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01-29-2009, 10:47 AM

My Caliber Had The Same Grinding Issues, My Dealer Just Told Me At 16,000 Miles That My 2007 Caliber Needs New Swaybar Bushings And A New Transmission (automatic). What A Piece Of Junk. I Am Ready To Look Into Lemon Law !!! I Hope This Helps Some Of You. Good Luck

GreaseMonkey · 01-29-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by julzisabiker

My Caliber Had The Same Grinding Issues, My Dealer Just Told Me At 16,000 Miles That My 2007 Caliber Needs New Swaybar Bushings And A New Transmission (automatic). What A Piece Of Junk. I Am Ready To Look Into Lemon Law !!! I Hope This Helps Some Of You. Good Luck

Lemon law because you had two warranty issues?

Lemon law is much more strict than that. The vehicle has to be down for a total of 30 days or more, or have 3 of the same recurring issues. It is different from state to state, but that's very similar to what Michigan has.

01-31-2009, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by GreaseMonkey

Lemon law because you had two warranty issues?

Lemon law is much more strict than that. The vehicle has to be down for a total of 30 days or more, or have 3 of the same recurring issues. It is different from state to state, but that's very similar to what Michigan has.

I have had several issuses with my Caliber, My state lemon law is 15 days and my car has been in over that. I have had several issues you know nothing about. I was trying to help the others that have had the grinding noise with my post. I did not list all the problems. so NO "Lemon law because I had two warranty issues" I have researched my state lemon laws and I DO fall into the guidlines !

02-02-2009, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by julzisabiker

I have had several issuses with my Caliber, My state lemon law is 15 days and my car has been in over that. I have had several issues you know nothing about. I was trying to help the others that have had the grinding noise with my post. I did not list all the problems. so NO "Lemon law because I had two warranty issues" I have researched my state lemon laws and I DO fall into the guidlines !

I picked up my Caliber on Saturday Morning, Monday morning my Caliber is back at the dealer, same noise not fixed by replacing the transmission or swaybar bushings. Sorry I could not help with the grinding mine is still doing it too.

Ignitiondelay · 06-24-2009, 08:20 PM

phantom noise huh?

06-26-2009, 03:20 AM

I have an 07 SXT Sport. Being from Montana we get the cold. My sport has 23000 on it and Ive never experienced this problem. I do get what feels like a shift in the tires, almost like a rack slip in any weather. Is this common

J pEx · 06-26-2009, 02:32 PM

if your car is running in a super cold climate change the power steering and atf fluids that are specced to a colder range and you will have to re-change it once the weather warms up, what you can have is the oil caveating (will sound like grinding metal) whats happening is the oil is creating vacuum pockets and there are actually little implosions and it WILL damage the components. this is very common among heavy equipment in their hydraulic tanks and all your atf and your power steering fluids are are a different version of hydraulic fluid

Francois · 07-01-2009, 05:43 PM

Did not experience it in winter 08 / 09 while we had the -40° centigrade (with wind factor) in Montreal on a couple of occasions.

1. I'm taking a note of this and will do some experimentation after 1 january 2010.

2. I will ask the boys on the base if they have had the same problem with the Caliber. ( I've noticed more people bought the caliber since April 2009. )

Will post back ... by this time, maybe a search on the web ?

Take care.

Skilletscuz · 07-25-2009, 10:26 PM

i was given warnings about caliber's having power steering probs in extreme cold conditions. Preventive measures is to limit your turning angles and not max it out on the steering wheel. luckily i didnt run into that problem last winter, but it happened to some my friends earlier...

Francois · 02-02-2010, 04:54 PM

SunB, just passed a couple of very cold days in the last 2 weeks of january.

Still all is fine. Went as far as -30 with wind chill ...
I've been turning the wheels a lot to get out of the parking and @ job the Caliber is in a huge parking facing many farm lands. The wind was quite getting on the car.
Just can't reproduce the problem over the last 2 winters.
I suggest that if you have a mechanic in your family that could investigated better than that guy on the phone ... that would be great.

Francois, near Montreal. -11 centigrade ( ~12 F ) tonight, @ 19h50 local.

01-29-2009, 10:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
julzisabiker Posts: n/a	My Answer Told By Dealer My Caliber Had The Same Grinding Issues, My Dealer Just Told Me At 16,000 Miles That My 2007 Caliber Needs New Swaybar Bushings And A New Transmission (automatic). What A Piece Of Junk. I Am Ready To Look Into Lemon Law !!! I Hope This Helps Some Of You. Good Luck

06-26-2009, 02:32 PM	#17 (permalink)
J pEx SRT driver Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 285	if your car is running in a super cold climate change the power steering and atf fluids that are specced to a colder range and you will have to re-change it once the weather warms up, what you can have is the oil caveating (will sound like grinding metal) whats happening is the oil is creating vacuum pockets and there are actually little implosions and it WILL damage the components. this is very common among heavy equipment in their hydraulic tanks and all your atf and your power steering fluids are are a different version of hydraulic fluid __________________ 08 silver CSRT4 Mopar blue drop in NGK Iridium ZFR6FIX-11 Mopar Stage 1 MPx street inserts 19 X 8.5 OZ 15 spoke racing rims 255 40 R19 Michelin PS2 tires thats my friends comp coupe viper racing in the Speed World Challenge GT i love the Mopar wrap on it, its in Forza 3

07-01-2009, 05:43 PM	#18 (permalink)
Francois SRT driver Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Montreal region, Province Quebec Posts: 273	Next winter - observation - will ask collegues ... Did not experience it in winter 08 / 09 while we had the -40° centigrade (with wind factor) in Montreal on a couple of occasions. 1. I'm taking a note of this and will do some experimentation after 1 january 2010. 2. I will ask the boys on the base if they have had the same problem with the Caliber. ( I've noticed more people bought the caliber since April 2009. ) Will post back ... by this time, maybe a search on the web ? Take care. __________________ Caliber Se 2007, Silver, 2.0 liter + CVT, Mopar black air deflector, Mopar black mud guards, P205/70R15: Winter : Uniroyal Tiger Paw, Summer : P215/60R16: Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S 95 V, ScanGauge² ( previous forum name "fpar" ) Last edited by Francois : 02-08-2010 at 04:36 PM. Reason: wind factor - early morning was -37° centigrade. Cleaning

07-25-2009, 10:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
Skilletscuz token tuner n00b Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 39	i was given warnings about caliber's having power steering probs in extreme cold conditions. Preventive measures is to limit your turning angles and not max it out on the steering wheel. luckily i didnt run into that problem last winter, but it happened to some my friends earlier... __________________ *2009 CSRT - Presently Stock,* no, im not a participant of minimalist styling...

02-02-2010, 04:54 PM	#20 (permalink)
Francois SRT driver Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Montreal region, Province Quebec Posts: 273	Re: Horrible Grinding Sound when turning corners in Cold Temps SunB, just passed a couple of very cold days in the last 2 weeks of january. Still all is fine. Went as far as -30 with wind chill ... I've been turning the wheels a lot to get out of the parking and @ job the Caliber is in a huge parking facing many farm lands. The wind was quite getting on the car. Just can't reproduce the problem over the last 2 winters. I suggest that if you have a mechanic in your family that could investigated better than that guy on the phone ... that would be great. Francois, near Montreal. -11 centigrade ( ~12 F ) tonight, @ 19h50 local. __________________ Caliber Se 2007, Silver, 2.0 liter + CVT, Mopar black air deflector, Mopar black mud guards, P205/70R15: Winter : Uniroyal Tiger Paw, Summer : P215/60R16: Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S 95 V, ScanGauge² ( previous forum name "fpar" ) Last edited by Francois : 02-12-2010 at 03:20 PM. Reason: cleaning

06-24-2009, 08:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
Ignitiondelay Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 15	phantom noise huh?

06-26-2009, 03:20 AM	#16 (permalink)
DewDooer Posts: n/a	I have an 07 SXT Sport. Being from Montana we get the cold. My sport has 23000 on it and Ive never experienced this problem. I do get what feels like a shift in the tires, almost like a rack slip in any weather. Is this common

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