2007 Dodge Nitro 4x4: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Oct 12, 2018 · Electrical, Steering · 100,000 miles · IL

Horn honks whenever it wants. Abs, esp/bas, traction control, and check engine light come on. Abs esp/bas and traction control lights were intermittent but now are consistent. Engine code comes and goes and says it cant communicate with tipm. Occasionally when parking and pulling out of a parking spot it feels like there is no power steering/ runs rough while turning sharply but there is no leak in power steering and it is an intermittent problem.

Filed Dec 21, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 89,500 miles · WI

The malfunction light esp/bas, esp/tcs, ABS, and airbag warning lights illuminate (no flashing) with loss of cruise control function intermittently, but notable vehicle malfunctioning occurs when all lights turn off! With no warning malfunction lights, the engine misfires at speeds greater than 55mph, breaks lock up when attempting to break at any speed (even coasting w/dry road conditions, and there will be complete loss of cruise control fx. When the lights turn back on, the vehicle functions properly w/no misfiring or breaking issues. Whhen the problem first started, cruise control would work at this time also, until that function completely stopped working after a few instances as stated. In addition, the horn stopped sounding, radio randomly turns on when car door is opened w/3 button key fob (no engine starter), radio/disc player freezes intermittently with loss of function/ability to change anything besides turning on or off. Break illumination light intermittently turns on, then will turn off (no e break being activated). When warning lights are on, no car dealership or service is able to obtain codes and adamantly state this is not okay/normal for any vehicle to be having these serious issues w/no warning lights illuminating and for vehicle to improve when warning lights turn on. More so, that the systems large amount of erratic intermittent malfunctioning is a very serious safety hazard!! Currently no recalls for VIN # but 2007 nitros have recalls-my vehicle is experiencing similar safety issues with an emergent need to report immediately to the federal safety agency. I will resume operating vehicle regularly when responsibility is taken, admittance to there being problems of no fault of my own (owner 2009 approx 2000 miles at purchase w/all proper maintenance performed to date). Eagerly awaiting the federal safety agency's reply in order to properly document and correct this safety issue.

Filed Dec 29, 2014 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · PA

Door locks have randomly stopped working. The key fob and interior buttons will unlock all doors and trunk but randomly will not lock. When using the key fob, the horn beeps and headlights flash but the doors do not actually lock. At times the doors still do not lock even after driving at 15mph, when they normally would lock automatically. When I took the vehicle to the dealership they charged me $100 to run a diagnostic test, which showed some type of tripped sensor (I think related to the ABS braking system or transmission related) and an error related to the tipm. They reprogrammed the tipm and said if that did not fix the problem I would have to return to the dealership and pay $700 to replace the tipm. The problem with the locks seemed to be fixed, but only lasted about 30 days. Although I can manually lock the door, I have no way of locking the trunk area and the back doors are hard to manually lock unless you put the windows down. I think having an unlocked vehicle is unsafe, especially since I work 12 hour shifts that start when it's dark in the am and end when it's dark in the pm. I also had a problem with the brakes a couple times where it feels like I'm hydroplaning, sort of like there is a delay in the brakes grabbing, but the road was completely dry at the time. This also seemed to happen randomly 2 or 3 times, then stopped. Not sure if something done at the dealership in the past corrected this.

Filed Feb 21, 2014 · Brakes · 79,000 miles · IL

Esp can not be shut down completely. The problem I am having is when I need to pull the boat off a slip, it activates when wheels spin or begins to slide applying the rear brakes aggressively. Also when I am in 4x4 and spinning in the mud it also does the same resulting in almost getting stuck or getting stuck, which makes me use 4x4 more often then not. I have contacted dealers and dodge about this issue but they say its integrated into the ABS system and can do nothing about it. I have gone through several rear brakes and rotors due to this issue. All I ask is to change the modes on the deactivation from 70 percent to 0 percent.

Filed Mar 29, 2013 · Brakes, Visibility · 73,700 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge nitro 4x4. The contact stated that the electronic ABS control module caused a delay in braking when coasting uphill. In addition, both rearview mirrors exhibited a blind spot. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 73,700.

Filed Dec 8, 2007 · Electrical · DE

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 it, it came back under power without me) so they said when it does occur again pull over and call them....well if I am doing 65mph on the highway and get re ended I give them a call from the hospital. Since then I looked up on the internet that the nitro has had a recall about the electrical system...the car dealer said that only one recall has taken place for the 07 nitro. How do I find out if my model is affected with the recall...it seems very coincidental that I had a similar mishap.