2008 DODGE NITRO Complaints

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND I TRIED TO START IT NUMEROUS OF TIMES AND NOTHING HAPPENED. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS DONE AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. I HAD IT TOWED TO DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THREE DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL STATING THAT IT WAS MY TIPM. I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND I SEE EVEN IF REPLACED IT MAY STILL HAVE ISSUES. I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING NEED TO BE SAID TO THE MANUFACTURE AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE CONSIDER A RECALL SO NO ONE WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR THESE ISSUES BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE BUYERS FAULT, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO PREVENT THIS... THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE. I HAVE CHILDREN AND IF MY TRUCK WOULD HAVE STARTED BLARING OUT OF CONTROL AND STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THEM TO TAKE THIS SITUATION SERIOUSLY. DO SOMEONE NEED TO HAVE A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT??? I AM HAVING TO PAY 1254.00 FOR AN ISSUE I HAD NO CONTROL OF. THIS IS NOT FAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HORN, AND ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE TERMINAL BATTERY HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIPM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE ELECTRICAL AND I AM AFRAID OF IT CAUSING A FIRE. I HAVE HAD DASH LIGHTS COME ON FOR THE BREAKS ONLY TO HAVE THE CHRYSLER DEALER TELL ME NOTHING IS WRONG. THEN WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS TURNED ON THE DOME LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THEN 4 DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BREAK SYSTEM BROUGHT TO MECHANIC HE DONE AN ANALYSIS SAID I NEEDED A PART. A WEEK LATER THE LIGHTS ARE OUT SO I WENT BACK AND THIS TIME WAS TOLD AS LONG AS THE LIGHTS ARE OUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I AM NOT A MECHANIC OR SCIENTIST BUT I DON'T THINK IT TAKES A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THE ELECTRICAL. THE LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES AND THIS ZAPS MY BATTERY. I HAVE A BRAND NEW BATTERY WHICH IS DEAD TODAY. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID I HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ANALYSIS DONE???? THIS IS CRAZY! *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-459, THERE WAS A LARGE PIECE OF A 18 WHEELER TIRE GOING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IN THE OTHER LANE SWERVED TO MISS THE TIRE WHICH KNOCKED IT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GO OVER IT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER I ROLLED OVER IT MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. I STOPPED MY CAR AND HAD TO CALL A TOW SERVICE TO COME AND PICK MY VEHICLE UP TO BE SERVICED. I HAD A BUSTED RADIATOR, CONDENSOR, AND RADIATOR BRACKET.

ON AUGUST 20TH, 2014, I NOTICED THAT MY POWER DOOR LOCKS AND FRONT WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP HAD BOTH STOPPED WORKING. LOOKING THIS UP ONLINE, I SAW THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE TIPM SYSTEM FOR MY NITRO AS WELL AS OTHER CHRYSLER MODELS. SINCE THE REPAIR COSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $1000, I DECIDED TO GO WITHOUT GETTING THIS REPAIRED FOR THE TIME BEING. TODAY, WHILE HEADING INTO A LOCAL SUPERMARKET, I NOTICED A HORN BEEPING, AND TURNED AROUND TO FIND THAT IT WAS MY NITRO! THE HORN WAS GOING NON-STOP, THE WIPERS WERE MOVING AND THE WASHER FLUID WAS SPRAYING OUT CONTINUOUSLY. I RAN TO THE CAR, EMBARRASSED I MOVED IT TO THE BACK OF THE LOT, WHERE TWO MEN HELPED ME TRY AND PULL FUSES OUT OF THE TIPM UNIT, IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE HORN TO STOP. WE FINALLY FOUND THE RIGHT ONES, BUT THE WIPER PUMP HAD TO BE UNPLUGGED AS IT WOULDN'T SHUT OFF. WHAT A COINCIDENCE THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME, AFTER READING NUMEROUS STORIES OF THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN DODGE NITRO'S. IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT, NOT ONLY WILL I NEVER BUY FROM THEM AGAIN, I WILL TELL EVERYONE I CAN TO NEVER WASTE THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY ON A CHRYSLER PRODUCT; THAT'S BOUND TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THEIR SALES. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS RAN AS FAST AS THEY COULD WITHOUT US BEING ABLE TO SHUT THEM OFF. WE HAD NO TURN SIGNALS OR HEADLIGHTS. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY TIPM. WE PAID $1100 TO HAVE IT REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE LIGHTS WOULD FLASH THREE TIMES BEFORE SHUTTING OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A DOWNHILL ROAD, THE HORN AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF BY REMOVING THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUE RUNNING. THE BATTERY CABLES HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE PROBLEM RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

WAS DRIVING NO WARNING CAR OVER HEATED PULLED OVER WAITED HOUR TO COOL CAR WOULDN'T START HAD TOWED MOTOR BLOWN NO WARNING HAD PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE ELECTRICAL BRAKES ETC. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON HEADLIGHTS, THEY FLASH 2 OR 3 TIMES AND GO OFF. THEY WILL NOT STAY ON. IT'S LIKE THE COMPUTER OR A RELAY IS ATTEMPTING SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN GIVES UP. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY FOR 30 MINUTES AND THE PROBLEM CLEARED FOR A FEW HOURS. IT CAME BACK EXACTLY LIKE BEFORE. ANOTHER DISCONNECT WOULD NOT CLEAR THE PROBLEM AGAIN. ALSO, THE HORN WILL NOW SOUND WHEN UNLOCKING THE DOORS. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. PRESS THE REMOTE UNLOCK AND THE ALARM HORN SOUNDS. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS ABOUT ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT NOW IS SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT EVEN WHEN UNLOCKING THE DOOR MANUALLY RATHER THAN WITH THE REMOTE. THE FOG LIGHTS ARE FINE BUT HIGH AND LOW BEAMS ARE UNUSABLE, NOW. BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG VARIOUS DODGE VEHICLES AND OFTEN REQUIRES REPLACING THE TIPM FOR AROUND $1000. *TR