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I started my car then after 5 miutes my radio and lights turned off the my engine turned off. At 3am we heard someone honking outside and it went on for 20 minutes until a neighbor knocked to tell me it was my car honking but there was nobody in the car. I pressed my alarm key off and on but nothing would stop it finally I took the horn fuse out and disconnected the car battery. A person on the web told me he had a similair problem and it was a recall "electrical system" NHTSA vehicle safety recall. I typed in 2007 Dodge Nitro slt and that was one of the recalls on mine. So the car turned off while parked and car on and also at he lights and the horn goes off. A mechanic told me it sounds like the (tipm).
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Nitro. The contact stated that each time the key fob or key was used to lock the doors, the doors would unlock independently and the headlights would illuminate. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 171,000.
While driving at night, with my headlights on, my dash began to flicker and so did my interior lights. My engine also started to studded as I was accelerating. Finally I went to roll my rear passenger window down for my son and the door started smoking and caught fire! I pulled over on a city street to let the fire die down.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Nitro. While attempting to unlock the doors manually and electronically, the doors failed to unlock. The contact mentioned that the front driver's door was the only door able to unlock. The doors were able to unlock by rolling down the windows and opening the doors from outside the vehicle. The contact stated that the rear hatch door also failed to open. The vehicle was taken to faulkner Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat (6643 carlisle pike, mechanicsburg, pa 17050, (717) 697-9448) where it was diagnosed that the totally integrated power module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 132,000.
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 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.
- Salem, NH, USA
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Alarm problem. Horn sounds at random times for no reason. It goes off in a erratic pattern and I had to remove the horn fuses to silence it. Because it goes off so much, it is draining my battery. I replaced the battery 7 months ago (November of 2018) but its now draining rapidly. I've been unable to start my vehicle twice in the last few days. It has not yet died while in motion. Also I have a lift gate ajar fault and had to turn off my interior auto lights so I can drive at night without them on. However the lights do flicker on and off constantly, even with the auto light feature off. When I use my turn signal to go right, my interior lights always come on until the blinker is off.
Driving are parked the horn will sound and lights flash. Parked with engine off windshield wipers, and fluid will turn on, and radio will come on. Windows and locks don't work all the time. A new battery will last two days before it won't start. Check engine light stays on even after I had new heads put on. Airbag light stays on.
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..
While driving down the road all of a sudden I hear my horn start to honk. I few seconds later some of my warning lights started to light up and I decided to pull over to the side of the road and stop the car. After I did this I opened the hood and saw smoke coming out of the engine compartment on the drivers side. I assume this might be the integrated power module. After this happened I am unable to start the vehicle or place it in drive. It is totally undriveable.
There has been multiple complaints filed with the 2007 Dodge Nitro with various electrical errors. This vehicle is unpredictable and unsafe. Imagine driving down the road with your two toddlers and the vehicle stalls. Next your horn starts honking out of control, the automatic door locks begin to uncontrollably lock and unlock. You have to open doors at the perfect time to get out of your vehicle. That's not all! then your windows start to roll down by themselves. Oh and don't forget the crazy adventure you'll endure when you drive your vehicle at night and then your headlights turn off by themself! you never know what kind of day you're about to have when you get into this demon car. If you like to live life on the edge I have the perfect vehicle in mind for you! it sounds like multiple Nitros were effected by the same issue, but we would rather sweep the issue under the rug instead of actually accepting responsibility for these death traps. I am appalled that this vehicle hasn't been recalled. Maybe something will be done when enough people die related to the malfunctions.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Nitro. The contact stated that the vehicle's power would shut off intermittently. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 07V291000 (electrical system). The contact took the vehicle to larry H. miller Dodge Ram tucson (4220 22nd St, tucson, AZ 85711) to be repaired, but the failure persisted after leaving the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted and could not assist. The approximate failure mileage was 159,000.
On 3/21/18 I was driving through a major intersection when the battery dash light came on in my truck. I found this to be odd since I had just had a brand-new battery installed on in my truck on 1/8/18, then the following events occurred in rapid succession: All of the dash warning lights came on, the A/C which was on at the time and blowing very cold air, began blowing hot air, I attempted to roll down the electric powered windows and they would not work; the windshield wipers came on without prompting. I quickly decided to turn around and go back home since I was a short distance away. I decided to take a route through a residential neighborhood since I was unsure what would happen next and thought it would be best not to be on a major roadway if anything further occurred. I made a left into the residential neighborhood and noticed my truck was moving very sluggish and making a weird noise. I was approaching a stop sign up ahead; however, before I could apply the brakes my truck just cut off. I quickly put the gear in park and attempted to turn on my hazard light for oncoming traffic to go around me but I realized at this point my truck had absolutely no power. A gentleman on a bicycle stopped to assist me and we decided it would be best if he pushed my truck around the corner I was stalled at, to keep from obstructing oncoming traffic. He instructed me to put the truck in neutral but I was unable to do so, I could not turn the car on nor could I move it out of park gear. The street I was stopped on is a major road for entering and exiting the neighborhood that I was attempting to pass through to get home. The street I was on is a major road for entering and exiting the neighborhood that I was attempting to pass through to get home. I called aaa and had my truck towed home; its still sitting broken.
Electrical problem when pressing unlock button my doors lock instead. My plug outlet no longer works. When rolling down driver window down. Passenger window will roll down and up also. My gas cap light has stayed and and gas cap has been replaced.shift solenoid
Everything falling apart on this car. Now the horn goes off when its off, on the freeway or just at a stop light, the other thing, when I fill up the gas tank the gas shoots back up.
Tipm module is not working properly for windshield washer pump. Washer no longer works to clean window and causes safety issue for driver vision of the road. Seems to be issues with this vehicles tipm module mine was replaced by dealer in 2010 for wiper not working safety issue. Now washer pump and door locks are not working on this tipm module. Both issue occurred same day with this tipm.
Tipm module defect that causes safety issue when locks do not lock or unlock electrically. Vehicle no longer has control over locks and doors do not function properly. Rear hatch can not be opened to release passenger in an accident and doors do not automatically lock when vehicle reaches speed safety issue with doors and passengers opening while driving.
Electrical problems, while driving on public streets, horn, windshield washer, door locks go on at their will, never know when they will go on and even with the key off they still continue to honk spray water and locks go up and down. Air conditioner/heat fan goes on and off at will
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- Elk Grove, CA, USA