Dodge Nitro 4x4 headlights problems

Filed Oct 13, 2017 · Lights · 88,562 miles · MT

My low beams stopped working, it is not the bulbs. High beams work and so do the fog lights, just not the low beams. Very dangerous situation at night.

Filed May 22, 2016 · Electrical · 27,000 miles · PA

When headlights are switched from low to high beam or high to low beam , one headlight goes off temporarily. It can last seconds or days.

Filed Nov 18, 2015 · Electrical · 77,000 miles · NC

Horn starts blowing for no reason regardless of it running or parked. Hazard flashers activating for no reason. Antilock brake light flashing, limited slip lights flashing. Headlights flashing off and on

Filed Nov 6, 2015 · Electrical, Fuel system · 101,000 miles · IA

2007 dodge nitro slt - car sitting in driveway overnight the vehicle listed, on multiple occasions, will go into a state where attempting to start the vehicle causes multiple odd things to simultaneously happen: loud clicking noises can be heard from engine compartment headlights / tail lights flash wipers start and stop randomly all dash lights randomly turn on and off radio clock is reset to 12:00 as if the battery was disconnected radio sometimes randomly turns on/off fuel pump can be heard starting and stopping, sometimes will not stop sometimes putting a battery charger on the car's battery will make it start. Sometimes it only makes the clicking louder, along with random other events listed above. Sometimes the only thing that fixes the problem is a thump with a small rubber mallet to the black box just to the rear of the main 12 volt battery. This seems to be more likely to happen in colder weather, but is not limited to happening during cold weather. Sometimes, just unlocking the car doors with the dodge key fob will cause some issues to happen. Sometimes the issues are followed up with check engine light coming on, but when codes are pulled they are invalid codes (codes checked at dealer).

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 Jul 21, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 88,000 miles · NY

My vehicle completely shut down twice while I was driving. Another problem I have with this vehicle is that the car unlocks by itself, turning on the headlights and draining the battery. This has happened several times recently and is very frustrating.

Filed Dec 18, 2013 · Electrical, Transmission · 89,000 miles · OH · fire

I started the car to move it in the driveway. After backing up, I put it in park. I then tried to place it in drive, and the shifter lock wouldn't release. (it normally releases when the brake pedal is depressed.) after a few tries, I attempted to turn off and restart the car. When I turned the ignition to restart the car, all the electronics activated, the headlights were flashing, the horn was cycling, the wipers and sprayers were running, etc. I turned off the ignition and popped the hood release. When I got out and walked to the front of the vehicle, I noticed light coming from the hood gap. When I opened the hood, flames were surrounding all sides of the tipm unit, and the hood insulation liner was on fire. I disconnected the battery and was able to extinguish the fire.

Filed Mar 15, 2010 · Lights · MO

Interior hazing of the headlamp lenses. Both replaced at 16,000, right side replaced again at 30,000, left side starting to show slight signs of same problem at 33,000.

Filed Jan 5, 2008 · Electrical · 9,400 miles · MI

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.

Filed Dec 29, 2007 · Electrical · OK

December 12, 2007: I started my vehicle and I did not have any headlights, any turn signals, back windshield wiper was running and would not turn off, no heated seat, etc. Etc. I had to wait until daylight to go to the dealership. They have had my vehicle ever since. It has only 4,000 miles. They state it that they will have to replace the entire instrument cluster. It has been 17 days now and still no parts to fix my vehicle. From reading all the complaints on electrical in relation to this vehicle. It sounds like there is an on-going problem w/the lights and electrical system in this vehicle. It is a poor system when the dealership can't get parts for a new vehicle.