NHTSA Complaint #10292627 — 2007 DODGE NITRO

ALARM SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. ALARM WOULD ACTIVATE AND STOP, ACTIVATE AND STOP. ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS, THIS HAPPENED ON AND OFF FROM FRIDAY NIGHT 11/13/09 THROUGH SUNDAY 11/15/09. I WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME. VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. THIS ISSUE ANNOYED MY NEIGHBORS BIG TIME. THIS PROBLEM HAS ANNOYED A NEIGHBOR SO BAD, THAT I FEEL THREATENED BY HIM, AND HAD TO CALL TO STATE POLICE ON HIM FOR PARKING ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE AND REVVING HIS TRUCK ENGINE, FLASHING HIS HEADLIGHTS AND HONKING HIS HORN WHILE FACING MY HOUSE. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASE THE NITRO. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ALARM SYSTEM, BUT I DO NOT BUY THIS AT ALL. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CAUSED THE ALARM SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION OVER A 2 DAY PERIOD. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP, ONCE AN ALARM IS ACTIVATED, IT DOES NOT RESET ITSELF, AND SHOULD NOT GO OFF AGAIN UNTIL IT IS RESET. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THE CAR HAD BEEN VANDALIZED, I.E. CUT WIRES, BUT I THINK THIS WAS DONE OUT OF SHEAR ANGER BY SOMEONE ANNOYED BY THE ALARM GOING OFF ALL THE TIME, BUT I CANNOT PROVE THIS. BUT STILL, THE ALARM SYSTEM SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED TO ACTIVATE ITSELF. *TR