2007 Dodge Nitro 4X4 Equipment Problems

“I have had my luggage rack/rail bar replaced over ten times by Dodge. They now say warranty is up. There is obviously a defect with the part seeing the rack I have never used comes loose and breaks from wind speed. This part needs to be recalled and replaced to the owners and the dealership needs to guarantee their work and parts.”

“I own a 2007 Dodge nitro. I purchased this vehicle new from cortez, co in september 2007. Within a week of driving this vehicle, I noticed the emergency brakes were not working properly. I was parked on a small incline, pull the emergency brake and the vehicle rolled forward. I had to keep my foot on the brakes until we were ready to go again. I have to do this in other situations or just shut the vehicle completely off. There was a recall on this particular problem and it was recent, perhaps within the last 6 months. Again, the emergency brakes are failing. …”

“The harddrive of the mygig stereo system of the 2007 Dodge nitro rt has a malfunction. Three times, within the two years we have owned the car, the hardrive has erased all music, photos, and/or addresses from it's database without reason. Each time all media was on hard drive the day before, only to be completely gone the following day. The last time this incident happened was in november 2009.”

“Brought truck to the dealer due to air conditioner (a?c) not cooling off the truck. They stated they tested and it was working normally. After picking up the truck on / 7/19/07 went home with AC on, it was 84 degrees outside. Put the thermometer in truck and drove with windows up and A/C on high for 1 hour. Temperature outside was still 84 degrees, but temperature inside truck was 80 degrees. Drove back to dealer service department, left truck running, showed them, and they told me that it was normal, because the cold air at the vent was 45 degrees, but at the driver's seat it was 80 degrees. …”