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#23 ·
Caliber 07 Water leaks

Hi All--

I own an 07 RT --I've had passenger side rear flooding, driver side rear flooding and more recently "reading lamp" flooding.
I see lots of threads on these issues but very few on how to fix it for good or if there is any recall due to these issues.
The first flooding was covered under the 36000/3 yr warranty but the second and third have cost me over $600 combined. Now the last one was diagnosed as being due to the sun roof glass seal and they want to charge me $700 because they state that the glass needs to be replaced since the seals do not sell by themselves.
Does any one know if this is accurate or if there is a way to go around this?--con one just buy the seal and have it put on?
Also, does Dodge acknowledge this issue and provide any compensation?

Thanks in advance!
 
#25 ·
Water Leaks

Just had service for my 08 Caliber R/T that was leaking quite a bit on driver side front and back floors. They did the repairs to the tune of $966.00 which of course was not covered under warranty but after a call to Dodge they agreed to pay for 1/2 of the repair cost. The service rep said it should be all fixed up. I asked if they were able to dry the carpeting and he said that they sucked all the water out and ran fans on it for 3 nights and it should be good to go. Got done paying my bill and went out to the car, opened the door and the smell that came out of it was horrible, there was water running out of the doors as well. I felt the floor and low and behold it was soaking wet. Checked the carpets in the rest of the car and they were all drenched. There were mud lines on the speakers in the front of the car on the doors and silt on the top of the engine. The spare tire compartment was damp and moldy and there were weeds hanging from the underside of the car. We had about 7" of rain last week and the dealership has a creek that runs along their parking lot that apparently overflows often. The week before I was dropping the car off (day after a hurricaine) for service and the parking lot was completely empty so they know that they need to move cars to higher ground when heavy rain is expected. The GM told me that they moved the first two rows of cars at 1am the morning of the heavy rain but didn't think the water would come up to the 3rd row where my car was parked. I had to call my insurance company to start a claim, the GM did say they would cover the deductible for me (how nice of them). I asked the dealer if they had a car I could use and they said they did not but they could call enterprise and my insurance should pick up the rental fee. Can you believe the nerve! They were negligent and I have to pay the price. I asked about the money I just spent on the repair of the water leak and the GM said I would probably be able to re-coup that, I told him that I wrote a check and it is still in the building. He promptly retrieved the check and voided it and gave it back to me. My car has the lifetime power train warranty on it which I would assume is now void since the car was flooded, which is one of the only reasons I bought the car. Plus if the car is repairable, I will most likely have to have a flood title which diminishes the value and the car will never be right again. I only have one more year to pay on the car too, I was so looking forward to being car paymentless. Thanks for letting me vent, any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
 
#26 ·
jerntrish said:
Just had service for my 08 Caliber R/T that was leaking quite a bit on driver side front and back floors. They did the repairs to the tune of $966.00 which of course was not covered under warranty but after a call to Dodge they agreed to pay for 1/2 of the repair cost. The service rep said it should be all fixed up. I asked if they were able to dry the carpeting and he said that they sucked all the water out and ran fans on it for 3 nights and it should be good to go. Got done paying my bill and went out to the car, opened the door and the smell that came out of it was horrible, there was water running out of the doors as well. I felt the floor and low and behold it was soaking wet. Checked the carpets in the rest of the car and they were all drenched. There were mud lines on the speakers in the front of the car on the doors and silt on the top of the engine. The spare tire compartment was damp and moldy and there were weeds hanging from the underside of the car. We had about 7" of rain last week and the dealership has a creek that runs along their parking lot that apparently overflows often. The week before I was dropping the car off (day after a hurricaine) for service and the parking lot was completely empty so they know that they need to move cars to higher ground when heavy rain is expected. The GM told me that they moved the first two rows of cars at 1am the morning of the heavy rain but didn't think the water would come up to the 3rd row where my car was parked. I had to call my insurance company to start a claim, the GM did say they would cover the deductible for me (how nice of them). I asked the dealer if they had a car I could use and they said they did not but they could call enterprise and my insurance should pick up the rental fee. Can you believe the nerve! They were negligent and I have to pay the price. I asked about the money I just spent on the repair of the water leak and the GM said I would probably be able to re-coup that, I told him that I wrote a check and it is still in the building. He promptly retrieved the check and voided it and gave it back to me. My car has the lifetime power train warranty on it which I would assume is now void since the car was flooded, which is one of the only reasons I bought the car. Plus if the car is repairable, I will most likely have to have a flood title which diminishes the value and the car will never be right again. I only have one more year to pay on the car too, I was so looking forward to being car paymentless. Thanks for letting me vent, any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
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wow, thats terrible.

i always, always, always walk around my car before i go in to get my keys or pay.

check this out - http://jalopnik.com/5500228/dealership-remote-starts-customers-mustang-into-pond-car-totalled
 
#27 ·
Water Leak - HELP!

I have a 2008 Caliber R/T - we have had problems with the engine light coming on and have had it looked at , went thru all the codes and fixed any potential problem including going thru all the wires and ensuring they were grounded. Will ride for 40 miles and the engine light comes back on throwing a new code. We thought perhaps it was a bad computer so had that checked which was OK but the same day we were having this looked at we noticed the back driver side floorboard was soaked and had standing water. The front carpet was not at all wet, only the back. No visible water stains in the white upholestry from above, no visible problems with the door seals and could not see any evidence of water leaking between the door as all was dry and dusty. We were told that wires and housing of the wires is located in this area and perhaps the water is shorting the wires out, throwing all these different codes?!

I was reviewing all the potential places of leakage in this thread but the issues did not note where the water would end up in the vehicle. Can someone point out which of these issues would create water in the driver's back floorboard only? We are at our whits end (and so is our mechanic) in trying to figure this out. I do have a sunroof but I do not see where there is anything leaking from there but do need to check the drain hose as mentioned but would that leak end up in the back driver's floorboard?

It seems others have had similar issues and wondered if anyone found the actual problem and can share. I have already spent an enormous amount of money getting this car fixed to now find that our problem may have been a leak all along - any help is much appreciated!

-Mary
 
#29 ·
My sunroof leaked. Tubes were clogged. Used computer duster & some chewing gum to blow them clear. (stuck duster tube in drain hole, temporarily sealed around it with gum, blasted it with air). Worked.


New leak. The passenger side floor is soaked. The passenger mirror is broken. Could be coming in through there?
 
#30 ·
My Third Leaky Vehicle.

After owning a 2000 and a 2002 Bonneville, I hoped to never own another leaky vehicle again in my life. What a nightmare and the smell from the never drying back floor I can't even describe.
I purchased a used 2007 Caliber R/T with 76,000 mile in January. What a great little vehicle. UNTIL THE RAINS CAME. I am now dealiing water. (The former owners must have forgotten to mention this little problem). First it appeared on the floor behind the front passenger seat and not just a little water. Lots of standing water. Today I have leaking on the floor on the passenger side and I noticed in places where I parked two wet spots on only the passenger side both dripping wet under the frame of the car.
I am so disappointed. So now I am finding lots of complaints of this issue and some on the NTSB guess I'll add my complaint there. I also noticed the speaker on the rear passenger side is starting to have a sticky issue too. Wish me luck.
 
#32 ·
I have a 2007 dodge caliber sxt. I have water leaking in the car from somewhere (only when it rains). The floor board in the from and back get filled with about a couple inches of water. I also have water that is in the Dom light that leaks.
Can someone tell me posibly where the water might be coming from!!! I think it might be the sun roof but I could be wrong.
 
#33 ·
Leaking

I have a 2008 Caliber that had water in the drivers side floor board - after many many MANY hours we finally figured out it was 2 different sources, one was the obvious, the sunroof seal needed replacing, the 2nd wasnt quite as obvious and ended up being the seal around the rear tail light. From all of my research, with these Calibers, it could be anywhere! I wish you all the best... it took us about 4 months to figure it out and get it fixed. Keep in mind the electrical wiring is also in the floorboard - we had to replace some of the wiring there too - now our Engine light keeps coming on for no apparant reason but atleast we are now dry! Good luck!
 
#34 ·
If you are getting water in your front dome light or ceiling, the sunroof drains are probably clogged. (it happened to me) There are two holes on either front corner of the sun roof where water is supposed to drain out of. What you can do is get a can of compressed air (computer duster with a plastic hose like on WD40) and some stickytack or playdoh. Stick it in the drain, seal it with stickytack and blow out the line.
 
#35 ·
We found our leak!

After three months of searching, we found the leak in our 2007 Caliber. I wanted to share with others in case this car is driving you nuts like it has us.The leak is underneah the front wheel well on the passenger side. The leak is the horizontal seam and just behind the vertical seam. When you squirt water in these areas the floor board on the passenger side leaks. We believe rain water is thrown up by the tires and leaks into the car when it rains. The car ends up with one or two inches of water in the back seat. We are trying to patch the leak and will wait for rain to see if it works.
 
#38 ·
I got water in the left taillight of my 2007 too. I brought it to the dealer--he suggested putting a fish in it.

Seriously, a guy a couple of posts above says he gets water leaking into the cabin, but only when it rains. Well, that's because when it rains, water comes down from the sky and seeps in through whatever crack or bad seal there is in the roof or door. When it doesn't rain, there is no water coming down from the sky, so no water leaks inside the car.

As to moonroofs, there are only two kinds: those that leak, and those that haven't leaked yet.

Hope this helps.
 
#39 ·
Well, this looks like a serious problem....I have a 2010 and the back floor on the drivers side was soaked---and it does not look like the water is gathering anyplace else---we are disabled and since the car is out of warranty, I will have to fix it myself since I cannot afford garage prices---can anyone offer any suggestions? Thank you in advance.
 
#40 ·
I had the same issue as you on my 07, having water in the rear drivers floor. I found out that the water was coming through the rubber seal around the wires going into the body behind the drivers fender. The seal wasn't pushed in all the way, so I pushed it in properly, and automotive siliconed it
 
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