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Dodge Caliber Brakes Problems

64 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 6 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2007. Best year: 2012.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Brakes · 2008 5

MY HUSBAND AND COUSIN WERE IN THIS CAR SOME HOW LOST CONTROL ON A CLEAR DRY DAY AND ROLLED. THEY SAY THE BRAKES WERE NEVER APPLIED BUT I WONDER WHY NOT, MAYBE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. *TR

Brakes · 2009 4

The car was in park on a hill, when I turned off the engine, it rolled down the steep hill and the brakes or emergency brake would not work. I crashed through a fence across the street and into a building. The car was totaled.

Brakes · 2007 4

VERY BAD DESIGN OF MUFFLER. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE MUFFLER HAS A HOLE ON TOP. THAT HEAT EFFECT THE BATTOM TRUNCK, THE HOOD GET MELTED, HEAT SHEILD GET BURNED AND THE ROAD ASSISTANT TIRE GET MELTED AS WELL. I WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO SM...

Brakes · 2007 4

I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2015. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME PUT ON BRAKES, AND I WAS A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I PUT ON BRAKES AS WELL. HOWEVER, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, IT WOULD NOT BRAKE NORMALLY AS A...

Brakes · 2007 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE CONTACT AVOIDED A CRASH BY DRIVING THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOS...

Brakes · 2007 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A PRECEDING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURI...

Brakes · 2007 4

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND BECAME STUCK. WHEN THE PEDAL FAILED TO RELEASE IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO IN...

Brakes · 2008 4

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT HIS DRIVEWAY IN SNOWY CONDITIONS AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 3 MPH, THE BRAKES LOCKED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE IN THE SNOW AND CRASH INTO A VEHICLE IN THE CONTACT'S DR...

Brakes · 2008 4

I WAS TRAVELING TO A T INTERSECTION; I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN. MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING AND I WENT FROM ~55MPH TO 45MPH OVER THE COURSE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD OR SO. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP...

Brakes · 2007 4

MY DAUGHTER COMPLAINED TO HER STEP FATHER THAT SHE WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE TOLD HER TO DRIVE CAREFULLY AND BRING IT TO HIS HOUSE SO HE COULD CHECK IT OUT. BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THIS SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. SHE S...

Brakes · 2007 4

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE, BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO SWE...

Brakes · 2007 4

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY(NJ) ABOUT 9:15 A.M. ON JAN 12, 2007, THE CAR BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND SHE TAPPED THE BRAKE, AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM . AT THIS POINT THE CAR BEGAN SWERVING AND SHE...

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