2008 Dodge Nitro

TIPM FAILED CAUSING ALL POWER TO BE LOST WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2007 NITRO AND THE 2009 NITRO FOR THE TIPM AND AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE 2008 BUT NO RECALL. THIS POWER MODULE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING. HOW DOES ONE KNOW IF MY 2008 NITRO DOESN'T HAVE THE 2007 POWER MODULE THAT WAS RECALLED INSTALLED

DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOP MOVING, THE HAZARD LIGHTS, WIPERS, WINDSHIELD WASHER WASHER, HORN CONSTANTLY BLOWING, ENGINE RUNNING BUT NOT MOVING, JUST STOPPED MOVING IN CITY TRAFFIC, EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. I NOTICED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2008 DODGE NITROES, WHY HAVE THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. THIS WEBSITE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER DRIVERS TESTIMONIES OF THIS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY. HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/DODGE/NITRO/HORN-ASSEMBLY-PROBLEMS.PHP THE NTHSA REALLY NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM, SOMEONE WILL LOSS THEIR LIFE, ESPECIALLY ON AN INTERSTATE HWY, WHICH I WAS JUST ABOUT READY TO ENTER, CARS TRAVELING AT 60 PLUS MPH.

THE HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY TURN ON AND OFF EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS NOT RUNNING. THIS IS DRAINING THE BATTERY FREQUENTLY. REPLACING THE BATTERY HAS NOT HELPED WITH THIS ISSUE. THE TURN SIGNALS WILL RANDOMLY BEGIN BLINKING WHILE I'M DRIVING. THE HORN HAS BEGUN SPORADICALLY BEEPING WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO WHEN THE CAR IS OFF AND PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE HEAT HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING - IT ONLY BLOWS ICE COLD AIR WHICH IS THE LAST THING I NEED WHEN IT IS BELOW ZERO HERE IN THE MORNINGS WHEN I AM LEAVING FOR WORK. THERE IS CLEARLY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS TO ESCALATE OVER TIME - AND IT SEEMS OTHER YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THESE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE 2008 HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I AM TERRIFIED OF WHAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ESCALATE TO - I HAVE A YOUNG CHILD THAT I MUST TRANSPORT DAILY TO DAYCARE.

MY A/C AND HEAT RANDOMLY STOPPED WORKING OUT OF NO WHERE. NO MATTER HOW LONG I WAIT OR HOW HIGH I TURN IT, THE AIR NEVER COMES ON. IT'S WINTER TIME AND IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE WITHOUT HEAT IN A CAR. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND MECHANICS NEVER SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SO IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING. IT DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT'S STATIONARY OR MOTION.

MY SON WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HORN STARTED BLOWING, THE WIPERS WERE WIPING AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE ALL GOING. HE PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR AN IT STILL DIDN'T STOP. IT EVENTUALLY DID STOP ON ITS OWN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. HE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT. THEY TOLD HIM NO ERROR CODES CAME UP , CHARGED HIM $95 AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY. A QUICK LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THEY JUST BLEW IT OFF. WE WILL TAKE IT TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE STATION TOMORROW (AFTER DRIVING 6 HOURS ROUND TRIP TODAY TO GET IT FROM HIM AT SCHOOL). THE CAR ONLY NEEDS TO LAST LESS THAN A YEAR. HE WILL BUY A NEW CAR ONCE HE GRADUATES. WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO POUR A TON OF MONEY INTO IT NOW. HE WAS DRIVING ON A 4 LANE STATE HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET, THIS CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL AS WELL. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO HIM, BUT WE ARE WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT IN THE FUTURE.

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 .

THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY TURNS ON HEADLIGHTS, WIPERS, SPRAYS WIPER FLUID, HORN BLOWS, LOCK/UNLOCKS ITSELF, WINDOWS AND POWER LOCK BUTTON WILL NOT FUNCTION DURING THESE EPISODES. THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH NO ONE NEAR THE VEHICLE, UPON OPENING THE DOORS, AND DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS VERY RARELY. IT'S NOT DONE IT DAILY FOR THE LAST WEEK. NOW IT HAS ADDED NOT STARTING TO THE LIST OF ISSUES. YOU CAN UNPLUG FUSES AND PUT THEM BACK AND SOMETIMES WILL START. OCCASIONALLY BATTERY CABLE HAS TO BE PULLED OFF AND PUT BACK TO FINALLY GET IT TO START.

DRIVING ON A LONG STRETCH OF DARK HIGHWAY, LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF, FINALLY LIGHTS WENT TOTALLY OUT LEAVING ME IN THE DARK NOT ABLE TO SEE FORWARD I THEN CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE OFF ROAD SCARY, NEXT DAY TOOK TO SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIPM, GOES OUT EVERY 4 TO 6 MONTHS GOING ON MY 3RD ONE LIGHTS ARE OUT, LIGHTER, AND WINDOW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR BEING DRIVEN THE POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO LOCK OR OPEN THE DOORS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 06/23/17*LJ