2007 DODGE NITRO Service Brakes Problems

The wiper relays went out recently and somehow caused the door locks to beep and go crazy then die completely. And a few weeks ago the brake came undone somehow and fell into the wheel well, ripping the inside of the rim open causing a blow out while my wife, 2 year old and I were on the freeway. And now after taking it to 2 different dodge dealerships, the problems are not fixed, there is more warning lights on than I've ever seen. And so far both places have told me they fixed an emblem on the steering wheel, and that the other recalls aren't applicable because of being a 2007 and the recalls are for the 2008. Even though my nitro is obviously having the same if not worse problems. All the way down to the emergency brake not working, we love our nitro and dodge as a...

BRAKES NOT BRAKING UPHILL DASH LIGHTS NOT LIGHTING WHEN HAVE ISSUES LIKE LOW FLUIDS OR OIL DRIVE TRAIN LIGHT COMES ON POWER STEERING MAKES KIND BUMP NOISES WHEN TURNING TRANSMISSION STUDDERS IN REVERSE OR SWITCHING GEARS

REPLACED MY BRAKES AND ROTORS AND HAD THEM BLED. EVER SINCE, THE BRAKE GOES DOWN CLOSE TO THE FLOOR TO TAKE EFFECT. ALSO MAKES A POPPING NOISE IN THE MIDDLE LOWER CONSOLE WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. SAFETY ISSUE FOR SURE. ON THE SUSPENSION, EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP OR UNEVEN SURFACE IT MAKES A LOT OF NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.

MY VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHTM, ABS LIGHT,RETRACTION LIGHTM, AND ESP LIGHT REMAINS ON, WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION, ITS AFFECTS THE ALECELARATION AND THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE, RESULT OF AN DIAGNOISTIC TEST, I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICAL MAYBE RECALLED.

MY PARKING BRAKE HAS NOT BEEN HOLDING MY VEHICLE AND THIS TIME IT ABOUT RAN ME OVER AND PUT MY GRANDSON IN THE LAKE! SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THIS! THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THE DATE FOR WHEN THIS HAPPENED IS THE MOST RECENT. IT'S BEEN INTERMITTENTLY SINCE I GOT IT AND NOTHING WAS EVER FOUND WRONG....

ON A NICE WARM DAY IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, OCTOBER 4, 2015 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH AND NOTICED THE STORE I WANTED TO TURN INTO WAS ON THE RIGHT AND I MADE A VERY SUDDEN BRAKING AND A RIGHT-HAND TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT AND THEN AS I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR OR ALMOST AND I WENT ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE MY CAR STOPPED. I THEN NOTICED THAT I COULD SLOWLY STOP WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN. AFTER PARKING AND DOING MY SHOPPING I RETURNED TO THE CAR IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE WAS BACK TO NORMAL. ON A NICE WARM DAY IN DALLAS TEXAS OCTOBER 31, 2015 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND RAN OVER A ROUGH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO JERK AND HESITATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE WAS EXTENDED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HOME FROM WORK YESTERDAY, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO REQUIRE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MORE PRESSURE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES THAN THEY HAD EARLIER IN THE DAY. SINCE THIS PROBLEM BEGAN IT HAS STEADILY INCREASED REQUIRING ME TO PUSH MY BRAKES ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE BRAKES WILL ENGAGE. IN A FEW CASES MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED TO ENGAGE AT ALL REQUIRING ME TO SWERVE OUT OF TRAFFIC LANES IN ORDER TO AVOID CAUSING A WRECK. I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TWICE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE BRAKES ENGAGING. *TR

BACK BRAKE LIGHTS GO OUT CONTINUOUSLY. I HAVE HAD THEM REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. LIGHTS ARE STILL GOING OUT BUT NOW MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS OVER. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BEFORE THEY COULD FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE IT IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST YEAR I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2007 AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MY REAR WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING, HAD TO HAVE THEM REPLACED WHICH I FOUND ODD BECAUSE I HARDLY USED THE BACK WINDOWS. DRIVER'S SIDE HANDLE HAS SNAPPED IN HALF. THIS MAKES FOR A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I CANNOT GET OUT OF THE CAR WITHOUT ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOW AND THEN UNLOCKING MYSELF THEN ROLL UP THE WINDOW BEFORE TURNING OFF MY CAR. ALSO, THE POWER WINDOW CONTROL HAS SNAPPED OFF AS WELL FOR CONTROLLING THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW. I'M CONCERNED...

MY DODGE NITRO IS NOT ABLE TO PASS SAFETY INSPECTION DUE TO NON-WORKING PARKING BRAKE. MECHANIC INSPECTED ROTORS AND DRUMS. EVERYTHING LOOKED OKAY. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE TOO MUCH SLACK AND BRAKE HANDLE BUT NO WAY TO ADJUST. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEM; EVEN A RECALL BUT ONLY FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION NITROS, MINE IS AUTOMATIC. I FEEL A RECALL IS WARRANTED. *TR