2007 DODGE CALIBER Suspension Problems

NOISE UNDER FRONT OF CAR, TOOK TO MY MECHANIC TOLD ME SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND CRACKED. THIS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. @140000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE REAR TRAILING ARM BUSHING WAS STUCK TO THE SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A ROUTINE SERVICE, THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME CORRODED AND BOTH FRONT BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

AT 50,00 MILES I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC DURING AN OIL CHANGE THAT THE VEHICLES BALL JOINTS COULD FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT 50,000 MILES AND THEN AGAIN AT 75,000 MILES. AT 80,000 MILES I ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS, CONTROL ARM BEARINGS, AND SUSPENSION TIE BAR LINKS, AND STRUTS. DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS STATED THERE IS A "UNRESOLVED" ISSUE. THE SUSPENSION ISSUES COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF THE SUSPENSION FAILS.

THE FIRST INDICATION OF THE PROBLEM WAS AS I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS (ABOVE 50 MPH). I NOTICED A DEFINITE SHAKING WHICH I TOOK TO MEAN THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT BALANCED PROPERLY. I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS, CONTROL ARMS AND TIE RODS WERE WORN OUT. I REPLACED THESE PARTS AND THE TIRES AS THEY HAD BEGUN TO WEAR BADLY. I AM NOW ABOUT TO REPLACE THE SAME PARTS FOR THE FOURTH TIME! THERE ARE ALSO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION. I AM REPLACING THE REAR CONTROL ARMS AND LATERAL LINKS FOR THE THIRD TIME! I DRIVE A LOT AND AT FIRST PUT THE PROBLEM DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF MILES I DRIVE. THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT APPROXIMATELY 211,000 MILES, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS! THE LAST TIME THE FRONT SUSPENSION WORE OUT, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL NEARLY FELL OFF!...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE FRONT SUBFRAME FRACTURED DUE TO RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME AND SWAY BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,900.

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.

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...

WE WENT TO GET A FRONT END ALIGNMENT DONE BUT WAS TOLD THE DRIVERS SIDE TIEROD HAD TO BE REPLACED THEN FOUND OUT THAT THE CROSS MEMBER IS RUSTED OUT.WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2013 AND ITS NOT EVEN PAID OFF YET.WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS CUZ IT WAS LIKE THIS WHEN WE BOUGHT IT BUT GOT WORSE!

AT 132000 MILES, I AM REPLACING BOTH CONTROL ARMS FOR THE FOURTH TIME ON MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT 2.0L, NO TO MENTION THE NUMEROUS CV BOOTS AND BALL JOINTS. WITH THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ONLINE, IT IS SURPRISING THAT NO RECALL EFFORTS (AT LEAST SEEMINGLY) HAVE BEEN MADE FOR SUCH A DANGEROUS AND COSTLY DEFECT. I IMPLORE YOUR COMPANY, PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE CONCERNS AND HAVING CHRYSLER-DODGE FIX THEIR ERRORS!!! EVEN MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE LENGTH OF THE ARM IS JUST SHORT ENOUGH TO CREATE CONTINUAL ISSUES. THIS ISN'T RIGHT. AS A RESULT OF SO MANY REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE, I WILL NEVER OWN A CHRYSLER-DODGE PRODUCT AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. *TR

ENGINE CRADLE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT ON OUR 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON A CAR THAT'S NOT TOO OLD. LOOKING AT THE ENGINE CRADLE IT HAS A HOLE ABOUT 12 INCHES ROUND AND ALONG THE ENGINE CRADLE SUPPORT OR WHATEVER ITS CALLED THAT STICKS UP IN THE AIR WELDED TO THE CRADLE ...UPDATED 07/30/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART WAS REPLACED AT NOT CHARGE. UPDATED 08/13/14*JB

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...

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.

UPON DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN FEBRUARY OF 2015, I NOTICED A HORRIBLE NOSE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR. AS THE DAYS PROGRESSED, THE NOSE HAD BECOME WORSE. I HAD ASSUMED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STRUTS AND HAD THEM REPLACED RIGHT AWAY. MY FATHER IN LAW, A MECHANIC, SAW THAT THE FRONT SUB FRAME CROSS MEMBER IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. I WAS THEN TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE AMOUNT RUST ON THE SUB FRAME AND THE HIGH RISK OF THE CROSS MEMBER BREAKING THUS CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, IT HAS COME TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. THE A/C UNIT IS LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE THE CROSS MEMBER. THIS UNIT IS LEAKING WATER ONTO THE SUB FRAME THUS CAUSING THE PART TO RUST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME AND SWAY BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

DRIVING NORMALLY ON A TOWN ROAD AND I HEARD A THUD. STEERING WHEEL JERKED AND CAME BACK TO CENTER. CAR SWERVED INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. DROVE HOME AT A STEADY CRAWL WITH FRONT END SHAKING AND FEELING REAL LOOSE. CHECKED MY FRONT END AND COULD SEE MY SPRING BINDING OVER THE STRUT AND STRUT MOUNTS WERE SQUEAKING AND MAKING NOISE WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. STRUT RODS WERE STUCK AND WOULD NOT COMPRESS. ORDERED NEW STRUTS AND MOUNTS. WILL BE REPLACING AS SOON AS THEY COME IN. GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WERE NO CARS COMING IN THE ONCOMING LANE OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS CRASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBERS ON THE VEHICLE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH OR OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CROSS MEMBERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CROSS MEMBER BECAME FRACTURED AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AND FRONT CRADLES WERE RUSTED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME WHERE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER, OUTER SWAY BAR LINK, SWAY BAR BUSHING, AND THE REAR ENGINE MOUNT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE SUB-FRAME ON MY CALIBER IS RUSTED OUT. THIS IS ONLY 6 YRS OLD, AND DODGE SAY THERE IS NO WARRANTY.THERE WILL BE FATALITIES IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

MY PARTNER AND I WERE AT FIRESTONE TO HAVE A OIL CHANGE FOR OUR CAR DONE. ONE OF THE REPAIR GUYS CAME OUT TO TELL US OUR TIE RODS ON OUR CAR WERE LOSE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED SOON. OUR CAR HAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 61,000 MILES ON IT. TIE RODS ON A CAR ARE USUALLY REPLACED AT 120,000 TO 170,000 MILES. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WITH ONLY ONE PREVIOUS OWNER. THE CARFAX WERE PROVIDED AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER BABIED THE CAR. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS CAR WRECKS AND WE HAVE HAD NO CAR WRECKS EITHER. WE ARE AT A DISBELIEF, AS THIS SERIOUS OF AN ISSUE ON A CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED UNTIL IT IS EXPECTED. WE TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR CAR. WE CHANGE THE OIL BEFORE IT IS DUE AND REGULARLY SCHEDULE CHECK UPS TO...

SWAY BAR GASKETS & ENDLINKS ALONG WITH FRONT STRUTS & PLATES HAD TO GET REPLACED 2007 DODGE CALIBER 89K MILES LIGHTLY USED NOT AN ABUSED VEHICLE. *TR

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. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/DODGE_CALIBER.HTML. *TR

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....

I'VE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE SUSPENSION SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW (A 2007( AROUND THANKSGIVING 2006. THE FIRST ISSUE INVOLVED THE STEERING AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH FRONT STRUTS, CONTROL ARMS AND OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT - AT 6K MILES! THIS REPAIR ALSO INVOLVED REPLACING THE REAR BRAKE SHOES. THE STEERING WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE WHEN PARKING OR PARALLEL PARKING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. I HAD THIS REPAIR PERFORMED USING PARTS I PURCHASED MYSELF AND A LOCAL MECHANIC I FOUND ON CRAIGSLIST WHO WAS WILLING TO DO THE LABOR FOR ABOUT $300 INCLUDING THE NECESSARY 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE PARTS COST ABOUT $500 OR SO. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE I BROUGHT THE CAR HOME HAS BEEN THIS RATTLE AND CLUNK IN THE REAR SUSPENSION. IT SEEMS THAT NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PINPOINT WHAT THE EXACT PROBLEM MAY BE....

EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP IT MAKE A HORRIBLE SQUEAKING/ JERKING MOTION I'VE LOOKED ON THERE AND IT SEEMS EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, I REPLACED THE STRUTS THINKING THAT WAS IT AND IT SEEMED THE SOUND GOT WORSE. I SHOULDN'T BE REPLACING ALL THIS THAT EARLY, THIS CAR HAS NOTHING BY HIGHWAY MILES. IT LITERALLY SOUNDS LIKE MY TIRES ARE GONNA FLY OFF. THIS REALLY WORRIES ME BECAUSE I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN. *TR

THE CAR WOULD NOT START (LIGHTS WORKED, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER). AFTER REPLACING THE THROTTLE CABLE AND BOX, AS WELL AS SOME BROKEN WIRING, THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. THE MECHANIC THEN TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE COMPUTER WAS RESET. THE CAR RAN FOR ANOTHER WEEK AFTER IT WAS FIRST "FIXED," AND THEN AGAIN DID NOT START (SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE). ADDITIONALLY, THE LIGHT TO INDICATE THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING TURNED ON PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING. THIS IS MORE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR (REPLACED ALL TIE RODS, BUSHINGS, CONTROL ARMS, HAVE A BROKEN DOOR FROM THE HINGE BREAKING, AND HAD MULTIPLE TIRES WEARING UNEVENLY DUE TO THE CAR'S SUSPENSION PROBLEMS) ALREADY, AND HAVE SUNK WELL OVER $6000 IN REPAIRS THIS YEAR ALONE. *TR

EVERY TIME WHEN I WOULD BE GOING OVER ANY KIND OF BUMP,DRIVEWAYS AT SPEED BUMPS OR JUST DRIVING THE CAR. I WOULD ALWAYS HERE SHAKING OR RUMBLING NOISES IN MY FRONT SUSPENSION. RECENTLY I HAD TO GET A CLUTCH INSTALLED IN MY CALIBER. AND MY MECHANIC INFORMING ME THAT MY CONTROL ARMS WERE COMING LOOSE. WHICH MEANS THAT IF IT PERSISTS THE WHEELS CAN COME OFF SO THAT'S THE SOUND I AM HEARING THE WHEELS SHAKING WHEN IT GOES OVER BUMPS!. AND THEN HE FOLLOWED BY SAYING WITH DODGE CALIBERS CONTROL ARMS ALWAYS SEEMS TO GO BAD EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THE CAR NO MATTER HOW YOU DRIVE. I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 91,000 MILES ON MY CAR WHICH ARE ABOUT 90% HIGHWAY MILES. I USED TO DRIVE FOR UPS DROVE TRUCKS FOR LIVING WHEN HE COMES TO CHANGING GEARS AND DRIVING THE CAR I AM EXTREMELY CAPABLE. SO FOR...

WHILE TURNING LEFT, I STARTED TO NOTICE AN OCCASIONAL CLUNK WHICH SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. WITHIN A DAY, IT TURNED INTO A CONSTANT CLUNKING AS I WAS DRIVING, EVEN WHILE GOING STRAIGHT. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE AND WE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP. AS OTHERS HAVE DISCOVERED, MY ENTIRE UNDER CARRIAGE IS RUSTING AWAY. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS AT AROUND 50,000 MILES. THEY SAY THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN. THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. THE TIRES NEED MORE FREQUENT REPLACEMENT AS WELL DUE TO THE CONTROL ARM ISSUES. SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THERE SHOULD BE MORE RECALLS THAN JUST THE RECENT ONE. SPECIFICALLY, WITH THE CONTROL ARMS, THE MECHANIC SAID HE'S SEEN THEM FAIL AT UNDER 25,000 MILES. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! *TR

THE CAR WOULD NOT STEER WITH ANY CONTROLLABILITY. UPON 2 DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTIONS WE DISCOVERED THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS SO WORN/LOOSE IF I HAD CONTINUED TO DRIVE I COULD EASILY HAVE LOST A TIRE. THE ENTIRE UNDERFRAME IS CORRODED AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED SOON OR IT WOULD ALSO BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. DODGE HAS TO BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE AFTER CONDUCTING SOME RESEARCH ON MY OWN I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF 2007 CALIBER OWNERS WITH ALMOST IDENTICAL ISSUES TO MINE. HOPING NO ONE GETS HURT BEFORE THEY REALIZE WHAT A SERIOUS RISK THIS TYPE OF LOW QUALITY MANUFACTURING IS... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHILE HAVING MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH TIE RODS AND BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE SAME DEFECT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

JUST FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT SUBSTANDARD MANUFACTURING OF MY VEHICLE CROSS MEMBER PARTS. SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL WAS USED AND SEVERE CORROSION IS A RESULT. CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL FOR REPAIR. COULD POSE SAFETY ISSUES IF PARTS RUST COMPLETELY THROUGH. *TR

TURNED THE WHEEL AND HEARD A BUMP BY THE TIRE. STOPPED AND SEEN THAT THE SHOCKS WAS TOUCHING THE TIRE ON THE LEFT SIDE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CALIBER RT. THIS CAR HAS 52000 MILES AT 7 YEARS OLD. MY CAR SITS IN A GARAGE AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. I RECENTLY REPLACED THE TIRES ON THE CAR AND FOUND THAT BOTH BALL JOINTS WERE IN NEED OF REPLACING TO THE POINT THAT THE TIRES COULDN'T GET BALANCED. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON A CAR WITH 52000 MILES. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER ON MAY 14, 2014 AND THE STRUT BROKE IN HALF. HE SAID THAT HE WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHICH IS A 65 MPH ZONE, HEARD A RATTLE NOISE AND THEN A THUMP. HE WAS NOT SURE IF HE HIT A POT HOLE OR SOMETHING ELSE IN THE ROAD THAT WOULD CAUSE THE STRUT TO BREAK. WHEN I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC HE STATED THAT HE CONTACTED CHRYSLER/DODGE FOR THE REPLACEMENT STRUT AND WAS TOLD THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDERED FOR 1-2 WEEKS AND THERE WAS ABOUT 35 OF THEM WAITING ALREADY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A PART THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR THIS CAR BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ON BACK ORDER AT THIS TIME. MY MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO FIND ONE THOUGH A JUNK YARD AND IT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF...

WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AT SPEEDS AROUND 25-40 MPH I KEPT HEARING A CLICKING NOISE BENEATH THE DRIVERS SEAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN I MADE TURNS. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY LIFTED IT UP. TURNS OUT THE ENTIRE SUSPENSION CARRIAGE WAS RUSTING AND ROTTING. THE CLICKING NOISE I WAS HEARING WAS RUSTY PIECES OF METAL RUBBING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE AC CONDENSATE LINE WAS DIRECTED TO THE SUBFRAME/UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE CALIBER. THE WATER WAS POOLING AND CAUSING IT TO RUST. I'M GRATEFUL WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WHEN WE DID INSTEAD OF HAVING THE WHOLE BOTTOM OF THE CAR FALL OUT FROM UNDER US WHEN WE WERE GOING AT A HIGH SPEED. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO MANY OF THE DODGE CALIBERS RIGHT AROUND 7 YEARS. WE HAVE PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE. UNBELIEVABLE. *TR

I NOTICED A PERIODIC CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. UPON INSPECTION BY THE DEALER, THE K-BAR OR K-FRAME, WHICH IS THE PART THAT HOLDS THE FRONT SUSPENSION TOGETHER, WAS FOUND TO HAVE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. IT IS COMPLETELY ROTTEN. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED AND WILL NOT HELP WITH THUS $1400 REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 64000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THIS PART IN ANY VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

MARCH 12, 2014 MY MILEAGE WAS 56700 MILES I HAD TO HAVE MY LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY HAD BOTH FAILED. THE LAST ISSUE I HAD WITH STEERING & SUSPENSION WAS IN MARCH 2012. MY MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF THE DIAGNOSIS BY THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WAS 34,898 AND I NEEDED TO HAVE THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD REPLACED. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS TO THE NHTSA/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING BOTH THE TIE RODS AND BALL JOINTS OF THE 2007 DODGE CALIBER. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT THE TIE RODS AND BALL JOINTS ARE KNOWN TO DODGE TO BE COMMON FAILING PARTS ON THE 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHEN I REPLACED THE TIE ROD ON 2012 I DID NOTIFY DODGE DIRECTLY, MY VEHICLE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AT THAT TIME AND DODGE CLOSED MY CASE AND I WAS BRUSHED OFF. DODGE STOPPED REPLYING TO MY EMAILS AND WOULD...

UPON HITTING A SMALL POTHOLE, THE SUBFRAME BROKE CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. THE TIRES NOW GO TWO SEPARATE DIRECTIONS. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, THEY DISCOVERED THE SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH DUE TO THE AIR COMPRESSOR LEAKING DIRECTLY ONTO THE SUBFRAME. WHEN HAVING OUR INSURANCE ADJUSTER FROM STATE FARM OUT TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I THEN CONTACTED DODGE WHO STATED THAT THE PERFORATION FOR RUSTING WAS 100,000 MILES. ALTHOUGH THE INCIDENT ON THE VEHICLE WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR THROUGH AN AUTHORIZED DODGE DEALER HAPPENED ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS EXCEEDING THE 100,000 MILES BY ONLY 10,000 MILES - WE ARE NOW STUCK WITH A CAR THAT'S GOING TO COST OVER $1,100 TO FIX DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THIS INCIDENT COULD'VE RESULTED IN A...

AT 47,000 MILES HAD A 800.00 REPAIR TO THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BOTH SIDES. ALSO REPLACED THE OUTER TIE RODS AND NEW TIRES, FRONT END ALIGNMENT. JUST UNDER 2 YEARS SINCE THIS WAS DONE ANOTHER UNSUSPECTING INCIDENT WITH THE SUSPENSION, WHEELS SHIMMING AT 40MPH. CALLED CHRYSLER, AND THEY STATED NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC THAT CHECKED THE TIRES SAID HIS WIFE HAD HER VEHICLE RECALLED FOR SIMILAR BREAKDOWNS. MY POINT ALL OF THIS STARTED AT 47,000 MILES. IF MY TIRE RODS BREAK OR SOME OTHER INCIDENT WITH THE SUSPENSION I COULD HAVE A MAJOR OR FATAL ACCIDENT IF I LOSE CONTROL ON THE FREEWAY. -SUSPENSION ON THESE VEHICLES IS VERY UNSAFE AS IS THE CHRYSLER NEON. NEED VERIFICATION ALSO IF THERE WAS A SILENT RECALL ON THIS, MEANING THEY ONLY PAID WHEN ASKED. THEY ADMITTED THE PROBLEM ON THE FIRST INCIDENT AND PAID 400.00 AS A GOOD...

NOTICED RUSTED SUBFRAME WITH BIG HOLE. WE KNEW IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO PARTICULAR REASON FOR THE EROSION OTHER THAN THE WAY THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED. VEHICLE IS ONLY 6-7 YEARS OLD. THIS TYPE OF EROSION IS USUALLY ONLY SEEN ON OLD VINTAGE VEHICLES. A FEW DAYS AGO, WE RAN OVER A HIDDEN POT HOLE AND THE SUBFRAME IS COMPLETELY BROKEN APART. NOW CAR IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS CAR WAS POORLY DESIGNED IN THIS AREA. THE COMPANY SHOULD RECALL THE SUBFRAME TO REPLACE AND INSTALL A REROUTING PIECE FOR THE AC TO DRIP ON AND BYPASS DRIPPING ON THE FRAME. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO GET MY ALIGNMENT DONE. WHILE ON THE RACK THE MECHANIC BROUGHT ME IN TO SHOW ME THE MASSIVE HOLE IN MY SUBFRAME. THE CAR IS A 2007 WITH ONLY 97,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE A CORRODED ENGINE CRADLE AND A BROKEN SWAY BAR BRACKET. THE CAR WAS DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE BY THE SERVICING CENTER, AND I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $731 TO REPAIR IT. AT THE TIME OF THE DIAGNOSIS, THE CAR WAS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD WITH 75,825 MILES ON IT. I CONTACTED DODGE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE, AND I EXPLAINED THAT I FOUND IT COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT THE FRAME OF MY VEHICLE HAD RUSTED THROUGH TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACTED THE SERVICE CENTER TO VERIFY THE DIAGNOSIS AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD TOLD ME THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OUTSIDE OF IT'S...

MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER WAS TAKEN TO MY MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MAIN SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH IN MULTIPLE PLACES. THE CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND HAS APPROXIMATELY 76,150 MILES. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND MENTIONED IT. CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY PROVIDE COST ASSISTANCE IF I HAD THE WORK DONE AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. THE CAR WAS TAKEN APART AND ON THE LIFT AT MY PREFERRED MECHANIC. I HAD MY MECHANIC PROVIDE THE SERVICE. I DID RECEIVE A QUOTE FROM A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IT WOULD HAVE COST ME $ 850.00. MY MECHANIC DID THE SERVICE FOR $ 650.00. CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED PAYMENT. THIS SUBFRAME COMPONENTS IS RUSTED THROUGH IN THREE LOCATIONS. AFTER ONLY 6 YEARS, THIS DOESN'T SEEM ACCEPTABLE ON A MAJOR FRONT END COMPONENT. *TR

5 Y/R CAR WITH COMPLETELY RUSTED SUB-FRAME WHICH NEEDS REPLACED. *TR

WHEN DOING A BRAKE JOB I NOTICED THE FRONT K MEMBER HAD A CORROSION HOLE IN THE BACK OF IT, THIS IS THE FRONT SUB FRAME THAT HOLDS THE POWERTRAIN AND FRONT SUSPENSION. *TR

STARTED TO HEAR SQUEAKING AND CLANGING NOISES IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. IT WOULD MAKE THE NOISES WITH EVERY BUMP AND ESPECIALLY COULD HEAR IT GOING DOWN HILLS. THEN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD WOBBLE AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT TIRE, BUT TIRE PRESSURE WAS FINE. WHEN IT STARTED TO BE ALL OVER THE ROAD, LIKE I WAS CONSTANTLY HYDRO-PLANNING, I RESEARCHED ON LINE AND FOUND THAT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND MODEL OF CAR HAS MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE CONTROL ARMS, BALL BEARINGS AND TIE RODS. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY MECHANIC AND TOLD HIM I THOUGHT IT WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARM. HE CHECKED IT OUT AND IT WAS BOTH CONTROL ARMS WITH CONNECTED BALL BEARING, BOTH TIE RODS AND BOTH SWAY BAR END LINKS NEEDING REPLACED. HE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRES THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON NOT EVEN...

I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION AND HEARD A THUMP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. AS I STARTED TO PULL FORWARD THE STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND THE I HEARD A WHINING SOUND FROM THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. I WAS ABOUT A MILE FROM MY REPAIR SHOP SO I HAD MY BROTHER FOLLOW ME WITH HIS EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND DROVE SLOWLY TO THE SHOP WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH. IN THE LAST YEAR, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND THE ALTERNATOR. *TR

WOKE UP TO A FLAT TIRE. WHILE PLACING ON THE SPARE I REALIZED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DANGEROUSLY LOW ON EACH OF THEIR INNER TREAD. ALIGNMENT? MAYBE HOWEVER WAS ALIGNED 7 MONTHS AGO. TIRE TREAD IS WITHIN SAFE LIMITS ON THE OUTER SIDE. HAVE COMPLAINED FOR YEARS TO THE DEALER THAT THE SUSPENSION SQUEAKS AND WAS TOLD NEED NEW WHEEL BEARINGS, AT APPROX. 35,000 MILES. THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ABOUT A YEAR AFTER WE BOUGHT IT. OF COURSE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY NOTHING WAS REPLACED OR FIXED. NOW OUT OF WARRANTY WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AND FIX FOR WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH MONEY. MY COMPLAINT STEAMS FROM HAVING SUSPENSION ISSUES WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OWNING THIS CAR. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? I HAVE SEEN MANY POSTS ON ONLINE FORUMS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DODGE DOESN'T CARE OR WILLING TO...