2011 DODGE NITRO Complaints

TRANSFER CASE HAS STRIPPED OUT TWICE SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. I BOUGHT IT USED AND TWO MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. POWERTRAIN WARRANTY REPAIRED IT, BUT NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. ROUTINE MAINTINENCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THE TRANSFER CASE AND DIFFERENTIALS. NO CLUE AS TO WHY IT KEEPS STRIPPING OUT.

FOR THE SECOND TIME MY MASTER CYLINDER HAS GONE OUT. NO WARNING OR NOISE AT ALL; MY BREAKS WHEN PRESSED JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I REPLACED IT THE FIRST TIME AND IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS IT HAS ALREADY GONE OUT AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME IN THE RAIN GOING DOWN HILL, SECOND TIME ON THE INTERSTATE.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS POPPING UP. WHEN PARKED OR MOVING, IT'S ALWAYS ON AND CHIMES FROM TIME TO TIME.THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN HIT OR IN ANY CAR ACCIDENTS. DEALER IS UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES BUT I'VE TALKED WITH OTHER NITRO OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. MY CLOCK WAS LOSING TIME FOR A LONG TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. FINALLY THEY HAD A RECALL AND THEN WANTED TO CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN IN A COUPLE OF TIME FOR THE ISSUE BEFORE. I LOVE MY NITRO BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER DODGE VEHICLE AGAIN BECAUSE OF HOW MY ISSUES HAVE BEEN HANDLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE NITRO. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY AND REMAINED ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN OFF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BUTTON CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (1220 E BLVD ST, KOKOMO, IN 46902, (888) 415-6958) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

WHEN I GET IN THE CAR, ALL THE LIGHTS AND DOOR AJAR SOUNDS HAPPEN LIKE NORMAL. WHEN I PUT THE KEY INTO IGNITION AND ATTEMPT TO CRANK IT, ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH COME ON BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START OR EVEN TURN OVER OR CLICK,,,NOTHING. AFTER START ATTEMPT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, GAS CAP LIGHT AND TIRE LIGHT STAY ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE SHUTS OFF. I HAVE BEEN A WEEK WITHOUT THE CAR BECAUSE IT WON'T START.

TAKATA RECALL, VEHICLE START CRANKIN W/O THE KEY ON THE IGNITION, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS, GAS SMELLS AND WASTE A TON OF FUEL. I HAVE BEEN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEALER SHOP AND THEY SAY THAT THEIRS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ALL ELECTRICAL THINGS GOES CRAZY SOMETIMES.

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND HITS A BUMP OR RUT AND I HIT THE BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE NITRO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE STARTED AND MADE AN ABNORMAL SOUND. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH THE HEATER, DEFROST, BRAKE LIGHTS, AIR CONDITIONER, AND RADIO. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

DOOR LOCK MODULE HAS FAILED POSING A SAFETY HAZARD AS ONLY ONE DOOR HAS A KEY LOCK. REAR HATCH HAS BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL AS THERE IS NO WAY TO RELEASE THE LATCH AS THE ELECTRONIC LATCH IS INOPERABLE AND NO MANUAL KEY LOCK EXISTS. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER DUE FROM OVERWHELMING FAILURES. I HAVE AN INFANT AND THIS POSES SERIOUS RISK TO MY CHILDREN AS I CAN ONLY UNLOCK THE DOORS FROM INSIDE. THIS NEEDS TO BE A MANDATED RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND STARTED INTERMITTENTLY, AND NOW HAS REACHED TOTAL LOCK SYSTEM FAILURE. THIS IS MORE THAN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH WIDESPREAD 2011 DODGE NITRO OWNERS.

I STARTED A COMPLAINT BEFORE AND THE REF NUMBER IS 10995543 BUT MORE HAS HAPPENED SINCE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WERE MY CAR WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND NOT STOP. I LOST ALL CONTROL AND IT WAS LIKE THE CAR HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN. THE CAR THEN WOULD STALL IN MIDDLE OF ROADS, INTERSECTIONS, ECT, I WAS ALMOST HIT HEAD ON BY A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK ONE TIME LAST YEAR CAUSE THE CAR ACCELERATED WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET, THE CAR JUST ACCELERATED, AND WOULDNT STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. THE STEERING AND EVERYTHING SEIZED UP AND THEN THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. A RED LIGHTNING BOLT POPPED UP ON THE DASH RIGHT BEFORE IT DIED. THIS HAPPENED ONCE IN 2015, ONCE IN 2016, AND TWICE IN 2017. I WAS TOLD OVER AND OVER BY ED SHULTS OF JAMESTOWN THAT IT IS NOT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THEN I FILED A REPORT IN JUNE OF 2017 CAUSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND AGAIN THEY JUST CHARGED ME AND SAID IT WASNT ELECTRICAL. NOW YESTERDAY 9/27/2017 THE VEHICLE DID IT AGAIN SO I CALLED ED SHULTS AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY A DAIGNOSIS FEE AGAIN AND TO PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED 45 MILES AWAY, SO I SENT IT TO DAVE WARREN IN JAMESTOWN NY INSTEAD AND HE IS A DODGE DEALER, AND THEY INFORMED ME TODAY THAT IT IS ELECTRICAL. I AM SO UPSET BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE HAS ALMOST KILLED ME, ITS UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE WARRANTY DOESNT SEEM TO COVER MUCH OF ANYTHING OR EVEN THE DIAGNOSIS, AND I AM STILL PAYING ON THIS VEHICLE THAT IS COSTING SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. PLEASE HELP.