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2008 Dodge Nitro brakes problems

33 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2008 Dodge Nitro, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
33 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
86,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2008 Dodge Nitro Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 86,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 86,000 miles
Based on 25 complaints that include mileage. 28% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 25 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 86,000 miles, and 28% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 dodge nitro. The contact stated that after the NHTSA recall campaign id number: 08v525000 (parking brake) repairs were made the vehicle was taken back to the dealer three times as a result of the parking brake failure. The contact stated that the vehicle rolled away twice. The first time the vehicle crashed into a vehicle and the second time, the vehicle rolled over him and crashed into a door. A police report was not filed and the contact suffered minor injuries as a result.

Reported at 5,900 miles, November 2008 CrashInjury

The ABS, traction, bas esp lights came on just a week after I purchased the vehicle after I took it in to have a recall completed. Yesterday the vehicle's brake light illuminated red and the vehicle came to a brief stop abrupt while I was driving. The light went off and I continued driving. The a few miles down the road the vehicle suddenly locked up causing the gas meter, speedometer and RPM to all fall to zero and the steering wheel became difficult to turn.

Reported at 195,700 miles, October 2019

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