2007 Dodge Caliber

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE FIREHAWK GTA-02 TIRES, SIZE P215/55R18. ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES ARE COMPLETELY WORN AND THE VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING TORQUE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. BASED ON THE TIRES, THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION COULD BE THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FAILURE, AND REPLACING THE TIRES WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,593 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,398. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

MY 2007 DODGE CALIPER SE WAS EQUIPPED FACTORY WITH 15 IN STEEL WHEELS. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE I NOTICED A EXTREME VIBRATION FROM 60-70MPH. I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAD THE WHEELS BALANCED AND ROTATED SEVERAL TIMES, TEST TO MAKE SURE THE WHEELS WERE NOT OUT OF ROUND, AND FINALLY THE TIRES REPLACED. I HAD THE FACTORY TIRES INSPECTED AT ONE OF THE DUNLOP RETAILERS AND THEY WERE TO BE FINE AND THAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE WHEELS. ALL OF THE WHEELS. REPLACING THE TIRES DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OR MAKE IT ANY BETTER. NONE OF THE REPAIRS DID. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH ON THIS I FOUND THAT THE VIBRATION IS NOT APPARENT IN THE ALUMINUM WHEELS SO I OPTED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THEM PLACED ON MY VEHICLE. THE ISSUE HAS SINCE BEEN RESOLVED WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE NEW WHEELS PLUS TIRES WITH AND EXPENSE OF $600.00+. I DID ATTEMPT TO REPORT THIS ISSUE TO DODGE DIRECTLY BUT HAVE ONLY RECEIVED THE RESPONSE OF "NO RECALL". *TR

1. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE, ACCELERATING FROM LIGHT MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. 2. FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, BUSHING OF GAS PEDAL FELL OUT AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SERGE TO 5,000 RPM, APPLIED BRAKES AND RATE OF ACCELERATION SLOWED, HAD TO TURN ENGINE OFF TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. 3. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE; SERVICE DONE BY DEALER, REPLACED GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY [ 04891623AR 06068B3B 24936F 43595418901 LHD ] (OLD PART IS AVAILABLE). *TR

THE DEALER HAS HAD MY VEHICLE A TOTAL OF 27 DAYS NOT INCLUDING THE DAYS IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP IN 6 OCCURRENCES. ALL OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEMS MY WIFE DOES NOT ANY LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR WITH MY CHILDREN FEARING IT WILL EITHER LEAVE HER STRANDED OR EVEN WORSE CATCH ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SNAPPED AND WENT UNDERNEATH THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE PEDAL COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE PLASTIC PEDAL WITH ANOTHER PLASTIC PEDAL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36,000. UPDATED 02/15/08. *LJ

MY DAUGHTER COMPLAINED TO HER STEP FATHER THAT SHE WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE TOLD HER TO DRIVE CAREFULLY AND BRING IT TO HIS HOUSE SO HE COULD CHECK IT OUT. BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THIS SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. SHE SAID SHE WAS DRIVING IN A LIGHT RAIN AND DRIVING SLOWLY WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL. SHE REFRAINED FROM HITTING THE BRAKES AND TRIED TO STEER OUT OF IT. WHEN SHE SAW AN ONCOMING CAR HEADED FOR HER SHE HIT THE BRAKES. THE CAR SLID TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ROLLED. SHE WAS NOT HURT BUT THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE DEALER SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS BUT NHTSA SAYS THERE IS. 06V493000 I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF CONTROL IS THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. I MADE MY COMPLAINT TO CHRYSLER THEY HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO A DEALER AND CHECKED OUT. THEN THEY SENT ME A LETTER SIGNED BY A COMMITTEE TELLING ME THAT IT HAD BEEN CHECKED OUT AND THEY FOUND NO FAULT IN THE BRAKES. UPON HEARING THIS I WENT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL WHEN I SHOWED HIM THE RECALL AS LISTED BY NHTSA HE SAID THAT SINCE I DOWN LOADED IT FROM THE INTERNET IT MAY NOT BE AUTHENTIC. JUST AS I SUSPECTED SINCE THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF A RECALL THEY DID NOT CHECK TO SEE IF THE PROGRAM THAT WAS NOT RIGHT FOR THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WAS THE PROGRAM THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD FOR THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. I THINK IF CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY IT MAY BE TIME FOR A CLASS ACTION SUIT. THIS ACCIDENT SHOULD NOT BE ON MY DAUGHTER'S DRIVING RECORD. CHRYSLER SHOULD MAKE IT RIGHT. THE SAD THING IS I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AT CHRYSLER FOR 31 YEARS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING A RENTAL CAR DODGE CALIBER 2007 ON SEPT. 28TH 2007 WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE CAR SUDDENLY CRASHED INTO A STATIONARY SUV THAT WAS PARKED ON THE STREET. THE COPS CAME AND NO TICKET WAS ISSUED. I WENT ONLINE TO FIND OUT IF THIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL BECAUSE WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR I NOTICED IT HAD AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. AND ALSO THE GUY THAT RENTED THE CAR AT ENTERPRISE TOLD ME TO CALL HIM FIRST IF ANYTHING HAPPENED SO BASED ON THAT I DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE INVESTIGATION AND I FOUND OUT THAT 50,000 UNITS OF THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL DUE TO A SUDDEN CRASH THAT COULD OCCUR FROM WHEEL ALIGNMENT. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE WHICH IS CHRYSLER TO REPORT THE INCIDENT AND THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT WAS NOT IN A RECALL BUT I WILL APPRECIATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS I SUSPECT FOUL PLAY. *TR