Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2005 Dodge Nitro

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Sep 9, 201164,500 milesNV

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS FAULTY AND ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, INCLUDING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND HORN. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN WHEN THE KEYS WERE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH A FAULTY TIPM MODULE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED SINCE THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WAS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,500. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20122100Routine
2011122310Routine
201078320Routine
200924100Routine
20083933120Above average
20074947110Above average
2005 — this page1000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.