Strut Failure Problems of Dodge Caliber

I bought my car in February of 2013. Approximately 6 months later I had to replace the struts and ball joints on the car. Then had them replaced again. 09/29/14 and was told again by the repair shop last week when I brought the car in for a tuneup because it was hesitating when you started to accelerate that I'm going to need to have the struts replaced again. So now that's 3 times in a little more 3 yrs I have owned the car. This can't be normal. I looked online and there have been 100's of people complaining about front suspensions on their Calibers. So I think it's a design fault that needs to be corrected. The one time ( the 2nd repair) I was told that it was a good thing I brought the car in when I did or I could have been in a serious accident because the struts were so badly damaged.

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No accident the tech told me that the Caliber is notorious for having a horrible suspension system because the car is too heavy for the frame. Replaced lower control arm bars, struts should have been replaced at 36,000 miles, replaced inner and outer tie rod ends, twice within 1/1/2 year, struts still bad. The vehicle is a accident waiting to happen. Chrysler just keeps ignoring these issues. Said they are going to extended the warranty only on the crossmembers, however that part directly relates to the3 lower control arm bars and I already replace. . Read more...

I took my Caliber in for some warranty work. They found the left strut was bad. They ordered the part. I went back in the next week for the strut and alignment. While they were driving back from the alignment place, they had an accident in my car. They fixed it. I have since then brought it back to a roar in the car. They told me my tires were bad. I asked if it could be because of the alignment was out and they said no. I asked if it could be because of the accident, again no. Who in their right mind would align a car with bad tires. They have made no deal for me in this matter. The tires did not go bad in a matter of a week.

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