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2009 Dodge Caliber engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 30 complaints for the 2009 Dodge Caliber, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
30 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
87,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2009 Dodge Caliber Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 87,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 87,000 miles
Based on 25 complaints that include mileage. 24% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 25 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Electric fault started a fire under the hood resulting in all components to completely burn. A burning smell started while I was driving, I checked the temperature gauge and the needle was under the cold tick. I continued driving to the nearest parking which took about 1 minute and smoke was already coming out visible from the hood. I don't live in the us, so statae, zip code and phone numbers I entered are dummy. I live in the uae, abu dhabi phone: 0091502124224

Reported at 3 miles, February 2015 Fire

Driving over 2 hours on highway (highway interstate 81) (route 80 ) (new jersey turnpike)engine starts whining rpms rise over 4 & stay, speed drops to 25-30MPH can't get up incline transmission overheat light comes on, had to pull over my son almost got killed because car had no power had to let car sit for an hour, this has happened 5 times car has been towed to 2 dealerships 1st dealership(zimmerman dodge sunbury, pa) couldn't find a problem 2nd dealership(salerno-duane summit,nj) replaced the computer, car…

Reported at 69,000 miles, October 2015

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