2008 Dodge Nitro

I HAVE A 2008 DODGE NITRO THAT HAS A FAULTY TIPM, AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. ALL LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SEEMED TO GO OFF IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. WINDSHIELD WIPERS, ALL FLUIDS, HONK AND LIGHTS WERE GOING ON AND OFF AS IF IT HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN. I AM NOW OUT ALMOST $1,600 AND CAR STILL DOES NOT TURN ON. THE TIPM IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND AND CHRYSLER HAS RECALLED THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE BUT NOT MY YEAR. (2008) I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH CARCOMPLAINTS.COM ALREADY. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER AND ALL THEY DO IS TAKE MY REPORT AND SAY THEY WILL CALL BE IF ITS RECALLED. IM AT A LOSS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS EITHER WON'T COME ON AT ALL OR WILL CONTINUALLY MOVE ALL OVER THE WINDSHIELD AS YOU DRIVE. THE WIPER MALFUNCTION IS EXTREMELY WORSE IF YOU HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS ON AND USE THE TURN SIGNAL. THIS CAUSES THEM TO QUICKLY FULLY EXTEND TO THE VERY EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELDS DRIVERS SIDE. THIS CAUSES EXTREME VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AFTER SEVERAL VISITS AND MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS OF REPLACING PARTS INCLUDING THE TURN SIGNAL WAND AND THE ENTIRE WIPER ASSEMBLY. THE MECHANIC SAID DODGE RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TIPM, WHICH THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS PART ON NITROS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I COULD NOT BELIEVE ALL THE COMPLAINTS WITH NO ACTION BEING TAKEN BY CHRYSLER OR THE GOVERNMENT FOR MY MODEL YEAR. RECALLS WERE ISSUED FOR OLDER YEARS, SO WHY NOT THE 2008 WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS? I CAN'T SAFELY DRIVE MY CAR WITH MY VISION CONSTANTLY COMPROMISED AND I CAN'T EVEN SELL IT WITH ALL THE HORRIBLE REVIEWS. NOW IT JUST SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE I AM TOO NERVOUS TO DRIVE IT WITH THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE, REAR PASSENGER SIDE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN FROM THE EXTERIOR. IN ADDITION, THE REAR LIFT GATE FAILED TO OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. DJR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF, WINSHIELD WIPERS COME ON, HORN HONKS CONSTANTLY, ENGINE STALLS, ETC. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS UN-HOOKING THE BATTERY AND LETTING IT SET FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT LOOKED AT. THEY TOLD US IT WAS A SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY SO IT COST JUST OVER $800. SINCE THE REPAIR, THE CAR HAS SHOWN THE SAME PROBLEMS. MOST RECENTLY A FEW DAYS AGO. *JS

VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING AND I WAS TOLD BY LEITH DODGE THAT IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS REPLACED. THEN THE SAME ISSUE HAS COME UP AGAIN. AFTER READING ABOUT THE PROBLEM I HAVE DISCOVERED IT IS SOMETHING KNOWN TO DODGE AT THE TIME OF MY PURCHASE WHICH THEY LIED TO ME WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT SAID ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS TIME IT IS A FAULTY TIPM. IN RESEARCHING I FOUND OUT THAT DODGE HAS KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS. *TR

IT WAS MAY OF 2013, NOT SURE OF EXACT DATE. IT WAS EVENING AND RAINING OUT. I WENT TO GET IN MY CAR AND WHEN I STARTED THE IGNITION AND PUT MY HEADLIGHTS ON, THEY WENT OFF. AFTER ABOUT 15 SECONDS THEY CAME BACK ON, BUT STARTED TO FLICKER. AFTER I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED BACK ON THE HEADLIGHTS REMAINED ON. OVER THE PAST YEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE AND MORE. EACH TIME IS WHEN THERE IS MOISTURE: RAIN, SNOW OR FROST. THIS YEAR THE OCCURRENCES ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT. I HAVE HAD HEAD LIGHTS REPLACED. THE SWITCH. A BATTERY. I WAS FINALLY TOLD IT IS THE TIPM. THE PART WILL BE BETWEEN $600-700 (JUST FOR THE PART), ITS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER, IT COULD BE MONTHS UNTIL THEY EVEN GET IT IN. NOW THIS MEANS MY ONLY VEHICLE I CAN'T DRIVE. I LEAVE FOR WORK AT 5:00 A.M, WHICH IS DARK AND RETURN IN THE EVENING (IN WINTER) AROUND 5:30 WHICH IS DARK. THESE LIGHTS GO OUT RANDOMLY AND DODGE SAID THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY TIPM PROBLEMS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO MYSELF AND THE PUBLIC. *TR

FOR THE PAST YEAR I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH MY HORN RANDOMLY HONKING AT ALL TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT, DOORS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ON THEIR OWN, HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES AS THE NITRO IS PARKED WITH THE ENGINE OFF. ON TOP OF ALL THIS, SINCE OCTOBER 2014 MY ENGINE AS BEEN STALLING WHEN I TRIED TO START IT. I TRIED TO START IT NUMEROUS OF TIMES AND IT WOULD TURN ON FOR ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS THEN SHUT OFF AND RECENTLY IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT IT DOESN'T WANT TO START ANYMORE. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS DONE AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. DUE TO ALL THESE ISSUES, WHICH HAVE DRAINED THE BATTERY LIFE, I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY TWICE WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. *TR

AT FIRST MY BACK HATCH STARTED SAYING IT WAS OPEN WHEN IT WAS NOT AND RUNNING THE BATTERY DOWN. THEN MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FOLLOWED BY MY POWER DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING RIGHT AFTER I PUT MY DAUGHTER IN HER CARSEAT AND WALKED AROUND TO THE DRIVERS SIDE TO GET IN, THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED ITSELF, LUCKILY THERE WAS A KEY HOLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND I HAD TO UNLOCK IT AND CRAWL IN THE BACK TO GET THE DOOR UNLOCKED TO GET HER OUT, WHICH WAS VERY HARD TO DO CONSIDERING I HAD JUST HAD SURGERY. AFTER I GOT EVERYTHING UNLOCKED NOTHING WOULD LOCK AGAIN. THE BACK HATCH IS LOCKED PERMANENTLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET IT OPEN BUT POWER LOCKS. THEN MY HEATER BLOWER STOPPED WORKING. IT IS THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND I WAS TOLD EVENTUALLY THE SIGNALS OR NOTHING WILL WORK AND WILL MAKE IT VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. THE TIPM IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHEN MY VEHICLE CAN GET FIXED!!!!! I AM BEYOND AMAZED THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED BEFORE NOW. *TR

IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD TO HAVE THE TIPM REPLACED IN OUR 2008 DODGE NITRO. THIS HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST RUN AND I HAVE NOT TURN SIGNALS. I ALSO CANNOT TURN OFF ANY OTHER LIGHTS. THERE IS NOT 1 AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTRY. WE ARE ON HOLD WHILE CHRYSLER SEARCHES TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ONE. IF NOT, WE WILL BE WAITING WHILE THEY MAKE ONE. THIS TELLS ME THERE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAT THEY CANNOT EVEN KEEP THESE IN STOCK. THEY HAVE RECALLED THE 2010-2012. RECALL THE 2008. CHRYSLER SEEMS TO BE OK WITH PEOPLE DRIVING ILLEGALLY WHILE THEY DECIDE TO MAKE ENOUGH OF THESE. *JS