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2007 Dodge Nitro Electrical system Problems

Complaints
133about this part
Share
27%of 494 total for the year
Median mileage
100,000miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 133 complaints about the electrical system of the 2007 Dodge Nitro, 27% of the 494 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 100,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 5 a fire, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“While driving at night, with my headlights on, my dash began to flicker and so did my interior lights. My engine also started to studded as I was accelerating. Finally I went to roll my rear passenger window down for my son and the door started smoking and caught fire! I pulled over on a city street to let the fire die down.”

NHTSA complaint #11253315, filed 2019-09, 132,461 miles

“My vehicle will randomly stall when driving. I had contacted dealer a few years ago about this and they stated the recall for electrical was fixed before I purchased vehicle but I am still having this issue. Some times it will stall when stopped at a light other times while driving which is very scary .”

NHTSA complaint #11350472, filed 2020-08, 177,000 miles

“I was driving in town, just pulled forward from a stop light. My wipers started running, my entire instrument cluster started flashing. That included, check engine, oil pressure, low voltage, ABS, eps, lost all speedometer reading, RPM reading, fuel level, engine temperature. On the odometer screen it displayed no bus. Now it does it while running, moving, stationary, and not running with the key turned in the on position.”

NHTSA complaint #11302687, filed 2020-01, 211,000 miles

“I keep having issues with the wiring on tail lights, I constantly replace the light bulbs which work, the wiring is bad in this vehicle. I also have issues with the electrical when it rains, it drains my battery after every heavy rain, it makes a noise like it's booting up or something. I love the vehicle but really considering trading in.”

NHTSA complaint #10713876, filed 2015-04, 112,000 miles

“Driving my 2007 Dodge Nitro on a secondary road twice and also on the highway doing 75 I had a loss of power, put my pedal to the floor and nothing. This was a recall back in 2007 but of course my VIN# was not included and it expired. How can you determine which vehicle and when it will be affected when you send out a recall? I bought the vehicle second hand and do not know what the previous owner did or did not have done. …”

NHTSA complaint #11241829, filed 2019-08, 122,700 miles

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20115444%
20102633%
20091042%
200819850%
200713327%

Other parts of the 2007 Dodge Nitro

Fuel system
138 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
54 complaintsBody and structure
53 complaintsAir bags
41 complaintsOther or unknown
37 complaintsEngine
36 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
33 complaintsBrakes
26 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
20 complaintsSteering
19 complaintsEngine cooling
18 complaintsVehicle speed control
16 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2007 Dodge Nitro

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology