Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 03/05/2010 | 1 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 12/23/2009 | 45000 | 1 | |
| 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 cause a wreck, or it will happen to someone else and they won't think so fast to put car in neutral, on the internet i found many stories about the dodge caliber accelerator throttle not working correctly and dodge dealers not sure what the problem was , please check into this to save lives before any are lost that don't need to be lost. thank you *tr | |||