NHTSA Complaint #10662996 — 2010 DODGE CALIBER

PURCHASED THIS CAR FOUR MONTHS AGO WITH 79,300 MILES ON IT. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS IT STARTED ACTING UP, NOT WANTING TO START. I WENT TO THE ADVANCE AND THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY, STARTER, AND ALTERNATOR. MACHINE SAID REPLACE BATTERY SO I DID FOR $150 WITH 5 YEAR WARRANTY. LEFT AND WITHIN AN HOUR STILL DID NOT WANT TO START. SEEMED LIKE IT WAS PRONE TO DOING THIS WHILE SITTING UP OR DOWN HILL AND NOT FLAT ON PAVEMENT. IT WAS AS IF IT WANTED TO START AND WAS MAKING STARTING NOISES AND IT HAD TO CATCH AND THEN START UP. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHICH I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY LOOKED AT IT NO CHARGE AND IT JUST WOULD NOT DO IT AGAIN. GUESS WHAT IT STILL DOES IT NOW AND OF COURSE THE FREEBIES ARE OVER BECAUSE IT WAS NO WARRANTY. I DID PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY JUST IN CASE. ABOUT A MONTH AGO IT STARTED JERKING I WAS DESCRIBING IT AS OVER SHIFTING. AS I PROCEEDED TO COME OFF AN EXIT RAMP TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC WHICH WAS GOING 60 MPH MY CAR STARTED JERKING REALLY BAD AND MY ETC LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, VERY SCARY I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC.I SLOWED TO 55 MPH AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. WENT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THROTTLE BODY WAS SO DIRTY IT NEEDED CLEANING. I GOT IT CLEANED THIS PAST FRIDAY AND GUESS WHAT WAS HAPPENING BY SATURDAY. WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND TOLD THE SERVICE ADVISOR TO DRIVE IT WITH ME IN THERE AND IT SHOWED OUT. HE SPEED UP ON THE FREEWAY AND THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON FLASHING AND WE WERE GOING SO SLOW HE TURNED ON THE HAZARDS. PULLED OVER TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AND LIGHT WAS OFF WE WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I HAVE TO DROP IT OFF TOMORROW TO SEE IF ANYTHING CAN BE FIGURED OUT. I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THE DRILL. BY THE WAY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY GO FIGURE. SO YEAH ROUGH FOUR MONTHS AND ONLY 83,000 MILES ON THE CAR NOW. WE NEED A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND A FEW MORE. *TR