2007 DODGE NITRO Complaints

VEHICLE STALLLS WHILE DRIVING IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND ALL TYPES OF ROADS HIGHWAY 70 MPH TO NEIGHBORHOOD AT 25 MPH. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGES, ALL INTERIOR LIGHT START FLASHING ON, EXCEPT ALL THE LIGHTS FOR THE HEATER CONTROLS GO OUT AND WE LOSE POWER TO CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND POWER STEERING IS LOST. IF IT DOESN'T LOSE POWER COMPLETELY THE TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT AND THE CAR NEEDS TO BE SHUT OF AND RESTARTED. OTHER DAYS VEHICLE WON'T START AT ALL, OR WILL START AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF.

OUR PROBLEMS STARTED WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD LOCK OR UNLOCK ITSELF AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE PARKED ARMED AND UNOCCUPIED. THE LIGHTS HEADLIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND THE ALARM WOULD SOUND. THEN THE HORN STARTED GOING OFF BY ITSELF FOR NO REASON AGAIN VEHICLE UNOCCUPIED, USUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, NOW WHEN YOU DRIVE IT THE HORN HAS GONE OFF A FEW TIMES. THE OTHER DAY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND SHE WAS IN THE LEFT TURNING LANE AND THE ENGINE STALLED, SHE HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART IT, VERY ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS.

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK IT SPEWS GAS OUT OF TANK ALL OVER THE VEHICLE, GROUND AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS NEARBY. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE TANK AS SOON AS THE PUMP STOPS.

I TOOK MY 2007 DODGE NITRO TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST CONDUCTED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CAUSE OF MY AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT OPERATE BECAUSE OF SOMETHING RELATED TO THETIMP MODULE.

WHEN I GOT MY RIDE THE HORN WAS UNHOOKED. SO I RECONNECTED IT AND NOW THE HORN HONKS ITSELF AND MY AUTO UP WINDOW SWITCH ISN'T WORKING.

WHEN ACCELERATING MY VEHICLE I BOUGHT TWO DAYS PRIOR (USED), FROM BEING A A STOP LIGHT, IT JERKED/ WOULDN'T ACCELERATE RPMS WENT VERY HIGH, MADE A GRINDING SOUND AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME IN IMMEDIATELY. WHEN ABLE TO PULL THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT TO ASSESS WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED I NOTICED IT DUMPING TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED.

HORN NOT WORKING OR GOING ON BY ITSELF SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER DODGE PLYMOUTH VEHICLES 2007 THRU2010 PROBLEM IS TIPM RELAY AND FUSE BOX THE COST TO REPLACED THE BOX ABOUT 500 DODGE KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM I DONT KNOW WAY THEY DONT RECALL THIS VEHICLES.

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS QUIT WORKING WITH THE KEY FOB OR MANUALLY PRESSING THE SWITCH . LIGHTS FLASH LIKE IT IS WORKING. HAVE TO LOCK THE CAR BY PUSHING THE MANUAL LOCK PLUNGER FOR THE BACK DOORS AND THE PASSENGER DOOR. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING AND HAD THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ON AND HAD TO STOP AND QUICKLY GET THE CHILDREN OUT BUT COULDN'T OPEN THE DOORS WITHOUT CLIMBING INTO THE BACK SEAT AND PULLING UP THE LOCK PLUNGERS.

I JUST GOT A USED 2007 DODGE NITRO IN OCT. 2016. I HAD IT 2 MONTHS I NOTICE THAT EVERY SO OFTEN I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING. THEN AT 3 MONTHS I GO TAKE MY CHILD TO SCHOOL, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY HORN GOES OFF, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS START GOING OFF AND SPITTING OUT FLUID, EVERYTHING IN THE VEHICLE STARTS GOING CRAZY AND THEN I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY SHARP CURVE WHEN THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF AND WILL NOT START BACK. I WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER SAFE BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I WAS IN A CURVE ON A MAJOR ROAD AND SCHOOL TIME RIGHT AT THE SCHOOL. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) WENT OUT AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT $1000. NOW I SEE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT CHRYSLER NEVER PUT OUT A RECALL ON THIS OR THAT NOTHING WAS EVER DONE ABOUT IT. I PAID ALMOST $2000 FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE PART EITHER BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S JUST A FUSE BOX. PLEASE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE OR SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF NOT ALREADY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK, FUEL SPILLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.