2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD Complaints

I HAVE 101,000 MILES AND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR IN A PARKING LOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SEAT BELT UNFASTENED AND WILL NOT REMAIN FASTENED. I TRIED RECONNECTING IT SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY LUCK. IT WILL NOT REFASTEN.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN FILLING FUEL INTO THE GAS TANK. FUEL MUST BE ENTERED VERY SLOWLY IN THE FILLER NECK OR THE HANDLE FROM THE PUMP WILL "TRIP" AND NOT ALLOW ANY FURTHER FLOW OF FUEL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND TALKING TO OTHERS I THOUGHT THIS PROBLEM MIGHT BE DUE TO A CLOGGED EVAP HOSE OR ITS CHARCOAL CANISTER. I TOOK IT TO AN NATIONALLY KNOWN SERVICE STATION WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE NOT IN THE EVAP SYSTEM BUT IN A DEFECTIVE "ROLLOVER VALVE" WHICH IS INTERNAL TO THE FUEL TANK. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A "CHECK VALVE" WHICH PREVENTS FUEL FROM SPILLING BACK OUT OF THE TANK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. IF THIS ROLLOVER VALVE IS STUCK "PARTIALLY CLOSED" DURING FILLING, THEN IT COULD ALSO BE STUCK "PARTIALLY OPEN" AND ALLOW FUEL TO DANGEROUSLY SPILL BACKWARD THROUGH THE FILLER NECK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DODGE DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THE ABOVE. THEY CHECKED INTO THEIR DATABASE AND FOUND THIS DEFECTIVE PART TO HAVE CAUSED A RECALL ON SOME OTHER 2007 DODGE VEHICLES (AVENGER, DAKOTA AND I BELIEVE RAM'S) BUT THE FREQUENCY WAS NOT JUSTIFIED FOR DODGE CALIBERS. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MY PROBLEM DESCRIBED IS ONE AND THE SAME AS THOSE MODELS LISTED ABOVE (AND MAY VERY WELL BE THE SAME AFFECTED PART) AND THAT MY DEFECTIVE "ROLLOVER VALVE" SHOULD BE REPLACED AT DODGE'S EXPENSE. THE REPAIR INVOLVES REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK.

MY MOTHER TOOK HER CAR TO HER LOCAL AUTO MECHANIC IN TOWN BECAUSE THE MUFFLER WAS RATTLING. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER THE CAR WAS UNSAFE AND NOT DRIVABLE BECAUSE THE FRAME IS TOTALLY ROTTED. THE CAR FRAME HAS SANK AND NOW IS HITTING THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THAT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE RATTLE. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO POKE A SCREW DRIVER THRU THE FRAME TUBE. MOM HAS BEEN TOLD BY HER MECHANIC AND A ANOTHER CAR DEALER THAT THE CAR WAS WORTH LESS AND NOT DRIVABLE. VERY FRUSTRATED I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND HOW A 2007 CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WORTHLESS. DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED TO BRING THE CAR TO A DODGE DEALER AND THAT THEY WANTED TO GET HER BACK ON THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE RAMSEY DODGE DEALER, SAME PLACE WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE CAR. THE DEALER TOLD US THAT DODGE HAS A CAMPAIGN ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM, OF ROTTED FRAME TUBES AND THAT HER EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS STILL GOOD FOR THREE ADDITIONAL MONTHS. WE HAVE BEEN DENIED A RENTAL CAR UNTIL WE AGREE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL RUSTED/ROTTED PARTS AND LABOR TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ROTTED FRAME REPAIRS. THE ESTIMATE IS FOR $1,191.00 IN PARTS AND $910.00 IN LABOR PLUS TAX OF $210.00. THIS IS THE SAME LABOR THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED WITH THE ROTTED FRAME TUBE REPAIR. THE ADDITIONAL PARTS THAT THEY SAY ARE REQUIRED IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO TO RUSTED/ROTTED TO BE REUSED. THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE. DODGE AND THE DODGE DEALER ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY MOTHER. SHE NEEDS THIS CAR. ROBERT IS THE DEALER SERVICE WRITER AND THE CASE # IS 30051333. HER CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE 9/2/2016. I WILL ATTACH A PHOTO OF THE ESTIMATE. THESE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ROAD BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

THE VEHICLE STALLS AT RED LIGHTS / INTERSECTIONS AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. IT DOES STOP AFTER SOME OF THE GAS IS USED. IT HAS NOT OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, ONLY ON CITY STREETS. IN HAVING THE CAR EXAMINED, THERE IS A FAULTY VALUE ON THE GAS TANK, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. IT IN SPEAKING WITH CHRYSLER, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO ASSIST.

THE CROSS MEMBER ON THE UNDERSIDE IS BADLY CORRODED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BUT IS A LITTLE EXPENSIVE. I HAVE HAD TO ALREADY REPLACE BOTH CONTROL ARMS, BOTH BALL JOINTS AND ONE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED BY AFTER MARKET BALL JOINT. THE STRUTS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. A CAR WITH THESE MILES SHOULD NOT NEED ALL THIS FRONT END WORK. I HAVE SEEN THIS TO BE NOT JUST MY SITUATION. MY CRUISE CONTROL WORKED WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WITH 85,000 NOW DOES NOT WORK.

I PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE CALIBER ON NOVEMBER 15, 2015 AND HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION AND THE CAR HESITATING AS IF IT WERE A MANUAL SHIFT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO ASKED ME TO BRING THE CAR IN. I TOOK THE CAR IN THE THE SERVICE ALLEGED THAT THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR AND SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AND THAT WAS HOW THE CAR ACCELERATED BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF TRANSMISSION THAT THIS CAR HAS. THE CAR CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS JERKING, HESITATING PROBLEM UNTIL FINALLY THE "THROTTLE BODY" LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 25 AND HAD TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO GET KILLED BECAUSE OF ALL THE KINDS OF TRUCKS AND OTHER ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL. I AM NOW WITHOUT A WORKING VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE THROTTLE BODY AND HAVE TO FIND A WAY AND SPEND MORE MONEY TO GET IT REPAIRED. I PAID $8000 CASH TO THIS DEALER AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND STRESSED. PLEASE HELP. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED A YEAR LATER DUE TO THE SAME FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN RIGHT, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHAFT AXLE ASSEMBLY AND DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FRACTURING. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT, IDLER PULLEY, ALTERNATOR, AND TENSIONER PULLEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,147.

I BOUGHT MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD IN MAY OF 2012. AFTER I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN MARCH 2014, I REALIZED THAT MY CAR WAS GOING CRAZY! SHE WAS IN THE NICU AND I HAD TO GO SEE HER AS OFTEN AS I COULD, WHICH THESE PROBLEMS PROLONGED HER STAY. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T START....BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY, SO THAT WASN'T IT... THEN MY HAZARDS, GAUGES (EXCEPT GAS GAUGE) AND A BUNCH OF LIGHTS ALL FLASHED AND IT DINGED AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO GET A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP, GET TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS ( I AM DISABLED) OR GET MY DAUGHTER TO HER APPOINTMENTS. THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE BURDEN ON ME AND MY FAMILY, AND I WISH I NEVER BOUGHT THIS CAR, AND I WILL NEVER BUY FROM THEM AGAIN. EVER.

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, RIGHT HEADLIGHT STOPPED WORKING. BOUGHT REPLACEMENT BULBS, THEY DO NOT WORK. READING UP, SEEMS TO BE THE TIPM MODULE. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THIS (OVER $1200). DASHBOARD INFORMATION LIGHTS (SUCH AS BRAKE AND TPM) COME ON AND GO OFF INDISCRIMINATELY.

ENGINE STALLED AFTER FILLING UP WITH FUEL. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, FROM THE GAS STATION WHERE I JUST FILLED UP. AT LATER DATES, IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WHILE BOTH MOVING AND IDLING IN PARK, BUT ALWAYS RIGHT AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK. THE CAR WOULD SHUTTER AND STALL FOR THE FIRST MINUTE OR SO. IF I WAS ABLE TO PUNCH THE THROTTLE QUICKLY ENOUGH I COULD SOMETIMES AVOID THE STALL. IF THE CAR STALLED, IT WOULD ALWAYS RESTART AND EVENTUALLY CLEAR UP AFTER RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES. ONCE I REALIZED WHEN AND WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING, I BEGAN STOPPING A GALLON SHORT FROM A FULL TANK WHENEVER FUELING UP. THIS HAS STOPPED THE ISSUE, BUT NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. I SEE WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH OTHER DODGE AND CHRYSLER MODELS, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THE CALIBER/AVENGER VEHICLE CLASS. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, IT IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES AS WELL. *TR