NHTSA Complaint #11361219 — 2007 DODGE NITRO

ON 09/08/2020 BOUGHT A 2007 DODGE NITRO WAS A DAILY COMMUTE NOTICED IT WAS JERKING OR MISFIRING. I ORDERED SPARK PLUGS AND COILS. ON 09/14/2020 GOING TO WORK IT WAS JERKING MORE THAN USUAL WHEN I WAS ALMOST TO WORK.. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. MADE IT TO WORK COULD SMELL SOMETHING ELECTRICALLY NOT RIGHT A FAINT BURNING SMELL AFTER I GOT OUT AND HAD PARKED IT. I WAS ON THIRD SHIFT IT WAS DARK I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIND IT TILL THE NEXT DAY. HOUR LATER MY DODGE NITRO BURNED TO THE GROUND. TOTALED THE TRUCK NEXT TO IT TOO. HAD I HAD IT HOME CHANGING SPARK PLUGS AND COILS IT COULD HAVE BURNED MY HOUSE DOWN WITH MY FAMILY IN IT. CHRYSLER HAS A PROBLEM WITH TIPM'S STALLING NITROS AND CATCHING FIRE. I NEVER KNEW WHAT I WAS UP AGAINST TILL IT WAS TOO LATE.