Dodge Caliber jerking problems

Filed Mar 1, 2021 · Acceleration · 130,000 miles · GA

Car jerks extremely bad when on accelerator. Doesn't do it all the time. Just when it wants to. Left me stuck in the middle of a main highway while trying to pull out into traffic. Looked up the cause and I believe it to be the electronic throttle control.

Filed Oct 13, 2020 · Transmission · 127,000 miles · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge caliber. The contact stated that the transmission caused the vehicle to slow down while driving on the highway. The vehicle decelerated from 70 MPH down to 20 MPH. The contact pulled over to the shoulder of the highway before driving back to the residence. The vehicle failed to shift into reverse and jerked without moving backwards. The vehicle was unrepaired and undrivable at the residence. The dealer and manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was 127,000.

Filed Jan 16, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · WI

The throttle light came on and now my car is wont pick up speed only 10mph and its puttering and jerking. So I replaced the throttle body unit and did a relearn on the car and its still acting funky. I saw its a recall on the 2007 dodge cablier other ppl are complaining about this same problem .. Its very unsafe to drive a car like this with my family

Filed Dec 8, 2018 · Engine, Transmission · 67,000 miles · NY

I got my oil change done at 67,000 miles and since then my car jerks and feels weird when I drive it. I'm worried that it may stall on me when driving on the highway or city and that's dangerous for my kids and others on the road. Please investigate the transmission as it's made by nissan and nissan has a lot of problems with their cvts.

Filed Jul 27, 2018 · Transmission · 67,800 miles · GA

Defective power train manufacture had clear knowledge after the car went in product and was manufactured. When car in motion get low squeezing noise on city street or highway. Taking a trip at that time and still having same sound today pls jerking.

Filed Apr 1, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 89,000 miles · VA

"takata recall" while driving the 2007 dodge caliber, it suddenly jerks and down shifts and rpms seem to sky rocket, the lightning bolt symbol illuminates and it drops speed and will not accelerate over 30 MPH max, it tends to do this on hills or after you have to brake slightly for any reason and then accelerate again to maintain speed or to get up a hill. No matter how much you take it easy on the acceleration or how hard you push it, it doesn't help after it goes into this slow mode. The only way to get the vehicle to operate normal again is to pull off the road, put it in park, turn it off and then wait and restart it again, some times it has taken up to 5 times or trying to restart it before it finally restarts. This vehicle carries children in it every day, and it has became very unsafe to operate, having a great chance of being rearended or hit by another vehicle in the side due to loss of power unexpectedly

Filed Jan 4, 2018 · Driver assistance · 53,000 miles · KY

2012 dodge caliber been having problems with the throttle control, car will not drive, it jerks it you try to change gears. This has been a problem for these cars for years, and it seems the company will not look into it, not only 2012 models but later models too. This is an expensive job, and the consumer has to pay the price.

Filed Jul 20, 2017 · Driver assistance, Engine · 208,000 miles · GA

I have had issues with this vehicle such as the o2 sensors that has to be repaired every year. The safety issues with this vehicle if you are at stop sign or just idle in traffic- the engine light will begin to blink and the car begins to move back and forth..also, it constantly over heats after much repairs- these symptoms continue to persist-the gentleman at good year told me that some of your parts o2 sensor was recalled- failed to get assistance from chrysler- the overheating is annoying- I can not drive over 45 miles without over heating. I had to pull over at the exit while other cars- with incoming traffic was coming very fast and the car is in motion on the highway with other drivers- because the car begins to pull - I have to pull over so that the engine can cool down- ..sometimes in traffic- the ABS light will come on and begin to shift gears in traffic- this happens occasionally. The safety issues are engine overheats, start jerking back and forth at stop signs or just being idle in traffic, occasionally just shift acceleration in the middle of traffic. Th most recent incident was last night- I had to pull over- car started jerking- it overheated- 07-19-2017 I am filing another complaint- called chrysler said that I had to pay for the diagnostic testing on something that is their manufacturer fault.

Filed Mar 26, 2017 · Engine · 136,789 miles · NJ

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.

Filed Nov 28, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · 70,000 miles · NH

This has happened a few different time, but when trying to accelerate from 45mph onto the highway from an on ramp my dodge caliber 2010 started to jerk and wouldn't let me go any faster, which made my car actually decelerate. Also there were times when I tried accelerating to pass someone and it just wouldn't go any faster, but there were no jerks.