Dodge Nitro owners have reported 3 problems related to anti-theft controller (under the electrical system category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Takata recall. My 2010 Dodge Nitro makes a very loud, almost diesel truck like sound, whenever my car is running. It almost sounds like a vacuum cleaner inside the car. The steering wheel, seats, pedals, body, and gear shift of the Dodge shake constantly. This happens sitting still and in motion. The anti theft light turned on when the car was running, then the car turned off and would not turn back on for at least fifteen minutes. The drivers side window is starting to not work.
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Total tipm failure! after at least a dozen incidents of the factory anti-theft system sounding (at rest in my driveway, driving in traffic), and several trips to jim browne citrus Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep in dade city, FL where it was un or mis-diagnosed I was charged for every dime of unneeded parts and labor which I paid. The only option I had was to unhook the battery to stop the blaring and the light show throughout my car. The final time, the tipm was replaced and the problem has stopped. It was first diagnosed as a faulty door sensor. I personally checked and cleaned all door contact sensors before taking it in so I knew that was not the problem. Jim browne was clueless! (shade tree mechanic / parts changers). To make the insult even worse, I caught them red-handed charging me for work which was covered under my factory and my extended warranties! the service manager downfaced me and nicely called me a liar even though I provided them copies of my extended warranty to staple to my customer file several years ago. They relented and credited me back "some" of the money that was unrightfully stolen but I am certain it is not all. I paid out in the neighborhood of $4000. 00 and lost use of my Nitro sometimes for a week at a time while it just sat in their yard & they waited to hear the horn blare (which they say it never did). I am still out well over $1k for the tipm & labor charges (outrageous) and no recall from Dodge on this. What is Dodge waiting for??? this is not a singular problem, it's massive. No report was filed for me. I just happened upon this site after I paid out of pocket to fix everything. I refuse to buy foreign garbage but I don't know that I will ever buy chrys/Dodge/Jeep again. I have plenty of documentation as does the dealer's repair shop but I'm not going to scan and upload a ream of files for nothing unless requested. (limit 5 files, lol).
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I had 2 consecutive instances yesterday where, while driving, all of the notices came on on the dashboard display, my anti lock brakes locked up and then released, along with my horn and front and rear wipers engaging and not being able to be turned off. Also, once I pulled over and removed the keys, these issues continued, and the vehicle was still running despite no key being in the ignition. After waiting approximately 20 minutes, and once all of the anti theft features had stopped, I got back into my car, started it, and no more than 40 feet down the road, the vehicle repeated the earlier issue with the anti lock brakes locking up momentarily, the horn was blaring, and both the front and rear wipers started and wouldn't stop even when trying to use the wiper control to turn them off. Again, the vehicle appeared to still be running even after shutting the key off and removing it from the ignition.
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