2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD

WHEN CAR IS FILLED UP TO FULL IT WILL SMELL LIKE RAW FUEL IN THE CAR AND IT WILL STALL NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

Mileage: 87,000

THIS IS THE 2ND COMPLAINT I FILLED WITH CHRYSLER CORP. THRU NHTSA CONCERNING THIS ISSUE, 1ST COMPLAINT WAS #11186050 CONCERNING THE REAR CROSS MEMBERS/REAR AXLE CRADLE ROTTING OUT (CHRYSLER ACTION 23-012-14 THIS ACTION EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS). I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ACTION THRU TALKING WITH A FRIEND WHO WENT THRU THIS SAME ISSUE. CHRYSLER CORP. CONTACTED ME TO STATE "THAT ALL OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED !" THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2007 AT BERGER MOTORS IN HAZELTON, PA. NEITHER BERGER MOTORS OR CHRYSLER CONTACTED US ON THIS ISSUE, SO HOW CAN CHRYSLER CORP MAKE THIS STATEMENT THAT ALL OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED !!! THIS CAR HAS LESS THAN 75,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT !

Mileage: 74,900

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE, I TOOK THE CAR TO A GARAGE, THE MECHANIC CHECKED IT THEN CALLED ME ' NOT TO DRIVE IT ' THAT THE REAR AXLE/SUSPENSION CRADLE WAS ROTTED OUT. I CONTACTED A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT CHRYSLER CORPORATION EXTENDED THE WARRANTY DUE TO THIS ISSUE FOR 10 YEARS WHICH ENDED IN 2017. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ONLY TO FIND OUT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ONE OF THE RECALLS, I ASKED HOW CAN THAT BE SINCE MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND I ASKED WHY WASN'T THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS NOTIFIED TO GET THEM CHECKED (NO ANSWER), I TOLD THIS WOMAN THAT THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM (USING SUBSTANDARD STEEL) AND I KNOW THAT SOMEONE WILL BE HURT OR KILLED DUE DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE.

Mileage: 74,900

STUCK IN LIMP MODE

Mileage: 173,596

REAR CROSSMEMBER SUBFRAME RUSTED AND BROKEN CAUSING DRIVESHAFT AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO SHIFT DURING ACCELERATION. NOTICED A THUMBING SOUND WHEN DRIVING ON LOCAL CITY STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON DEC. 12, 2018.

REAR CROSSMEMBER SUBFRAME RUSTED AND BROKEN CAUSING DRIVESHAFT AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO SHIFT DURING ACCELERATION. NOTICED A THUMBING SOUND WHEN DRIVING ON LOCAL CITY STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON DEC. 12, 2018.

THIS VEHICLE'S ENGINE WILL STALL MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN FILLED TO CAPACITY. THE STALLS OCCUR WHILE IDLING, AND/OR WHEN DRIVING AND THEY CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITHIN ONLINE FORUMS (INCLUDING YOUTUBE) REGARDING THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE. THIS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I ONCE STALLED AND WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY IN THIS CAR.

Mileage: 78,000

MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT A USED 2007 DODGE CALIBER WITH 83,493 MILES ON IT IN 2016. IN 2018 THE CAR BECAME VERY UNSTABLE AND FOUND THE CROSS STRUCTURE IN THE REAR WAS SO CORRODED AND RUSTED IT CRACKED IN HALF. SHE, I, AND OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AND I SEE NOW 100'S OF OTHERS THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? EAT $5,000.00 ? THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.. SHE WAS DRIVING AND I WAS WITH HER AT NIGHT AND RAINING, ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO SHAKE SO BAD I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FALL APART. WE CREEPED IT HOME AND FRIENDS LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SAID OMG.. SO AGAIN,, HOW DO WE REPLACE THIS? AND WHAT IS BEING DONE? THERE WERE NO NOTIFICATIONS ON THIS AT ALL PERIOD. I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS 1 CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.. IT COULD BE A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN, A HEAD ON CRASH, WHO KNOWS.. IT'S DANGEROUS.. MAD MOTHER.. IT HAPPENED ON OR AROUND MAY 14, 2018 AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MILES WERE AT THAT TIME, GAVE A ESTIMATE.. THIS IS AS BAD AS HAVIN

Mileage: 86,000

MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT A USED 2007 DODGE CALIBER WITH 83,493 MILES ON IT IN 2016. IN 2018 THE CAR BECAME VERY UNSTABLE AND FOUND THE CROSS STRUCTURE IN THE REAR WAS SO CORRODED AND RUSTED IT CRACKED IN HALF. SHE, I, AND OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AND I SEE NOW 100'S OF OTHERS THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? EAT $5,000.00 ? THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.. SHE WAS DRIVING AND I WAS WITH HER AT NIGHT AND RAINING, ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO SHAKE SO BAD I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FALL APART. WE CREEPED IT HOME AND FRIENDS LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SAID OMG.. SO AGAIN,, HOW DO WE REPLACE THIS? AND WHAT IS BEING DONE? THERE WERE NO NOTIFICATIONS ON THIS AT ALL PERIOD. I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS 1 CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.. IT COULD BE A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN, A HEAD ON CRASH, WHO KNOWS.. IT'S DANGEROUS.. MAD MOTHER.. IT HAPPENED ON OR AROUND MAY 14, 2018 AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MILES WERE AT THAT TIME, GAVE A ESTIMATE.. THIS IS AS BAD AS HAVIN

Mileage: 86,000

MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT A USED 2007 DODGE CALIBER WITH 83,493 MILES ON IT IN 2016. IN 2018 THE CAR BECAME VERY UNSTABLE AND FOUND THE CROSS STRUCTURE IN THE REAR WAS SO CORRODED AND RUSTED IT CRACKED IN HALF. SHE, I, AND OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AND I SEE NOW 100'S OF OTHERS THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? EAT $5,000.00 ? THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.. SHE WAS DRIVING AND I WAS WITH HER AT NIGHT AND RAINING, ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO SHAKE SO BAD I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FALL APART. WE CREEPED IT HOME AND FRIENDS LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SAID OMG.. SO AGAIN,, HOW DO WE REPLACE THIS? AND WHAT IS BEING DONE? THERE WERE NO NOTIFICATIONS ON THIS AT ALL PERIOD. I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS 1 CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.. IT COULD BE A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN, A HEAD ON CRASH, WHO KNOWS.. IT'S DANGEROUS.. MAD MOTHER.. IT HAPPENED ON OR AROUND MAY 14, 2018 AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MILES WERE AT THAT TIME, GAVE A ESTIMATE.. THIS IS AS BAD AS HAVIN

Mileage: 86,000

THE FIRST TIME MY THROTTLE CONTROL LAMP LIT UP, I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF OF THE HIGHWAY, WENT THROUGH MCDONALD'S DRIVE THRU AND CAME TO A STOP...THE LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE AND SHAKE AND I HAD NO ACCELERATION ABILITY. THE CAR DID MOVE WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK. I MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION AND CALL AAA. AFTER THE CAR WAS OFF, THE LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON WHEN RE-STARTED. A FEW DAYS LATER (4 OR 5), I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. I GOT OFF OF THE INTERSTATE TO RE-CONNECT WITH ANOTHER INTERSTATE. I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT WAITING TO TURN LEFT ONTO THE ON RAMP. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED, THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION, THE THROTTLE CONTROL LAMP WAS ON AGAIN AND THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AND SHAKING AGAIN. I MOVE FORWARD ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY AND WAITED, ONCE AGAIN, FOR A TOW SERVICE ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE.

Mileage: 174,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,227.

Mileage: 172,227

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,227.

Mileage: 172,227

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE ALSO HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED FIVE YEARS AGO BY SALT LAKE VALLEY DODGE IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE ALSO HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED FIVE YEARS AGO BY SALT LAKE VALLEY DODGE IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

Mileage: 56,000

NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AND PURGE SOLENOID AS THE CAR KEPT STALLING AFTER I'D PUT GAS IN THE CAR WHEN I'D LEAVE THE GAS STATION. VERY UNSAFE AS I'D BE AT A RED LIGHT RIGHT AFTER PUTTING IN GAS AND WOULD STALL. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING CONSISTENTLY THE CAR WOULD DRIVE FINE.

I HAVE 101,000 MILES AND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR IN A PARKING LOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SEAT BELT UNFASTENED AND WILL NOT REMAIN FASTENED. I TRIED RECONNECTING IT SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY LUCK. IT WILL NOT REFASTEN.

Mileage: 101,000

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN FILLING FUEL INTO THE GAS TANK. FUEL MUST BE ENTERED VERY SLOWLY IN THE FILLER NECK OR THE HANDLE FROM THE PUMP WILL "TRIP" AND NOT ALLOW ANY FURTHER FLOW OF FUEL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND TALKING TO OTHERS I THOUGHT THIS PROBLEM MIGHT BE DUE TO A CLOGGED EVAP HOSE OR ITS CHARCOAL CANISTER. I TOOK IT TO AN NATIONALLY KNOWN SERVICE STATION WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE NOT IN THE EVAP SYSTEM BUT IN A DEFECTIVE "ROLLOVER VALVE" WHICH IS INTERNAL TO THE FUEL TANK. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A "CHECK VALVE" WHICH PREVENTS FUEL FROM SPILLING BACK OUT OF THE TANK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. IF THIS ROLLOVER VALVE IS STUCK "PARTIALLY CLOSED" DURING FILLING, THEN IT COULD ALSO BE STUCK "PARTIALLY OPEN" AND ALLOW FUEL TO DANGEROUSLY SPILL BACKWARD THROUGH THE FILLER NECK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DODGE DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THE ABOVE. THEY CHECKED INTO THEIR DATABASE AND FOUND THIS DEFECTIVE

Mileage: 59,524

MY MOTHER TOOK HER CAR TO HER LOCAL AUTO MECHANIC IN TOWN BECAUSE THE MUFFLER WAS RATTLING. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER THE CAR WAS UNSAFE AND NOT DRIVABLE BECAUSE THE FRAME IS TOTALLY ROTTED. THE CAR FRAME HAS SANK AND NOW IS HITTING THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THAT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE RATTLE. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO POKE A SCREW DRIVER THRU THE FRAME TUBE. MOM HAS BEEN TOLD BY HER MECHANIC AND A ANOTHER CAR DEALER THAT THE CAR WAS WORTH LESS AND NOT DRIVABLE. VERY FRUSTRATED I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND HOW A 2007 CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WORTHLESS. DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED TO BRING THE CAR TO A DODGE DEALER AND THAT THEY WANTED TO GET HER BACK ON THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE RAMSEY DODGE DEALER, SAME PLACE WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE CAR. THE DEALER TOLD US THAT DODGE HAS A CAMPAIGN ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM, OF ROTTED FRAME TUBES AND THAT HER EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS STILL GOOD FOR THREE ADDITIONAL MONTHS. WE HAVE BEEN DENIED A RENTAL CAR UNTIL WE AGR

RUSTED SUB FRAME