Dodge Nitro Complaints

1,457 consumer complaints on file.

#10861654April 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THE AIR CONDITIONER, RADIO, AND HEATER FAILED. WHILE DRIVING, THE DOORS UNLOCKED AND LOCKED PERIODICALLY ON THEIR OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861798April 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOCK THE DOORS WITH THE KEY FOB AND ON THE VEHICLE'S DOOR PANEL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861454April 26, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE IT WILL JUST SHUT OFF. NO LIGHTS ON DASH OR WARNING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. AFTER GETTING IT STOPPED AND RESTARTING IT WILL DRIVE FINE. OTHER TIMES THE REMOTE WILL NOT WORK THE LOCKS, IT WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEM SELVES AFTER YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND TRY TO START VEHICLE . YOU CAN PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND IT WILL NOT START LIGHTS ON DASH WILL GO OFF AND ON AND AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS IT WILL START. THERE ARE TIMES YOU CAN NOT PUT IN IN PARK YOU CAN SHUT IT OFF AND RESTART IT PRESS BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTHING WORKS TO PUT IT IN PARK AND THEN IT WILL JUST GO IN PARK LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN UP ON OCCASIONS WITH NO WARNING. IT ALL WILL WORK FINE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS AND THEN IT WILL ACT UP AGAIN. THE HEATER DOES NOT BLOW HOT AIR ON ONE SIDE, EVERY YEAR YOU CAN FLUSH OUT HEATER HOSE AND RADIATOR AND IT WILL BLOW HOT AIR FOR A MONTH OR SO AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO ONLY BLOWING WARM AIR OUT ON ONE SIDE. NO CODES ARE EVER THROWN WHEN THE THINGS HAPPEN. THERE IS NEVER A WARNING AND WHEN YOU TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP OR A MECHANIC THEY CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860686April 21, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TAKATA RECALL- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT MY HOME WHEN I USE MY KEY TO UNLOCK THE DOORS IT TURN THE LIGHTS ON IN MY DASH AND SOUNDS LIKE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, BUT THE DOORS IS STILL LOCK. THEN ONCE I GET INSIDE MY ENGINE LIGHTS STAYS ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860586April 20, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY WILL SHUT OFF OR DENY POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP, IT ALSO WILL INTERMITTENTLY FLASH WARNING SIGNS, AND TURN THE WIPERS ON INDEFINITELY. THE ISSUES HAVE ALL BEEN TRACED BACK TO THE POWER MODULE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY NONSERVICABLE RELAYS. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER AND NEITHER HAVE AN ETA ON THE PART SHOULD I ORDER ONE. MOSTLY IT HAPPENS WHILE STATIONARY BUT IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL ON THE HIGHWAY TWICE. IT STATED DOING THIS IN FALL OF 2015 BUT I COULDN'T PROPERLY DIAGNOSIS IT UNTIL MARCH DUE TO IT BEING INTERMITTENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859782April 15, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO AIR CONDITIOINING PAYING 400.00 EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS,ONLY TO GET AIR FOR TEN MINUTES. SECONDLY I HEARD ON TV THAT NITRO 2007 HAD A RECALL. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION IN THE MAIL. HOW MANY TIMES DO I PAY ALL OF THIS MONEY GETTING NO RESULTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855067April 12, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I FUELED MY VEHICLE AT A LOCAL GAS STATION AND AT THE END OF THE FILLING THE NITRO SPEWED (BURPED) APPROXIMATELY 1/2 GALLON OF FUEL ONTO THE GROUND. I AM VERY CONCERNED A FIRE MAY START AT THE GAS STATION WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ALSO THE GASOLINE SPEWED ONTO MY LEGS. THE LISTED ITEM POSES A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854120April 7, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FOB FAILED TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854190April 7, 2016
ENGINE
I SEEN THAT YOU GUYS HAD A RECALL ON A DODGE NITRO 2008 I WAS WONDERING IF I CAN BRING IT IN AND YOU GUYS CAN INSPECT IT MY PHONE NUMBERS [XXX] MY FIRST NAME IS [XXX] WAS A LITTLE WORRIED WHEN I READ THIS 3 RECALLS ON IT MY ADDRESS IS [XXX] SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CRACK THE KEY AT IT WILL CUT OFF. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853810April 6, 2016
ENGINE
AFTER GETTING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE ON JANUARY 4, 2006. MY CAR STOP RUNNING WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AFTER FINDING OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR ENGINE FOR JANUARY 11, 2016. HE TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE HAD BEEN LOCKED UP AFTER CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS CORRECT. TO NO AVAIL THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL AND I AM STILL STUCK WITHOUT ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION. NEED THIS ISSUE RESOLVE SO I CAN GET BACK TO WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852765March 31, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THROTTLE STICKING. HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART. WILL NOT RESTART ALL THE TIME. DASH DOOR ICON INDICATES REAR DOOR IS OPEN WHEN IT IS NOT. SAFETY ISSUES MAY NOT HAVE A PLACE TO PULL CAR OVER WHEN THROTTLE IS STICKING.FROM 2006-2012 DODGE WAS HAD THESE ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE PROBLEMS PLUS OTHERS. FROM DAY ONE WHY NO RECALLS ON THESE PROBLEMS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852775March 31, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
BREAKS HAVE GONE OUT TWICE NOW AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS BECAUSE OF ME RUNNING WITH MY EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. NOT TRUE AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL BREAKING SYSTEM. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK WHILE ON HWY TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND THEY SAID IT WORKS. I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH WINDOW MOTORS AND WIPERS ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852367March 30, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TRUCK HESITATING TO START ON & OFF - CONSULTED WITH CHRYSLER JEEP MECHANIC WHO I SHOWED HIM A VIDEO OF WHAT I CAPTURED WHEN MY TRUCK WOULDN'T START RIGHT AWAY, ADVISED ME THAT IT DIDN'T SOUND OR LOOK LIKE THE IGNITION, THAT IT POSSIBLY WAS THE "EXTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY AND HARNESS". TRUCK WAS LEFT AT DEALER FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO ALLOW THEM TIME TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN GOING ON. BECAUSE OF THE QUOTED PRICE [$435], I SUGGESTED TO HER THAT I WOULD HAVE MY PERSONAL MECHANIC REPAIR IT AND WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THE ACTUAL HARNESS KIT WHICH ONLY COST $32.92. PART COULD NOT BE PURCHASED BECAUSE IT WAS FLAGGED AS AN "RECALL". NATASHA CHECKED W/MIKE TO CONFIRM THIS INFO, DROP OFF DATE WAS SET - ASKED HER - THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE, CORRECT, SINCE THIS IS AN RECALL PART? SHE SAID NO, THERE WOULDN'T, THAT'S CORRECT. SERVICE TECH KENNEY HANDED ME A INVOICE FOR $415 STATING THERE WAS A CHARGE - WHICH I TOTALLY DISAGREED. ONCE NATASHA ARRIVED, WE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER IN TOTAL DISAGREEMENT SINCE I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THIS WAS A "RECALL" PART AND WASN'T EXPECTING TO PAY AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. LATER THAT DAY BEFORE RETURNING TO PICK MY TRUCK UP, I CONTACTED THE DODGE HEADQUARTERS & SPOKE WITH CAITLIN. SHE STATED BECAUSE MY TRUCK DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECALLS ON IT, THIS PART DID NOT QUALIFY & IF IT DID, I WOULD'VE BEEN CONTACTED. I TOLD HER I TOTALLY DISAGREED SINCE I ONLY FOUND OUT DURING OUR DISCUSSION THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY TRUCK FOR THE GAS TANK - AND I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACT BY MAIL OR PHONE FOR THAT ISSUE. CHRYSLER DEALER SERVICES DODGE & JEEP VEHICLES & THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE I CAN GET THIS PART WHICH HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A FAULTY/DEFECTIVE RECALL PART AND BECAUSE I DON'T OWN A CHRYSLER, MY TRUCK DOESN'T QUALIFY, BUT I'M FORCED TO PAY FOR A RECALLED PART?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852370March 30, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ONCE FUEL TANK REACHES IT'S CAPACITY, GAS SPITS BACK OUT OVERFLOWING THE TANK. ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AWHILE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851540March 25, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NTIRO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THREE WEEKS LATER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V291000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851560March 25, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FOB FOR THE MASTER SWITCH WOULD NOT UNLOCK ANY DOORS OTHER THAN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE'S MASTER SWITCH WOULD NOT OPERATE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,378.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851450March 24, 2016
ENGINE, WHEELS
BUYING A USED 2007 DODGE NITRO 4X4 R/T HAD IT A YEAR AND A HALF WITH 84,000 MILS ON IT STARTED IT UP ONE MORNING TO GO GET AN OIL CHANGE STOPPING AT MAIL BOX FIRST ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY FROM MY HOUSE TURNED OFF TRUCK GOT MAIL RETURNED TO TRUCK WOULD NOT START TOW IT TO DEALER SAID MY ENGINE WAS BAD NEED TO BE REPLACED SO IT COST ME $7,900 TO REPLACE , THE TIRES HAVE ALL WAYS NEVER KEEPS IT AIR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850666March 21, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, TIRES
TAKATA RECALL I LEASED MY DODGE NITRO IN 2007 AND DECIDED TO BUY IT OUT DUE TO OVER MILEAGE ALLOWANCE. ISSUES WITH THIS CAR STARTED SLOWLY AND ESCALATED OVER TIME. MY TIRES LOST AIR CONSTANTLY. NEW TIRES DIDN'T HELP. WINTER I HAVE TO PUT AIR IN ALL TIRES ONCE A WEEK. POSSIBLY DUE TO RIMS. WHEN BACKING UP THIS VEHICLE WOULD JOLT OUT ON ITS OWN NOT GIVING ME ENOUGH TIME TO REACT TO HITTING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. THE ENGINE WAS SPORADIC WITH THE WAY IT HANDLED POWER AND ADMINISTERING IT THROUGHOUT FUNCTIONS. CONSTANT LEAKING OF FLUIDS. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH POWER LOSS WAS GETTING ONTO HIGHWAY, SPED UP LOSING POWER AND LUCKILY ABLE TO REACH THE BREAK DOWN LANE SAFELY.AFTER SEVERAL TIMES THE DEALER TOOK IT IN AND SAID THEY FIXED IT. THEN TRUCK STARTED TO OVER HEAT AND ANTI FREEZE WOULD NOT STAY IN ENGINE AND OUT OF NO WHERE IT WOULD JUMP TO HOT,LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULL OVER ANYWHERE I COULD. AFTER 5 TIMES OR MORE HERB CHAMBERS COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THEY KEPT MY TRUCK FOR SEVERAL WEEKS FIXING MY HEAD GASKET , WATER PUMP AND 5 OTHER PARTS, THEY TOLD ME I WAS ALL SET TO GO. I DROVE OFF LOT 10 MINUTES UP THE HIGHWAY TO HAVE IT OVER HEAT LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AGAIN WITHOUT POWER BACK IT GOES TO REPLACE THE HEATING CORE ELEMENT. SIX MONTHS LATER I LOSE POWER AROUND A ROTARY, ON HIGHWAY AND IN A FEW PARKING LOTS.I DECIDE TO INVESTIGATE MY OPTIONS TO DISCOVER THERE IS A RECALL AND PURSUE THE DEALER ABOUT HOW UNSAFE THIS VEHICLE IS AND NO ONE EVER TOLD ME IT HAD A RECALL AND DID NOT FEEL SAFE GOING ANY FURTHER. I WAS TOLD TO SETTLE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND DIDN'T SEEM WORRIED SENDING ME &MY KIDS BACK INTO AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. I BECAME SICK DURING THE LAST FEW YRS OF THIS AND AM STILL BATTLING WITH MY HEALTH. SOME OF THIS PROLONGED TIME HAS BEEN A RESULT OF NOT HAVING THE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL CAPABILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850085March 16, 2016
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE NITRO 4X2. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THE KEY FOB TO UNLOCK THE DOORS, THE LOCKS FAILED. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE AS WELL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,054.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846021March 10, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND LIGHTS WOULD ACTIVATE INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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