2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD Complaints

2007 DODGE CALIBER BROKEN FRONT ARM CONTROL IN SUSPENSION THE CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD . ACCORDING TO THE PARTS STORE IT IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. READ MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

WATER LEAKS INTO CAR DURING HEAVY RAIN COLLISION CENTER FOUND HOLE IN BODY SEAM WHERE HINGE PILLAR AND COWL PANEL ARE PUT TOGETHER. CAR HAS SUN ROOF. COLLISION CENTER FEELS THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *TR

THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED FUNCTIONING. A DEALER RE-FLASHED THE COMPUTER AT NO CHARGE. REPAIR LASTED ONE YEAR. THE WIPER IS AGAIN NOT FUNCTIONING BUT NOW THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE $100.00 TO REFLASH THE TIPM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE THEN ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND INDEPENDENTLY CAME TO A STOP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 66,000. UPDATED10/28/10 *BF UPDATED 11/01/10

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE10012 - 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD SRT - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM. IN MY CASE THE RPM SHOT UP TO 4000RPM WHILE I WAS DRIVING 30 MPH. THIS HAPPENED 3X IN ONE MONTH. APPLYING BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT ON HIGH ENGINE SPEED. MY REACTION WAS TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND GUN THE GAS PEDAL. THIS RESET IDLE BACK TO NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT RETURN AND I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO HAVE IT CHECKED OR REPAIR YET. *TR

2007 DODGE CALIBER R/T AWD. MY WIFE FOUND 2 SMALL BRASS BUSHINGS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR. WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, DURING ACCELERATION ONTO AN INTERSTATE, IT APPEARED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AND CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER I REMOVED FOOT FROM PEDAL. I PULLED THE PEDAL UP WITH MY FOOT TO FREE UP PEDAL. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND A COUPLE OF OTHER REFERENCES TO A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH OTHER CALIBER OWNERS. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY PREFERRED MECHANIC, AND HE HAS TO ORDER A NEW ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY. *TR

MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER HAS HAD 5 EPISODES OF THE ACCELERATOR GOING TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR SPEEDING UP AND THE RPM GOING TO HIGH, EACH TIME I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME FROM ARIZONA TO ARKANSAS AND AT APROX 800 MILES IT HAPPENED AND AS ONE IS WHEN TRAVELING I WAS TIRED AND THINGS WERE CLUTTERED SO I ASSUMED IT WAS THE FLOOR MAT AND PULLED IT DOWN AND WENT ON. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL SO THAT I DID NOT SPEED UP AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING AND AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES IT DID THE SAME THING AND I TOOK THE MATT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO STICK MY FOOT UNDER THE PEDDLE AND PULL IT UP AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE AND IT WAS THEN BEHAVING NORMAL. THE NEXT TIME I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I DID THINK IT WAS THE MATT AND THE MATT WAS GONE. DOING THE SAME THING PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS I WAS DRIVING AND BACK IN DRIVE , THIS TIME I HAD TO KEEP DOING THIS AS I COASTED ON THE ROAD AND ON THE 3 RD TIME IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THE REST IF THE TIMES WERE ON THE SAME TRIP TO THE DEALER, A 50 MILE TRIP, ALL THE SAME , THE CAR ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOES DOWN, THE CAR SPEEDS UP , I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PULL THE PEDAL UP AND THEN AFTER A FEW TIMES IT WORKS FOR A UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MILES. THE DEALER HAS NOW TOLD ME THEY RESET THE SYSTEM AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT SHOULD IT THEN THEY WILL NEED TO REPLACE SOME THINGS. DODGE IN RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS, I HOPE IT IS FIXED. MY FEAR IS THIS WILL HAPPEN AS I'M PULLING OUT SOMEWHERE AND CAUSE A WRECK, OR IT WILL HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY WON'T THINK SO FAST TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, ON THE INTERNET I FOUND MANY STORIES ABOUT THE DODGE CALIBER ACCELERATOR THROTTLE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND DODGE DEALERS NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS , PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS TO SAVE LIVES BEFORE ANY ARE LOST THAT DON'T NEED TO BE LOST. THANK YOU *TR

BOTH TIE RODS ON MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER RT AWD FAILED AT 30,000 MILES. THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE COULD BE WOBBLED WITH THE PUSH OF A PINKY. THE CAR WOULD NOT STAY IN IT'S OWN LANE AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE, EVERY BUMP OR DIP IN THE ROAD WOULD CAUSE THE CAR TO LURCH TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT I WAS LUCKY THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE DID NOT FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 30,000 MILES WAS LOW MILEAGE FOR TIE ROD FAILURE, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS THE WARRANTY EXPIRED 3 MONTHS AGO. WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING REPAIRED THE MECHANIC ALSO NOTED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL ARM BUSHING IS SEPARATING AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACE SOON AS WELL. *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

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