Horn Assembly problems of the 2009 Dodge Nitro

Three problems related to horn assembly have been reported for the 2009 Dodge Nitro. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Horn Assembly problem

Failure Date: 12/10/2018

Takata recall / several times my 4wd will get a service 4wd light and I will lose 4wd. This time I was sitting still in neutral and turned my selector switch from 2wd to 4wd and received the serv 4wd light. Dodge dealership as well as locally owned shops are at a loss of what's wrong. After many searches online I find I am not the only person with this problem and no answer. Also, the security light is flashing, windshield wipers going crazy, horn blaring, and washer fluid squirting our randomly for a long period of time. Help!!! Dodge says 4wd should be fine but is not. . . I only have 2wd and the service light is still on.

2 Horn Assembly problem

Failure Date: 09/04/2015

While using the remote key to lock/unlock the care, the horn starts blaring, the wipers (front and rear) start going, washer fluid shoots out, doors lock and unlock independently. Doors will not unlock/lock with remote. The lights start blinking. I have to physically unlock the car and quickly open before it locks again. The second time my son was driving on the highway and this all occurred while he was driving at night. He was able to pull over but was clearly shook up. When turning on the engine the horn starts blaring again, with lights blinking. If he tuned on/off the windshield wipers the horn starts blaring and the lights start flashing. When pressing the actual door lock the horn starts blaring. It took 3 restarts to try to continue the drive. It is clearly unsafe to drive this vehicle and is negligent on our part to try to do so. This is are main source of transportation. I am really scared of what could happen should the entire system shut down on the highway. What if the steering goes out again and someone is killed? I looked up similar issues and found that there were numerous other complaints regarding 2008 and 2009 Dodge Nitros. The diagnosis is apparently a faulty tipm. There appears to be a national backorder on this part and despite this, still no recall for the 2008-2009 models only the 2010-2012 have been issued. I purchased a Dodge because I truly felt that it was a great vehicle and I am worried and disappointed that they are not standing behind their products. What will it take? how many deaths or near freak accidents before they actually make this right?.

3 Horn Assembly problem

Failure Date: 01/22/2014

While driving my horn suddenly went off and then all the light on the dish lit up and the car cut off. I tried to restart the vehicle multiple times to no avail. . . . I then turned on my emergency lights and they blinked a couple of times then a beeping sound was made, the everything went out and smoke began to pour from under the hood. I lifted the hood to find that the smoke was coming from the tipm. Upon investigation I found that this has been a major problem with this part on these vehicles and nothing seem done about it.


Other Electrical System related problems of the 2009 Dodge Nitro

Electrical System problems
12
Horn Assembly problems
3


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