NHTSA Complaint #10519753 — 2010 DODGE CALIBER

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR A FEW HOURS AT APPROXIMATE 65 MPH. SOME OF WHICH WAS ON CRUISE. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN. MY SPEEDOMETER SAID 60 MPH. HOWEVER, I WAS PROBABLY AT 30. I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE RPM WENT HIGH BUT I DIDN'T GET ANY SPEED. BASICALLY, THE SPEEDOMETER WASN'T RECORDING THE SPEED I WAS AT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING IN INCREASING SPEED. I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO PHOENIX AND THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN MESA, AZ CHECKED IT OVER AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A "FLUKE" WITH THE CTV TRANSMISSION IN THIS MODEL AND THEY HAD BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THIS AS PEOPLE WERE DRIVING FROM PHOENIX TO FLAGSTAFF WHICH IS A GRADUAL INCREASE OVER A NUMBER OF MILES AND PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES THAT I DID. I WAS TOLD THE CVT TRANSMISSION GOES INTO "LIMP" MODE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND BASICALLY SHUTS DOWN. I WAS ALSO LED TO BELIEVE THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I'M SURPRISED THERE ISN'T A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND TRANSMISSION. WHEN I GOGGLED 2010 DODGE CALIBER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I CAME UP WITH A UTUBE VIDEO DOCUMENTING EXACTLY WHAT I HAD EXPERIENCED. *TR