NHTSA Complaint #10545688 — 2007 DODGE NITRO

DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE I-75 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC DUE TO AN ACCIDENT, MY HORN STARTED SOUNDING, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED AND WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID STARTED FLOODING THE WINDSHIELD. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE NORMALLY. APPROXIMATELY, TWO MONTHS LATER, I ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK MY CAR REMOTELY USING MY KEY AND THE HORN STARTED BLARING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED AND THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID SPRAYED CONTINUOUSLY. I CALLED DODGE CHRYSLER CORPORATION TO SEE IF THEY COULD OFFER ASSISTANCE. THEY TOLD ME WHICH FUSES TO PULL. I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO STOP THE HORN, THEN PULLED THE FUSES AND RECONNECTED THE BATTERY. I WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE FUSES AND DRIVE HOME. DODGE CHRYSLER TOLD ME TO CONTACT MY DEALER IF IT DID IT AGAIN. ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2013. I ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK MY CAR USING MY REMOTE KEY AND EVERYTHING HAPPENED AGAIN. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND PULLED THE FUSES BUT AFTER RECONNECTING THE BATTERY AND REINSTALLING THE FUSES, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. I CONTACTED DODGE CHRYSLER AND THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO MY LOCAL DEALER. I TOOK THE CAR IN FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING BUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND NO CODES WERE STORED. I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE THAT EVENING AND WITHIN 3 MILES OF THE DEALERSHIP, MY NITRO HORN, WIPERS AND WASHER FLUID ALL ACTIVATED. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND LEFT MY CAR. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT DODGE CHRYSLER WOULD OFFER NO COST ASSISTANCE TO REPLACE A FAULTY TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). I WAS INFORMED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE $750 REPAIR MYSELF. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS AND OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE TIPM FOR NOT ONLY DODGE BUT CHRYSLER AND JEEP PRODUCTS. DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP CORPORATION NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR