Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2008 Dodge Nitro

One problem related to car accelerates on its own has been reported for the 2008 Dodge Nitro. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 05/03/2010

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Nitro. While driving at various speeds, a loud whining sound was present near the front end of the vehicle. The front end became extremely unstable and difficult to control. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who replaced the front wheel bearings. The contact indicated that the failure recurred approximately three years later. In addition, while driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating when the accelerator pedal was depressed and then suddenly accelerated at an extremely high rate of speed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the cause of the failure could not be diagnosed. No further information was available. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 15,000.


Other Vehicle Speed Control related problems of the 2008 Dodge Nitro

Vehicle Speed Control problems
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Car Accelerates On Its Own problems
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Cruise Control problems
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