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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

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86,000 miles · Jul 21, 2018

Service BrakesStructureUnknown Or Other

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MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT A USED 2007 DODGE CALIBER WITH 83,493 MILES ON IT IN 2016. IN 2018 THE CAR BECAME VERY UNSTABLE AND FOUND THE CROSS STRUCTURE IN THE REAR WAS SO CORRODED AND RUSTED IT CRACKED IN HALF. SHE, I, AND OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AND I SEE NOW 100'S OF OTHERS THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? EAT $5,000.00 ? THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.. SHE WAS DRIVING AND I WAS WITH HER AT NIGHT AND RAINING, ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO SHAKE SO BAD I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FALL APART. WE CREEPED IT HOME AND FRIENDS LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SAID OMG.. SO AGAIN,, HOW DO WE REPLACE THIS? AND WHAT IS BEING DONE? THERE WERE NO NOTIFICATIONS ON THIS AT ALL PERIOD. I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS 1 CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.. IT COULD BE A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN, A HEAD ON CRASH, WHO KNOWS.. IT'S DANGEROUS.. MAD MOTHER.. IT HAPPENED ON OR AROUND MAY 14, 2018 AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MILES WERE AT THAT TIME, GAVE A ESTIMATE.. THIS IS AS BAD AS HAVING A DRUNK DRIVER COMING AT YOU.. PLEASE RECALL..

NHTSA ODI #11112825

158,250 miles · Oct 10, 2014

Electrical SystemService BrakesVehicle Speed Control

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ON 10/6/14 I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AT 6:00 AM ON A SINGLE LANE BACK ROAD. WITHOUT WARNING THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING (WENT TO ZERO), AND THE ABS, BRAKE, ANTI-SKID AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. BECAUSE OF MY LOCATION I HAD TO KEEP DRIVING UNTIL I GOT TO A SAFE AREA. THE WHOLE TIME THERE WAS NO WAY OF TELLING MY SPEED OR KNOW IF MY BRAKES WERE WORKING NORMAL. AFTER I SHUT IT OFF AND RESTARTED, IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. WHEN I GOT HOME WE CHECKED THE ERROR CODES AND FOUND "U1110 LOST VEHICLE SPEED, U1120 LOST WHEEL DISTANCE AND U0416 INVALID DATA RECEIVED FROM DYNAMIC CTR 1. WE CLEARED THE CODES TO SEE IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT WAS FINE UNTIL THIS MORNING 10/10/14. I STARTED THE CAR AND AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS OR SO THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I DROVE ANOTHER CAR TO SCHOOL. MY DAD CHECKED AND FOUND THE SAME ERROR CODES. NOW I DON'T THINK IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE, NOT KNOWING WHEN IT MAY OCCUR AGAIN. I LOOKED ON LINE AND NOTICED OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP? MY DAD IS HANDLING THIS PROBLEM FOR ME SO I AM PUTTING DOWN HIS CONTACT INFO. *TR

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PE10012 · Sticking Accelerator Pedal

Opened Apr 29, 2010 · Closed Aug 26, 2010

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Vehicle Speed Control:accelerator Pedal

In their Defect Information Report (DIR) of June 3, 2010, Chrysler Group, LLC (Chrysler) notified NHTSA that it will conduct a safety recall of approximately 25,265 model year 2007 Dodge Caliber vehicles and 71 model year 2007 Jeep Compass vehicles manufactured from March 7, 2006 through May 19, 2006.The recall will remedy a defect in the accelerator pedal assembly (accelerator pedal) of the Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) system that can cause the accelerator pedal to stick in an open position and not return to the idle position when released.As stated in the opening resume, the subject vehicles (Caliber) are equipped with an ETC accelerator pedal manufactured by the CTS Corporation, the same supplier of the ETC accelerator pedal used in the recently recalled Toyota vehicles.The ETC accelerator pedal used in Caliber and Compass vehicles is not the same as those used in the recalled Toyota vehicles.They are of a different design, were manufactured using different tooling, and fail in a different manner.According to Chrysler and CTS, oversized bearing pockets in the ETC accelerator pedal housing of the Caliber and Compass vehicles allows the accelerator pedal pivot shaft bearings to dislodge from the housing.If this occurs, the accelerator pedal can stick in an open position (i.e., fails to return to the closed position) or be slow to return.Chrysler's DIR notes that the subject vehicles are equipped with Smart Brake Technology and contends that the impact of a binding or sticking accelerator pedal can be negated by its Smart Brake system.In Chrysler's view, the system enables the brake pedal input to override the throttle control system and safely depower the vehicle and minimizes the potential for safety consequences resulting from the defect in the accelerator pedal.Further, Chrysler states, as a result of the presence of this technology, Chrysler Group LLC has concluded that the condition described in this report does not present an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety.ODI does not concur with Chrysler's position that the Smart Brake technology employed in the subject vehicles eliminates unreasonable risks to safety stemming from the ETC accelerator pedal defect.Aside from the fact that the technology is applicable only to situations where the brake pedal is activated, the Smart Brake system implemented in the subject vehicles will override a stuck throttle under a discrete set of conditions.Because driver behaviors (e.g., kicking at the accelerator pedal to dislodge it, or pumping the brake pedal instead of steady application) may delay or prevent activation of the Smart Brake system in the subject vehicles, ODI believes that this Smart Brake system does not totally eliminate unreasonable risks to safety posed by this defect or the necessity of a safety recall in this case.See Safety Recall file 10V-234 for recall details.