Dodge Nitro brake failure problems

Filed Nov 2, 2019 · Brakes · 140,000 miles · TX

For the past year or so the brake pedal goes to the floor usually while braking and hitting a bump. Brakes will eventually go back to normal sometimes after a few minutes and sometimes after a few hours. Pumping the brake pedal does not help. Unsafe because never know when it's going to happen and braking power is greatly reducing during these events. This happens every few months or so.

Filed Jan 25, 2019 · Brakes · 52,000 miles · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge nitro. While driving 65 MPH, the contact detected a burning rubber odor inside the vehicle. After releasing the brake pedal, the brakes failed to release from the rotors. The contact had to depress the accelerator pedal with extra force to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to tri-county chrysler, dodge, jeep, ram (1290 hebron rd, heath, oh 43056, (740) 522-3153) to be diagnosed, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000.

Filed Dec 21, 2018 · Brakes · 160,000 miles · OH

While driving, when brakes are applied after hitting a pothole or indention in the road, the brake pedal goes all the way to the floor. The vehicle eventually stops. Brakes will eventually come back up to normal position. This has happened exiting the freeway, and on city streets.

Filed Jun 29, 2018 · Electrical · 181,000 miles · NE

While driving over ice on the winter I was approaching a stop sign. I pressed on my brakes lightly to avoid sliding over the ice, the vehicle still slided and, the ABS, bas, brake and slippery lights turned on immediately after it came to a complete stop and the push back on the brakes stopped working. The lights turn off for a week or so and then they turn back on.

Filed Mar 16, 2018 · Brakes, Electrical · 110,000 miles · KS · fire

...so, I left my house, got about a block down the street and all of a sudden my horn starts blaring, windshield wipers started moving, the windshield wiper fluid sprayed, all of my interior and warning lights starting blinking in and out and my nitro started sputtering. At this point I had lost power steering and power brakes but I managed to pull it over to the curb and the car dies. I'm sitting there thinking to myself, "what in the hell?!" I was already startled from the horn randomly blaring, so I'm in the middle of swallowing my heart when heavy, thick smoke starts coming from under the hood. ...and it stinks like smoldering wiring. I snatched my keys, popped the hood (which probably wasn't too bright in hindsight) and ripped the wiring off of the battery terminals. It was hot under that hood and I'm glad I had the wherewithal to disconnect the battery. I realized then that the car was never going to start again, nor would I want to. I had a friend tow it to his shop and he had a look. The tipm, wiring harness/wiring and surrounding plastic was all destroyed. He said the wires got so hot that it would all have to be re-run throughout the vehicle, a $3500 to 4000 estimate. Forget that noise. My biggest concern is that the car was moving when all of this happened and had I not been in a quiet neighborhood this could have been much, much worse, especially considering the power steering and power brakes failed.

Filed Nov 25, 2017 · Brakes · 25 miles · TX

When vehicle is in motion on a city street and hits a bump or rut and I hit the brakes, brake pedal goes all the way to the floor.

Filed Aug 12, 2017 · Electrical · 126,000 miles · MO

Two times our vehicle has lost all power while driving down city streets. We had no brakes or power streering.... Thank goodness we weren't in heavy traffic and were able to get off the street without having an accident. The horn started honking and the wipers started going with the washer fluid pouring out. My husband opened the hood and banged on the tipm and was able to get it to stop. We were then able to restart the engine and drive to our home. We had the vehicle checked and was told it is the tipm and that it will be at least $1200 to replace. We are afraid to drive it anywhere for fear that it will happen again in the middle of traffic causing an accident. There are reports of people who have had their tipm replaced in their nitros and the same thing happened again after replacement. We are undecided at this point what we're going to do but we will think twice about purchasing another dodge/chrysler product .

Filed Dec 21, 2015 · Brakes · 99,883 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge nitro. While parked, the vehicle rolled away on its own. The contact's daughter was able to stop the vehicle. There were no warning indicators. The contact stated that the parking brake failed several tmes. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but the failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but did not offer any assistance. The failure mileage was 99,883.

Filed Nov 7, 2015 · Brakes · 49,750 miles · TX

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 pothole. I drove for about two more blocks and needed to stop at a signal light and my brakes failed as before. I was able to stop after almost pushing the brake pedal to the floor. On a nice day november 6, 2015 I went grocery shopping and my brake system was still operating poorly and would only stop after pressing the brake pedal almost to the floor. After shopping for about 30 minutes I get in the car and get ready to leave and behold! The brake system is back to normal. During the time the brake system was operating poorly I was noticing the symptoms of the brake. When I first step on the brake pedal it will go down almost all of the way to the floor with a little effort then at that point the brakes will work good. When I first step on the brake pedal I can feel it wants to slightly engage the brakes but will not want to stop until I press the brake pedal almost all of the way down.

Filed May 21, 2014 · Brakes, Transmission · 56,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge nitro. The contact stated that the vehicle rolled away causing the contact to apply excessive force to the brake pedal and the parking brake for the vehicle to stop. The contact mentioned that the emergency brake failed intermittently. In addition, the contact mentioned that the transmission lock out featured had to be bypassed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the brake drums and the parking brake handle needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency recall campaign id number: 13v121000 (power train). The vehicle was repaired and the failure recurred. The approximate failure mileage was 56,000. Updated 08/19/14*lj updated 8/29/2017