2007 Dodge Nitro
Complaints about this year name gas tank far more often than the model's other years — 11% of them, about 17× the usual rate of 0.6%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 825 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 78 |
| Involving a crash | 24 |
| Involving a fire | 17 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- tank — 21% of complaints, 3× usual
- broke — 7% of complaints, 17× usual
- pump — 11% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
THE GAS TANK DOESN'T STOP THE PUMP WHEN IT'S FULL RESULTING IN GAS OVERFLOWING EVERYWHERE.
AFTER FUELING UP THE VEHICLE, THE GAS TANK "BURPS" OUT ABOUT A GALLON AND A HALF OF GAS ALL OVER THE PERSON PUMPING GAS, THE TRUCK AND THE GROUND AROUND THE VEHICLE.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V396000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 13V121000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 09V438000 VISIBILITY
- 07V291000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 08V525000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 06V493000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 07V434000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Nitro was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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