2009 Dodge Caliber Engine cooling Problems

“My mechanic and multiple others have stated that the intake runner is stuck and the intake needs to be replaced making it impossible to receive emissions on my vehicle. When in drive waiting at red lights and also to turn on multiple occasions my vehicle lost complete power, shutting off almost causing accidents. Luckily accidents were avoided.”

“I bought my 2009 Dodge Caliber brand new in july 2009. I made my decision based on the 5-yr powertrain warranty, assuming the car must be mechanically dependable. Well needless to say, I was wrong for making that assumption. I began to have serious mechanical problems within the first 2 years of owning the car. …”

“Car started falling apart at around 48k tie rods. Control arms. Struts. Bushings. Ball joints. Bearings. Sway bar links. Lateral arm bushings. Upper control arm bushings. Upper tow links. Front strut mounts. My latest repair bill (today) is 1500.00 and the car has only 60k on it. The catalytic converter is also slated for replacement as soon as the dealer gets it in. I am a very conservative driver and always keep my car serviced. I bought this car brand new. The suspension on this car is a menace. …”

“In june of 2013 while driving down I-75 heading up north, my temp light came on, the temp gage never moved past the normal range (directly between cold and hot) after I noticed the light I was watching the temp gage and my car just shut down. I lost all power, speed, steering, everything. Thankfully I was already in the right hand lane and I was close to an exit so that I could exit the highway. I called the dealership where I got the car and they had no idea what happened. After sitting for an hour I was able to drive back downstate. I got the car april 1 2013. …”

“I had been driving approximately one hour when I began to climb the incline over sb 5 fwy (grapevine) and the engine began whining, rpms rose to 4 and remained there, the transmission overheat dashboard light illuminated, speed dropped to about 30 MPH and I was unable to continue up the incline. Had to pull off and let the vehicle sit for 30 minutes at which time I continued up the incline making sure that the rpms did not go above 2.5 - so keeping the speed low - and had no further incident. This happened again on 8/21/04, same circumstances, at approximately 79,000 miles. …”