CAR ELECTRICAL HAS ISSUES FLICKERING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS. ALSO HAS TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING ISSUES WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOING OVER THE MIDDLE LINE OF THE GAUGE. NO SIGH OF OVER HEATING BESIDES TRANSMISSION LIGHT TURNING ON AND GOING INTO LIMP MODE. CAN NOT DRIVE LONGER THEN AN HOUR WITHOUT IT GOING…
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CAR ELECTRICAL HAS ISSUES FLICKERING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS. ALSO HAS TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING ISSUES WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOING OVER THE MIDDLE LINE OF THE GAUGE. NO SIGH OF OVER HEATING BESIDES TRANSMISSION LIGHT TURNING ON AND GOING INTO LIMP MODE. CAN NOT DRIVE LONGER THEN AN HOUR WITHOUT IT GOING INTO LIMP MODE WITH TRANSMISSION LIGHT ON. STARTED WHEN IT WAS BARELY AT 10,000 MILES.
NHTSA ODI #11390634
Mileage unknown · Dec 6, 2020
Power TrainUnknown Or Other
WHEN I STARTED MY 09 DODGE CALIBER UP ONE MORNING . I BACK UP ,THEN PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT HESITATED AND JUMP OR JOLT.IT SCARED ME .THE ENGINE CAME ON,SO I WENT TO A AUTO PARTS STORE DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE TO GET A READING OR CODES READ ON MY CALIBER, IT GAVE ME A CODE ABOUT THE POWER TRAIN.
NHTSA ODI #11378071
179,000 miles · Aug 28, 2019
Unknown Or Other
THE FRONT SUB-FRAME IS SEVERELY CORRODED / RUSTED. I NOTICED THIS WHEN DOING FRONT END WORK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.
NHTSA ODI #11252080
118,000 miles · Aug 28, 2019
Unknown Or Other
THE THROTTLE BODY SEEMS TO BE A HUGE THING EVEN ON YOUTUBE, IT KEEPS GOING OUT. THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING YOU REPLACE. IT'S FAULTY AND NOW MINE HAD JUST BROKE DOWN AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT WITH A 300 THROTTLE BODY. THIS SHOULD DEFIANTLY BE A RECALL ASAP, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S MANY MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS VEHICLE.
NHTSA ODI #11251939
57,455 miles · Sep 16, 2018
Unknown Or Other
MY TRANSMISSION IS LUNGING FORWARD T ALL RATES OF SPEED
NHTSA ODI #11129748
126,000 miles · Jun 15, 2018
Unknown Or Other
DURING AN OVERALL CHECK UP OF THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC FOUND RUSTING OF THE SUB FRAME. HE ADVISED THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT DRIVING IT FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS MAY BE PUSHING OUR LUCK.
NHTSA ODI #11101986
117,075 miles · Apr 22, 2018
SteeringSuspensionUnknown Or Other
SUBFRAME RUSTED CRACKS VERY DANGEROUS FREQUENT NOISES!
NHTSA ODI #11089296
119,000 miles · May 29, 2017
StructureSuspensionUnknown Or Other
THE K FRAME IS COMPLETELY ROTTED FROM RUST.
NHTSA ODI #10992094
128,000 miles · Feb 21, 2017
Unknown Or Other
I'VE HAD MULTIPLE REPAIRS INVOLVING THE THROTTLE BODY, PCM AND FUEL PEDDLE ALL WITH NO EFFECT ON THE ISSUE OF SHAKING, DYING, PERIODIC ENGINE LIGHT AND SAFETY CONCERN OVER THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER. NOW I'M TOLD IT'S PROBABLY THE COMPUTER. THE BUILD DATE FALLS WITHIN A SAFETY RECALL BUT I'M TOLD IT WON'T BE HONORED BECAUS…
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I'VE HAD MULTIPLE REPAIRS INVOLVING THE THROTTLE BODY, PCM AND FUEL PEDDLE ALL WITH NO EFFECT ON THE ISSUE OF SHAKING, DYING, PERIODIC ENGINE LIGHT AND SAFETY CONCERN OVER THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER. NOW I'M TOLD IT'S PROBABLY THE COMPUTER. THE BUILD DATE FALLS WITHIN A SAFETY RECALL BUT I'M TOLD IT WON'T BE HONORED BECAUSE THE VIN ISN'T UNDER THE RECALL.
NHTSA ODI #10956140
89,000 miles · Aug 1, 2016
SteeringSuspensionUnknown Or Other
MY SON WAS DRIVING THIS CAR TO WORK NOTICED A SEVERE CHANGE TO THE STEERING. IT CAUSE HIM TO VEER INTO THE OTHER LANE AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT ONTO WORK AND CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER DRIVING JUST 10 FEET IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS UN-DRIVABLE AND UNSAFE. AFTER …
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MY SON WAS DRIVING THIS CAR TO WORK NOTICED A SEVERE CHANGE TO THE STEERING. IT CAUSE HIM TO VEER INTO THE OTHER LANE AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT ONTO WORK AND CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER DRIVING JUST 10 FEET IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS UN-DRIVABLE AND UNSAFE. AFTER CALLING THE TOWING SERVICE THEY SUGGESTED THAT I CALL DODGE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY TOWED OTHER DODGES OF SIMILAR YEARS WITH A RUSTED/ BROKEN SUB FRAMES. CALL LOCAL DEALER WITH THE VIN AND ASK TO IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS FOR A BROKEN SUB FRAME. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL AND DID NOT OFFER TO MAKE A REPAIR EVEN AT MY COST. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SERVICE CENTER WHO HAD SEEN THE SAME PROBLEM BEFORE ON OTHER DODGES AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE REPAIR. AFTER $600 FOR THE PART AND $600 FOR LABOR THE REPAIR WAS MADE ON A CAR WITH 89,000 MILES. WHILE THE CAR WAS GETTING REPAIRED I WAS ABLE TO TELL A CO-WORKER ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE ON HER 2007 CALIBER WHICH I DISCOVERED WHILE RESEARCHING. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET HERS REPAIRED WITH NO CHARGE. CONTACTED DODGE AND SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AT THIS POINT. THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS PROBLEM SO I GUESS THAT MEANS DODGE STANDS FOR DODGE RESPONSIBILITY AT THE COST OF THE CONSUMER. I NOT BE PURCHASING ANY MOPAR PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE.
CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 712 MY 2009 SEBRING, DODGE CALIBER, AVENGER, JOURNEY, JEEP PATRIOT, AND COMPASS VEHICLES. A NEW ADHESIVE USED IN THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) MANUFACTURING PROCESS CAN CAUSE THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TO BREAK.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PCM FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 10, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
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