2010 Dodge Caliber electrical problems

Filed Apr 21, 2025 · Airbags, Electrical · 103,000 miles · NY

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the engine unexpectedly shut off. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The engine oil warning light as intermittently illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but no cause of failure was found. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure recurred. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 14V373000 (Electrical System, Air Bags); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000.

Filed Nov 26, 2020 · Electrical · 66,000 miles · FL

Horn isnt working at all. Checked horn to see if it was broken , removed and tested on another truck, they worked. Checked fuses and there is no power to ether fuse. There is no horn relay. It is part of the tipm. The relay is on the tipm unit. Vehicle was parked. When I found out the horn failed.

Filed Jul 1, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 94,500 miles · ME

2010 dodge caliber with headlight failures caused by faulty fuse box (tipm). I replace bulbs and one headlight will not light low beam or high beam. All the fuses are good. It has also affected how the car runs and has stalled on the road. This is the 4th or fifth incident I have had with the car, headlights, stalling, turn signals, air bag indicators. The headlights will not work moving or sitting still and turn signals.

Filed Feb 15, 2019 · Electrical · 117,777 miles · MN

While driving vehicle during winter, heat shut off. After turning heat back on (moving knob to off position and then back on) there was an electrical smoke smell in the cabin. Once the vehicle was parked, a large amount of smoke appeared to be coming from the air conditioner blower control knob and the area above the knob was hot to the touch almost to the point where I was concerned that I may need to call the fire department to have them check for fire. When car was turned on again, the blower motor would not start.

Filed Feb 14, 2019 · Electrical · 107,000 miles · NY

Dodge put the relay box right behind the driver side wheel well and this causes the snow, water, ice and elements to get into the relay box and corrode the relays and the actual relay box, this is a problem with a lot of the calibers going back to 2007 that I know of. This will cause your car not to start out of the blue, and the wires get corroded going from the fuse box to the relay box as well. Not sure why they would put this type of electrical equipment in front of the wheel well where the elements can get inside and do damage to electrical equipment that can be very pricy. This happened to my car with no warning, no acting up or issues, just died and would not start, my battery is brand new, it's not the starter it's the corroded relays and relay box.

Filed Nov 3, 2018 · Electrical, Steering · 190,000 miles · TX

Electrical throttle control light has popped up several times and I've noticed it's when it has rained. When this happens, the car slows down and causes forcefully pull over and shut the car off. It doesn't start after the first few tries and eventually does. The car began to overheat after driving it over 60mph for about 20mins. The car has given me the engine coolant temperature warning symbol when this happens, making an ugly almost screeching sound,slows down the car until I can't push the gas any longer causing me to pull over to turn off the car until it restarts again. The car is beginning to over heat after driving it for a long period of time over 20 mins this will began to happen. I've put coolant recently and not sure if there's a hole in the reservoir but I've done what I could to get this fixed. The car jolts after 3rd gear especially going up hill.

Filed Sep 25, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 100,000 miles · NY

My headlight went out on my car, I got a replacement bulb, put it in and nothing. I got another bulb thinking maybe it's a malfunctioning bulb. Still didn't work, tested the light socket and no power to it, looked up on google for headlight malfunctioning on 2010 dodge calibers and there are multiple complaints and videos regarding this issue going back to 2007 dodge calibers. This is an electrical problem and dodge is aware of this issue but states its not a "safety issue" however you can get a ticket for a headlight being out and your car will not pass inspection without a headlight. So how can this not be a safety issue? This needs to be a recall on this vehicle, just for the diagnostic of this issue will cost me $114/hour to have the shop diagnose the electrical problem, not fix it, just tell me what it is and then labor and parts to fix it. Check edmonds.com there are dozens of complaints about headlight failures. This is a tipm problem that appears to trigger caliber headlight failure and to replace it is expensive and dodge is aware of this issue and does nothing

Filed Nov 28, 2017 · Electrical · 130,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge caliber. The contact stated that the instrument panel failed to illuminate while driving at various speeds. Also, the radio, heater, and air conditioner failed to function. The radio would shut off and made a popping noise. The contact stated that the failures occurred after replacing the air bag module recall. The vehicle was taken back to ed martin chrysler dodge jeep ram (2109 e 53rd st, anderson, in 46013, phone: (765) 642-4500), but was not diagnosed or repaired due to the diagnostic and repair fees. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

Filed Sep 6, 2017 · Electrical, Steering · PA

Steering column shimmies while driving... Also the electrical heater/air conditioning does not work just had it replaced with a new motor

Filed Apr 10, 2017 · Electrical · 120,000 miles · PA

While I was driving on the turnpike (70 MPH) my etc light began flashing and my car began to shake and drop down in speed. Luckily, I was able to move off to the side of the road quick enough before I was in a serious accident. My car ultimately ended having to be towed because the etc light would not turn off and I could not get the car to drive more than 2-5 MPH. I am getting rid of this car. It was a very scary experience and I no longer feel safe in it since I take the turn pike every day.