Feds checking pedals in '07 Chrysler Calibers
Dodge Caliber: This compact 5-door hatchback with a rather confusing personality -- not quite a wagon, not quite a crossover -- is exiting, stage left, making way for the more refined, much better-looking Dart sedan in Dodge's lineup. Credit: AP
Chrysler Group Llc accelerator pedals made by the same company that supplied Toyota Motor Corp. are under investigation by U.S. automotive-safety regulators for potential cases of sticking in Dodge Caliber models.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a Web site posting yesterday it is looking into the pedals made by CTS Corp. for Chrysler's 2007 model-year Dodge Caliber, which includes about 161,000 vehicles. The agency said it received five complaints by consumers saying the pedals stuck while they were driving their vehicles.
"The company's initial examination of customer complaints finds they are limited to a small group of vehicles built during a five-week window in March and April of 2006," Chrysler spokesman Nick Cappa said in an e-mailed statement. About 10,000 vehicles for the 2007 model year were made with the batch of pedals containing the mechanical defect, Cappa said.
