2007 Dodge Caliber Awd complaints

AT APPROXIMATELY 23,700 MILES, MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER RT HAD TO HAVE BOTH FRONT BALL JOINTS REPLACED (CHRYSLER REIMBURSED FOR THE RUINED FRONT TIRES THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON 9 MONTHS BEFORE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM). WITHIN A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED, I STARTED HEARING A NOISE LIKE SOMETHING LOSE IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AREA. UPON HAVING MY ANNUAL INSPECTION AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, MY MECHANIC TOLD ME I HAVE A BUSTED DRIVERS' SIDE STRUT. THERE IS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 25,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND THIS IS TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS! I KEEP READING OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND AM WONDERING IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DODGE/CHRSYLER IS GOING TO FIX VIA RECALL (OF COURSE, THE STRUTS STARTED MAKING THE NOISE WITHIN WEEKS OF COMING OUT OF MY BASIC 3 YR/36,000 MILE COVERAGE - I AM NOW INTO EXTENDED COVERAGE WITH A DEDUCTIBLE). *TR

I BOUGHT A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AND THE FOLLOWING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED THAT RESULTED IN A ACCIDENT. 1.) THE BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT ONLY 2 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE CAR. 2.) THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS FOR THE VOLUME AND CHANGING THE CHANNELS HAVE NEVER WORKED. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE SHOP 14 TIMES AND THE ISSUE HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED. 3.) FIRST BRAKE FAILURE WAS ABOUT A YEAR AFTER BUYING THE CAR AND WAS DUE TO THE BOOSTER CYLINDER AND MASTER CYLINDER FAILING. OURISMAN DODGE PUT ME INTO A RENTAL CAR FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS. 4.) CRUISE CONTROL HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN AND COULD ALSO BE A REASON WHY THE CAR WAS IN A ACCIDENT 5.) TRANSMISSION ISSUE, THE CAR HAS ALREADY HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHERE IT WAS NOT ABLE TO UPSHIFT WHILE DRIVING AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ABLE TO BE USED. 6.) COMPUTER ISSUES, WHEN MY BATTERY DIED THE ENTIRE COMPUTER WENT OUT AND $300 LATER HAD TO BE RELOADED AND FIXED 7.) THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAS ALREADY FAILED ON THE CAR 8.) I HAVE HAD THE ENGINE LIGHT GO ON 3 TIMES WITH DIFFERENT SENSORS FAILING NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. 9.) THE CONTROL ARM AND SUSPENSION HAS CURRENTLY FAILED AND NOW HAS TO BE REPLACED FOR AROUND $2000. 10.) EVERYTHING LEAKS AND RETAINS WATER. THE BACK LIGHTS FILL WITH WATER AND I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP FOR THIS ISSUE 3 TIMES. THE DOORS ALSO FILL GALLONS AND GALLONS OF WATER WHICH WILL TAKE 5 TO 10 MINUTES TO DRAIN SOMETIMES. THE CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR THAT ISSUE 2 TIMES AND NEVER REPAIRED. 11.) MANY SEALS HAVE ROTTED IN THE CAR

2007 DODGE CALIBER BROKEN FRONT ARM CONTROL IN SUSPENSION THE CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD . ACCORDING TO THE PARTS STORE IT IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. READ MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

WATER LEAKS INTO CAR DURING HEAVY RAIN COLLISION CENTER FOUND HOLE IN BODY SEAM WHERE HINGE PILLAR AND COWL PANEL ARE PUT TOGETHER. CAR HAS SUN ROOF. COLLISION CENTER FEELS THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *TR

THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED FUNCTIONING. A DEALER RE-FLASHED THE COMPUTER AT NO CHARGE. REPAIR LASTED ONE YEAR. THE WIPER IS AGAIN NOT FUNCTIONING BUT NOW THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE $100.00 TO REFLASH THE TIPM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE THEN ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND INDEPENDENTLY CAME TO A STOP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 66,000. UPDATED10/28/10 *BF UPDATED 11/01/10

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE10012 - 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD SRT - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM. IN MY CASE THE RPM SHOT UP TO 4000RPM WHILE I WAS DRIVING 30 MPH. THIS HAPPENED 3X IN ONE MONTH. APPLYING BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT ON HIGH ENGINE SPEED. MY REACTION WAS TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND GUN THE GAS PEDAL. THIS RESET IDLE BACK TO NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT RETURN AND I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO HAVE IT CHECKED OR REPAIR YET. *TR

UNEXPLAINED FAILURE OF BOTH BALL JOINTS AT 45800 MILES. *TR

2007 DODGE CALIBER R/T AWD. MY WIFE FOUND 2 SMALL BRASS BUSHINGS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR. WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, DURING ACCELERATION ONTO AN INTERSTATE, IT APPEARED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AND CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER I REMOVED FOOT FROM PEDAL. I PULLED THE PEDAL UP WITH MY FOOT TO FREE UP PEDAL. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND A COUPLE OF OTHER REFERENCES TO A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH OTHER CALIBER OWNERS. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY PREFERRED MECHANIC, AND HE HAS TO ORDER A NEW ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY. *TR

MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER HAS HAD 5 EPISODES OF THE ACCELERATOR GOING TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR SPEEDING UP AND THE RPM GOING TO HIGH, EACH TIME I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME FROM ARIZONA TO ARKANSAS AND AT APROX 800 MILES IT HAPPENED AND AS ONE IS WHEN TRAVELING I WAS TIRED AND THINGS WERE CLUTTERED SO I ASSUMED IT WAS THE FLOOR MAT AND PULLED IT DOWN AND WENT ON. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL SO THAT I DID NOT SPEED UP AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING AND AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES IT DID THE SAME THING AND I TOOK THE MATT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO STICK MY FOOT UNDER THE PEDDLE AND PULL IT UP AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE AND IT WAS THEN BEHAVING NORMAL. THE NEXT TIME I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I DID THINK IT WAS THE MATT AND THE MATT WAS GONE. DOING THE SAME THING PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS I WAS DRIVING AND BACK IN DRIVE , THIS TIME I HAD TO KEEP DOING THIS AS I COASTED ON THE ROAD AND ON THE 3 RD TIME IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THE REST IF THE TIMES WERE ON THE SAME TRIP TO THE DEALER, A 50 MILE TRIP, ALL THE SAME , THE CAR ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOES DOWN, THE CAR SPEEDS UP , I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PULL THE PEDAL UP AND THEN AFTER A FEW TIMES IT WORKS FOR A UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MILES. THE DEALER HAS NOW TOLD ME THEY RESET THE SYSTEM AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT SHOULD IT THEN THEY WILL NEED TO REPLACE SOME THINGS. DODGE IN RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS, I HOPE IT IS FIXED. MY FEAR IS THIS WILL HAPPEN AS I'M PULLING OUT SOMEWHERE AND

BOTH TIE RODS ON MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER RT AWD FAILED AT 30,000 MILES. THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE COULD BE WOBBLED WITH THE PUSH OF A PINKY. THE CAR WOULD NOT STAY IN IT'S OWN LANE AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE, EVERY BUMP OR DIP IN THE ROAD WOULD CAUSE THE CAR TO LURCH TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT I WAS LUCKY THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE DID NOT FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 30,000 MILES WAS LOW MILEAGE FOR TIE ROD FAILURE, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS THE WARRANTY EXPIRED 3 MONTHS AGO. WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING REPAIRED THE MECHANIC ALSO NOTED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL ARM BUSHING IS SEPARATING AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACE SOON AS WELL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT LEAVING ME DRIVING IN THE DARK WITH OUR BEING ABLE TO SEE THE SPEEDOMETER OR FUEL GAUGE, ETC. ALL OTHER INTERIOR LIGHTS CONTINUED TO OPERATE. THE LIGHTS THEN CAME BACK ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WENT OUT AGAIN. IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE GAUGE CLUSTER. IT STILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

CAR WAS WORKING FINE. PURCHASED APRIL 26 2009 WITH 12000 MILES ON IT. ON FATHERS DAY OF THIS YEAR, CAR INTERMITTENTLY STALLED ON FREEWAY WHILE GOING AROUND 65 MPH. HAPPENED 1 MORE TIME ON FREEWAY, 2X ON ROAD, 2X IN PARKING LOTS SINCE THEN. DODGE CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR. - REPLACES IGNITION SWITCH. INTERMITTENT STALLING HAPPENS AGAIN. -- *TR

MESSAGE: I AM WRITING ABOUT MY FIRESTONE FIREHAWK GTA P215/55R1894T TIRES. THEY CAME ON MY THEN NEW 2007 DODGE CALIBER R/T. I NOTED WITH THE DEALER ON 1/2/09 WITH 24800 MILES, THAT EVEN BEFORE THAT THE TIRES ARE MAKING A THUMPING NOICE. IT SEEMS THEY ARE GETTING EVEN LOUDER. THEY HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES BY ME AND THE DEALER AND SEEM TO BE WEARING EVENLY. I AM WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS? *TR

ODOR RELEASED THROUGH VENTS WHEN AIR CONDITIONING OR DEFOGGER IS IN OPERATIONS. I HAVE NOTICED THIS STRONG STENCH; IT IS QUITE NAUSEATING. MY SON HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE WITH THE OPERATION OF EITHER DEVICE WITH THIS ODOR. AS FAR AS I CAN SURMISED, IT SMELLS LIKE ANTIFREEZE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AUGUST 2006. AT APPROXIMATELY 43K MILES JUNE 2008, TWO WARNING LIGHTS TRIGGERED: ESP BASS AND TRACTION CONTROL. UPON CONTACTING THE DEALER, DAVID DODGE, AND DELIVERING MY VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM WAS THE PROBLEM AND IT MUST BE REPLACED; OF COURSE, AT MY EXPENSE OF $258. AGAIN, JULY 22, 2008 THESE TWO LIGHTS TRIGGERED. THIS ACTION PROMPTED ME TO PURSUE THE NHTSA WEBSITE IN SEARCH OF RECALL. SURPRISINGLY, THERE WERE TWO RECALLS FOR THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. AMAZINGLY, THE FIRST REFERENCED THE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM. I HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION FROM DODGE CHRYSLER OR THE DEALER. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET FOR THE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM THAT WAS FOR THE MOST PART ON THE RECALL LIST. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CALIBER WITH FIRESTONE FIREHALK GTA-03 215/55R18 SIZE STANDARD TIRES, BETWEEN 25,000 TO 26,000 MILES THE TIRES HAVE BECOME CUPPED AND VERY LOAD, I TOOL IT TO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY AGREED THEY ARE CUPPED BUT BLAME THE ROTATION. I HAVE INVESTIGATED THE CAR AND TIRE AND FIND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TIRES AND FEEL FIRESTONE AND DODGE IS NOT CORRECTING A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

2007 DODGE CALIBER - STEERING PULLS TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FOR ABOUT FIRST 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING (FEELS VERY SLOPPY). PULLS HARD TO THE RIGHT WHILE BRAKING. DOORS LOCK WITH CAR RUNNING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE PAST 10 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER AND ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL OFF. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE OPERATED AT THE PROPER SPEED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE ON FEBRUARY 12, 2007, BUT THE VEHICLE IS STILL OVERHEATING. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 18,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO ANY OF THESE FAILURES. I SIMPLY BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2007 DODGE CALIBER IN JUNE OF '06 AND TO DATE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: 1. A HUMMING NOISE (SIMILAR TO THAT OF A "RICE BURNER" CAR) IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE THAT TOOK OVER THREE TRIPS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT (FROM AUGUST 2006 TO JANUARY 2007) AND A TOTAL OF 20 DAYS BEING OUT OF SERVICE IS AT PRESENT REPAIRED. 2. THERE IS A RATTLE UNDERNEATH THE CAR, EITHER COMING FROM THE MIDDLE OR THE REAR WHEN NOT APPLYING THE GAS AND SIMPLY "CRUISING" DOWN THE ROAD. BUT WHEN I HIT THE GAS IT GOES AWAY. 3. THERE IS A NOISE IN THE FRONT TIRES WHEN I AM DRIVING BETWEEN 1 AND 3 RPMS. 4. THE CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT. 5. THE HEADLIGHTS DIM INTERMITTENTLY FOR NO REASON, AS IF THERE IS A POWER DRAIN. 6. THE VOLUME CONTROL ON THE STEERING WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY DOESN'T WORK. 7. THE STATION CHANGER CONTROL ON THE STEERING WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY DOESN'T WORK. 8. WHEN DRIVING THE CAR WITHOUT THE AUTO STICK, THE DELAY IN PICK-UP IS VERY SLOW. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM. 9. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN AND INCREASED IN SPEED ALL BY ITSELF ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD. 10. THE AC FAN BEGAN MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE ONE MONTH AFTER WE BOUGHT IT AND IT WAS SERVICED PROPERLY AND REMAINS IN WORKING ORDER. 11. WHEN I AM SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND WE GO AROUND SHARP CORNERS OR STOP OR START QUICKLY, THE SEAT MAKES CLICKING NOISES UNDERNEATH AND MOVES SLIGHTLY EVEN THOUGH IT APPEARS TO BE IN A LOC

WHILE DRIVING THE HAZARD LIGHTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME ON AND BLINK FIVE OR SIX TIMES, THEN AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. *JB

HEAD ON COLLISION IN 2007 DODGE CALIBER. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER FRACTURED BACK IN 2 LOCATIONS HAS ALSO INCURRED NECK AND LEG INJURIES. *JB

IT IS ABOUT DODGE CALIBER SXT 2007 SPORTS I, THE UNDERSIGNED,GIVE YOU THIS WRITTEN INFORMATION THAT I HAVE LEASED THE NEW LATEST MODEL TEMPTED BY ADVERTISEMENT AND IN ORDER TO BUY A SAFE VEHICLE. BEFORE I WENT FOR MY FIRST OIL CHANGE I ALREADY POSTED MY FEEDBACK OPINION ONLINE TO THE DODGE COMPANY. I COMPLAINED ABOUT A METALLIC CRACKING SOUND THAT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH IS A STRANGE PHENOMENON IN A NEW VEHICLE. WHEN I APPROACHED THE DEALER FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE, IT TOOK LONGER TIME TO DO THE OIL CHANGE SERVICE. UPON INQUIRING FOR THE CAUSE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT SOME VITAL PARTS OF THE POWERTRAIN HAS BEEN RECALLED FROM DODGE AND IS BEING REPLACED SO IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO THAT. I LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH YOU ON FRIDAY 14, JULY, TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT. IF IT IS A POWERTRAIN RECALL ISSUE OR ANY PARTS RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD ISSUES - I FEEL THAT THIS MODEL IS NOT SAFE AND DOSE NOT COMPLY WITH THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT. MORE OVER NEITHER DODGE COMPANY NOR YOU NOTIFIED ME ANY POTENTIAL MANUFACTURING DEFECTS OR ERRORS UNTIL JULY 14, 2006. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY. ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AT WORK, THE VEHICLE TOTALLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE CAM SPEED SENSOR WAS BAD.