NHTSA Complaint #10765959 — 2008 DODGE NITRO

MY 2008 DODGE NITRO WOULD NOT UNLOCK WITH THE REMOTE. I HAD TO UNLOCK IT MANUALLY. THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START WITH THE KEY. ALL THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING WE'RE WORKING BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE HORN WENT OFF THE WIPERS WERE GOING OFF AND THE WASHER SQUIRTERS WERE SQUIRTING AND WOULD NOT QUIT UNTIL I UNHOOK THE BATTERY.I READ A FORUM ONLINE THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE TIPM MODULE WHICH IS LOCATED BY THE BATTERY.I OPEN THE COVER AND PUSHED ON ALL THE FUSES. I HOOK THE BATTERY BACK UP AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT STARTED.I'M GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING BECAUSE GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL I KNOW IT IS FIXED. I'VE ALSO READ THAT THERE IS RECALLS ON THESE MODULES ON SEVERAL YEARS IN THE DODGE NITRO. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY NITRO I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM WITH OTHER NITROS.