This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I started having noise problems with my car and also had inspection due so I brought it into a mechanic and he was horrified to see that my front cross member was so rusted that my sway bar came out and he said lucky my wheels didn-??t come off and that a car accident would be horrible as it is that rusted, and he also stayed the back cross member is the same. This is a huge safety concern specially where my car itself isn-??t even rusted only the cross members. I hope you can help me and my family so we can be safe. Thank you Richard
On multiple occasions vehicle completely shuts down and locks up when slowing down and turning. Almost rear-ended and then t-boned in middle of intersection. Takes several minutes to restart and unlock steering wheel then drives fine.
My daughter was driving our 2011 Caliber back from college on St rt 14. As she went to turn right onto our road, the tire on driver side buckled under. It was later determined that the front crossmember broke.the reason for this was the metal had rusted completely away from defective metal. We were never issued a notice of this potential dangerous defect. No recall was issued only an extension of the cars warranty, which again we were never notified. The damage was extensive, tires were destroyed, front crossmember was replaced, front axleand replaced, lower left control arm replaced, flange head and shaft-axle half replaced. Because this was a warranty issue and not a recall, we had to pay for most of the damage out of pocket.which had we known about problem we would have had repaired. Upon this happening we have notified everyone we know that own this vehicle. Of the ones that have had there cars inspected all are experiencing the same metal rusting in different stages. This is a recall issue and needs to be addressed.had my daughter been going the speed limit [70 mph] and this happened my daughter would have been seriously injured or even killed! I am now putting Dodge and you on notice of this defect, so that if just one person gets killed because of this, they have legal recourse.
After making slight turn (either direction), and hitting small bump. Ie, transition between highway and side street. Vehicle stalls. Loose all steering and excelleration. Have to quickly put into nuetral while coasting and restart engine. No accidents yet. Maybe Dodge needs a few more deaths on their hands to consider fixing these issues. Has happened multiple times over last 2 months.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Caliber. While driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle pulled to the right and occasionally to the left. Once a month, the tires had to be replaced because the tread wore out unevenly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for a tire alignment who stated that something was wrong with the steering column and referred the contact to the dealer. The dealer agreed with the mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000.
Driving home from work around 8:15pm. On Wednesday, February 12th, 2014. I was making a left hand turn onto one of the streets the leads me to my home as I always do. As I am making the left turn I felt my steering wheel losing control as I am turning and the car shifting to the left of the road onto on coming traffic. In order to prevent the car from going into the on coming traffic I tried to turn the steering wheel of the car to my right and I can see on my dash board of the car that my skid light was blinking on and off trying to stabilize the car but no success at this time I am not getting much cooperation from my steering wheel and to avoid the parked cars on my right as I am pressing the break the car or right wheel of the car made a hard impact with the curb of the side walk. I immediately put the car in park with my hazard lights and I get out to access the damages and there was no visual body damage at the time. I managed to get the car home which was just a few blocks from the accident site to discover that steering wheel was not operating properly it was like it was doing 360 turns and the left wheel of the car was very unstable. A few days after the weather was breaking I was able to call my insurance company, tow truck and mechanic to assist with the damages. The damages where alignment front wheels, steering wheel, steering column, right fog light, right wheel, bumper over and bumper splash guard.
While making a slow speed right turn (into our driveway) the steering locked/ car stalled. The vehicle is a one week old 2011 Dodge Caliber with 516 mis on it. The same thing occurred about three days ago when making a slow right hand turn a different location. Normal function returned after turning off and restarting the car each time.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Caliber. The contact was driving 20 mph when the steering wheel locked, causing the vehicle to stall with the illumination of the traction control warning light. The vehicle was turned off when restarted, the steering was reset. The contact stated that the failure recurred three times. The vehicle was driven to the dealer who replaced the computer bu the failure recurred within one week. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who advised that they would have to replace the computer a second time. The manufacturer was contacted and advised that the vehicle could qualify for a buy-back program but the failure would have to recur at least four times. The vehicle was being repaired under warranty. The failure mileage was 1,600. The VIN was not available.
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- Saco , ME, USA