2011 Dodge Nitro
This year drew an ordinary 122 complaints for a Dodge Nitro — the model's median is 78. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.2% of them mention suv, against 1.5% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 122 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 78 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 17.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- suv — 8.2% of this year's complaints, against 1.5% across the model's other years (5.6×). Owners wrote it as: suv, possibility, about recall.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
I am experiencing electrical issues with my 2011 Dodge Nitro SXT. Despite replacing the alternator and battery, the SUV continues to have operational problems. Additionally, I replaced the TMP. I subsequently took the vehicle to a local mechanical shop, where…
STARTED SUV SOUNDED VERY LOUD. PUT IN PARK SOUNDED BETTER. STARTED TO DRIVE AND SUV [VIN] ON ITS OWN, NOT SURE HOW FAST IT WOULD OF GOTTEN UP TO, ONLY WAY TO SLOW DOWN, STEP ON BREAK WITH BOTH FEET. I WAS CLOSE TO HOME SO JUST WANTED TO GET HOME. TURNED INTO D…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V396000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 13V282000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 11V315000 STEERING 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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