Four problems related to brakes failed have been reported for the 2007 Dodge Nitro. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Emergency brake fails. When it first began is was not often, but became more frequent. Upon parking (anywhere) and engaging the brake it doesn't keep the vehicle from moving.
On a nice warm day in fort worth, texas, October 4, 2015 in the afternoon I was traveling about 30 mph and noticed the store I wanted to turn into was on the right and I made a very sudden braking and a right-hand turn into the parking lot and then as I was in the parking lot I tried to slow down and the brake pedal went to the floor or almost and I went about 100 feet before my car stopped. I then noticed that I could slowly stop when I pressed the brake pedal all the way down. After parking and doing my shopping I returned to the car in about 15 minutes and noticed that the brake was back to normal. On a nice warm day in dallas texas October 31, 2015 in the afternoon I was driving about 30 mph and ran over a rough pothole. I drove for about two more blocks and needed to stop at a signal light and my brakes failed as before. I was able to stop after almost pushing the brake pedal to the floor. On a nice day November 6, 2015 I went grocery shopping and my brake system was still operating poorly and would only stop after pressing the brake pedal almost to the floor. After shopping for about 30 minutes I get in the car and get ready to leave and behold! the brake system is back to normal. During the time the brake system was operating poorly I was noticing the symptoms of the brake. When I first step on the brake pedal it will go down almost all of the way to the floor with a little effort then at that point the brakes will work good. When I first step on the brake pedal I can feel it wants to slightly engage the brakes but will not want to stop until I press the brake pedal almost all of the way down.
While driving vehicle home from work yesterday, the brakes began to require a considerable amount of more pressure to engage the brakes than they had earlier in the day. Since this problem began it has steadily increased requiring me to push my brakes almost all the way to the floor before the brakes will engage. In a few cases my brakes have failed to engage at all requiring me to swerve out of traffic lanes in order to avoid causing a wreck. I have been forced to use my emergency brake twice to bring the vehicle to a complete stop after pumping the brakes several times trying to stop the vehicle without the brakes engaging.
During the last major snow storm I noticed what I thought was a brake failure after talking to a coworker he said that sometimes a lot of snow can mess with the brakes. His explanation seemed logical. On 4/17/10 I was driving down the road and started coasting towards traffic that just started moving. My approach speed was a little faster but by no means nothing that couldn't be stopped. When I went to push the brake pedal and the breaks didn't work. I felt like I was standing on them. I tried to make a correction maneuver to not injure anyone but I couldn't without going into oncoming traffic. And rearended someone. Who in inturn rearended someone (4 cars total because everyone was moving). All of the brake recalls were done at the dealership at my 36,000 mile service. This was the same feeling I had during the snow incident but it didn't happen again until yesterday. I am glad that everyone is alright but this could have been much worse.