Dodge Nitro Complaints (2007)

825 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
#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
#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
#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
#10845591March 8, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10826130February 15, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND IGNITION SYSTEM WAS NOT WORING TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR IGNITION PROBLEMS THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH LITTLE LESS THEN A.YEAR AGO
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10823705February 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE DOORS FAILED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ELECTRONICALLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOORS MANUALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE NO DEFECT WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10823449February 1, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DURING THE SUMMER OR WINTER TIME THE REMOTE CONTROL DON'T WORK. ALSO THE FRONT PLANEL SHOW ME SOME BLINKER LIGHTS WHEN I USE THE DIRECTIONAL LIGHT. THE REMOTE CONTROL ISSUES IN VERY UNSAFETY BECAUSE THIS CAR HAVE JUST A DOOR WITH THE KEY ACCESS. IF YOU HAVE SOME EMERGENCY INSIDE OR FIRE, YOU CAN'T OPEN THE DOORS. IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN THIS ISSUE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FATALITY BECAUSE THE OTHERS DOOR ARE LOCKED TO ACCESS FROM OUTSIDE. PLEASE PUT ATTENTION IN ISSUE BECAUSE I READ MORE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN OTHER WEBSITES IN THE SAME WAY. FOR THIS REASON I STARTED THIS PETITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822445January 26, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE HEAT SHIELD DID COME PART WAY OFF DURING A DRIVE. HAD TO REMOVE IT AND REPLACE IT. AMAZINGLY IT DIDN'T CAUSE A WRECK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822049January 25, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERY TIME I GO TO THE GAS STATION TO FILL UP, GAS OVERFLOWS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821979January 25, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY TRUCK HONKS RANDOMLY BEEN DEALING WIH IT FOR 1-2 YEARS.. IT HONKS WHEN ITS OFF OR WHEN IM DRIVING ITS VERY SCARY AS A FEMALE HAVING TO DRIVE IT LIKE THIS. I HAD TIPM REPLACED AND STILL HAVING ISSUED I REMOVED THE FUSE FOR HORN BUT AFTE A YEAR MY BATTERY STARTED TO DIE AND I HEAR A SOUND COMING FROM FUSE BOX(TIPM) NOT SURE WHATS THE PROBLEM BUT I HAVE READ MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES... RECALL FOR SAFETY,.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821323January 20, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BATTERY DIES OVERNIGHT WHEN CAR IS IDLE. IT STARTS WITH A JUMP START AND IS FINE DURING THE DAY. I FOUND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS ARE COMING ON AT NIGHT DRAINING THE BATTERY. I ALSO HEAR TICKING & WEIRD NOISES FROM THE FUEL BOX UNDER THE HOOD. A/C DOES NOT WORK, HORN DOES NOT WORK & I AM WASHER FLUID DOES NOT COME OUT WHEN TRYING TO CLEAN WINDOWS! HAZARD LIGHTS FLASH & THE ALARM GOES OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TOOK IT TO A DEALER WHO SAID HE RECEIVED ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT CODES WHEN RUNNING DIAGNOSTICS & THAT THE DEALER NEEDS TO FLASH THE PCM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10818928January 8, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL INVOLVING THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN AND THE SYSTEM GOING HAYWIRE AND OFFLINE PUTTING YOU AT RISK, ALARM, HORN, WIPERS, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ENGINE RUNNING BY ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AND WILL NOT CRANK OVER AS PART OF THE TIPM MAKING IT UNABLE TO START. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2007 DODGE NITRO PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE THAT MANY ARE UNAWARE OF, LIKE ME IF YOU ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER, NOT SAFE AT ALL COULD LEAVE YOU STRANDED AS I WAS LEFT STRANDED CHRISTMAS DAY AND NOW WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. I REALLY HOPE THEY CAN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AT THE DEALER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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