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Dodge Nitro · 2011

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V282000·2013-07-02

    Chrysler Recalls 2011-2013 Vehicles for Active Head Restraint Defect

    Chrysler is recalling specific 2011-2013 models because electrical issues may prevent active head restraints from deploying in rear-end collisions, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    DODGE — DODGE, JEEP, CHRYSLER AVENGER, LIBERTY, 200, SEBRING
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·11V315000·2011-06-08

    Chrysler Group Recalls 2011 Vehicles for Steering Column Rivet Defect

    Chrysler Group is recalling 11,096 model year 2011 vehicles because a missing or incorrect steering column rivet could compromise safety in a frontal crash.

    Product
    CHRYSLER — CHRYSLER, JEEP, DODGE TOWN AND COUNTRY, PATRIOT, NITRO, COMPASS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V396000·2020-07-07

    Chrysler and Dodge Vehicles Recalled for Steering Wheel Emblem Hazard

    Chrysler is recalling specific Town and Country, Grand Caravan, and Nitro models because a loose steering wheel emblem could become a projectile during air bag deployment.

    Product
    CHRYSLER — CHRYSLER, DODGE TOWN AND COUNTRY, NITRO, GRAND CARAVAN
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2011Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2011; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • PE11009 Preliminary Evaluation · steering:linkages:tie rod assembly
  • PE08052 Preliminary Evaluation · power train:automatic transmission:lever and linkage:column shift
  • EA06004 Engineering Analysis · open · steering
  • EA05018 Engineering Analysis · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
  • PE05056 Preliminary Evaluation · steering
  • PE05027 Preliminary Evaluation · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2008 · electrical 180 complaints, median 90,000 mi
    Includes 7 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · fuel-system 142 complaints, median 40,200 mi
  • 2007 · powertrain 83 complaints, median 74,000 mi
    Includes 5 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · body 66 complaints, median 75,000 mi
  • 2008 · fuel-system 65 complaints, median 40,500 mi

Technical service bulletins

252 manufacturer service bulletins across 6 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2012: 4.6/5 · 2 complaints
  • 2011: 3.6/5 · 122 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2010: 3.7/5 · 78 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2009: 4.0/5 · 36 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2008: 3.3/5 · 393 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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