NHTSA Complaint #10376824 — 2008 DODGE NITRO

MY 2008 DODGE NITRO 4.0 LOSES ELECTRICAL POWER. AS I SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO TROUBLESHOOT THIS PROBLEM, I DISCOVERED THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DODGE NITRO DRIVERS WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO BLOGS AND SELF HELP SITES MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT AWAY FROM DEALERSHIPS WITHOUT ASSURANCES BECAUSE THE CONDITION CANNOT BE REPLICATED. YOU SEE, AFTER THE POWER GOES OUT INEXPLICABLY IT WILL COME BACK ON. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STALLED AT INTERSECTIONS WITH OTHERS LOSING ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD SEVERAL OUTAGES. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THE BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE ON THIS TWO YEAR OLD CAR. I HAVE NOT LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING BUT I HAVE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE MOVING FROM A PARKED POSITION. AS WELL, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE ENTERED MY CAR TO FIND THAT THE CLOCK NEEDS TO BE RESET AS THOUGH THE BATTERY HAD DIED. I WOULD SAY I HAVE HAD FIVE INCIDENTS OF POWER LOSS SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO. *LN