2008 Dodge Nitro

THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD JUST TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN BUT THE HORN WAS GOING NON STOP AND THE WIPERS TOO. I COULDN'T PULL OVER BECAUSE THE STEERING WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. I EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP WHEN MY FIANC ATTEMPTED TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 4 TIMES TOTALLY. THE LAST TIME I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT NIGHT, IT WAS DARK AND THE WIPERS WENT CRAZY AND MY LIGHTS WENT OUT THEN THE VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN, I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING, THANK GOD NO CAR WAS PASSING BY. AT TIMES IT DOESN'T WANT TO START BUT THE WIPERS COME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND AFTER A FEW HRS THEY SAID IT WAS THE INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. VERY EXPENSIVE THAT I CAN'T FIX RIGHT NOW. VERY UNSAFE!

ALL OF OUR DASH WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND THEN EVENTUALLY GO OFF BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. FROM THEN ON THE CAR WOULD FAIL TO START ON OCCASION. TOOK IN TO DEALER THREE TIMES, THE FIRST TWO TIMES THEY SAID EVERYTHING IS FINE MAYBE YOU JUST NEED A NEW BATTERY. FINALLY ON THE THIRD TRY WHEN WE COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE STARTED, THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM WAS BAD. SEEING AS HOW THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM FOR DODGE MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE STARTED THERE, ALSO THE PART TO REPLACE IT IS ON INDEFINITE BACK ORDER.

MY TRUCK HAS A TENDENCY TO STALL WHEN AT IDLE SPEED. HAPPENS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. I FIRST TOOK IT TO ALLEN SAMUEL'S DODGE ON 610 FREEWAY IN HOUSTON, TX. THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, SUGGESTED THROTTLE BODY SERVICE WHICH WAS PERFORM. DIDN'T CORRECT THE ISSUE. TOOK IT TO GILMAN CHRYSLER ON 59 SW FREEWAY IN HOUSTON, THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE HAD FUEL INJECTOR SERVICE, SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT AND FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, ALL AT THE ABOVE DEALERSHIPS. VEHICLE NOW HAS ABOUT 75,000 MILES. PROBLEM STILL EXIST ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. I AM AFRAID THAT IT MAY STALL IN TRAFFIC WHILE AT TRAFFIC LIGHT OR FREEWAY TRAFFIC JAM WHICH COULD LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 2007 DODGE NITROS WERE RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I SHOWED THE DEALERS THE RECALL FORM SAFECAR BUT THEIR COMMENT WAS THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALL AND SINCE THEY WERE NOT GETTING ANY CODES MY PROBLEM WAS DIFFERENT. I DISAGREE, IT HAS TO BE COMPUTER SOFTWARE AS WITH THE DODGE NITRO 2007. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2008 AND AM THE ONLY OWNER. *TR

THE TIPM FAILED IN MY 2008 DODGE NITRO CAUSE ME TO LOSE SHIFTING CAPABILITY. I LOST ALL CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL FEATURES. THE WINDOW WIPERS, FLUID, HORN WERE ALL ON AND UNCONTROLLABLE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF BUT IT KEPT RUNNING. THE DOOR LOCKS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RANDOMLY. AFTER READING ABOUT THE INCIDENT THE 2007 DODGE NITRO HAD ITS TIPM RECALLED AND I BELIEVE THIS FALLS UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY. BELOW IS THE ACTION NUMBER. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE07027NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER : 07V291000. *TR

PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED RUNNING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND CAR STARTED SPEEDING. MANAGED TO MISS HOUSE AND ENTERER GARAGE WITH ENGINE GOING AT TOP SPEED. AT BEGINNING OF DRIVEWAY WHEN CAR STARTED SPEEDING, I HIT THE BREAKS BUT IT SEEMED TO HAVE NO EFFECT. WHEN I REALIZED CAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL I PUSHED THE BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET WITH VERY LITTLE EFFECT. TWO OF THE FOUR BRAKES FINALLY TOOK HOLD THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY IN THE GARAGE AND I SKIDDED TO A HALT HITTING SEVERAL CABINETS AND SHELVES. THE ONLY CLUE I HAVE AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED IS THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IT SOMETIMES WORKED AND SOMETIMES WOULD NOT TURN ON AND SOMETIMES I COULD NOT SHUT IS OFF...... *TR

UPON DISARMING THE ALARM/UNLOCKING DOORS THE WIPERS, SPRAYERS, LIGHTS, AND HORN WENT OFF. I UNLOCKED THE DOOR WITH THE KEY AND TRIED TO START THE CAR TO DISABLE AND IT WOULDN'T. WHEN I REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION IT KEPT RUNNING AS WELL. IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. WITH THE KEY IN THE ENGINE WOULDN'T SHUT OFF EITHER, NOR GET OUT OF PARK. WE DISABLED THE BATTERY... NOTHING. FINALLY DISABLED THE ALTERNATOR AND IT STOPPED, ONLY TO START AGAIN WHEN WE PLUGGED IT ALL BACK IN. THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS OCCASIONS THAT THE WIPERS HAVE TURNED ON WHEN UNLOCKING THE DOORS IN THE PAST. ALONG WITH QUITE A FEW TIMES UPON STARTING WITH A TURN OF THE KEY YOU MUST TURN IT TWICE FOR IT TO ENGAGE. THIS HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AT THE DEALER EITHER TIME I TOOK IT IN. THIS CAR IS A HAZARD AND CANT IMAGINE IF IT HAPPENED DRIVING AS IN A PREVIOUS STORY I SAW. UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND IF IT DOES, THEY CANT FIND A PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2008 DODGE NITRO, WHILE DRIVING ON HWY, 60-65 MPH, OUT OF NOWHERE THE VEHICLE POWERS DOWN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPRAY OUT FLUID AND MOVES BACK AND FORWARD. THE HORN CONTINUES TO MAKE NOISE. MY SATELLITE RADIO HAS NO SIGNAL. MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW BUTTON HAS SOME KIND OF SHORT WHEN TRYING TO ROLL IT UP.THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. AT FIRST DODGE CHAPMAN IN VEGAS, THEY THOUGHT REPROGRAMMING THE REMOTE KEY. THEN I PAID OVER $600,TO LITHIA DODGE IN RENTON, WA BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE FUEL TANK. BUT NO THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO GO. IT IS BEGINNING TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE SHUTTING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS AND ME IN THE CAR. SO I GOOGLE IF ANYONE ELSE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND YES IT APPEARS PROBLEM HAS ARISED AND IT LIES WITH THE TIPM. THIS PRODUCT WAS RECALL ON THE 2007 DODGE NITRO. I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP 7/18/12. TOLD THEM WHAT TO CHECK, BECAUSE I BROUGHT THE TRUCK THERE BEFORE AND THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM TO CHECK THE TIPM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CALLED ME TODAY 7/20/12 AND TELLS ME YES, IT IS THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). PLEASE HELP. I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THIS, BUT STATES THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE YEAR OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO POLE. THE CAR IS TOTALED. PASSENGER AIRBAGS WENT OFF. DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF. WITH THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT THE CAR TOOK ON, THE DRIVERS AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. SIGNIFICANT INJURIES, HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD, FOUR BROKEN RIBS, 2 BROKEN TOES, ONE DISLOCATED. HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED NOW FOR 6 DAYS. AND NOW GETTING TRANSFERRED TO A REHABILATION HOSPITAL. *TR