2007 Dodge Caliber

AT 12,000 MILES I STARTED TO HAVE A SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. I CONTACTED THE AUTO DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED A BREAK IN PERIOD AND NOT TO WORRY, SO I DIDN'T BRING IT IN. AT 18,000 MILES I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND THE AUTO DEALER SAID IT WAS CUPPED TIRES WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER AGAIN WHO THEN ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS CUPPED TIRES AT 24,000 MILES. DURING A WARRANTY REPAIR I ASKED THAT THEY LOOK AND AGAIN THEY MENTIONED CUPPED TIRES. I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED AT 36,000 MILES AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHO THEN INFORMED ME THAT THE CAUSE WAS BAD ROTORS AND THE SERVICE MANAGER REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITHOUT CHARGE. UNDERSTAND THIS WAS THE FOURTH TIME I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. I HAVE NOW HAD THE NEW TIRES INSTALLED FOR ABOUT 800 MILES AND THIS PROBLEM IS STARTING TO RUIN THESE AS WELL ACCORDING TO THE TIRE TECHNICIAN. IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE CAR, AND IT IS CAUSING THE TIRES TO WEAR BADLY AND UNEVENLY BUT THE DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT . I WAS NOT AT FAULT BUT I WAS T-BONED AND HAD THE ENTIRE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER SMASHED IN. NOT ONE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE CAR COMES STANDARD WITH PRESSURE SENSITIVE SEATS AND SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS BUT THEY DID NOT WORK. I HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. MY HEAD WAS SLAMMED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND THE WINDOW GOT BROKEN. THE CAR WAS ONLY FOUR MONTHS OLD. *AK

ENGINE STALLS ON 1.8L 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SINCE PURCHASING IN NOV 2006 THE ENGINE HAS STALLED OVER 20 TIMES IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS. THE COMMON FACTOR IS WHEN COMING TO AN IDOL THE RPM'S WILL DROP TO APPROXIMATELY 500 THEN COME BACK UP TO IDOL AT ABOUT 800-1000. IT USUALLY STALLS WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC BUT HAS STALLED IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS AT LEAST 5 TIMES. WHEN PUSHING IN THE CLUTCH TO DOWNSHIFT WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES IT HAS STALLED. THIS CAUSED ME TO LOOSE POWER STEERING AND FORCED ME TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL, RESTART THE CAR AND SHIFT INTO THE APPROPRIATE GEAR WHILE BROADSIDE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND MOST RECENTLY TOLD THAT DODGE SAYS IT'S THE WAY THE ELECTRONICS FOR SHIFTING ARE CONNECTED OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON TWICE BEFORE AND WENT OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT HAD STORED A STALL CODE. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON TODAY. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY(NJ) ABOUT 9:15 A.M. ON JAN 12, 2007, THE CAR BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND SHE TAPPED THE BRAKE, AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM . AT THIS POINT THE CAR BEGAN SWERVING AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAR ROLLED OVER TWICE AND CAME TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN. SHE WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I RECENTLY RECIEVED A VEHICLE REPORT FROM THE INSURANCE CO. THAT STATED THE CAR IS BEING RECALLED (NHTSA ID: 06V493000)AND SAID VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO A FAILURE OF THE ABS COMPUTER SOFTWARE THAT MAY CAUSE THE REAR BRAKES TO LOCK UP DURING CERTAIN BRAKING CONDITIONS AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING!!!!! WHILE MY WIFE WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS MALFUNCTION, SHE IS QUITE DISTRAUGHT OVER THE INCIDENT AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT STEPS TO TAKE AT THIS JUNCTURE. HER VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS, AND SHE IS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING. THIS WAS HER FIRST NEW CAR AND THE DEALER TOUTED THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH GREATLY INFLUENCED HER PURCHASE. HAD WE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER INHERENT OF THIS VEHICLE, I AM SURE WE WOULD HAVE MADE ANOTHER CHOICE.

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD RUMBLING SOUND THAT WAS PIERCING TO THE EARS. THE SOUND WAS LOUD ENOUGH TO GIVE THE CONTACT A HEADACHE. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND DIAGNOSED A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS WERE DOWN AND THE FRONT WINDOWS WERE UP. THE DEALER ADVISED HER THAT THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LOUD NOISE, AND ADVISED HER, IF THE REAR WINDOWS WERE DOWN THE FRONT WINDOWS SHOULD ALSO BE DOWN TO ELIMINATE THE NOISE. *AK

MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER HAS A WATER LEAK THAT ALLOWS RAIN WATER TO ENTER THE VEHICLE AND THE JANUARY 8TH APPOINTMENT WILL BE THE 4TH TIME AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. WATER SEEMS TO BE ENTERING SOMEWHERE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND SETTLES UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHILE "REPAIRING THE LEAK" THE FIRST TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME SMELLING LIKE CIGARETTE SMOKE, THE SECOND TIME, THE TRIM ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS NOT PROPERLY REPLACED, THE THIRD TIME, A PANEL UNDERNEATH THE DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FELL OFF (APPARENTLY WAS NOT REPLACED PROPERLY), THEY GLUED THE RUBBER STRIPPING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR PANEL MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE MY SATELLITE RADIO ANTENNA AND THE TRIM ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS STILL NOT IN PLACE CORRECTLY (SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FORCED INTO PLACE). ALSO, THE PERSON WORKING ON MY VEHICLE SAID HE GUARANTEED THAT IT WAS FIXED AFTER THE 3RD TIME, BUT IT WASN'T. VEHICLE CONSTANTLY ACTS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO STALL WHEN IDLE AND ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP - WHEN ACCELERATING, VEHICLE HESITATES. DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM. NEWEST ISSUE - WHEN TRAVELING AT APPROX. 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, ALL DOORS MYSTERIOUSLY UNLOCKED THEMSELVES. VERY FRUSTRATING AND INCONVENIENT... DEALER DOES NOT OFFER RENTAL OR TEMPORARY CAR EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE MY BRAND NEW CALIBER THAT I'M PAYING FOR EVEN WHILE IT'S IN THEIR POSSESSION. THIS IS THE SECOND DODGE VEHICLE IN A ROW THAT WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH - 1ST WAS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH STALLING ISSUES THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. *NM

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK WILL NOT STAY LOCKED. THE LOCKS FLIP UP AND DOWN AND THE DOOR SOMETIMES OPENS BY ITSELF...BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES.....THEY REPLACED MECHANISMS TWICE. ONCE THEY NEVER LOOKED AT IT AFTER HAVING IT ALL DAY AND ONCE THEY CLAIMED NOTHING WRONG WITH IT...BOUGHT DODGE CALIBER END JUNE AND HAD PROB. IMMEDIATELY; CAN LOCK DOORS AND RETURN TO CAR AND DRIVER LOCK IS OPEN OR DOOR POPPED AJAR. *NM