Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 12/03/2012 | 30000 | ||
| The vehical stalls at the lights or at a stop sign. no other time, for no reason it sputters a little and then stalls. it starts right away. i have taken it to the dodge dealership and because their computer doesn't find anything,they say there is nothing wrong, well evidently there is, as it shouldn't stall for no reason. i had the spark plugs changed and still stalls. from what i have read on line after purchasing the caliber many, many people are having the same problem, this could be a very serious issue if the car decides to stall while the car is in motion. i am hoping via this email that someone can look into this. thank you | |||
| 12/04/2012 | 43714 | ||
| This vehicle has stalled twice and spuuters and jerks intermitently stopped at a light, railroad crossing or otherwise. when it stalls i am able to restart it. it has been seen on 5 differently occassions and the dealers state it does not code so there is nothing they can do about. | |||
| 01/10/2013 | 58850 | ||
| The car would fail to start using remote starter on occasion then progressed to starting w/remote start but when the key inserted the car would shut down. progressed with extra problems such as not having power when it did stay running. would only go 10 mph, sputtering, with electronic throttle control coming on. i turned car off and tried again and ran for awhile and regained speed and w/out missing/sputtering. appear random and continued to work and in heavy traffic car begins to rapid decent in speed (50 mph to quick drop to 10 mph) with etc light on. with drop down in speed/momentum and not because of breaking the reason that left no indication to the person(s) behind me to have a warning. i put emergency flashers on and got to a safer place. turned car off/on, repeated sometimes w/remote was the only way to start car but many times placing the key in the ignition actually shut the car down. improved at times but with no warning the car would go into to rapid decrease in speed and even try to stall at times, especially if it was combined with braking at stop signs/signals/traffic. the dealership only focused on the electronic throttle control and said it was completely out. the actual day i left it at dealership it was running fine that particular morning. i have had it back 1 day but i am very concerned with a repeat history of this due to no real warning because the light appears as you are already shutting down/slowing down. by the time the light comes on someone behind me could already have hit me and i usually travel interstate and this is scary. the car also wanted increase on a couple of moments but this was not as much as the reverse. car is just over a couple of years old & i have also just replaced the driver door mechanism for the window operation (dropped when it broke). vent system repaired. | |||
| 01/04/2013 | 41000 | ||
| The vehicle stalls without warning as i am coming to a stop (such as a stop light or stop sign). there is no warning in the warning lights and this is very dangerous. i have had this happen numerous times. i bought the car used and have had the car under a year. i bought it with almost 39, 000 miles on it and only have 41, 800 on there now. it has been taken in for service at the dealership where i purchased the vehicle and they found nothing wrong. i am having the spark plugs replaced and having a maintenance check as they suggested for a fee....and for a larger fee (nearly 400.00) i can get the full service they think may alleviate the problem?? i find this problem to be a serious safety issue and have seen where other owners are complaining of the same problem. this can cause a serious accident and when will something be done about this? there should be a re-call on this as it poses a serious safety issue. | |||
| 01/10/2013 | 58850 | ||
| The car would fail to start using remote starter on occasion then progressed to starting w/remote start but when the key inserted the car would shut down. progressed with extra problems such as not having power when it did stay running. would only go 10 mph, sputtering, with electronic throttle control coming on. i turned car off and tried again and ran for awhile and regained speed and w/out missing/sputtering. appear random and continued to work and in heavy traffic car begins to rapid decent in speed (50 mph to quick drop to 10 mph) with etc light on. with drop down in speed/momentum and not because of breaking the reason that left no indication to the person(s) behind me to have a warning. i put emergency flashers on and got to a safer place. turned car off/on, repeated sometimes w/remote was the only way to start car but many times placing the key in the ignition actually shut the car down. improved at times but with no warning the car would go into to rapid decrease in speed and even try to stall at times, especially if it was combined with braking at stop signs/signals/traffic. the dealership only focused on the electronic throttle control and said it was completely out. the actual day i left it at dealership it was running fine that particular morning. i have had it back 1 day but i am very concerned with a repeat history of this due to no real warning because the light appears as you are already shutting down/slowing down. by the time the light comes on someone behind me could already have hit me and i usually travel interstate and this is scary. the car also wanted increase on a couple of moments but this was not as much as the reverse. car is just over a couple of years old & i have also just replaced the driver door mechanism for the window operation (dropped when it broke). vent system repaired. | |||
| 01/04/2013 | 41000 | ||
| The vehicle stalls without warning as i am coming to a stop (such as a stop light or stop sign). there is no warning in the warning lights and this is very dangerous. i have had this happen numerous times. i bought the car used and have had the car under a year. i bought it with almost 39, 000 miles on it and only have 41, 800 on there now. it has been taken in for service at the dealership where i purchased the vehicle and they found nothing wrong. i am having the spark plugs replaced and having a maintenance check as they suggested for a fee....and for a larger fee (nearly 400.00) i can get the full service they think may alleviate the problem?? i find this problem to be a serious safety issue and have seen where other owners are complaining of the same problem. this can cause a serious accident and when will something be done about this? there should be a re-call on this as it poses a serious safety issue. | |||
| 07/05/2011 | 50 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2010 dodge caliber. the contact stated that the back floorboard would become filled with water whenever it rained. no other section of the vehicle would become wet. the failure recurred numerous times, causing water damage to the vehicle and growing mold. the vehicle was taken to the dealer several times but the failure was unable to be diagnosed. the manufacturer was notified and after several failed attempts to repair the vehicle, advised the contact to go to the dealer and choose a new vehicle. however, they later advised that due to the mileage of the original vehicle, they would not provide her with a new vehicle. the failure mileages were 50 and the current mileage was 2,349. kmj | |||
| 07/05/2011 | 2349 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2010 dodge caliber. the contact stated that when it rained the back floorboard filled up with water while nothing else in the vehicle got wet. the failure recurred numerous times causing water damage and mold. the vehicle was taken to the dealer several times but the failure was unable to be diagnosed. the manufacturer was notified and after several failed attempts to repair the vehicle advised the contact to go to the dealer and choose a new vehicle but later stated due to the mileage on the original vehicle they would not give her the new vehicle. the failure mileages were 50 and the current mileage was 2,349. dt | |||
| 08/27/2011 | 28000 | ||
| This standard transmission 2010 dodge caliber continually stalls out when the car is in neutral, such as at intersections, railroad crossings, toll booths, and parking lots. it usually takes five to ten minutes of attempts before the car will restart. this poses a serious safety problem because often trucks or other cars driving up behind me barely slow down in time, even though my flashers are blinking. last weekend i was almost hit from behind by a large truck while i was attempting to get the car re-started at a traffic light. dodge refuses to attempt to fix the problem unless their computer can tell them exactly what to do. in the words of the dodge representative, we don't want to just throw parts away. dodge has a private message board accessibly only by registered dodge owners. the section for caliber owners contains many posts by other owners and former owners who have experienced this defect on their dodge calibers. the car is still under the manufacturer's warranty. | |||
| 03/30/2011 | 8600 | ||
| Occasionally the vehicle chugs and sputters at stops. twice the vehicle has stalled at stoplights and had to be put back into park and restarted. dealer ran diagnostics, but was unable to duplicate, and no codes were found. | |||
| 02/13/2011 | 14000 | ||
| While turning at low speed car accelerated uncontrollably. air bags did not deploy in frontal crash. car caught fire. | |||