Dodge Nitro loss of power problems

Filed Jan 29, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · TN

Loss of power, engine completely shut off at a redlight

Filed Jan 18, 2022 · Electrical, Steering · 118,000 miles · OH

The contact's daughter owns a 2011 Dodge Nitro. The contact stated that while his daughter was starting the vehicle, the steering wheel inadvertently lost power steering functionality. Additionally, the windshield wipers remained operational after the windshield wiper button was disengaged. The contact's daughter was also unable to move the gear shifter from PARK to DRIVE. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer but was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 118,000.

Filed Dec 17, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · TX

Four total incidents of the vehicle engine shutting off while driving the car. Most recent today 12-17-21 was placed in extremely dangerous situation and was almost rear ended 5 times by other vehicles traveling at speeds greater than 55 mph. 1st instance occurred back in 2007 traveling West bound on I635 in Dallas (speed of 65mph) engine shut off, loss of power steering coasted to side of road. 2nd incident Fall 2007 - from complete stop to turn left and cross divided highway, the engine shut down right in the middle of the intersection and was nearly broadsided by oncoming car traveling at 45 mph. 3rd incident happened while driving in my neighborhood, engine shut down and loss of power to steering. Daimler Chrysler issued a recall to reprogram the TPIM module back in 2008 to address the problem. Nothing since then until today. I am the original Owner of this car and it has been well maintained and is still covered under the manufacturers warranty for as long as I own the vehicle. What has prompted me to report this problem is the fact that I could have been seriously injured. There was no warning whatsoever and the place where this took place had a blind spot as the car lost power during the climb and coasted at 2 mph down slope on a bend on the bridge. Cars traveling towards me had no visibility to my vehicle which was for all practical purposes at a stand still. I notified the Dodge Chrysler dealership of what took place and will also contact MOPAR to raise this serious problem. If a vehicle doesn't start is one thing, but to have a car loose power out of nowhere without warning has almost cost me serious harm on multiple occasions. Daimler Chrysler should do something before loss of life takes place.

Filed Aug 5, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 122,700 miles · NH

Driving my 2007 dodge nitro on a secondary road twice and also on the highway doing 75 I had a loss of power, put my pedal to the floor and nothing. This was a recall back in 2007 but of course my VIN# was not included and it expired. How can you determine which vehicle and when it will be affected when you send out a recall? I bought the vehicle second hand and do not know what the previous owner did or did not have done. I drive my elderly mother and grandchildren in this vehicle and now I do not feel safe.when I called I was told "too bad" so now it costs me 1200.00 for a safety recall that should be honored on all of chrysler vehicles. Hopefully someone in the chrysler family will not have a bad outcome in one of their faulty vehicles.

Filed Jul 10, 2019 · Electrical · 91,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge nitro. While driving 65 MPH at night, the windshield wipers activated, the horn sounded, wiper fluid sprayed onto the front and rear windshields, and the headlights failed. Also, all the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact was able to coast the vehicle over to the side of the road. The vehicle lost power and failed to restart. The contact called aaa and had the vehicle towed to his residence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the mechanic informed the contact that there was a recall on the 2007 models. The vehicle was later taken to sierra chrysler dodge jeep ram (located at 1305 mountain ave, monrovia, ca 91016, (626) 739-5400), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 91,000.

Filed Apr 1, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 120,000 miles · CO

Vehicle lost power, brakes & steering, all warning lights lit up, wipers and pump running continually, horn blaring continually, and fan motor running even with keys out of ignition. This happened in rush hour traffic on the way to work and I barely got it off the road and out of traffic before coming a stop against a curb! Replaced the tipm & battery within the last 4 months and it's only gotten worse!

Filed Nov 12, 2018 · Airbags, Electrical · 175,000 miles · CA

I was driving my 2008 dodge nitro and felt a jerk then air bag tried to deploy and vehicle lost power while driving down the road. It did this twice and air bag on drivers side is trying to deploy with light and dinging every time driven. The gas cap will not seal causing check engine light to stay on and there has been contant electric issues. Head lights and tail lights have to now be constantly replaced and air bag light is always coming on with dinging noise. I believe I'm having issues with the drive train and several other issues that are all recalls in this year of dodge nitro.

Filed Nov 11, 2018 · Electrical · 126,000 miles · MD

While driving to work on monday morning at 60mph the truck shut down lost all power and can't be restarted almost crashed ..have replaced all the major suspect to find out along with 1000s of others the anti theif device or the wcm is the problem and we as consumers should not have to cover the cost or head aches of getting this resolved.there are more than enough complaints to issue a recall so people can get there trucks bck on the road..

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 Feb 6, 2018 · 130,000 miles · IA

Loss of power and car turns off while driving. The etc light came on. Very dangerous. I was driving 60 MPH down the highway.