2008 Dodge Nitro Steering Problems

“...so, I left my house, got about a block down the street and all of a sudden my horn starts blaring, windshield wipers started moving, the windshield wiper fluid sprayed, all of my interior and warning lights starting blinking in and out and my Nitro started sputtering. At this point I had lost power steering and power brakes but I managed to pull it over to the curb and the car dies. I'm sitting there thinking to myself, what in the hell?! …”

“The first time it happened I had just turned off the highway and the vehicle completely shut down but the horn was going non stop and the wipers too. I couldn't pull over because the steering was not working correctly. I eventually was able to get it to stop when my fianc attempted to unhook the battery. This has happened about 4 times totally. The last time I was driving home from work at night, it was dark and the wipers went crazy and my lights went out then the vehicle just shut down, I couldn't see anything, thank god no car was passing by. …”

“Vehicle lost power, brakes & steering, all warning lights lit up, wipers and pump running continually, horn blaring continually, and fan motor running even with keys out of ignition. This happened in rush hour traffic on the way to work and I barely got it off the road and out of traffic before coming a stop against a curb! Replaced the tipm & battery within the last 4 months and it's only gotten worse!”

“Power steering fluid leak !! On these vehicles their is insufficient clearance between the power steering pump reservoir & the lower radiator hose connection at the engine block !! This is causing the reservoir to crack or melt & fluid to leak & blow all under the vehicle !! This is a real fire danger due to the exhaust converter being within 3 ft of the power steering !! Lets not forget that this exhaust converter runs at approximately 2000 deg f. Inside !! The Dodge corp .esquires you to pay a $50.00 dol. Core charge on these pumps !! …”

“Esp bas lights (appeared after). As I was driving, the car felt like it hit a brick wall even though it didnt, it slammed me into the steering wheel and then continued driving. At that point, the esp bas light came on. Have attempted to contact Dodge or chrysler by phone with no chance at reaching a person cause of robotic answering services.”