2007 Dodge Caliber Fuel System Problems

WHEN CAR IS FILLED UP TO FULL IT WILL SMELL LIKE RAW FUEL IN THE CAR AND IT WILL STALL NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

RED LIGHTNING BOLT ON SAID THROTTLE BODY SO REPLACED THAT ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY STILL NO POWER ONLY GOES 25 MPH WAS TOLD ELECTRIC ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT NOT SURE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH ISSUE ON SAME CAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

THIS VEHICLE'S ENGINE WILL STALL MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN FILLED TO CAPACITY. THE STALLS OCCUR WHILE IDLING, AND/OR WHEN DRIVING AND THEY CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITHIN ONLINE FORUMS (INCLUDING YOUTUBE) REGARDING THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE. THIS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I ONCE STALLED AND WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY IN THIS CAR.

WHILE TRAVELING 80 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE MY CALIBER STOPPED ACCELERATING AND I RAPIDLY LOST SPEED; HOWEVER, THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING AND NO MATTER HOW FAR I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO TURN ON MY HAZARDS AND MAKE MY WAY ACROSS 4 LANES TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A GAS STATION BY COASTING WHERE I STOPPED THE CALIBER, TURNED IT OFF, AND LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON IT SEEMED TO BE FINE. IN DOING RESEARCH FOR REPAIR I'VE FOUND THERE'S A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF DODGE OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM DODGE DEALERS. I BELIEVE DODGE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY REPAIRS AS THERE'S NO REGULAR MAINTENANCE THAT I CAN DO AS A CAR OWNER TO REGULATE/IMPROVE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL AND IT SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY PART OR COMPUTER FUNCTION THAT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AND PURGE SOLENOID AS THE CAR KEPT STALLING AFTER I'D PUT GAS IN THE CAR WHEN I'D LEAVE THE GAS STATION. VERY UNSAFE AS I'D BE AT A RED LIGHT RIGHT AFTER PUTTING IN GAS AND WOULD STALL. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING CONSISTENTLY THE CAR WOULD DRIVE FINE.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN FILLING FUEL INTO THE GAS TANK. FUEL MUST BE ENTERED VERY SLOWLY IN THE FILLER NECK OR THE HANDLE FROM THE PUMP WILL "TRIP" AND NOT ALLOW ANY FURTHER FLOW OF FUEL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND TALKING TO OTHERS I THOUGHT THIS PROBLEM MIGHT BE DUE TO A CLOGGED EVAP HOSE OR ITS CHARCOAL CANISTER. I TOOK IT TO AN NATIONALLY KNOWN SERVICE STATION WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE NOT IN THE EVAP SYSTEM BUT IN A DEFECTIVE "ROLLOVER VALVE" WHICH IS INTERNAL TO THE FUEL TANK. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A "CHECK VALVE" WHICH PREVENTS FUEL FROM SPILLING BACK OUT OF THE TANK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. IF THIS ROLLOVER VALVE IS STUCK "PARTIALLY CLOSED" DURING FILLING, THEN IT COULD ALSO BE STUCK "PARTIALLY OPEN" AND ALLOW FUEL TO DANGEROUSLY SPILL BACKWARD THROUGH THE FILLER NECK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DODGE DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THE ABOVE. THEY CHECKED INTO THEIR DATABASE AND FOUND THIS DEFECTIVE PART TO HAVE CAUSED A RECALL ON SOME OTHER 2007 DODGE VEHICLES (AVENGER, DAKOTA AND I BELIEVE RAM'S) BUT THE FREQUENCY WAS NOT JUSTIFIED FOR DODGE CALIBERS. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MY PROBLEM DESCRIBED IS ONE AND THE SAME AS THOSE MODELS LISTED ABOVE (AND MAY VERY WELL BE THE SAME AFFECTED PART) AND THAT MY DEFECTIVE "ROLLOVER VALVE" SHOULD BE REPLACED AT DODGE'S EXPENSE. THE REPAIR INVOLVES REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK.

ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AFTER PUMPING GAS, VEHICLE VIBRATED. LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY ON TRIP HOME, WOULD SLOW SPEED DOWN AND IT WOULD GO OFF. EXITED INTERSTATE, CAME TO FULL STOP, ACCELERATED TO GO, AND CAR VIBRATED AND ALMOST STALLED AS PULLING OUT. DROVE VEHICLE FOR TWO MORE DAYS - LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD VIBRATE - ALMOST STALLED IN 2 BUSY INTERSECTIONS. PREVIOUS RECALL ON 25K 2007 DODGE CALIBERS - MINE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. UNABLE TO GET AN APPT AT DODGE DEALER FOR A WEEK. DECIDED THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND DID NOT DRIVE. ISSUE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY, ON HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS AND ON CITY STREET, TURNING. ISSUE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO NOT GO NORMAL SPEEDS - WAS UNABLE TO GO POSTED SPEED LIMIT. CONTACTED DODGE/CHRYSLER RECALL - THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. NUMEROUS VEHICLE OWNERS ARE RUNNING INTO THIS AT 90-130K MILES. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOUR COMPUTER OR ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTIONS AS YOU ARE DRIVING 70 MPH OR THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION AND VEHICLE STOPS. WAS GOING VARIOUS SPEEDS AS I WAS 90 MILES AWAY FROM HOME 70 MPH, THEN TODAY COULD NOT GO HIGHER THAN 40 MPH. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLS AT RED LIGHTS / INTERSECTIONS AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. IT DOES STOP AFTER SOME OF THE GAS IS USED. IT HAS NOT OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, ONLY ON CITY STREETS. IN HAVING THE CAR EXAMINED, THERE IS A FAULTY VALUE ON THE GAS TANK, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. IT IN SPEAKING WITH CHRYSLER, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO ASSIST.

UPON COMPLETELY FILLING THE FUEL TANK, THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY STALLS AFTER I'VE DRIVEN IT FOR A FEW MINUTES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M ON THE FREEWAY OR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, THE ENGINE JUST DIES. THIS ISSUE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A VERY HAZARDOUS IF NOT LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

MY CAR HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. STARTED IN DECEMBER 2014 CAR STALLED AN I TURNED IT BACK ON BASICALLY TURNING HEAT OFF. SINCE THEN IT RANDOMLY SPUTTERED. DRIVING A MONTH LATER IT SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING, I TURNED HEAT OFF AGAIN THINKING IT WAS THAT. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. A MONTH LATER ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AN CODE IS THE ONE FOR GAS CAP. I BOUGHT A NEW ONE, 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE PARKED WAITING FOR MY KIDS TO COME OUT OF SCHOOL MY CAR DIES ACTING LIKE IT WANTS TO START. LATER TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM IS THE FUEL PUMP! THE WIRES INSIDE FUEL PUMP AND THE HARNESS WERE BURNT UP ! IT'S REALLY WIRED AND FIXED. I DIDN'T GET A NEW FUEL PUMP JUST NEW WIRES. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW THEIR SITUATION! I'M SCARED TO EVEN GET BACK IN THE CAR ESPECIALLY WITH TWO KIDS WHO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT

CAR QUIT RUNNING. MECHANIC FOUND TOP OF FUEL PUMP WIRING BURNT AND HOLE MELTED THROUGH TOP OF FUEL PUMP.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE AIRPORT ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT ALONG WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES SEEMED NOT TO FUNCTION AS I HAD TO MUSCLE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND TRAFFIC WAS AT A MINIMUM. THE CAR SPUTTERED SO BAD IT SHUT DOWN ON THE ROAD AFTER I PULLED OVER. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES, I STARTED THE CAR AND LIMPED IT HOME. COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO DO MORE THAN 10MPH. USED MY FLASHERS THE ENTIRE WAY HOME. *TR

VEHICLE ROLLED TO A STOP ALONG THE ROAD. WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. I REMOVED THE REAR SEAT TO INSPECT THE FUEL PUMP AND CONNECTIONS. BOTH THE TOP OF THE PLASTIC FUEL PUMP AND IT'S PLASTIC CONNECTION WAS MELTED FROM AN ELECTRICAL MELT DOWN, JUST MILLIMETERS FROM THE FULL GAS TANK. THIS COULD'VE RESULT IN AN EXPLOSION AND FATALITY. APPARENTLY FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING ONLINE THIS IS QUITE COMMON WITH THIS MODEL. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER WITH MY TWO YOUNG KIDS IN THE BACK MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER BUYING A E.T.C. AND HAVING IT REPLACED ABOUT 12 MONTHS LATER THE ETC WENT OUT AGAIN THIS TIME ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DOING 65 MPH MY CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE THE ETC HAD RUSTED CLOSED AGAIN. LIKING ONLINE SOME OF THESE CARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR AN ISSUE WITHTHE ETC. I'M AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY THERE'S NO WARNING OTHER THAN A LIGHT AND MOMENTS LATER YOUR CAR IISNO LONGER ACCELERATING.

I WAS DRIVING AND THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING I COASTED INTO A TURNAROUND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER THEY SAID WIRING AT THE FUEL PUMP IN THE TANK OVERHEATED SHORTED AND BURNED OUT THE PUMP THE REPAIR WAS COSTLY AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP I DO NOT SEE THIS AS NORMAL WEAR BUT A SAFETY AND DESIGN FLAW. *TR

ACCELERATED FROM RED LIGHT TO GET ON TO THE FREEWAY, CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND STALLED. POWER WAS LOST AND HAD TO LIMP TO SAFELY GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT (BARS WITH LIGHTNING BOLT) CAME ON. SHUT THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND RESTARTED, DROVE 20 FEET AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN FOR 5-7 MIN AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF THE FREEWAY. TOOK IN TO PRIVATE MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IT SELF WENT BAD AND HE AS SEEN THIS A LOT WITH DIFFERENT MODELS OF DODGE VEHICLES, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. IS GOING TO COST ME $500 TO GET IT FIXED. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2006 SO WARRANTY IS OUT DUE TO AGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCED, THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WIRING HAD CAUGHT FIRE, BURNED THROUGH THE FUEL PUMP AND INTO THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD OVERHEATED AND BURNED THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE LED TO A FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000. UPDATE 09/06/13*LJ

AFTER DAYS OF CAR HESITATING AND TRYING TO STALL, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND WAS UNABLE TO BE STARTED IN PARKING LOT OF LOCAL GROCERY STORE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME AND AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS FOUND TO BE A FAULTY FUEL PUMP CAUSING THE ISSUE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS CHANGED. OLD FUEL PUMP WAS FACTORY PART, AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE BURNT WIRING AND MELTED PINS. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND AM SEVERELY CONCERNED AS TO WHY PART WAS NEVER RECALLED. BETWEEN TOWING, FUEL PUMP, AND ALSO BATTERY CHANGE FROM CRANKING CAR TRYING TO GET IT TO START, REPAIRS WERE OVER $350. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP IGNITED AND BURNING FUMES STARTED TO EMIT INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT A PLUG ON TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP MELTED AND BECAME EXPOSED TO THE FUEL VAPORS. AS A RESULT, THE WIRING HARNESS AND FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 177,000.