The Dodge Caliber and the Dodge Nitro don’t bring much in for Chrysler LLC on a monthly basis but things seem even worse in the United Kingdom – so much so that Chrysler has pulled both models off the UK market. The move to quietly drop both models from the lineup comes due to modest [...]
The U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation to review a possible sticky accelerator pedal problem in the 2007 Dodge Caliber. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it has had five complaints that the accelerator becomes stuck and will not return to idle position when released. Indiana based supplier CTS Corp. made the [...]
According to a report by the Detroit Free Press, Chrysler Group LLC plans on redesigning five models by mid-2011. The move will allow the company to rehire workers and schedule overtime, sources familiar with the matter said. New CEO Sergio Marchionne says he wants facelifts in 18 months for the Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge [...]
Chrysler Group LLC said that it will add a second shift in Belvidere, Ill., to make more Dodge Calibers. Apparently the Caliber was a very popular purchase during the government’s Cash for Clunkers program and Chrysler now needs to build up drained inventory of the model. “We are taking this action in response to increasing demand [...]
While Chrysler may not have many new product changes coming until new CEO, Sergio Marchionne, figures out how to mix and match Fiat and Chrysler’s lineup, that doesn’t mean engineers and designers in Auburn Hills have been just sitting around wasting their time. New for 2010, the Dodge Caliber 5-door C-segment hatchback gets a subtle, [...]
