Dodge Nitro Complaints

1,457 consumer complaints on file.

#10810572December 15, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED PREVENTING THE DOORS FROM UNLOCKING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DOORS WOULD UNLOCK INDEPENDENTLY. 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 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809755December 11, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DRIVING ON 2 LANE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO BRAKE HARD AS ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT ME OFF. AS SOON AS I DID (BRAKE) MY SUV SHUT OFF...ALL THE LIGHTS FLASHED ON THE DASH BOARD. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE FLASHERS ON AND HOPED I DIDN'T GET REAR-ENDED. I TRIED 3X TO RESTART MY 2011 DODGE NITRO- IT FINALLY STARTED. I WAS NEAR THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I PULLED IN, TOLD THEM WHAT JUST HAPPENED. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND REPORTED 'NO ERRORS'. IT WAS A NEAR MISS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, AND I AM WORRIED IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN MY DODGE NITRO. I WAS ALONE, BUT WHAT IF I HAD PASSENGERS, CHILDREN, ETC.? IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU BRAKE HARD AND YOUR VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF, WOULDN'T MOVE. THIS IS INCREDIBLE SCARY. SOMEONE OR MORE THAN ONE PERSON IS GOING TO BE KILLED WHEN THEY GET SLAMMED FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808682December 7, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808613December 5, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE INSIDE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE BROKE. THE NEW REPLACEMENT HANDLE BROKE. I HAVE TO ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN TO OPEN MY DOOR. IF I EVER GET IN AN ACCIDENT I WILL BE TRAPPED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807789December 1, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2012. IN 2013 MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES HAYWIRE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOING OFF, FLUID GOING OFF, DOOR LOCKS,AND HORN, [XXX] NEAR HAD A WRECK BECAUSE IT HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE AND CAR WAS IN MOTION. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ALARM. IN JULY 2014 BATTERY DIED AND REPLACED THE BATTERY AGAIN. THEN MAY 2015 THE CAR GOES HAYWIRE AGAIN. WIPERS GOING OFF, HORN BLARING, DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONING. I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND THE BATTERY STARTS SMOKING. REPLACE THE BATTERY AND IT CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION. THIS TIME WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION, THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO UNHOOK THE ALTERNATOR FOR IT TO TURN OFF. THEN I WAS PARKED AND TRIED TO USE THE KEY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START.AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR I DECIDED NOT TO TRY ANYMORE, PUSHED MY KEY LOCK DOOR AND THE CAR STARTED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEAL AND AFTER 4YRS THEY CONCLUDED IT WAS THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THIS HAS CAUSED MY HEATER, BRAKE LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, AND KEY FOB/ALARM TO MALFUNCTION. THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE CAUSE AN SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND THANK HEAVENS IT DID NOT. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICE THAT THESE PARTS WERE RECALLED AND REPLACE IN PREVIOUS AND LATTER MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE BUT NOT 2008. IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT ESPECIALLY IF ITS DEALING WITH ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO CORRECT IT. DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. THANK YOU *TR 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
#10807326November 29, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK THE PUMP AT THE GAS STATION SHUTS OFF BUT I HAVE FUEL THAT BURPS BACK OUT. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THESE CARS IS THAT THERE IS A FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE ON THE GAS TANK TO PREVENT FIRES/EXPLOSIONS IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT THAT IS DEFECTIVE. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THIS CAUSES ME CONCERN FOR MY AND OTHERS SAFTEY. I WOULD LIKE CHRYSLER TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AS I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS OUT OF POCKET AS THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807096November 26, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK ANY TIME AS WELL AS THE REAR HATCH. THE CAR STALLS AT TIMES FOR NO REASON ON STREET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806246November 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,530.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795241November 21, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CURRENTLY DRIVING A 2008 NITRO. THE PROBLEM STARTED SMALL, THE KEYLESS ENTRY WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR &/OR IT WOULD MAKE THE LOCKS GO A LITTLE CRAZY. SHORTLY AFTER THE KEYLESS ENTRY REMOTE WOULD SET OFF THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WIPER FLUID, FLICKERING HEAD AND REAR LIGHTS, AND THE LOCKS WOULD GO CRAZY AS WELL. THIS OCCURED WHILE DRIVING AS WELL, NOT VERY SAFE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) NEEDED REPLACING, IT WAS NOT A CHEAP FIX EITHER. OF COURSE THE YEAR IM DRIVING (AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS) WAS NOT RECALLED LIKE THE 2010-2012 MODELS. CRYSTLER IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUTTING FAULTY PARTS IN THEIR VEHICLES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER OR RECOMMEND A CHRYSTLER VECHICLE TO ANYONE, NOT EVEN MY WORST ENEMY. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RE-INVESTEGATED AND FIXED!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794703November 18, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MY VEHICLE STALLED OUT DUE TO A FAILURE WITH A DEFECTIVE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER MAKING THE REPAIR WIRES LEADING TO THE ALTERNATOR AND WIRES LEADING TO THE PCM WERE FRIED. THE WIRING ISSUE APPEAR TO BE A FIRE HAZARD. MY FIRST CONCERN IS THIS DEFECTIVE PART HAS CAUSED ME ABOUT $2,000 IN REPAIRS FROM REPLACING THE BATTERY, 2 ALTERNATORS AND TOWING. MY SECOND CONCERN IS THAT IN BOTH SITUATIONS THE CAR DIED ON ME IN TRAFFIC ONE ON A SIX LANE ROAD AND ANOTHER TIME ON THE HIGHWAY. I ALSO HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE MOTOR DIED WITH ONLY 30K MILES ON IT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794769November 18, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HORN STARTS BLOWING FOR NO REASON REGARDLESS OF IT RUNNING OR PARKED. HAZARD FLASHERS ACTIVATING FOR NO REASON. ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT FLASHING, LIMITED SLIP LIGHTS FLASHING. HEADLIGHTS FLASHING OFF AND ON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790351November 14, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
BRAKE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY PREVIOUSLY HAD TO REPLACED BY CORRECT BULBS NOTED IN MANUAL. NOW BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING BUT TOP BRAKE LIGHT DOES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790398November 14, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY DOOR LOCKS WERE NOT LOCKING VIA CAR DOOR LOCK BUTTONS AND KEY REMOTE.ONLY COULD UNLOCK VIA KEY REMOTE AND DOOR BUTTON. AND HAD TO MANUALLY LOCK DOORS. REPLACED M38 FUSE THAT WAS BLOWN. STILL DIDN'T WORK RESEARCHED ONLINE AND REMOVED NEG. CABLE FROM BATTERY FOR 10-15 MINS. ALSO REMOVE IOD FUSE, NOTHING NOW MY CAR WILL NOT DO ANYTHING!!! ONLY THING WORKING IS THE MIRROR BUTTONS AND DOME LIGHTS BUTTON. NOTHING!!!! WTH!!! RESEARCHED ONLINE AND ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM. SEEMS IT MAY BE THE TIPM !! CHRYSLER NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND FIX/RECALL THE 2008 DODGE NITRO TOO!! NOW HAVE TO HAVEVEHICLE TOWEDTO DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED. ANDTHE $1400 EXTENDED WARRENTY I PURCHASED JUST EXPIRED IN JAN.!!!! ALSO THE FAN/BLOWER FORTHEHEAT WASNOT WORKING AT ALL. THISMAY BE THE RESISTOR BUT CAN'T LOOK INTO THISBECAUSE CAR SONT START OR DO ANYTHING!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790336November 13, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE FORBIK FAILED TO UNLOCK THE VEHICLE DOORS. IN ADDITION, THE DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED WHEN THE UNLOCK SWITCH WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789027November 7, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
ON A NICE WARM DAY IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, OCTOBER 4, 2015 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH AND NOTICED THE STORE I WANTED TO TURN INTO WAS ON THE RIGHT AND I MADE A VERY SUDDEN BRAKING AND A RIGHT-HAND TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT AND THEN AS I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR OR ALMOST AND I WENT ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE MY CAR STOPPED. I THEN NOTICED THAT I COULD SLOWLY STOP WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN. AFTER PARKING AND DOING MY SHOPPING I RETURNED TO THE CAR IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE WAS BACK TO NORMAL. ON A NICE WARM DAY IN DALLAS TEXAS OCTOBER 31, 2015 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND RAN OVER A ROUGH POTHOLE. I DROVE FOR ABOUT TWO MORE BLOCKS AND NEEDED TO STOP AT A SIGNAL LIGHT AND MY BRAKES FAILED AS BEFORE. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AFTER ALMOST PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. ON A NICE DAY NOVEMBER 6, 2015 I WENT GROCERY SHOPPING AND MY BRAKE SYSTEM WAS STILL OPERATING POORLY AND WOULD ONLY STOP AFTER PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. AFTER SHOPPING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES I GET IN THE CAR AND GET READY TO LEAVE AND BEHOLD! THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS BACK TO NORMAL. DURING THE TIME THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS OPERATING POORLY I WAS NOTICING THE SYMPTOMS OF THE BRAKE. WHEN I FIRST STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL GO DOWN ALMOST ALL OF THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH A LITTLE EFFORT THEN AT THAT POINT THE BRAKES WILL WORK GOOD. WHEN I FIRST STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL I CAN FEEL IT WANTS TO SLIGHTLY ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT WILL NOT WANT TO STOP UNTIL I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST ALL OF THE WAY DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788943November 6, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
2007 DODGE NITRO SLT - CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT THE VEHICLE LISTED, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WILL GO INTO A STATE WHERE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE CAUSES MULTIPLE ODD THINGS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY HAPPEN: LOUD CLICKING NOISES CAN BE HEARD FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT HEADLIGHTS / TAIL LIGHTS FLASH WIPERS START AND STOP RANDOMLY ALL DASH LIGHTS RANDOMLY TURN ON AND OFF RADIO CLOCK IS RESET TO 12:00 AS IF THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED RADIO SOMETIMES RANDOMLY TURNS ON/OFF FUEL PUMP CAN BE HEARD STARTING AND STOPPING, SOMETIMES WILL NOT STOP SOMETIMES PUTTING A BATTERY CHARGER ON THE CAR'S BATTERY WILL MAKE IT START. SOMETIMES IT ONLY MAKES THE CLICKING LOUDER, ALONG WITH RANDOM OTHER EVENTS LISTED ABOVE. SOMETIMES THE ONLY THING THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM IS A THUMP WITH A SMALL RUBBER MALLET TO THE BLACK BOX JUST TO THE REAR OF THE MAIN 12 VOLT BATTERY. THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN COLDER WEATHER, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO HAPPENING DURING COLD WEATHER. SOMETIMES, JUST UNLOCKING THE CAR DOORS WITH THE DODGE KEY FOB WILL CAUSE SOME ISSUES TO HAPPEN. SOMETIMES THE ISSUES ARE FOLLOWED UP WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON, BUT WHEN CODES ARE PULLED THEY ARE INVALID CODES (CODES CHECKED AT DEALER).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788723November 5, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT CUT ON. THOUGH IT IS NOT ALL THE TIME IT DOES HAPPEN A GOOD 80% OF THE TIME AND MORE NOW THAN EVER. WHEN YOU UNLOCK THE LOCK THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER. THEN WHEN YOU GO TO CUT THE LIGHTS ON THEY WILL FLICKER ON AND OFF UNTIL THEY CUT COMPLETELY OFF AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL EITHER THE NEXT DAY OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE LIGHTS WILL NOT CUT ON IN MOTION OR AT A COMPLETE STOP. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO GO IN AND GET OFF WORK AT NIGHT. THIS CAN CAUSE ACCIDENT AND IS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED ENDANGERMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787762November 2, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787834November 2, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO UNLOCK WHEN USING THE KEY FOBIK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787562November 1, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK ONLY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE AUTOMATIC KEY FOB. EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN HEAR THE LOCKING MECHANISM ACTUATE, THE HORN SOUNDS AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF THE LOCK POST, IT DOESN'T PHYSICALLY LOCK THE DOOR. YOU CAN STILL PUSH THE OUTSIDE DOOR BUTTON AND THE DOOR WILL OPEN. I'VE FOUND THAT IT USUALLY TAKES 2 - 3 ATTEMPTS BEFORE IT WILL LOCK. I'VE NOTE AFTER AN ONLINE INQUIRY THAT SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME AND/OR A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM AS WELL, AND IT WAS NOTED IN ONE POST THAT IT WAS FOUND TO BE A PROBLEM WITH A MODULE IN THE DOOR MECHANISM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WARRANTING A FACTORY RECALL AND/OR REPAIR AS IT CONSTITUTES A VEHICLE BREECH THAT WOULD ALLOW A SAFETY AND/OR THEFT AVENUE. USING THE KEY TO PHYSICALLY LOCK THE DOOR EACH TIME SHOULDN'T BE THE EXPECTED RESPONSE, AS SEVERAL OTHERS NOTED IN THEIR POST THAT THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, AND THE AUTOMATIC KEY FOB SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO WORK AS IT WAS INTENDED OR IT'S POINTLESS TO HAVE EVEN PROVIDED ONE WITH THE VEHICLE. IT SHOULD BE SAID THAT THE FAULT ONLY OCCURS WITH THE VEHICLE STATIONARY AND THAT AT THIS POINT THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK AS INTENDED SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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