NHTSA Complaint #10992854 — 2007 DODGE CALIBER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED AND REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL AT SHAPIRO CHRYSLER JEEP IN OSWEGO, NY. SIX MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE, JOE BROWN AUTO KING IN ZACHARY, LA WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE RECALL EXPIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE REPAIRED THE ENTIRE FRAME DURING THE INITIAL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.