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2007 Dodge Nitro engine problems

36 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine on the 2007 Dodge Nitro7% of all complaints for this model year.

36
Engine complaints
7%
share of all complaints
78,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 3
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I had my vehicle a week before it start misfiring it’s been months I had it worked on numerous times and still has not been fixed. When I try to crank it I have to keep my foot on the gas and if I let go it will cut back off I had so many parts replaced and the issue remain the same

    filed Jul 9, 2023

  • The TIPM is starting to fail. The power locks do not work, the car has problems starting has a very slow start, the horn will randomly go off and sometimes it does not want to start at all. Every article I’ve read, and every dealership I’ve talked with has said to replace the entire TIPM module…

    filed Jun 14, 2022

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine problems in other Nitro years

YearReportsShare
2011 Nitro1613%
2010 Nitro912%
2009 Nitro14%
2008 Nitro297%
Nitro engine problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.