID THE STALLING PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. SINCE PICKING UP MY VEHICLE, OVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS THE VEHICLE HAS STILL STALLED AT LEAST 8-10 TIMES. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM LORI AT THE DEALERSHIP ON A FOLLOW UP TO MY SERVICE WHERE SHE STATED SHE TOO HEARD THE CLICKING NOISE SINCE SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED ON HER WHILE AT A RED LIGHT, BUT WROTE IT OFF TO POSSIBLY HER ERROR AND SO THIS WAS NOT DOCUMENTED TO SERVICE. ON 7-12-06 W/ LEN THOMAS & DAVID TINDALE TO PLEASE CALL ME BACK IN REFERENCE TO WHAT LORI STATED ABOUT THE STALLING PROBLEM. I CALLED AND SP/ W DAVID TINDALE & LEN THOMAS ABOUT THESE MECHANICAL ISSUES 7-13-06. I ALSO FOLLOWED UP W/ A CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE REQUEST 7-13-06 FILE NUMBER 15156132. LEN THOMAS CALLED AFTER SPEAKING WITH CHRYSLER ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE 4 OTHER 2007 DODGE CALIBERS IN THE US THAT HAVE BEEN EXHIBITING THE SAME STALLING PROBLEMS. FURTHERMORE, WHILE SITTING IDLE IN TRAFFIC MY SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY RACES UP TO 20 MPH AND BACK TO 0 AND RACES TO 40 MPH AND BACK TO 0. THIS HAS NOW OCCURRED APPROX. 6 TIMES IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. I REPORTED THIS NEW MECHANICAL FAILURE TO LEN THOMAS 7-20-06. *JB

WHILE ACCELERATING I WAS HEARING A RATTLING NOISE IN THE ENGINE OF THE CAR. THERE ALSO WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR REGARDING A FAULTY PCM WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO DETECT AN ENGINE THERMOSTAT MALFUNCTION. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE RECALL, AND THEY LOOKED AT MY ENGINE AND FIXED THE RATTLE WHICH THEY TOLD ME WAS DUE TO THE PCM NEEDING TO BE RESET....I READ ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ENGINE RATTLE AND THOUGHT I WOULD PUT MINE IN SO THE PERSON COULD READ THIS AND NOW THAT THE RATTLE IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING DUE TO THE RECALL AND NOT THE TYPE OF GASOLINE THEY WERE USING AS THEY WERE TOLD. *JB

IT IS ABOUT DODGE CALIBER SXT 2007 SPORTS I, THE UNDERSIGNED,GIVE YOU THIS WRITTEN INFORMATION THAT I HAVE LEASED THE NEW LATEST MODEL TEMPTED BY ADVERTISEMENT AND IN ORDER TO BUY A SAFE VEHICLE. BEFORE I WENT FOR MY FIRST OIL CHANGE I ALREADY POSTED MY FEEDBACK OPINION ONLINE TO THE DODGE COMPANY. I COMPLAINED ABOUT A METALLIC CRACKING SOUND THAT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH IS A STRANGE PHENOMENON IN A NEW VEHICLE. WHEN I APPROACHED THE DEALER FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE, IT TOOK LONGER TIME TO DO THE OIL CHANGE SERVICE. UPON INQUIRING FOR THE CAUSE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT SOME VITAL PARTS OF THE POWERTRAIN HAS BEEN RECALLED FROM DODGE AND IS BEING REPLACED SO IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO THAT. I LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH YOU ON FRIDAY 14, JULY, TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT. IF IT IS A POWERTRAIN RECALL ISSUE OR ANY PARTS RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD ISSUES - I FEEL THAT THIS MODEL IS NOT SAFE AND DOSE NOT COMPLY WITH THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT. MORE OVER NEITHER DODGE COMPANY NOR YOU NOTIFIED ME ANY POTENTIAL MANUFACTURING DEFECTS OR ERRORS UNTIL JULY 14, 2006. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY. ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AT WORK, THE VEHICLE TOTALLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE CAM SPEED SENSOR WAS BAD.

AT 200 MILES, MY CAR'S ENGINE STARTED TO RATTLE AND MY POWER LOCK HAD A SHORT. I CALLED AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL 1000 MILES LATER THEY CHECKED THE PROBLEM. THEY GAVE ME AN EXCUSE FOR THE MOTOR RATTLING WAS THAT THERE WAS SUCH THING AS WINTER AND SUMMER FUEL AND THAT I SHOULD CHANGE GASOLINE STATIONS AND BRANDS TO SEE IF THAT WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I FOLLOWED THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AND WENT PRACTICALLY ALL OVER TOWN GASHING UP. I JUST HAD IT CHECKED AGAIN AT 1527 MILES, THE NOISE GOT WORST. THE MOTOR RATTLES WHEN I ACCELERATE AND WHEN IT ALSO REACHES THE REGULAR TEMPERATURE. IN THE MORNING WHEN MY ENGINE IS STILL COLD IT DOESN'T RATTLE BUT AS SOON AS IT REACHES THE REGULAR TEMPERATURE IT STARTS RATTLING. MY MOTOR RATTLES A LOT WORST. YESTERDAY AT 1430 MILES AS I WAS WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, MY CAR WAS GOING TO STALL. MY RPM GAUGE WENT DOWN AND THEN WENT BACK UP. I GOT THE SAME EXCUSE ONCE AGAIN THAT IT WAS THE TYPE OF FUEL AND THAT THERE EXISTED NO REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID "THE CAR IS WORKING THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED" AND "IT IS ALL THROUGH COMPUTERS NOW, DODGE FIXES THE PROBLEMS AND SENDS US THE SOFTWARE AND WE HOOK UP TO YOUR CAR. IN THE MEAN TIME, THERE IS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET REPAIRED". THE ONLY THING THEY DID WAS ADD A MOPAR FUEL ADDITIVE BUT I STILL HEAR THE NOISE. I HAVE USED REGULAR, MID-GRADE, AND PREMIUM AND USED DIFFERENT STATIONS AND FUEL COMPANIES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE RATTLING IS SO BAD THAT NOT EVEN WITH THE AC FULL BLAST CAN YOU TUNE IT OUT. AS FAR AS THE POWER LOCK IS CONCERNED IT WAS REPAIRED, THEY SAID IT HAD A SHORT. THE BAD THING IS THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER POWER LOCKS BUT THE ONLY ONE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. AS FAR AS SAFETY IS CONCERNED,YOU ARE UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS OR THE REAR DOOR, AS THEY HAVE NO POWER LOCKS YOU HAVE TO DO THIS MANUALLY. I HAD TO TEACH MY CHILD TO PULL ON THE LOCK IN ORDER TO OPEN THE DOOR IN THE MEAN TIME THIS GOT FIXED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 43MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT FRONT END WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER TWICE AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO PRE-BRAKING PRIOR TO IMPACT. ALTHOUGH THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS, MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD TO AWAIT INSPECTION BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR.