2008 Dodge Nitro

I CLICKED THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON MY KEY AND THE HORN STARTED BLOWING CONSTANTLY, DOORS WERE LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, WIPERS WERE GOING REALLY FAST WITH WASHER FLUID GOING EVERYWHERE. I CRANK IT UP THINKING IT WOULD STOP. IT ALL KEPT GOING. I CUT THE KEY OFF AND TOOK THE KEY OUT. THE ENGINE KEPT RUNNING, THE HORN WAS STILL BLOWING, WIPERS STILL GOING WITH WASHER FLUID SPRAYING AND DOOR LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. I TOOK THE BATTERY CABLE LOOSE AND THIS ALL KEPT GOING ON! IT RAN FOR ABOUT 5 MORE MINUTES AND THEN STOPPED. I LEFT THE BATTERY UNHOOKED OVER NIGHT THINKING IT MAY RESET. THE NEXT DAY I HOOKED THE BATTERY UP AND IT RAN FINE FOR 1 DAY. ALL OF THE SAME PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN ONE MORNING WHILE HEADING TO WORK. THEN IT STARTED DOING IT ON ME WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD ONE NIGHT ON A MAJOR HWY!! I HAVE HAD IT IN 2 DEALERSHIPS AND THEY BOTH ARE NOT SURE WHATS WRONG. BUT I HAD TO PAY THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND GIVE ME NO ANSWER!! THE LAST ONE TOLD ME TO JUST DRIVE IT AND WHEN IT DONE IT AGAIN BRING IT TO THEM AND THEY WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS NOW AND STILL NO ANSWERS. ALL WHILE STILL HAVING TO PAY SOMEONE TO TELL ME NOTHING, I JUST WENT AND GOT IT YESTERDAY FROM THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. IT ACTED FINE LAST NIGHT BUT ON THE WAY TO WORK THIS AM IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN WHILE DRIVING IT ON A MAJOR HWY WHILE RAINING, THE WIPERS WERE SPRAYING FLUID EVERYWHERE, THEN THEY JUST STOPPED WHILE ITS POURING DOWN. THE DOORS STARTED UNLOCKING AND LOCKING BY THEMSELVES. THE HORN DID NOT START BLOWING THIS TIME BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP UNHOOKED IT YESTERDAY. I HAVE GOOGLED PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND IT ALL SHOWS A FAULTY TIPM. THEY HAVE RECALLED THE TIPM IN THE NEWER MODELS OF THE DODGE NITROS BUT NOT IN THE 2008S. IT WILL COST $900 TO REPLACE THE PART!!! I CAN NOT AFFORD THIS!! I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THIS WHEN IT IS THE COMPANY'S FAULT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!

I PURCHASED A 2008 DODGE NITRO ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO. FIRST THE HEATER WENT OUT. NEXT THE DASH LIGHTS AND RADIO STARTED TO FLICKER AND DIM. NOW THE ONLY TIME THE LIGHTS TURN ON IN THE DASH AREA AND RADIO AREA, IS WHEN I TURN MY RIGHT BLINKER ON. I WAS PULLED OVER LAST WEEK AND WAS TOLD MY 2 BRAKE/TAIL LIGHTS WERE OUT, AND ONLY THE BRAKE LIGHT BAR ON THE LIFT GATE WAS WORKING. I REPLACED THE BULBS AND STILL NO LIGHTS. I HAVE ALL THE FUSES CHECK AND ALSO HAD THE BRAKE SWITCH CHANGED... AND NOTHING! I TOOK MY CAR TO 1 MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT FIND THE ISSUE. NOW, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON SO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY CAR BACK TO THE MECHANIC. HE FOUND AN ABS BRAKE SENSOR ISSUE... BUT THAT WAS NOT CAUSING 2 OF MY 3 BRAKE LIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION. HE BELIEVES THE ISSUE IS WITH MY TIPM AND IT WILL COST ME A FEW HUNDRED MORE, JUST TO CONFIRM THIS WAS THE ISSUE. DODGE ALSO WANTS TO CHARGE ME A FEW HUNDRED TO LOOK AT MY CAR AND DIAGNOSIS THIS ISSUE. ITS VERY FRUSTRATING TO KNOW THAT THIS CAR MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF ALL THE ISSUES WITH THE TIPM AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COVER THE COST. I FEEL LIKE I BOUGHT A LEMON. I LOVED DODGE BEFORE THIS. MY OTHER CAR IS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM AND ITS STILL HANGING IN THEIR JUST GREAT. I REALLY HOPE THIS PART IS RECALLED ON ALL MODELS.

REPLACES A NEW AGR VALVE IN JANUARY 2015 AT LOCAL GARAGE, PHILIPS GARAGE IN DEWART, PA. IN OCTOBER THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON AND ONCE AGAIN DIAGNOSED BY BZ.MOTORS IN LEWISBURG, PA THE TEST ARE CONFIRMED THAT THE AGR VALVE IS NOT GOOD. I CANNOT GO BACK TO OTHER MECHANIC , BECAUSE HE HAD A STROKE AND CANNOT WORK AGAIN. I AM SCHEDULED AGAIN FOR REPLACEMENT ON SATURDAY THE 6TH OF FEBRUARY 2016. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE RECALLS ON THE PART OR IF THE COMPANY CAN HELP M PAY FOR THE PART TO BE REPLACED AGAIN COST $324.00. GAS CAP REPLACE AND RUBBER HOUSING REPLACED ON GAS FILLER CAP, COST WAS $ 61.22 HOUSING REPLACED IN WITH NEW SECURE BRACKET AFTER FALLING DOWN INTO THE VEHICLE. THE LINE WAS SECURED AGAIN .COSTING ME $81.62. CAPE REPLACED FOR $21.00. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THESE DEFAULTS AS THEY TOO ARE RECALLS. I ALSO HAD SEEN ONLINE THAT THE SHIELD FOR EXHAUST AND ITS PARTS HAD A RECALL. SINCE MINE WAS REPLACED AFTER FALLING OFF IN MARCH 2015 WHILE I WAS DRIVING. NEW PART ATTACHED BACK ON AND NUT-STAMPED FLANGE AND SHIELD EXHAUST. COSTING ME $147.45 IN LABOR AND REPAIRS. PLEASE CALL ME AT [XXX] THANK YOU , [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED SEVERAL TMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,883.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED PREVENTING THE DOORS FROM UNLOCKING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DOORS WOULD UNLOCK INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2012. IN 2013 MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES HAYWIRE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOING OFF, FLUID GOING OFF, DOOR LOCKS,AND HORN, [XXX] NEAR HAD A WRECK BECAUSE IT HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE AND CAR WAS IN MOTION. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ALARM. IN JULY 2014 BATTERY DIED AND REPLACED THE BATTERY AGAIN. THEN MAY 2015 THE CAR GOES HAYWIRE AGAIN. WIPERS GOING OFF, HORN BLARING, DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONING. I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND THE BATTERY STARTS SMOKING. REPLACE THE BATTERY AND IT CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION. THIS TIME WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION, THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO UNHOOK THE ALTERNATOR FOR IT TO TURN OFF. THEN I WAS PARKED AND TRIED TO USE THE KEY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START.AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR I DECIDED NOT TO TRY ANYMORE, PUSHED MY KEY LOCK DOOR AND THE CAR STARTED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEAL AND AFTER 4YRS THEY CONCLUDED IT WAS THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THIS HAS CAUSED MY HEATER, BRAKE LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, AND KEY FOB/ALARM TO MALFUNCTION. THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE CAUSE AN SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND THANK HEAVENS IT DID NOT. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICE THAT THESE PARTS WERE RECALLED AND REPLACE IN PREVIOUS AND LATTER MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE BUT NOT 2008. IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT ESPECIALLY IF ITS DEALING WITH ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO CORRECT IT. DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. THANK YOU *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CURRENTLY DRIVING A 2008 NITRO. THE PROBLEM STARTED SMALL, THE KEYLESS ENTRY WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR &/OR IT WOULD MAKE THE LOCKS GO A LITTLE CRAZY. SHORTLY AFTER THE KEYLESS ENTRY REMOTE WOULD SET OFF THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WIPER FLUID, FLICKERING HEAD AND REAR LIGHTS, AND THE LOCKS WOULD GO CRAZY AS WELL. THIS OCCURED WHILE DRIVING AS WELL, NOT VERY SAFE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) NEEDED REPLACING, IT WAS NOT A CHEAP FIX EITHER. OF COURSE THE YEAR IM DRIVING (AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS) WAS NOT RECALLED LIKE THE 2010-2012 MODELS. CRYSTLER IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUTTING FAULTY PARTS IN THEIR VEHICLES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER OR RECOMMEND A CHRYSTLER VECHICLE TO ANYONE, NOT EVEN MY WORST ENEMY. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RE-INVESTEGATED AND FIXED!!