2011 Dodge Caliber Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED PRIOR TO THE FIRE THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AND NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 03/07/17*LJ

THE CAR WHILE TRAVELING THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY RACE AND LOOSE POWER AND WILL STALL. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO SOP THE CAR PUT IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. HIGHLY DANGEROUS ON A CROWED ROAD OR MAKING TURNS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND NOW THE CAR IS AT JAMES BROWN DODGE IN TAMPA, FL AND I AM RENTING A CAR UNTIL THEY FIX THIS CAR AGAIN. THE CAR HAS BEEN FIXED BY THIS DEALER AND TWO OTHER DEALERSHIP WITH NO SOLUTION. *TR

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER 2014 WITH ABOUT 60K THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLS MAKING THE CAR VERY DIFFICULT HANDLE. I THINK THE TECHNICIAN CALLED IS CVM MODULE, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME SINCE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS PASSED AWAY. I PAID THEM OVER AN HUNDRED DOLLARS SO THAT I COULD THEN TAKE THE CAR TO A DEALER NEAR MY HOME IN TAMPA FLORIDA. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO COURTESY DODGE IN OCTOBER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SUDDEN STALL IN DANGEROUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. I AM IN A CHAPTER 13 AND COURTESY WAS VERY RUDE AND SLOW ABOUT RETURNING THE CAR TO ME WITH ANOTHER HUNDRED DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET. FRIDAY NOV 7 I SPENT A TERRIFYING TRIP OF ABOUT TWENTY MILES STALLING AND RESTARTING THE CAR AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO JIM BROWN DEALERSHIP WHO WAS MORE FRIENDLY TO MY POOR FINANCIAL CONDITION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 45 MILE PER HOUR ROAD AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED. I HAD TO GET OVER 2 LANES IN ORDER TO EXIT INTO A BANK DRIVEWAY. TURN SIGNAL AND IT DID NOT WORK AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY, OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED. AFTER I SETTLED DOWN AND CALLED SOMEONE FOR HELP, HE TOLD ME TO TURN OFF THE AIR AND TRY TO RESTART THE CAR. I DID AND THEN PULLED IT INTO A PARKING SPACE, PUT IT IN PARK AND REVVED THE ENGINE. I DID NOT TURN ON THE AIR-CONDITIONING AND DROVE RIGHT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY TEST DROVE IT.THE INCIDENT DID NOT REPEAT AND THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED NO FAILURE. *TR

DRIVER WAS GOING 70-75 AND RUNNING A/C WHEN OIL OVERHEAT INDICATOR CAME ON AND CAR AUTOMATICALLY DECREASED SPEED TO 30 MPH. AFTER SITTING ON SIDE OF FREEWAY FOR APPRO. HOUR TO LET COOL DOWN MADE IT TO DESTINATION. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND NO DEFECT WAS FOUND. AFTER IT HAPPENED TWICE MORE, WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THIS MODEL OF CAR SOMETIMES HAS AN ISSUE THAT THE OIL OVERHEATS AND TRIPS SENSOR THAT FORCES CAR TO SLOW AND THEN STOP. CAN NOT BE DRIVEN LONG AT HIGHER SPEED. ACCORDING TO MECHANIC THERE IS NO FIX. ALSO HAD ISSUE WITH A/C COMPRESSOR. *TR

I THOUGHT THE BATTERY DIED AS A RESULT OF A LIGHT BEING LEFT ON, BUT ATTEMPTED TO JUMP START THE BATTERY AND WOULD NOT START EVEN AFTER CHARGING BATTERY. IT WOULD NOT EVEN MAKE NO NOISE TRYING TO START IT. WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED. THEN ON 8/12/2012 WAS AT GAS STATION AFTER GETTING GAS AND IT WOULD NOT START MADENO NOISE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START IT, FINALLY STARTED AFTER REMOVING AND REINSERTING THE POWER PLUG LOCATED UNDER STEALING COLUMN. TAKING INTO DEALERSHIP IN MORNING HOPING THEY FIGURE IT OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED BUT NO FAILURE WAS DETERMINED IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER UPDATED THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY AND RANDOMLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,400. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. . UPDATED 07/27/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED CHRYSLER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO FAILURES. THAT SAME DAY THE CONSUMER PICKED UP THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO FIRST GEAR. THIS CAUSED THE FOLLOWING TO HAVE TO SWERVE AROUND THE CONSUMER. MILTON DODGE STATED THE SITUATION IS OUT OF THEIR HANDS. UPDATED 08/20/2012. *JS

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE MORNING, VEHICLE STALLED AND RESTARTED ON IT'S OWN GOING AROUND A CURVE. LATER THAT DAY IN THE AFTERNOON, VEHICLE STALLED GOING AROUND YET ANOTHER CURVE THIS TIME NOT RESTARTING. AFTER BEING TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, THE PCM WAS FLASHED AND I WAS TOLD ALL WOULD BE WELL. STALLS ON OFF RAMP OF INTERSTATE 30 MILES LATER GOING 55 MPH. TOWED AGAIN, TIPM MODULE WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE STALLS AGAIN AND RESTARTS ON INTERSTATE FIVE DAYS LATER GOING 75 MPG, DEALERSHIP CLAIMS NO PROBLEM THIS TIME, NO CODES AND CANNOT DUPLICATE ISSUE AFTER A 148 MILE TEST DRIVE. STALLED AGAIN A MONTH LATER GOING DOWN A HILL AT 15 MPH, PCM FLASHED AS NO ERROR CODES WERE STORED FOR REPAIR AT 9,931 MILES. 12/08/11 VEHICLE STALLS AGAIN GOING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE ON A BRIDGE OVER A RIVER WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 10,542 MILES. NO ACCIDENT, CAR WILL NOT START FOR OWNER WITH TWO ATTEMPTS, TURNS OVER ONCE AND STALLS FOR TWO DRIVER ON HIS THREE ATTEMPTS. CAR STARTED ONCE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP STATES STARTED FOR THEM TO PULL INTO GARAGE WAS JUST NOTIFIED CHRYSLER ENGINEERS BELIEVE THE PROBLEM THIS TIME IS A WIN MODULE. CAR HAS STALLED WHILST MOVING NOW 5 TIMES AND HAS BEEN DISABLED OVER 30 DAYS TOTAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP BUT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL UPON RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS RECALIBRATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 724.

ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS, WILL ALSO STALL WITH A/C ON WHILE SITTING. HAS DONE SO 5 TIMES

CAR HAS STALLED ROUGHLY 7-9 TIMES. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS STALLED WHILE COMPLETELY STOPPED BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE OR AT A RED LIGHT AND 2 TIMES HAS STALLED WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND I ALMOST GOT NAILED BY ON-COMING TRAFFIC. THE IGNITION IS STICKING WHEN STARTING AND THE CAR IS HESITATING LIKE CRAZY. I NOTICE THE CAR HESISTATES A LOT AND SOME TIME THAT DAY MY CAR WILL STALL. THE AIR-CONDITIONER IS USUALLY ON WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS. I'VE HAD IT BACK INTO THE SHOP 2XTHIS WEEK TODAY WILL BE MY 3RD WITHIN A 10DAY TIME PERIOD. THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND I'M TERRIFIED TO KEEP MY 2 YR OLD IN THIS VEHICLE! *TT

2011 DODGE CALIBER 2.0. HAS STALLED 5 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. JUST STOPS! THE IGNITION STICKS AS WELL. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 1200 MILES ON IT. THE STALLING OCCURS JUST WHILE DRIVING - NO SPECIFIC WARNING..JUST SHUTS DOWN. *KB

WAS DRIVING CAR , TOOK A LEFT HAND TURN AND CAR DIED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION , HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO CARRY CAR THROUGH INTERSECTION SO THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE CAR STARED RIGHT BACK UP SEEMED FINE. THE A/C WAS ON BUT THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON IT. THE CAR DID THE SAME THING 3 DAYS BEFORE THIS AND I WAS NOT TURNING , I WAS STOPPING BEHIND A CAR THAT WAS TURNING. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED THE A/C WAS ON AND IT WAS WITHIN 5 MILES OF FIRST STARTING THE CAR. I DID NOTICE THE RPM DROP AND THEN IT SEEMED LIKE TO CATCH ITSELF AND REV BACK UP. SEEMS LIKE IT IS RELATED TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE TRANSMISSION OR WITH THE PROGRAMMING OF THE ECU. BRINGING IT TO DEALER FIRST THING IN AM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE POWER OF STEERING SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND DECIDED TO PERFORM A SOFTWARE UPDATE AS A TEMPORARY FIX. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 700.

2011 DODGE CALIBER HAS STALLED THREE TIMES AND STARTER HAS REMAINED ENGAGED WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN THE TIMESPAN OF ONE WEEK SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED APPROX. THREE WEEKS AGO. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPT. FOR ONE WEEK AND NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MADE. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITHIN FIVE SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS FAILURE, BUT THERE WAS NO FIX AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE 2011 DODGE CALIBER I PURCHASED HAD SEVEN (7) MILES ON IT WHEN I TEST DROVE IT. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AT THE STOP LIGHT AND WHILE IN MOTION. MOST OF THE STALLS WERE EXPERIENCED AFTER MAKING A TURN. IT HAS STALLED FIVE TIMES. I HAVE NOT REACHED THIRTY DAYS OF OWNERSHIP. THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS STUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE TWICE. THE DEALERSHIPS STATED THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE STALL OR THE IGNITION STICKING ON THE FIRST SERVICE VISIT. ON THE SECOND SERVICE VISIT, THEY AGAIN REPORTED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE STALL, BUT DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE IGNITION STICKING AND REPORTEDLY REPLACED THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION STUCK WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP AND STALLED TWO DAYS LATER. I HAVE EXPERIENCED NEARLY BEING STRUCK BY APPROACHING TRAFFIC AS I MADE A LEGAL LEFT TURN AND BARELY CLEARED THE INTERSECTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 4/11/2011, AND THIS CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING THE FIRST TIME AT 402 MILES , IT HAS HAPPENED ANOTHER FOUR TIMES. THE CAR DIES LIKE THE KEY WAS SHUT OFF NO WARNING OF ANY KIND. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 06/22/2011 AND AS USUAL THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM WITH IT. I DO KNOW THAT DODGE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 CARAVAN, (FALTY WIN MODULE) SO I WOULD THINK THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THAT THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SITUATION MUST BE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE SOMEONE GET'S KILLED BECAUSE THEIR CAR DIED WHILE IN TRAFFIC