Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | |||
| 09/03/2012 | 55000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 dodge calibur. the contact stated that the vehicle was idling very rough and would go up to 30 mph. the contact stated the electronic throttle control light would illuminate on the instrument panel when the failure occurred. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and was told the electronic throttle control module needed to be replaced. the failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 68,143.pmb | |||
| 09/03/2012 | 55000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 dodge calibur. the contact stated that the vehicle was idling very rough and would go up to 30 mph. the contact stated the electronic throttle control light would illuminate on the instrument panel when the failure occurred. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told the electronic throttle control module needed to be replaced. the failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 68,143.rl | |||
| 07/04/2012 | 83000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 dodge caliber. the contact stated that while driving, the battery was drained. the battery warning light and the air bag warning light were illuminated. the vehicle was turned off and the contact was unable to restart vehicle. on another occasion, the contact was parked and attempted to drive, but was unable to change the gear from park to drive. the failure recurred several times. the vehicle was not taken to a dealer or repair shop for inspection or repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unavailable. the failure and current mileages were 83,000. sm. | |||
| 07/04/2012 | 83000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 dodge caliber. the contact stated that while driving, the battery was drained. the battery warning light and the air bag warning light were illuminated. the vehicle was turned off and contact was unable to restart vehicle. at another occasion, the contact was parked and attempted to drive; the contact was unable to change gear from park to drive. the failure recurred several times. the vehicle was not taken to dealer or repair shop for inspection or repair. the manufacturer was not made aware. the vin was unavailable. the current and failure mileage was 83,000. yn | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 03/01/2008 | 8587 | ||
| The car started having stalling problems less than a year after purchase. stalling problems are more common during rainy periods but could happen at any time. most incidents happen while car is on idle, no movement, in the highway or at a red light. the car will vibrate and immediately stall or try to. car has been taken to dealer under warranty but no reason for the stalling has been found; car is still under warranty. no recall notice is available at the dodge personalize website. this car was bought at the military exchange new car sales in puerto rico but apparently was relocate from oconus europe and i am no sure how possible recalls will apply to this car. there is a nhtsa campaign id number: 08v528000 but i do not now if it applies to this car. | |||
| 01/30/2010 | 1 | ||
| I rented a dodge caliber from dollar rent-a-car in hartford, cn on friday. jan 29, 2009. on the third trip in the car, on jan 30, i parked it, removed the key, set the parking brake, and started to walk away from the car. to this point, all was normal. then, the car started up on its own, and the motor continued to run. the car continued to run for 20-30 minutes regardless of what i did with the key. the key did not have a remote ignition switch. i eventually contacted dollar, and after about 20 minutes, while i was sitting in the car with the motor running and the keys in my hand, the car stopped running, without any intervention on my part. while nothing serious happened, it is easy to speculate that if the car had been parked in an enclosed garage, it could have filled with fumes. the car also might have kept running till it ran out of gas. i did not make careful note about the specific car, but the records should be held by dollar rent-a-car. *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM | |||
| 09/15/2009 | 1700 | ||
| 09/2009 vehicle died while driving in middle of traffic towed to dealer, suggested car had an electrical problem and fixed. 08/16/2010 vehicle check engine light came on and vehicle was jerking before it died while driving in traffic, towed to dealer suggested transmission was bad and fixed. 09/14/2010 vehicle engine would not turn over to start, when started drove 5 miles and stalled in the middle of traffic, towed back to dealer suggested coolant was leaking on the radiator and battery was bad and fixed. 09/20/2010 engine, throttle and engine temp light on vehicle died while driving in traffic, towed back to dealer suggesting head gaskets failed and fixed. 10/21/2010 engine temp runs hot, overheats, makes tugging sounds and jerks while driving, drove back to dealer suggesting thermostates not opening fully replaced and states the car was sold with a bad engine. 11/04/2010 car returned to dealer due to jerking, engine light on, making tugging sounds as you accelerate, winding down sounds when you break and overheating. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 09/15/2009 | 1700 | ||
| 09/2009 vehicle died while driving in middle of traffic towed to dealer, suggested car had an electrical problem and fixed. 08/16/2010 vehicle check engine light came on and vehicle was jerking before it died while driving in traffic, towed to dealer suggested transmission was bad and fixed. 09/14/2010 vehicle engine would not turn over to start, when started drove 5 miles and stalled in the middle of traffic, towed back to dealer suggested coolant was leaking on the radiator and battery was bad and fixed. 09/20/2010 engine, throttle and engine temp light on vehicle died while driving in traffic, towed back to dealer suggesting head gaskets failed and fixed. 10/21/2010 engine temp runs hot, overheats, makes tugging sounds and jerks while driving, drove back to dealer suggesting thermostates not opening fully replaced and states the car was sold with a bad engine. 11/04/2010 car returned to dealer due to jerking, engine light on, making tugging sounds as you accelerate, winding down sounds when you break and overheating. | |||