During the last major snow storm I noticed what I thought was a brake failure after talking to a coworker he said that sometimes a lot of snow can mess with the brakes. His explanation seemed logical. On 4/17/10 I was driving down the road and started coasting towards traffic that just started moving. My approach speed was a little faster but by no means nothing that couldn't be stopped. When I went to push the brake pedal and the breaks didn't work. I felt like I was standing on them. I tried to make a correction maneuver to not injure anyone but I couldn't without going into oncoming traffic.and rearended someone. Who in inturn rearended someone (4 cars total because everyone was moving). All of the brake recalls were done at the dealership at my 36,000 mile service. This was the same feeling I had during the snow incident but it didn't happen again until yesterday. I am glad that everyone is alright but this could have been much worse.
2007 Dodge Nitro 4x4 brakes complaints
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I own a 2007 dodge nitro. I purchased this vehicle new from cortez, co in september 2007. Within a week of driving this vehicle, I noticed the emergency brakes were not working properly. I was parked on a small incline, pull the emergency brake and the vehicle rolled forward. I had to keep my foot on the brakes until we were ready to go again. I have to do this in other situations or just shut the vehicle completely off. There was a recall on this particular problem and it was recent, perhaps within the last 6 months. Again, the emergency brakes are failing. I have not contacted the dealership again because of this because as before they would say I have to bring it in and get repairs at my cost. Their explanation the first time a week after I got this vehicle was, " normal wear and tear." the vehicle had less than 50 miles on it.
Dear sir: since the past year 2009 I been back and forth with my nitro 2007, to the dealer because they failed to fix the gascap light and the check engine light on the dash. I have taken the car for three time and now it came up with the same thing again. Its been just two months from the last time. This time would be the fourth ride to the dealer. I am wasting my time!! Please check this out. I live in puerto rico and the dealer is the 65th inf. Chrysler group in rio piedras pr. Please help me. Now my car just ran out of warranty. Appreciate your business.
Defect notice rcdnn-08v525-3946.pdf reports a defect in 2007 dodge nitro parking brake system affecting vehicle safety. The recall only involves vehicles with a manual transmission. It should also cover vehicles with automatic transmission, because the same defective parking brake part is used for both models, and the same defect is found on those with automatic transmissions- that is, the parking brake will not hold on those equipped with automatic transmissions. My 2007 nitro (w/automatic transmission) parking brake will not hold the car firmly while stopped on an incline, and the cause is exactly the same as for the manual- transmission-equipped nitros. The recall should include both models. My new york state inspection requires the parking brake to hold, for safety reasons, and dodge should be required to replace the defective part on my vehicle, as well as those owned by others, in order to keep them operating safely. A short online visit to dodgenitroforumz.com will confirm that there are many other nitro owners affected by this defect, yet dodge is only recalling the vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. The rest of have a useless parking brake.
My 2007 dodge "nitro" brake pedal goes to less than one (1) inch of being hard on the floor. On presenting this problem to the local dodge dealership, their response was that they could show me a 2008 "nitro" with brake pedal the same way. My constant concern is whether I will be able to stop the vehicle safely at all times. I certainly paid for brakes and feel I should have received brakes that are safe and dependable. I reported this condition when I first purchased the vehicle, and told this was normal.
We purchased a 2007 dodge nitro slt 4x4 from berger family dealership in january of 2007. This vehicle was purchased brand new. In spring 2007 my wife noticed when going up a steep hill at a slow speed (approximately 10-15 MPH), coasting to the top of the hill to a stop sign, when she applies her brake pedal, there is no braking. After a short time, the brakes will engage. This is after swerving into oncoming lane to avoid "rear-ending" stopped traffic in front of her. Luckily all these times, no one was in this lane. This happened again in the same spot on way to work the following week. An appointment was made to have this checked at dealership. Nothing was found wrong, and dealership could not reproduce the problem. This issue sometimes can happen once or twice per week, or may happen once in 2-3 weeks. About 1 1/2 months later wife noticed when backing down our driveway which is steep, the same issue with braking. We made another appointment at dealership to have it checked. Still unable to reproduce the problem, or find anything wrong. In september 2007, a local newspaper advised of this problem. We contacted the federal safety agency and chrysler, and they were aware of this problem. We were told by chrysler that a recall of reprogramming some braking module will be out by the end of the month. It is october 23, no recall yet. I looked on your website and chrysler has this labeled as a "g40" recall, to start in october. Today I telephoned the dealership, and they no nothing about this recall, in fact they looked in their chrysler computer system, and it is not even listed. I feel this is uncalled for as my wife is petrified to drive this vehicle. Someone at chrysler is "dropping the ball" and this needs to be remedied immediately before someone is killed by brakes that do not work, or intermittently fail. I am looking for your help to pressure chrysler into fixing this problem. We do not wish to become a statistic in your files because of this manufacturers error(s).
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! I guess if the computer doesn't say there is something wrong then nothing is, a computer is only as smart as who programmed it! There are many other problems, its been in the dealer 3 times for a total of ten days so far mainly the same three components well I have to take it back again because there is still something wrong with it, and now the engine has a loud tick, and a hissing sound along with the same concerns as before.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge nitro 4x4. While driving 65 MPH or greater, the tire pressure monitor alarm sounded and the deflated tire icon appeared on the instrument panel. The contact checked the driver side rear tire, but the tire was not flat. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on three separate occasions. The tire pressure monitor is still not working properly. The current mileage is 8,570 and failure mileage was 6,623. The consumer stating still waiting for dealer to receive a response from chrysler about the defect. The consumer provided repair invoices for the vehicle and a vehicle inspection report. The dealer stated fuel tank locking, when cold and moving a popping sound in wheel, heat coming up through steering column, and brake pedal feels low. Updated 08/07/07
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