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2007 Dodge Nitro vehicle speed control problems

25 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2007 Dodge Nitro cite vehicle speed control, 3% of all 825 complaints for this model year.

Complaints
25
3% of all complaints
Crashes
5
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
4
Reported by owners
01 —Owner reports

What owners say about the vehicle speed control

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“I was driving down the rd and all of the sudden my truck jumps into 2nd gear and looses all power to speed up and it seems like I'm in neutral my relay box is messing up everything electrical now it shuts off at stop signs and If it keeps doing all this I'll have to replace transmission. I've already replace tipm 2 times”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jan 10, 2022Suspension, Exterior lighting, Vehicle speed controlODI 11446945
“BRAKES NOT BRAKING UPHILL DASH LIGHTS NOT LIGHTING WHEN HAVE ISSUES LIKE LOW FLUIDS OR OIL DRIVE TRAIN LIGHT COMES ON POWER STEERING MAKES KIND BUMP NOISES WHEN TURNING TRANSMISSION STUDDERS IN REVERSE OR SWITCHING GEARS”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Mar 10, 2021Electrical system, Vehicle speed control, Unknown or otherODI 11400078
“I HAVE ALREADY PUT IN PROBLEM TO THIS WEB SITE BUT NO ANSWERS SO FAR, I HAVE A 2007 DODGE NITRO SLT THAT THE AIR BAG STRIPS ARE HANGING OUT BEHIND MY STEERING WHEEL AND NOW MY HORN DOES NOT BLOW, MY SPEED CONTROL IS NOT WORKING, AND THE WHITE STRIP IS INTERFERING WITH MY STEERING COULD YOU PLEASE HAVE MY CAR RECALLED FOR TAKATA AIR BAG IT WAS ON A CITY STREET WHILE MAKING A TURN.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled May 3, 2019Steering, Air bags, Vehicle speed controlODI 11205543
“WHITE PLASTIC STRIP TO AIRBAG COMING OUT FROM BEHIND STEERING, TAKATA RECALL WHITE STRIP COMING OUT BEHIND STEERING, SPEED CONTROL NOT WORKING, HORN WILL NOT BLOW, STRIP IS GETTING LONGER AND IS HARD TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, ON CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Apr 24, 2019Steering, Air bags, Vehicle speed controlODI 11203409
“TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING AND I ACCELERATED THROUGH A GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT ON A CITY STREET AND AS I WENT TO PUSH THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE MY TRUCK ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AS I CONTINUED TO PRESS THE BRAKES TO THE FLOOR TO TRY AND STOP BUT IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE THEN I TRIED TO PULL OVER TO GET OUT OFF TRAFFIC TO AVOID HITTING ANYONE AND IT STILL NEVER SLOWED DOWN AS I'M TRYING TO PULL OVER. ONCE I GOT OUT OF TRAFFIC I WENT OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THREW IT IN PARK.I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AND DROVE HOME WITHOUT ANY ISSUE THEN THAT NIGHT MY HUSBAND DROVE IT TO WORK WITHOUT ISSUES BUT WHEN HE GOT OFF THE NEXT DAY AS HE WAS BACKING OUT THE PARKING SPACE HE WAS IN MOTION TO REVERSE OUT THE SPACE AND HE PUSHED THE GAS AND THEN WENT TO PUSH THE BRAKE AND IT ACCELERATED ON HIM SENDING HIM OUT OF CONTROL SPINNING IN A CIRCLE THEN HITTING A PARKED VEHICLE.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jan 28, 2019Vehicle speed controlODI 11172450
“MY VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHTM, ABS LIGHT,RETRACTION LIGHTM, AND ESP LIGHT REMAINS ON, WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION, ITS AFFECTS THE ALECELARATION AND THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE, RESULT OF AN DIAGNOISTIC TEST, I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICAL MAYBE RECALLED.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jul 15, 2018Vehicle speed control, Electronic stability control (esc), Service brakesODI 11111417

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Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 8, 2026NHTSA vehicle page

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.