One problem related to underhood wiring has been reported for the 2007 Dodge Nitro. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Last Friday evening I left downtown columbus headed north to the subarbs and I had been driving for appx 1 hr with temperatures around 35 degrees that evening. I parked my 2007 Dodge Nitro 4x4 in the residential driveway, locked it with the remote doorlock, and went inside. Appx. 1 hr and 35 minutes later I went back outside to bring in several items from my truck and suddenly see the shocking situation unfolding before my eyes. In total disbelief, I realize that the entire inside of my truck is violently burning. The day before it caught on fire, strange things began to happen with the dash controls. Warning lights started to come on and then go off, it got stuck in 4wd and would not go back to 2wd and overnite while it was sitting in the garage it turned on the brake lights by itself and they stayed on all nite until draining the battery. All of these strange occurrences are one thing but for the truck to be just parked in the driveway and spontaneously catch itself on fire is truly shocking. If it had been parked in the garage that evening it would have burned the house down as well. The truck was totally destroyed and all of it's contents. After the fire trucks put out the fire, the fire investigator explained to me how they determine the fires origin and the report states that the origin of the fire was in the steering column and dashboard area as a result of defective and/or malfunctioning vehicle wiring. I reported the fire to Dodge and they asked that the vehicle not be moved and someone would respond in 2 days. It's a week since the fire now and no one has contacted me at all. I called Dodge again and they said this time someone would respond in 2 - 5 days. It looks like a good attorney will be next weeks objective.