Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 10/07/2012 | |||
| I have a 2010 dodge nitro. sunday night i had the scariest episode of uncontrollable acceleration. the pedal was not blocked by anything, it moved freely. but when i pressed on the accelerator, it kept accelerating. nothing stopped this short of putting the car in neutral, even pressing on the brakes with all my weight only slowed the car down. i was scared out of my mind. nothing worked except for to slam on the brakes, put the car in neutral, then park, and turn the car off. when i turned the car back on, everything was fine. i have never had any other problems with my nitro. it may be a glitch but this is too scary to not report. no one was hurt thankfully, but we were seconds away from being automatically forced into an intersection of oncoming traffic if my boyfriend hadn't been smart enough to tell me to put the car in park and turn it off. i immediately took it into the dealership (its there right now, i immediately called the dealer after this happened). i could have seriously hurt or killed myself, or someone else. i know i have read other forums where people have had the same issue with their nitro. i am seriously considering getiing a new car and never buying from dodge again. i have a brand new baby i have to think about and that was too scary to even risk happening again. dodge needs needs to do something about this, its unacceptable for any vehicle to perform like this, even once. especially when lives are at stake. | |||
| 11/05/2010 | 48470 | ||
| Outside temp was approx 30-35 f, engine was running aprox 10 mins,while accelerating from 30mph to 50 mph on the highway, the gas pedal stayed to the floor after i took my foot off, causing vehicle to contine accelerating to a higher mph. i put transmission selector into neutral, engine raced to a higher rpm, used brakes to slow vehicle down and exited highway. when i stopped the vehicle, i shut off ignition and heard the gas pedal pop back into position. after approx 2 mins, i restarted engine and everything seemed normal. has not reoccured as of yet. called major chrysler jeep dodge service department to inquire if they've had this type of incident, they said no. they checked if vehicle was still under warranty, no it was not. they offered daignostic check but i scanned the aldl for computer codes, none | |||
| 09/25/2010 | 10 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2010 dodge nitro. the contact was traveling 60 mph and the vehicle started to accelerate. the contact feels the throttle opened and would not close, causing the vehicle to accelerate out of control. the contact stated that the brakes failed as well. when the vehicle got to 90 mph the contact turned the ignition of and the vehicle stopped. when the contact tried to re-start the vehicle, everything came on the dashboard as normal, but the vehicle would not start. the vehicle had not been inspected at the time of the complaint. the failure mileage was 393 and the current mileage was 501.rl | |||