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2008 Dodge Caliber engine and engine cooling problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2008 Dodge Caliber4% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
4%
share of all complaints
57,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Engine cradle mounting and front suspension plates have failed or broken twice on this car online complaints seem very similar dealer seems to ignore this problem but will fix it for 2000.00 car pulls or veers unexpectedly while moving I cannot I feel safely drive anymore. *tr

    filed Jan 23, 2017

  • 2008 dodge caliber. While driving at 60 mph the battery charging light came on. Next day took car to auto store to have battery tested and they replaced the battery. Next morning at 2:00 am while driving my husband to work, all lights on panel started coming on one at a time and car lost power and…

    filed Sep 21, 2012

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Caliber years

YearReportsShare
2011 Caliber1610%
2010 Caliber64%
2009 Caliber83%
2007 Caliber354%
Caliber engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.