I own a 2007 dodge caliber sxt. Back in march of this year, the driver's side headlight went out. After replacing the bulb, it still did not work. I looked online for some potential enlightenment as to why and found a multitude of message boards and consumer websites stating this is a common problem with the 2007 dodge calibers. It starts with losing a headlight and then escalates to loss of power to the headlights, blinkers, hazard lights, windshield wipers, and sometimes the heating/cooling system and/or radio. Initially, in march, I hadn't experienced that yet. Today, I was driving through a city at approximately 30mph when I went to take a turn and noticed my right blinker wasn't working, so I tried the blinker for the left. That too was not working. Neither were my hazard lights or windshield wipers. I was far from home and afraid to shut the car off, for fear it would not restart so I kept driving home cautiously, trying not to change lanes. It began pouring rain and I was on the highway. I had no headlights, no wipers, and no blinkers or hazards to signal I was going over into the breakdown lane. Once in the breakdown lane, I was not easily visible to the other cars speeding by because of the amount of rain and the fact that I had no hazard lights to rely on. I could easily have been hit or hit someone else while trying to navigate through the rain to safety with no working blinkers, hazards, headlights, or wipers! The worst part is, this is a startlingly common issue with the year, make, and model and dodge is not offering a recall for this issue with the tipm (totally integrated power module), where the problem is stemming from. The dealership wants to charge me $99 for diagnostics and then over $1,000 for a new tipm. I want to start a class action lawsuit to get dodge to recall all of the vehicles having these safety issues caused by the tipm failure!!!!
2007 Dodge Caliber visibility complaints
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2007 dodge caliber - totally integrated power module (tipm) unit issue low beam headlights stopped working while operating vehicle. Only high beam lights work. Local garage diagnosed problem as faulty totally integrated power module, with a repair cost of $1225. Headlights are a necessary component to the safe operation of a vehicle. Dodge ought to look into the issue of faulty tipm units and the safety implications inherent in failure of the component. The safety of the families traveling in vehicles manufactured by dodge ought to be of the greatest concern.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge caliber. The contact was traveling at an unknown speed when the driver side door panel suddenly caught on fire. The contact was able to extinguish the fire with a bottle of water. The fire department stated that the failure was caused by the power window motor. The dealer advised that the vehicle was no longer under warranty and would not service the vehicle. The manufacturer advised they had not received any similar complaints to hers and would not provide any further assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 80,000.
First heavy rainfall of the spring, travel in rush hour traffic toward seattle. I had not had to use my windshield wipers on anything but intermittent for several months. When needed for the heavier rains and traffic this morning, the wipers failed to work in the primary wiper function (continual operation-neither slow or fast). It was necessary to hold the wiper control arm in the down position to keep the wipers working thus not allowing me to keep two hands on the steering wheel. I contacted my dealer and was told there was no recall on this issue, the recall associated to the nitro parts (chrysler j28/campaign 09v438000-3 nov 2009) did not apply. I will be checking the part number of the PCM for both vehicles to determine if the same part is used in each production line.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge caliber. While driving at an unknown speed in the rain, the windshield wipers stopped working. The contact took his vehicle to the dealer and was informed that the windshield wiper motor and tipm were faulty and needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was 48,500.
Windshield is always being oiled up due to dashboard deteriorating. This is causing poor visibility when driving into the sun and when driving at night. Windshield has been cleaned multiple times to where it has no oil on windshield and within a few hours it is back to where it was before. This problem is generally worse during the summer months. This has been happening since vehicle has been owned.
When it is cold out, and there is any type of precipitation. The power windows will not roll down. You have to either beat on the windows, wait over an hour for the car to warm up, or use a spray dicer (have not tried this yet).
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge caliber. While driving 30 MPH, cold water dripped from the dashboard and then the water turned extremely hot. The dealer stated that the heater core failed and made repairs. The current is 36,000 and the failure mileage was 1000. Updated 01-15-08. *kb updated
My 2007 dodge caliber has experience a pulling in the front end that started after 3,000 miles. The car has been at the shop 3 times in a time period expanding approx. 6-12 weeks. The dealer working on the car could not achieve success after three attempts. The car is now at another dealer who has had the car over 48 hrs with no response to the front end issue. The car now at 7400 miles as a front brake "jatter" and is at the dealer for this as well. Also, the car's rear washer fluid nozzle leaks at highway speed and the stereo's sound will distort suddenly without warning. I am beyond upset with how much problems I have had on a 19,000.00$ brand new automobile. I do not want to believe that all chrysler vehicles have this kind of issues. I also wanted to believe that my problem was minor and would be just fine once it was fixed. However, the problems just keep coming. I purchased a new car in good faith that I received dependable transportation. I don't think I have gotten the fair end of the deal. I would be a happy customer if daimler chrysler refunded my money on this car. In trade I will purchase a new dodge 1500 pickup. I feel like if daimler chrysler will take care of me, I will be a happy customer who will continue to purchase their products. I don't want to take my business elsewhere but I will do what is needed.
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