Dodge Caliber Doing Toyota Impression With Gas Pedal Issues
Come on Dodge, can’t you come up with your own recall issues?! The NHTSA (that’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has been very busy dealing with those Toyota investigations…you know their run-away Prius problems? Well, it looks like Chrysler is trying to steal a bit of steam from the old Toyota PR machine, as the Dodge Caliber is now under investigation for sticky pedal issues.
“In a small number of cases, parts of the gas pedal assembly have apparently fallen off, causing the pedals to come out of alignment and become stuck. The pedals involved in the cases are made by CTS Corp. the same supplier that made gas pedals involved in a massive Toyota recall for sticking gas pedals..However, the actual cause of sticking in the Toyota and Dodge cases appear to be unrelated” according to CNN Money.
This investigation centers specifically on the 2007 model of Calibers. One safety feature Dodge has that Toyota should look into is a “brake override” – pressing the brake pedal repeatedly automatically cuts engine power, making the vehicle easier to control even if the gas pedal becomes stuck.
Other cars that share engineering and assembly lines with the Caliber, ie Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot, are not involved in the investigation, a Chrysler spokesman said.
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