Dungeon Studeo's Dodge Calibers
    I love my old truck, Love the Fiero but,
    I still need a reliable car for getting
    to work. I liked how roomy the Caliber
    is. No hitting your head on the ceiling
    Plenty of leg room and room for 5 people.
    I am now on my 4th Caliber..     		Dodge caliber
    Dodge caliber My first one was a 2010 silver Caliber
    with the automatic CVT transmission.
    a genaric GM brand sticker. Had this one
    for about five years. Had a deer strike
    out in the middle of nowhere. Cused about
    $5k in damages. The insurance had it fixed
    Had an issue with the CVT overheating,
    turns out the Dip-stick tube for the
    "sealed" transmission was broken off and
    missing. I found a funnel that fit into
    the pipe and used that to keep the
    transmission full     		Dodge caliber
    Dodge caliber Did some playing around in the snow and found
    a curb in the parking lot.. Broke the lip
    right off my rim. Luckly the tire still held
    air and I was able to get the rim replaced.
    One time I slammed the brakes so hard that the
    brake lights would not turn off. Turns out that
    I had bent the brake pedal. The shop was able
    to replace it in a day.
    So now we know that its not just Fiero's that
    suffer from bent pedals!     		Dodge caliber
    Dodge caliber When I was between jobs I fell behind
    on payments, I think I was 3 mo. The
    finace company, Wellsfargo repossed
    the Caliber. They wouldn't let me catch
    up the loan to get the car back.
    It turned out that WellsFargo illegally
    repossed the car and I got a wopping $20
    from the class action lawsuit..
    After a year or two running around with
    other cars I got enough money to get another
    Caliber. This one was a 2011. I had to drive
    all the way to Wadsworth to find one.
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    Dodge caliber I put alot of miles on this car and went
    through a few tires :)
    I installed a tow hitch along with the wire
    harness. The wire harness converts the one wire
    back to the old 4 wire system for the trailers.

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    The radiator sprong a leak right near the radiator
    cap. Turns out you have to replace the Cap housing
    plus the two hoses. The hole part is $90! I found
    a billet aluminum part that fit perferct for less
    than $20!
    ^ Sadly, this car got rear ended and totalled out.
    The rear passinger doors would now rub when you
    open and close them, giving a sign that the whole
    body is bent out of shap. I had to buy anothe
    Caliber which sucked since I had just had the
    suspention redone.
    I found another one at a good price down in
    Columbus. The same 2011 in dark grey that looks
    like black. I only had this one for about a year
    untill the CVT started slipping. Something about
    the high pressure pump failing. After doing some
    Youtube reseach I fouind that these "sealed"
    transmission Do in fact need to be serviced. One
    youtuber was changing oil and filters every
    40k miles.     		Dodge caliber
    Dodge caliber The local repair place said it would be $6k to $8k
    to install a remanufactured (not new) CVT
    transmission!!! I told them, You do know that the car is only worth
    $4k right?
    She said, Yeah, we know. There's probally gonna be
    a class action lawsuit over those CVT transmissions.

    Well, I went and bought ANOTHER Caliber, this time
    with a manual transmission.
    It looks like I can get a junkyard CVT for under $1k,
    so that car is not a total lose. Might sell it cheap
    to someone that can fix it themselves since I don't
    have a good place to do that kind of work.     		Dodge caliber
    Dodge caliber I added the tow package to this latest Caliber. The
    older tow hitch did not want to budge since it has
    some rust on it.
    I have been thinking about making or buying a ground
    effects kit for the Caliber to make it look more like
    a ralley car. But it's not a high priority. Plus those
    are very exspensive.     		Dodge caliber
    Dodge caliber I still have my custome 2 x 4 wooden roof rack!

    Gotta love wood working!
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