2007 Dodge Caliber AWD acceleration problems

Filed Apr 30, 2018 · Acceleration · 174,000 miles · CT

The first time my throttle control lamp lit up, I had just gotten off of the highway, went through mcdonald's drive thru and came to a stop...the light came on, the engine started to race and shake and I had no acceleration ability. The car did move without the gas pedal when I took my foot off the break. I moved to a safe location and call aaa. After the car was off, the light did not come back on when re-started. A few days later (4 or 5), I was driving home from work. I got off of the interstate to re-connect with another interstate. I was stopped at a light waiting to turn left onto the on ramp. When the light changed, there was no acceleration, the throttle control lamp was on again and the engine was revving and shaking again. I move forward enough to get out of harms way and waited, once again, for a tow service on the side of the interstate.

Filed Feb 22, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 56,000 miles · UT

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge caliber awd. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle started to lose power and acceleration. The vehicle also hesitated. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle body failed and needed replacement. The dealer was not contacted. The contact also stated that the throttle body was replaced five years ago by salt lake valley dodge in salt lake city, utah. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was being repaired by an independent mechanic. The approximate failure mileage was 56,000.

Filed May 4, 2016 · Acceleration, Suspension · 95,000 miles · MI

The cross member on the underside is badly corroded and should be replaced but is a little expensive. I have had to already replace both control arms, both ball joints and one had already been replaced by after market ball joint. The struts have had to be replaced as well. A car with these miles should not need all this front end work. I have seen this to be not just my situation. My cruise control worked when we bought this vehicle with 85,000 now does not work.

Filed Jul 29, 2015 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · NY

I bought my 2007 dodge caliber awd in may of 2012. After I had my daughter in march 2014, I realized that my car was going crazy! She was in the nicu and I had to go see her as often as I could, which these problems prolonged her stay. When I started the car, sometimes it wouldn't start....bought a new battery, so that wasn't it... Then my hazards, gauges (except gas gauge) and a bunch of lights all flashed and it dinged at the same time. I havent been able to get a tow to the dealership, get to doctor appointments ( I am disabled) or get my daughter to her appointments. This has been a huge burden on me and my family, and I wish I never bought this car, and I will never buy from them again. Ever.

Filed Jan 1, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 116,000 miles · MI

I purchased this 2007 dodge caliber rt awd in dec of 2012. The dealership grand chrysler dodge jeep in lowell, michigan on main st, reported to me the consumer, before purchase, at my request, a vehicle history stating 1 owner vehicle with no accidents. Thank god I did get the warranty because less than 14 days fresh off the lot, the vehicle loss all power and barely driveable, the car, while I was driving it, on the highway around 55 to 60 MPH, lost speed real quickly and and could barely drive it to get it off the road. The vehicle coded at service shop 02 censors and catillatic convertor, the vehicle was at the dealer service dept and back and forth from my home for more than a month, until finally the caliber had to be seen by a service representative from chrysler/dodge and now pushing 2 months without the vehicle not only did the 02 sensors and catillatic convertor had to be replaced, but the computer too. Got the vehicle back drove it 3 months and the vehicle had grinding in the front end,electrical seat heating and blinkers systems were malfunctioning, each tim the engine light came on and the vehicle remained sluggish and unsafe to drive, but the dealership lacked concern and made me drive it in the unsafe condition from west olive michigan to lowell.oct 2014 the vehicle almost caused me to get into a serious rear end accident. I was driving 60mph on the highway and it went from 60 MPH to 10 MPH just like that cars on the highway swirved to miss hitting me and I was almost rear ended. The car completely stalled. A gentleman stopped to help me push it off the road.. Vehicle and I sat for alomost an hour waiting for tow service. Service dept. Coded the vehicle with a crank shaft censor problem and a recall as well for the front end cross member rusts out and cause bad settling and excessive tire pressure from the errosion not supporting the sub frame.

Filed Oct 10, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 158,250 miles · PA

On 10/6/14 I was driving to school at 6:00 am on a single lane back road. Without warning the speedometer stopped working (went to zero), and the ABS, brake, anti-skid and check engine lights came on. Because of my location I had to keep driving until I got to a safe area. The whole time there was no way of telling my speed or know if my brakes were working normal. After I shut it off and restarted, it went back to normal. When I got home we checked the error codes and found "u1110 lost vehicle speed, u1120 lost wheel distance and u0416 invalid data received from dynamic ctr 1. We cleared the codes to see if it happened again. It was fine until this morning 10/10/14. I started the car and after about 30 seconds or so the same thing happened. I drove another car to school. My dad checked and found the same error codes. Now I don't think it is safe to drive, not knowing when it may occur again. I looked on line and noticed others with the same problem. Can you help? My dad is handling this problem for me so I am putting down his contact info.

Filed Jul 23, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 16,000 miles · NJ

In july 2009 I returned to the dealer for a service, I also complained about the car intermittently not accelerating properly from a stop or near stop, it hesitated dramatically. The dealer could not replicate the problem and could do nothing to fix it. This is still an ongoing issue. Then in june of 2013, while driving on a four lane highway at approximately 65 miles an hour, the car lost all acceleration, a moment later started a warning beep and the check engine light came on. I immediately put on the flashers while trying to maneuver from the middle lane to the shoulder of the road, after a week at the mechanic he called me to inform me that it could be the crank sensor, which was a known issue with this model vehicle. He replaced the sensor and I was informed that the issue was corrected. I didn't get five miles from the mechanic when the car again lost all acceleration and the engine light came on again. The mechanic towed the car back the next day. He had the representative from chrysler to his shop several times regarding the issue. The rep thought the computer needed an update and that is what was done, it did not solve the issue. (I was never notified by chrysler that the computer had updates that were required.) the mechanic had several other professionals look at the car, all of which were not finding the problem. They also had no new computer codes, which was when they realized the power train control module was the problem. This took a month to solve and the cost was $1130.

Filed May 20, 2013 · Acceleration, Fuel system · TN

On the day of the incident my car started jerking and acted like it would die when I gave the car gas. I took it to a mechanic who did an oil change and checked the engine codes. I picked the car up from that mechanic and the car was still doing the same thing. I took it to another mechanic and they updated the computer on the car, changed the plugs and flushed the motor. The car is still doing the same thing. The other day I was accelerating up a hill and the red lightning bolt light came on the car was still running but was not getting any gas. I pulled over and stopped the car and started it again and did not accelerate or anything till I got to my destination. Seems like this is a problem with this car that needs to be dealt with. I have spent over $400 trying to solve a problem that seems to be a problem with this type of dodge.

Filed Jun 22, 2010 · Acceleration · 30,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge caliber awd. The contact was stopped with her foot on the brake when there was an unusual increase in engine rpms. The vehicle then abnormally accelerated and independently came to a stop. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure continued to recur intermittently and the vehicle was taken back to an authorized dealer where the computer was replaced. The failure continued to recur intermittently. The failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage is 66,000. Updated10/28/10 *bf updated 11/01/10

Filed Jun 9, 2010 · Acceleration · 75,000 miles · CO

The federal safety agency action number: pe10012 - 2007 dodge caliber awd srt - vehicle speed control problem. In my case the RPM shot up to 4000rpm while I was driving 30 MPH. This happened 3x in one month. Applying brake had no effect on high engine speed. My reaction was to put vehicle in neutral and gun the gas pedal. This reset idle back to normal. This problem has not return and I have not done anything to have it checked or repair yet.