2007 DODGE NITRO 4X4 Electrical System Problems

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 55 OR 65 MILES PER HOUR ON A HIGHWAY. ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH COME ON AND GO OUT AND THE CAR COASTS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THE CAR KICKS BACK ON WITHOUT WARNING. IN ONE INSTANCE I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL AND COULD NOT STOP BECAUSE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE HOWEVER THEY INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND THEY UPDATED THE COMPUTER. THEY INDICATED THAT THIS SHOULD STOP THE PROBLEM, BUT IT DID NOT. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST, IN FACT ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2009 IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND MY 2 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE CAR AND IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE I WILL NOT FORGET. THE CAR COMPLETELY...

2-3 TIMES A WEEK MY CAR'S ELECTRICAL JUST SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. A/C EVERYTHING. IT STARTED WITH JUST THE TPM GAUGE GOING OFF SAYING IT WAS A FLAT BUT HAS NOW ESCALATED TO ALL THE ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR. I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN APRIL 2008 EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN 2007 MODEL , I HAVE TAKEN IT ABOUT 3 TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP, NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD WITNESSES IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAS OCCURRED. I AM WORRIED THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT IS A DISTRACTION AND ALSO I FEEL THIS COULD LEAD TO THE WHOLE CAR SHUTTING OFF. PLEASE HELP *TR

MY 2007 DODGE NITRO HAS HAD SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE DOOR LOCKS ARE OFTEN INOPERABLE, THE WINDOWS GO UP AND DOWN WHEN DRIVING, THE RADIO IS OFTEN ON WHEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE, AND THE BACK GATE PERIODICALLY WILL NOT OPEN. LASTLY, WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS UP TO 55 MPH THE ENGINE CUTS OFF CREATING A STALL WHILE IN ADDITION ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES (HAZARDS, LOCKS, ETC.) DO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH HEADLIGHTS, DASH, RADIO ALL DIED FOR 1 OR 2 SECONDS. EVERYTHING CAME BACK ON AND DASH WHEN THROUGH ITS START UP CYCLE LIKE WHEN YOU 1ST START UP AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON. AFTER THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. IT WAS 11:45PM 29 DEG OUTSIDE AND I HAD JUST WENT THROUGH A CARWASH. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED, THE 1ST TIME WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AND I THOUGHT MY EYES WERE PLAYING TRICKS ON ME. *CN

HALF DOZEN TIMES THE RADIO IN MY 2007 DODGE NITRO HAS BEEN ON WELL AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN OFF...AFTER YOU OPEN THE DOOR IT STOPS...12/4/07 I WAS DRIVING AT 55MPH AND HAD THE RADIO ON, IT SHUTS OFF AND THE DASH LIGHTS ALL COME ON AND I HAVE TO POWER TO THE VEHICLE...SECONDS....EVERYTHING COMES IMMEDIATELY BACK ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BCP OF SMYRNA IN SMYRNA DE AND TOLD THEM ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY WERE NOT BELIEVING ME. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THEM TO CHECK IT AND ALSO REPAIR THE RECALL FOR THE ABS SYSTEM. I CALLED THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO RECREATE THE EVENTS! WHAT? THEY SAID NOTHING WAS HAPPENING TO THE VEHICLE AND NO CODES SHOWED UP. THEY TOLD ME THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS DO NOT RESTART THE NITRO ( I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T RESTART...

I HAVE HAD A CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH STALLING, TRANSMISSION, AND BRAKING WITH MY NEW VEHICLE! THE DEALER DID THE RECALLS THE REPROGRAMMING FOR ALL COMPONTENTS AND EVEN REPLACED A KINKED FUEL LINE AND THEY DID NOT DOCUMENT THAT THEY REPLACED IT, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WASN'T AVAILABLE FROM DODGE SO THEY SAID THEY PULLED IT OFF ONE ON THE LOT! THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, CHUGS, CHATTERS, SHUDDERS,EVERYTHING THAT A TRANSMISSION IS NOT SUSPOSTO DO! SO THEY REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER,I GOT IT BACK AND AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE SAME PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN JUST NOT AS BAD, EACH TIME I DRIVE IT IT GETS WORST JUST NOT AS FREQUENT,NOW WITH THE BRAKES, THE ESP/BAS LIGHT COMES ON, WHEN ITS ON THE BRAKES ARE REAL TOUCHY LIKE SUDDEN STOPPING ,AND LUNGING YOU FORWARD, THE DEALER CUT THE ROTORS FOR A PULSATION BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT THE LIGHT COMING ON!...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO 4X4. WHEN ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING AT 20 MPH OR LESS, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD FLASHED ON AND OFF AND THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE CONTACT AND ANOTHER DRIVER PUSHED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE WOULD NEED TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE AND USE THE WARRANTY BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS NOTED IN RECALL NUMBER 07V291000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,092 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,050.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO 4X4. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM (ESP) LIGHT REPAIRED. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH IN DRY CONDITIONS, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED, BLINKED, AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER ON MARCH 14, 2007 AND THEY REPLACED THE PDC SENSOR. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK LATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 6, 2007 AND THEY CLEARED ALL OF THE ERROR CODES. ON MAY 4, 2007, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO MORE TIMES UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,700 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,801.

I BOUGHT THE 2007 DODGE NITRO IN NOVEMBER 2006. I HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. BRAKES MADE A HORRIBLE SQUEAKING NOISE, PASSENGER WINDOW ROLLED DOWN, BUT NOT UP INTERMITTENTLY, VERY CHEAP INTERIOR, THESE WERE ALL SMALL PROBLEMS . BUT, 8 TIMES NOW HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 AND 70 MPH AND THE VEHICLE HAD SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE COASTED SOME WHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 30 SECONDS AND THEN CAME BACK ON. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT OFF, INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL JUST THAT DAY SO THEY APPARENTLY PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIRS AND GAVE THE CAR BACK. A FEW DAYS LATER THIS HAPPENED AGAIN, AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE THE CAR BACK TO US BECAUSE THEY CONSIDERED IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS HAPPENED PROBABLY THREE TIMES. THE BEGINNING...

VEHICLE STALLED, ALL DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND ALL POWER SHUTS DOWN FOR A SHORT TIME. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE COASTED FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RESTARTED AUTOMATICALLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 5,300 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500.

CAR DIES WHILE DRIVING, ALL LIGHTS ON DASH BOARD CAME ON, LOST ALL POWER, AND THE WITHIN ABOUT 10 SECONDS IT STARTS BACK ON ITS OWN. . DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE STALLING ISSUE, THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, WHEN KIDS WERE E IN AN AUTOMOBILE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS GOING TO LOSE POWER, IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. TWICE IT STALLED, AND LUCKILY MY KIDS WEREN'T WITH ME. PLEASE ADVISE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. BEFORE SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY HURT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ESP/BAS LIGHTS COME ON AND STAYED ON. AFTER 3-4 KEY CYCLES IT MAY GO OUT. DEALER REPLACED SENSOR ONCE BEFORE, BUT CONTINUED TO COME ON, IT DID NOT STORE ANY CODES. THIS PART WAS REPLACED ON 3/15/07. DEALER STATED THAT NOT WAS FOUND. *AK

COMPLAINT CONCERNS ENGINE STALLS. DODGE NITRO (07) PURCHASED IN JANUARY 1. 2007. UNDER 5000 MILES ON CAR: IN MARCH WHILE DRIVING A T 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DASH LIGHTS TURNED ON, CAR COASTED, THEN RESTARTED ON ITS OWN AFTER 2-3 SECONDS. SCARED THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME. DRIVING CONDITIONS, WET, MID-40S, NIGHT. NOTIFIED DEALER, BUT UNABLE TO SCHEDULE DUE TO UPCOMING 3-WEEK VACATION. SECOND INSTANCE MAY 21, DRIVING 65, FELT A 'CLUNG' CAR STALLED, COASTED TO COUNT OF 3-4 SECONDS, THEN CAR RE-STARTED. DEALER NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY, ALSO THAT CAR WAS SHIFTING ROUGH AND CLUNKY. MAY 24, DEALER CHECKED FOR TECH BULLETINS, WIPED OUT TRANSMISSION MODULE PROGRAMMING AND RE-PROGRAMMED. DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FIXED...SOMETIMES STILL SHIFTS HARD, AND THERE WAS SOME TIME BETWEEN FIRST TWO ENGINE FAILURES. HAVE HAD OTHER LITTLE GLITCHES LIKE ONE CAR DOOR LOCK DOES NOT WORK WITH KEY FOB. I AM WEARY OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN...

2007 DODGE NITRO SLT. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE SECOND INCIDENT JUST YESTERDAY, IT MOMENTARILY STALLED, BUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STARTED BACK UP. ALL DASH LIGHTS AND RADIO SHUT OFF, THEN CAME BACK ON WHEN VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP. MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM, AND GIVEN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, COULD HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CLOSE CALLS) WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I DIDN'T TO WAIT AROUND TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN. DODGE/CHRYSLER NEEDED DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIED. *AK

I HAVE HAD MY NEW 07 DODGE NITRO COMPLETELY DIE ON ME TWICE NOW FOR NO REASON AT ALL. ONCE WHILE IN A PARKING LOT AND ONCE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE. ALL LIGHTS AND POWER CEASED AND ALL GAUGES WENT TO 0. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME. I TRAVEL WITH MY CHILD AND HIS AND MY SAFETY SEEM TO BE IN SERIOUS DANGER WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH 3 DODGE DEALERS AND WENT IN TO HAVE MY CAR CHECKED OVER ALREADY AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS? I FELL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME MAKING A $450 A MONTH PAYMENT FOR A VEHICLE THAT I CANT DEPEND ON.

CAR STALLS ALL ELECTRICAL SHUTS OFF THEN RESTARTS AFTER 1 MIN.HAS DONE THIS 2 TIMES SO FAR

2007 DODGE NITRO SXT 4X4. PURCHASED IN JANUARY 7, 2007 FIRST WEEK OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IT WAS IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON. CPU HAD TO BE REPLACED AND UPDATED WITH NEW SOFT WARE. APRIL 8 2007, DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 75 MPH, AT NIGHT, CAR LIGHTS, ENGINE ALL QUIT, CAME BACK ON SECONDS LATER PANEL LIGHTS STAYED ON FOR 2 MINUTES AFTER, 2 LIGHTS STAY ON AFTER THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MORE MINUTES. MAY 13 2007, DRIVING 15 MPH CAR SPATTERS THEN SHUTS OFF, POWERED IT SELF BACK UP AND PANEL LIGHTS STAY ED ON 1 MINUTE GO OFF BUT 2 AGAIN ARE STILL LIT GOES OFF AFTER 1-2 MINUTES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE 2007 DODGE NITRO 4X4 STALLED AS I WAS ENTERING A RIGHT HAND CURVE. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND POWER TO THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO AVOID AN EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE AS IT ROLLED OFF THE EMBANKMENT. THIS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL COSMETIC AND UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE. BOTH CEILING/ CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. POLICE AND AMBULANCE ARRIVED ON SCENE , AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST SHOP. THE NITRO STALLED A COUPLE OF INSTANCES BEFORE THIS CRASH AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION AND SERVICED BY THE LOCAL DEALER THAT IT WAS PURCHASED FROM.*AK

OVER THE LAST MONTH I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY DODGE NITRO SLT. THE MOST SERIOUS WAS IT SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. TWO LESS SERIOUS ISSUES WAS THE DRIVER'S WINDOW OFTEN STALLING AND A TSM ALERT SOUNDS. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME ISSUES.*AK

WELL I BOUGHT MY 2007 DODGE NITRO IN JAN.07 AND AFTER 1 MONTH I ENCOUNTERED STALLING PROBLEMS, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WILL BE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH OR LESS AND THE ENGINE WOULD STALE OUT AND ALL LIGHTS COME ON THEN THE CAR MIGHT CONTINUE ON OR YOU HAVE TO RESTART IT. THE PROBLEM IS I ALMOST GOT T-BONED IN AN INTERSECTION WHICH COULD OF KILLED ME SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *JB

DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON MAJOR HIGHWAY, CAR STALLED, ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON, CAR RESTARTED. YESTERDAY THIS HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME TRACTOR-TRAILER BEARING DOWN ON MY HUSBAND, HE TRIED FOR THE SHOULDER, HIT SOME DEBRIS THERE, BROKE THE FRONT FASCIA, CAR RESTARTED. MANY OCCURRENCES LISTED ON WWW.NITROFORUMZ.COM FROM MANY DODGE NITRO OWNERS AROUND COUNTRY AND IN CANADA. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, LIFE-THREATENING FLAW IN THE 2007 DODGE NITRO. *JB

I OWN A 07 DODGE NITRO BUILD DATE 11/06. I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE AND ELECTRONICS SHUT DOWN FOR 1-2 SEC. AND THEN STARTED BACK UP AGAIN. *NM