2007 Dodge Caliber

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE FRONT SUBFRAME FRACTURED DUE TO RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME AND SWAY BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,900.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER OPERATED THE VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND VEERED INTO A CORN FIELD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V234000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. UPDATED 11/04/15*LJ UPDATED 2/1/2016 *JS *CN

HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 55 MPH, TACHOMETER SUDDENLY WENT UP TO 4000 RPM AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. NO REACTION FROM THE GEAR SELECTOR. NO MORE MOVEMENT FRONT OR BACK. CALL AAA AND TOW TO GARAGE. INFORMED THAT CVT TRANSMISSION WAS THE PROBLEM AND NO REPAIR WAS POSSIBLE. ONLY OPTION WAS A USED TRANSMISSION. CAR IS NOW AWAITING THAT REPAIR. ALSO SEEMS TO BE A GAS PEDAL ISSUE. NOT SURE AT THIS POINT AS VEHICLE IS UNOPPERABLE.

ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK I STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND MY CAR JERKED AND ACTED AS THOUGH IT WAS ABOUT TO SHUT OFF AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE VERY WELL. I WENT BACK TO MY WORK AND HAD THE MECHANIC CHECK IT (I WORK AT A SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION) AND THE LIGHT SAID IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR SO I GOT IT REPLACED AND IT DID NOTHING SO WE WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THR CAMSHAFT AS WELL AND IT WORKED FOR A WEEK OR SO THEN STARTED OFF AND ON. MY HEADLIGHT ALSO STOPPED WORKING AND I REPLACED IT 3 TIMES BEFORE WONDERING WHAT THE HECK! I JUST RECENTLY WAS CITED A TICKET DUE TO THE LIGHT AND SINCE I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX IT I HAD MY LICENSE SUSPENDED AND WAS DRIVING WITHOUT KNOWING AND ENDED UP GETTING PULLED OVER AGAIN BUT INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING THAT MY CAR SUCKS I WAS ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL FOR A COUPLE HOURS SO NOW I HAVE TWO COURT DATES COMING UP ONE FOR MY FIX IT TICKET NOT GETTING FIXED AND ANOTHER FOR DRIVING ON SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF NOT GETTING THE PART FIXED SO IT IS STARTING TO BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE FOR MY WHOLE LIFE IN GENERAL. MY CAR DIES AT ALMOST EVERY STOP LIGHT AND IF I GO OVER 2RPM IT WILL NOT ACCLERATE. I HAD TO REPLACE MAJOR PARTS SUCH AS; MOTOR MOUNTS, STRUTS, PISTONS, CALIPERS, BRAKES, BATTERIES, ETC IN JUST THE SHORT TIME IVE OWNED THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS VERY HARD FOR ME SINCE I DONT MAKE MUCH MONEY. THE CAR IS WIRED VERY ODD AND MY FATHER IS MY GO TO MECHANIC BUT HE COULDNT FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE PARTS. I DONT HAVE THE FINANCES FOR THE TPIM AND FIGURED IT WOULD BE RECALLED BY NOW SINCE ITS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MOST CALIBERS SO I STUCK IT OUT BUT NOW I DONT KNOW WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN. AS OF TODAY, AUGUST 24, 2015, MY CAR IS NOT RUNNING SINCE IT LOST ALL POWER LAST NIGHT, FIRST THE RADIO STOPPED, THEN THE AC STOPPED BLOWING, THEN THE LIGHTS THAT WORK STARTED TO DIM, AND THEN IT JUST DIED. PLEASE HELP!!!

I BOUGHT MY CALIBER LAST OCTOBER AND NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER HAVING IT I REALIZED MY LEFT TAIL LIGHT AND MY MIDDLE BREAK LIGHT DIDNT WORK SO I BOUGHT BULBS AND REPLACED THEM AND THEY STILL DIDNT WORK AND THEN MY LEFT HEADLIGHT QUIT WORKING SO I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID THAT I NEED A WHOLE NEW TIPM COMPUTER AND IT WOULD COST 1200 DOLLARS THAT IN WHICH I DONT HAVE SO I AM NOT HAPPY AT ALL WITH THIS VEHICLE ... THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE ME TO BE TICKETED FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED OR DODGE CAN FIX FOR ME THE TIPM COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP.!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER TO THE LEFT LANE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR CROSS MEMBER WAS COMPROMISED DUE TO RUST PERFORATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT WOULD MAKE CREAKING NOISES UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE AND FRONT SUSPENSION AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE OWNER'S REGULAR REPAIR SHOP FOR STATE INSPECTION AND REPORT THE CREAKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, FRONT END AREA. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE CREAKING NOISE AS A RUSTED OUT ENGINE CARRIER AND ALSO A WORN OUT RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY. I DECIDED TO REPORT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THIS AUTOMOBILE MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE THE SAME CONDITION. THE ENGINE CRADLE AND RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY ARE VITAL COMPONENTS FOR SAFE HANDLING AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE. BEING THAT THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE MAJOR REPAIR, THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO KNOW OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD DESIGN AND IMPROVE THESE COMPONENTS TO RESIST RUST AND WEAR AND LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE CARRIER RUST PROBLEM AND RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY SHOULD ALSO BE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL.

THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER CONTROL MODULE (TIPM) IS THE LATEST DIAGNOSIS MADE (7/31/15) FOR MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER. HISTORY: BEGINNING IN 2010 I BEGAN TO NOTICE AN INTERMITTENT TERRIBLE WHINING NOISES AND LOSS OF POWER, WHICH I ATTRIBUTED TO (INCORRECTLY) TO THE DODGE CVT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE EVENTS WOULD OCCUR THEN O GO AWAY ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN. THEN BEGINNING IN 2011 THE EVENTS WERE FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURES ALL OF WHICH CAUSED ME TO MAKE EMERGENCY SHOULDER PULL OFFS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT POWER LOSS AND THE ACRID ODOR AND SMOKE OF SMOLDERING PLUMES OF SMOKE. THE ACRID SMELL AND SMOKE WOULD STOP WHEN I SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS: 1/3/11 (MILEAGE 67,877) TOW AND REPLACE STARTER - $429.00 1/7/12 (MILEAGE 73,943) TOW AND REPLACE WARRANTED STARTER - $179.00 2/14/13 (MILEAGE 85,490) TOW AND REPLACE WARRANTED STARTER- $189.00 3/7/14 (MILEAGE 97,383) TOW AND REPLACEMENT STARTER - $324.03 2/15/15 (MILEAGE UNKNOWN) REPLACE ALTERNATOR $406.00 5/20/15 (MILEAGE 102,660) REPLACEMENT STARTER $491.27 7/17/15 (MILEAGE 103, 320) REPLACEMENT STARTER $ (NO CHARGE) 7/17/15 (MILEAGE 103, 325) UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM 7/31/15 (MILEAGE 103, 325) REPLACEMENT (TIPM) $ 1242.00 (ESTIMATE) COME ON DODGE/DAIMLER CHRYSLER/FIAT MAKE THIS RIGHT OR FOREVER FOREGO FUTURE PRODUCT PURCHASE