2010 Dodge Caliber Engine Problems

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR STATE HIGHWAY, MY TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HEARD A WHINING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND MY VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER WHEN IT STALLED OUT. I LET IT SIT FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND STARTED THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP AND THEY CONDUCTED A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOSE GAS CAP THAT CAUSED THIS ISSUE. THE LAST TIME I WENT TO THE GAS STATION WAS ABOUT TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. I DROVE SEVERAL PLACES BEFORE THE INCIDENT. IF IT WAS A GAS CAP ISSUE, THE CAR WOULD HAVE STALLED OUT BEFORE THAT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,500.

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2010 DODGE CALIBER ON THE INTERSTATE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 75MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTS TO LOSE SPEED. THE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND A HIGH PITCH, WHINING SOUND CAME FROM THE ENGINE. WE IMMEDIATELY HAD TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE. THERE IS NO WARNING AND THE CAR STARTS TO LOSE POWER. THE RPM'S GO UP. WE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE, THE CAR IS IN LIMP MODE. NO POWER AND WILL NOT START. CALLED DODGE 3-4 TIMES AND THEY ONLY HAD RECORD OF 2. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCE. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID IT WAS A SERVICE PROBLEM. IT IS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY. WHEN YOU TALK TO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE CASE MANAGEMENT OR THE DEALERSHIP YOU GET THE RUN AROUND AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR WHAT MILEAGE THE ACTUAL TRANSMISSION SERVICE SHOULD BE DONE. I DO KNOW THAT YOUR LIFE SHOULD NOT BE IN JEOPARDY IF IT IS A SERVICE ISSUE. WHEREAS THIS IS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. CHRYSLER INITIATED THE CALL BACK AFTER THEY KNEW I HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE CAR LOOKED AT. I HAVE GOTTEN DIFFERENT STORIES FROM BOTH CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE CASE MANAGEMENT AND THE DEALERSHIP AS TO JUST HOW MANY OF THE 2010 DODGE CALIBERS HAVE THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY HADN'T SEEN ANY THAT WENT INTO LIMP MODE, BUT AFTER THEY DID THEIR DIAGNOSTIC THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN 100'S. THAT'S A BIG DISCREPANCY!!! I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BECOME A STATISTIC!!! *TR

WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A PARKING LOT, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, DESPITE MY BEST ATTEMPTS, FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS OF COASTING AND THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN, THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO ACCELERATION. DURING THIS INCIDENT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PROMPTLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WHO RAN THE CODE AND IT SAID P0455 LARGE EVAC LEAK. THE DEALER RAN THE ESIM TEST AND VAC TEST WITH NO RESULTS. THEY TOLD ME THAT I PROBABLY HAD A LOOSE GAS CAP. I HAD NOT BEEN AT THE GAS STATION IN DAYS. ALSO, WHEN THE GAS CAP IS LOOSE, AN ERROR ABBREVIATION FOR GAS CAP SHOWS UP IN THE MILEAGE READOUT AND DOES NOT COME BACK ON AFTER THE CAP IS TIGHTENED. I HAVE NEVER HAD THE INCIDENT DESCRIBED ABOVE OCCUR BECAUSE OF A LOOSE GAS CAP. NO FURTHER WORK OR DIAGNOSIS WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

CAR CONTINUES TO STALL AT STOPLIGHTS OR IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC. COMPLAINED TO DODGE AND DEALER AGREED TO KEEP CAR FOR A WEEK TO TEST DRIVE AND REPLICATE ISSUE. THE TECHNICIAN DROVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS BUT THE CAR DID NOT STALL OUT. DEALER TESTED WIRING, CONNECTIONS, AND TERMINALS. NOTHING WAS FOUND. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ISSUE WOULD NEED TO BE VERIFIED TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AS I AM COMING TO A STOP (SUCH AS A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN). THERE IS NO WARNING IN THE WARNING LIGHTS AND THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND HAVE HAD THE CAR UNDER A YEAR. I BOUGHT IT WITH ALMOST 39, 000 MILES ON IT AND ONLY HAVE 41, 800 ON THERE NOW. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I AM HAVING THE SPARK PLUGS REPLACED AND HAVING A MAINTENANCE CHECK AS THEY SUGGESTED FOR A FEE....AND FOR A LARGER FEE (NEARLY 400.00) I CAN GET THE FULL SERVICE THEY THINK MAY ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM?? I FIND THIS PROBLEM TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVE SEEN WHERE OTHER OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND WHEN WILL SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS? THERE SHOULD BE A RE-CALL ON THIS AS IT POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE AND SPUUTERS AND JERKS INTERMITENTLY STOPPED AT A LIGHT, RAILROAD CROSSING OR OTHERWISE. WHEN IT STALLS I AM ABLE TO RESTART IT. IT HAS BEEN SEEN ON 5 DIFFERENTLY OCCASSIONS AND THE DEALERS STATE IT DOES NOT CODE SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLS AT THE LIGHTS OR AT A STOP SIGN. NO OTHER TIME, FOR NO REASON IT SPUTTERS A LITTLE AND THEN STALLS. IT STARTS RIGHT AWAY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND BECAUSE THEIR COMPUTER DOESN'T FIND ANYTHING,THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, WELL EVIDENTLY THERE IS, AS IT SHOULDN'T STALL FOR NO REASON. I HAD THE SPARK PLUGS CHANGED AND STILL STALLS. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON LINE AFTER PURCHASING THE CALIBER MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE IF THE CAR DECIDES TO STALL WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. I AM HOPING VIA THIS EMAIL THAT SOMEONE CAN LOOK INTO THIS. THANK YOU *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE AND SPUTTERS AND JERKS INTERMITTENTLY STOPPED AT A LIGHT, RAILROAD CROSSING OR OTHERWISE. WHEN IT STALLS I AM ABLE TO RESTART IT. IT HAS BEEN SEEN ON 5 DIFFERENTLY OCCASIONS AND THE DEALERS STATE IT DOES NOT CODE SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT. TO DATE, (APRIL 11-2013) THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SPUTTER AND STALL AND DODGE DEALER SAYS IT DOES NOT CODE SO THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY CONVENIENT EXCUSE FOR NOT FIXING A VEHICLE THAT IS STILL UNDER MFG WARRANTY. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE! THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AND I HOPE ITS NOT A BAD ONE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN THE RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR IN RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC, THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK THIS LASTED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED. IT RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. TOOK TO DEALER WHO TEST DROVE AND FOUND NO ISSUES OR CODES. *TR