8.0
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $280
- Average Mileage:
- 57,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- replace struts (1 reports)
- replace swaybar and links (1 reports)
- replaced both front struts, strut mounts, and wheel hubs (1 reports)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Dodge dealer.
The front end on these Calibers is awful. Just awful. First the control arm assembly. Then I find out the loud clunking noise in the dashboard is the sway bar and links, which need to be replaced. I'm a single mom, I don't have savings, I don't have ready cash. I have to borrow money from family to pay for the repairs.
- Amy P., Minnetonka, MN, US
There's a loud noise from front end at speed. It's sad that after only 15,000 miles I had to have in essense my entire front suspension replaced.
- Allen W., Roseville, MI, US
On the same day I find out that the CVT on this car is shot, the Dodge mechanic tells me that the front and back struts need to be replaced. Front are "spewing fluid" and back are leaking. This will be $1,000 (on top of the $5,500 for the CVT). Thanks Dodge! I now need a $6,600 repair on a car with a trade value of $5,000. Way to make a quality product there. The car is 6 years old. Since I bought it I have been replacing things on the front end of the car incessantly. Control arm assembly, bushings, sway bar, links. Now the struts. Should have dumped this absolute POS long before the CVT died, ha. My bad. I deserve to lose $3,000 in equity because Dodge made an inferior product.
- Amy P., Minnetonka, MN, US