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Dodge Nitro

Every Dodge Nitro model year on file, 2005 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,11474 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72005 to 2012
Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins409Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 494, 44% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02004006002005200749420082009201020112012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Dodge Nitro complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
423
Fuel system
287
Engine and cooling
121
Airbags
105
Powertrain
102
Visibility and wipers
89
Brakes
78
Structure
72
Lighting
62
Steering
43
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Dodge Nitro model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Dodge Nitro by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012SUV20.071063
2011SUV1225.74003286
2010SUV786.42203368
2009SUV240.01091150
2008SUV3938.16783159
2007SUV4946.17377362
2005Not decoded10.01000021
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Dodge Nitro

  • 20V-396 Jul 7, 2020
    These vehicles may have a loose or missing brand emblem in the center of the steering wheel
    Airbags · 925k vehicles
  • 13V-282 Jul 2, 2013
    Electrical over-stress of a resistor in the occupant restraint control module may lead to the non-deployment of the active head restraints during…
    Airbags · 442k vehicles
  • 13V-121 Apr 3, 2013
    Transfer case heat shield may drop down and rub on the drive shaft, weakening it and potentially causing the drive shaft to break
    Airbags · 63k vehicles
  • 11V-315 Jun 8, 2011
    Some of these vehicles may have been built with a missing or incorrectly installed steering column pivot rivet
    Steering · 11k vehicles
  • 10V-315 Jul 7, 2010
    These vehicles may have been built with an improperly formed master cylinder to hydraulic control unit (hcu) brake tube assembly end flare
    Brakes · 21k vehicles
  • 10V-009 Jan 11, 2010
    These vehicles may have been built with an improperly formed or missing brake booster input rod retaining clip
    Brakes · 20k vehicles
  • 09V-438 Nov 6, 2009
    Windshield wiper system may experience a condition over time where high usage of the variable pause wiper function ("delay" mode) may eventually…
    Visibility and wipers · 82k vehicles
  • 08V-525 Oct 8, 2008
    Park brake lever clutch drum may distort and reduce the effectiveness of the park brake system
    Brakes · 3,663 vehicles
  • 07V-434 Sep 14, 2007
    On certain sport utility vehicles, the software programmed into the abs electronic control module may allow a momentary delay in braking when…
    Brakes · 297k vehicles
  • 07V-291 Jul 3, 2007
    On certain vehicles, the totally integrated power module (tipm) was programmed with software that may allow the engine to stall under certain…
    Electrical system · 81k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.