general problems of the 2007 Dodge Caliber - part 1

Bought the car 04/21 had throttle issues the dealer replaced it kept noticing after that I was still having problems with car take it to tire shop entire buttom of car is rusted needs new sub frame sway bar lower arms was very dangerous deiving car want stay straight.

The bottom of my car is completly rusted my tires look slanted sideways like they are about to fall off there is cracks in the frame and I cant drive this car it isnt at all safe I bought it less than a mionth ago and just found out there is a recall on these make n models in my area for rusted underenath and tires are about to fall off online it says a 10 year repair recall was issued in 2014 from crysler.

My son drove my car one night and he said he didn't like the steering because it act like ilose and tires about to fall off I told him I know cause it was eating up the out side of tires fast to wear wires were seen on both sides of the front tires and later eveny son had a wreck and total out car on the seen where the wreck happen it didn't make sense to me and my son didn't have his seat beat on and it threw h out and I believe iif he did it would of killed him he don't remember nothing cause I think it put him in shock I have not received the police report but I have taking pictures and I do know there was a alot rust underneath I only had the car for two month the car is at a salvage place and I can't get it and I am going to have to pay for it I just think something was not right on the steering and supention it was on hwy on a straight away.

Car squeaks and clunks. Rear suspension components are extremely rusted. Feels like car is fish tailing while driving. Was driving from work and lost all control of the car. Speed was about 25mph.

In the midst of me driving across the intersection. . . My car began to shake uncontrollably. . . I had to get of the road because my wheel on the driver's side was disconnected from they entire car. . . Due to sever corrosion, yu under vehicle. . When I saw photos. . . I was terrifed!! my life was on jeopardy. . The first day I purchased this vehicle. . . I am sending photos to help support my claims. .

So , the car I purchased on Aug. 2nd, of this year. . . Has many issues! first of all about 2 weeks into having the vehicle. . . I needed exhaust work done. . . Shortly after that. . I began experiencing some pulling to the right when I touched the break pedal, now I'm experiencing some weird situation under the front of the car. Which in fact is causing the car to shake and now when I tap the break to stop the vehicle theirs a loud noise and when I give it gas. . It shreeks! it's very terrifying to say the least. . . I was unable to drive it back to my residence. . . I'm unable to drive this vehicle at all.

I I have changed multiple times the sway bar links and had to put on new struts twice. There was supposed to be a recall on the cross member bar and when I took it to be fixed the dealer would not honor the recall on the bar. It is now making once again a popping sound in the front drivers side and I am wanting to once again get the recall on the car that was supposed to be fixed before.

Problem with front struts the steering wheel as well . The whole front end moves horrible.

I have a 07 Caliber bought off a individual cash price. Wasn't aware of the concern issue with the front left broken struts,. No start or no crank due to theft system wireless control module. . . . Water leak from sun roof drain tubes. . . . Blown struts. . . . Engine and transmission control modules may need to be updated at the same time. . . . No start or no crank due to theft system issue. . . . Excess drain on battery due to faulty radio. As well moan type noise from exhaust squeek noise from clutch pedal ac compressor and condensor replacment due to "slugging" condition noise from hvac blower motor due to debirs swish sound from rear suspension software update for steering angle sensor fault whistle sound from left outside mirror assembly metallic rattle sound from liftgate driving around town.

Have a 2007 Dodge Caliber with 90k miles. My wife recently went to get it inspected and come to find out the front and rear crossmembers and subframe components were terribly corroded. Needless to say it was not passed. It's started shaking while driving, alignment is off according to tire wear. I've read tons of complaints and see they issues not a recall but a 10 year extended warranty on this issue. Curious as to when this was issued and if my car falls into that.

I am a single disabled mom who was involved in a head on collision on 7/21/2019 in austell GA off veterans memorial hwy. Prior to incident I just got out of a major surgery on my stomach that I was healing from. Acccident happened a week later in process of me healing. My stomach wound opened back due to collision along with other internal and external trauma to my body. I was heading home driving on right side of lane. Heard a very loud honk that startled me. I pressed the brakes. Car started maneuvering to opposite side of hwy. I couldn't understand what was going on since I was steering but it became very difficult for me to do that. As the car was going opposite my direction no moving cars was present besides one in left lane. Im managed to steer my vehicle away from left into right. Car in left lane hit my front end which led to a head on collision. The roadways was clear and weather conditions dry. I became very traumatized from even becausey car was very hard to control and maneuver. I feel that it is a car malfunction that caused my car to go opposite side of road. At the time I didn't know but I felt it was a brake malfunction. Due to my own research, I found out the braking system on these cars had a recall. I wasn't aware of this because I just purchased vehicle from a private owner before my stomach surgery. I didn't drive the since I was in er for 2 weeks. Drove it fully for a week and ended up in a wreck. I am suffering a lot mentally and physically from incident just trying to heal along with cooperating with law enforcement which I haven't obtained a police report from yet till this day. As of right now I have a pending claim with my insurance company. No info from other party insurance company as of yet. Nor do I have representation for my personal injuries. This traumatic event has put more stress and strain on my life physically and mentally.

Had creaking noises from front end, as I was inspecting noticed the front crossmember severely rusted with holes. Did a google search and found numerous complaints. Also found a campaign from Dodge stating there was an extended warranty on both the rear and front subframes/cross members. I had already replaced the rear. I contacted Dodge and was told there are no longer any campaigns or recalls that are active for my Caliber. I stated that the front sub frame has rusted beyond its life and my vehicle has less than 145k miles. I also asked if they would provide assistance in its repair as it is a major safety hazard. They replied with, since all warranties are expired and no recalls are in effect, they would not help or provide any assistance with any repairs.

Front and rear cross members as per x58 and revision x59 rusted notice sent July 14th 2014 to have inspected for rust dealership inspected and found no rust reinspected August 23 2018 rust found dealership stated out of extended warranty x58 no goodwill assistance available cause of extended warranty expiration.

I bought a 2007 Dodge Caliber from a young man come to find out he only paid $325 off of a car lot he has a dealers license and he was the only owner before me and did not tell me about the struts, there was a recall on them also has bad sensors ( gas, engine coolant and pcm internal sensors) sold the car knowingly and did not get the recalls done when needed I need something done I have five children and one grandchild who are at risk me driving and having a wreck. I do not have a document about my struts but I have had it looked at by several mechanics.

I was changing the oil of my wife 2007 Dodge Caliber when I looked over and saw that the lower control arm was completely almost completely cracked through the middle portion of it. A day prior my wife mentioned that the car was driving a little weird. This could have been extremely dangerous for my wife and other motorist if it failed on the public roads.

Sub frame rust on 42,000 mile car, will not pass PA state inspection. Steering rack not securely attached to sub frame. Car steers erratically.

I have replaced both front struts both sway bar links passengers side front lower control arm and bushings (ball joints) still here something hitting and while driving the car goes where it wants in steering goes into other lanes to oncoming vehicles have to pull back onto my lane like it looses steering.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated while driving in a parking lot, the front driver side wheel fell off the vehicle and the vehicle crashed into a light pole. The air bags did deploy. Their was no injuries sustained. A police report was filed. The vehicle was told to the dealer: canandaigua Chrysler Dodge Jeep 2591 rochester rd, canandaigua, NY 14424 who diagnosis the vehicle as a failed control arm. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that the vehicle can not be repaired do to the accident and the contact would be responsible for cost of repair. The failure mileage was 130,000. Hk.

My car horn, lights, power windows will not work and the car will not start the car stopped without warning and my lights when off. Now the car does not turn on at all after getting a tow truck to my mechanic he stated that my power train module needed to be re program but he could not do it so I had to get another tow truck to take the car to the dealer which told me I have to replace my tipm @ $1700. Plus tax. Too expensive this s/b cover by Dodge this was scary for my car to stopped while I was driving I could have kill myself and someone else I already paid over $200. In tow trucks.

Took car in for inspection and was told by mechanic that the frame was shot, totally rusted out and could break anytime.

I was driving my vehicle on our county road, and lost control because the car quickly and sharply veered off to the right towards the ditch. The cause is the sub frame assembly was badly corroded and the control arm assembly broke free from of the frame. We had the vehicle inspected on a recall two years ago to be checked for a corroded crossmember. We were not informed of any problem down then with the sub frame. It was very frightening, and had I been going faster I don't know if I'd be here today. It's in the repair shop now. This occurred today, August 22, 2017.

The front end makes all kinds of noises. Locks dont work cant open trunk. Head lights work when they want to.

Where do I start! from day one we have had issues with this car. Cruse control didn't work, brought back to dealer the first week to be fixed. One month later, front speaker went out, another trip to the dealer speaker was replaced. At 34,611 miles, car was stuck in park, would not shift at all. Towed to dealer, replaced stop lamp. At 35,031 miles, front end making loud knocking noise, you guessed it, another trip to Dodge, lower control arms replaced. Skipping to January of 2017, car now has 124,000 miles loud crunching sound coming from front driver side. Thought OH, another ball joint needs replacing, which has been replaced in January of 2016, along with more control arms, sway bar link, and struts, about $1200. 00 in all. Took this pile of crap to local merlin's shop, showed me the rotted cross member with large holes in it, completely rotted through, back cross member was in bad shape as well. Absolutely disgusted with this car, traded it in for a 2011 chevy and got $ 500. 00 which was pretty generous. How could Dodge not recall this issue, my wife would drive this 5 days a week 40 miles a day on the highway, lucky she could of been injured or worse, she always said the front end was not right, this has been rusting out for years. I guess safety is not a priority with their customers, they never sent any warning out to have this checked out. I will never ever buy another Chrysler/Dodge or Jeep product.

At less than 10 miles per hour the rear suspension failed while turning on to a public highway. The drivers side wheel on the back is ready to fall off it is laying against the coil spring. The car is no longer drivable. This is all within close proximity to the fuel tank also and in my opinion could be a puncture risk also. The car has 106779 miles on it ,one owner with no collision repairs ever performed and no undercarriage damage ever. Chrysler is performing repairs on select vehicles with the same problem but refuse to repair this one. Had this failure occurred at highway speed it is possible the results could have been catastrophic. This vehicle is less than 9 years old and has seen very little winter weather and has never been in a salt air environment. I see no difference in this problem and the one associated with toyotas truck frames of several years ago. Please help before someone dies from this problem.

2007 Caliber. 30,068 miles on car and lower control arms are bad and need to be replaced. Noise in front end. Mechanic said borderline failure.

Unable to steer after swerving to avoid a collision while in an interstate highway.

Husband was driving our 2007 Dodge Caliber making a u-turn and noticed a jerk in the steering. Proceeded to drive to our complex as it was only two miles away. Made a second u-turn and same thing happened. Once in our complex and proceeded to go over the first speed bump. The car stopped with the front driver side dropped. He exited the car to see what happened and noticed the subframe had snappened in half and was rusted beyond extreme.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated that while driving at 55 mph, the horn independently activated, the steering wheel completely seized. All warning lights on the instrument cluster illuminated and all gauges and meters gave incorrect readings. Finally, the vehicle stalled as it veered into a ditch. In addition, the contact noticed smoke coming from underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 129,023. Oo.

Sub frame was so rusted it affected the steering, motor mount collapsed into the sub frame, lower control arm was almost separated from the frame. I was traveling at about 65 mph on the n. Y. Thruway when I started having problems with the steering . When I arrived home I investigated and found the car was so unsafe I couldn't drive it again until sub frame was replaced. I saved the frame that was removed from the vehicle if needed.

The front cross member is rusted through so bad you can put your hand in side we bought the car last year. Now as we take it to the mechanics to get allignment he gave us the bad news about this. What I don't understand is why this most important part is rusted so bad while the parts around it isn't. I've got to come up with 1250 dollars for parts and labor. Why no recall on this there is no warning of this part fails and while we're driving and it breaks well. Crash and die . So Dodge this is what you do to your customers. I'm so what I can to get the word out.

Brakes on this vehicle are no good, very hard to stop. Ball joints no good steering on this vehicle is not safe either I have noticed all the recalls and complaints.

My wife was driving my car heard a squealing noise and could not control the car. The steering seemed very lose. She was by a garage and stopped and left the car there. Today they looked at the car and send the undercarriage was shot and could not be fixed. . Can Chrysler be notified of this and should we get a second opinion? its a good thing this happened on a back road with no traffic or my wife could have been seriously injured.

Front of vehicle started to shake and drivers side front made creaking noise. Took vehicle to dealer and they stated front struts and components were bad as well as drivers side ball joint. Vehicle was repaired however there is vibration in the steering and the vehicle pulls hard right. Also front end makes a lot of noise. Dealer performed front wheel alignment and balanced tires but problem is still there and mechanics can't find the issue. Vehicle is unsafe to drive and am very afraid to drive it especially since I'm disabled with young children. There are numerous complaints about the suspension issues with these cars and the problems need to be fixed before someone gets seriously injured or killed. Can't understand why nothing is being done after all of these complaints have been made by so many. This is why people don't buy american cars anymore. Foreign manufacturers will actually recall vehicles and stand behind their products.

I have a 2007 Dodge Caliber and the sub frame is so rusted through that it cracked while my son was driving it. Thankfully he was coming home and it happened couple minutes from home. I cannot believe a car, that is only 7 years old, can rust so severely in such a short period of time. I cannot believe Dodge has not issued a recall on this. What are they waiting for? are they waiting for enough people to get into accidents and possibly kill somebody, before the recall this manufacture defect? they must have some really good bean counters. When I started looking on the internet, I was shocked to see so many complaints from people with the exact same problem as I am having, and their cars were younger then mine. I was shocked to find out that there have not been any recalls issued for this.

Have had sporadic electrical issues for the last few years, chalked it up to normal wear & tear. After looking at other testimonies online, beginning to realize the issues I've had are similar to those of other Caliber owners. Just replaced the alternator in June 2014 and now car is shutting off while driving down the road. Check engine light has been on for 3 weeks and will randomly not be on for a series of drives only to come back on again. Dashboard lights do not come on all the time, I'd say more often than not night driving is done with no dashboard lights. I change headlights & taillights frequently. About to head to autozone now to have it hooked up to diagnostic machine to see if any codes come up for check engine light. Chrysler needs to do a recall ASAP or there will be several peoples lives at risk, including my entire family seeing as how this is our main vehicle.