Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Dodge Caliber.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My vehicle has created a rotten subframe that holds my engine |
| 2023-01-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My car shuts down while driving These cars recalled July10 2008 Mine was made April18 2008 but has the same issue It co… |
| 2022-12-08 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I’ve only had the car since Aug. Im the second owner, it drove just fine. Then I got an oil change. Then the car began … |
| 2022-12-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Rear subframe rusted right through control rods snapped rear end of car dropped down. Upon researching they know that t… |
| 2022-11-11 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Rear crossmember/ subframe rusted thru and broke. Replaced front several years ago. Car has always been garaged. |
| 2022-10-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The entire underneath of my car is rusted out. I was driving to work one day when someone pulled out in front of me and… |
| 2022-04-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Subframe rusted front and rear Was driving tire axel/rod broke entire underneath rusted rotted |
| 2021-12-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | I was informed at inspection that the main front cross member has a huge hole in the center of it and is rusting out ba… |
| 2021-09-23 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated while taking the vehicle into a local state inspection, he wa… |
| 2021-09-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 2008 Dodge Caliber with approx. 135,000 miles on it. Rotted subframe and rusted crossbar. Vehicle started swerving as i… |
| 2021-04-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 2008 DODGE CALIBER SUB FRAME/K-FRAME FRONT END CROSSMEMBER COMPLETELY RUSTED THRU CAUSING THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL… |
| 2020-12-28 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR MAINTENANCE, TECHNICIAN TOLD US THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER IS RUSTED THROUGHOUT AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. … |
| 2020-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE FRONT CALIPERS WILL NOT ENGAGE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. THE BRAKE PEDAL SINKS TO THE FLOOR AND HAS NO STOPPING … |
| 2020-09-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD MY 2008 DODGE CALIBER SINCE 2009. SINCE THEN I HAVE REPLACED BOTH TIE RODS 4 TIMES. I JUST HAD THEM DONE AGA… |
| 2020-07-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY 2008 DODGE CALIBER CROSS-MEMBER BROKEN IN THE MIDST OF ME DRIVING |
| 2020-06-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2008 DODGE CALIBER(OHIO). ON INITIAL DRIVE RETURNING WITH VEHICLE I NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING THR… |
| 2020-06-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | MAKING NOISE GOING AROUND BEND 06052020. *TR |
| 2020-05-25 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY CAR SPEED LOWERED AND THE TRANS TEMP LIGHT AND ESP LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL AND ETB MODULE LIGHT CAM… |
| 2020-05-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, THE FRONT SUBFRAME CROSSMEMBER RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING HER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND SH… |
| 2020-05-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | LUCKILY, I WAS ON A CITY STREET. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED SIGNIFICANTLY, ALMOST STOPPING COMPLETELY AND BEGAN … |
| 2019-11-28 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TIRE STORE BECAUSE SHE HEARD A GRINDING NO… |
| 2019-11-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS TURNING IN MY VEHICLE FOR A TRADE IN AND DURING THE APPRAISAL TEST DRIVE THE AXEL BROKE AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED. … |
| 2019-11-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER HAS RUSTED OUT SO MUCH THAT IT WILL NOT PASS A PA STATE INSPECTION AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER … |
| 2019-10-31 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM, THE WIPERS QUIT WORKING. PULLED OVER AND RE-STARTED CAR, WIPERS WORKED. GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AN… |
| 2019-10-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FIAT CHRYSLER AMERICA RELEASED 2 BULLETINS AND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR AN INFERIOR MATERIAL CAUSING SEVERE RUST AND PE… |
| 2019-10-23 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | NOTICED NOISE WHEN TURNING AND GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS IN ROAD .ON CITY STREETLOOKED UNDER IT SAW SUBFRAME IS RUSTED OUT… |
| 2019-10-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND THE CO… |
| 2019-10-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO … |
| 2019-09-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. IT RANDOMLY GOES OFF FOR A MINUTE BUT WILL STAY ON MOST OF THE TOME AND BEEP NONST… |
| 2019-09-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS IN SEPTEMBER 2019, THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHEN STATIONARY, AND… |
| 2019-09-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I PREVIOUSLY CALLED REGARDING ODI 11282835. THE FRONT AND REAR CROSS-MEMBERS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY. THERE WAS AN … |
| 2019-07-18 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE RE… |
| 2019-07-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHEN T… |
| 2019-06-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD EVERY TIME I SHIFTED GEARS THE FRONT END WOULD JUST GO LIKE WOBBLE WOBBLE SO I SLOW DOWN FR… |
| 2019-06-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE WENT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY SUB FRAME IS RUSTING AND UNTIL MY FRONT CROSSMEMBER IS REPL… |
| 2019-06-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2008 DODGE CALIBER STALLED OUT WHEN DRIVING & HAD THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CONTROL LIGHTS GO OFF. ( WE TRADED IN… |
| 2019-06-19 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT LATER DISCOVERED … |
| 2019-06-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS SOON AS… |
| 2019-06-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM AND UPPER CV SHAFT SEPARATED FROM TRANSMISSION WHILE ENTERING AN ON RAMP, CAUSING LOSS OF STEER… |
| 2019-06-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRONT CROSS MEMBER COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THE CAR RUNS GREAT BUT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEWER, SA… |
| 2019-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE KNOWING OF RUST BUT WHEN I CLIMBED UNDER IT I SEEN THE SUBFRAME IS ALMOST RUSTED ALL THE WAY T… |
| 2019-05-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I LOVE DRIVING MY 2008 DODGE CALIBER AND WISH THAT IT WAS WORTH REPAIRING ALL OF THE ISSUES… |
| 2019-05-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THIS CAR HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 CONTROL ARMS, BALL JOINTS BUSHINGS SPRINGS TIE RODS HAVE SP… |
| 2019-04-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WENT TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT FRONT SUB FRAME IS ROTTING OUT. WAS TOLD EXTENDED… |
| 2019-02-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME ON VEHICLE IS RUSTED THROUGH, OTHER SIMILIAR VEHICLES WERE ISSUED RECALLS AND THIS CAR WAS NOT |
| 2019-02-14 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE UNUSUAL NOISES WHILE DRIVING AT ANY… |
| 2019-02-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE CODE STATING A WIRE IS LOSE WITHIN THE DRIVER AIRBAG. THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEP GOING ON AND OFF CONSISTENTLY WHILE DRI… |
| 2019-02-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY WHEN SH… |
| 2019-02-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds in the rain, the vehicle… |
| 2019-01-24 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL DE… |