2010 Dodge Nitro — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 155 evidence records for the 2010 Dodge Nitro, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 111 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system27 (24.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2007–2011.
- Fuel system13 (11.7%)
- Air bags (restraint system)12 (10.8%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2007–2011.
- Engine11 (9.9%)
- Brakes10 (9.0%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 2007–2010.
- Stability & traction control6 (5.4%)
Other / uncategorized: 8 classifications (7.2%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (2,222 records, model years 2007–2011) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, fuel system and engine.
- Manufacturer communications (456 records, model years 2007–2011) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and body & structure.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 63reports included a mileage
- 75,507average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2007 574 records for 2007
- 2008 459 records for 2008
- 2009 77 records for 2009
- 2010 155 records for 2010
- 2011 216 records for 2011
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 3mention a crash
- 2mention a fire
- 4mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 3
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 68
- Investigations NHTSA 3
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
- Owner complaints NHTSA 78
Where to go next
- Dodge Nitro coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Dodge Nitro Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.