NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Dodge Nitro Recalls
The 2007 Dodge Nitro has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Dodge Nitro. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 494
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Dodge Nitro, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2007 Dodge Nitro
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V396000
- Reported
- July 7, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 925,239
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011 Nitro, 1 other model
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 13V121000
- Reported
- April 3, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 62,578
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008 Nitro, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 09V438000
- Reported
- November 6, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 82,079
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2007 Dodge Nitro
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 08V525000
- Reported
- October 8, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,663
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008 Nitro, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 07V434000
- Reported
- September 14, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,550
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 07V291000
- Reported
- July 3, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 80,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 06V493000
- Reported
- December 29, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,665
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
2007 Dodge Nitro complaints by year
NHTSA has received 494 owner complaints about the 2007 Dodge Nitro, the newest on November 6, 2025. Of these, 16 describe a crash (3%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Dodge Nitro, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (17%) and the fuel/propulsion system (12%).
1 of the 2007 Dodge Nitro's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2007 Dodge Nitro owners gave the mileage (381 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System133
- Fuel System, Gasoline82
- Fuel/Propulsion System57
- Power Train54
- Structure53
- Air Bags41
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 49 | |
| 2011 | 58 | |
| 2012 | 42 | |
| 2013 | 59 | |
| 2014 | 44 | |
| 2015 | 43 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 22 | |
| 2019 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2007 Dodge Nitro peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 59. 19% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 494 complaints about the 2007 Dodge Nitro are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Nitro by model year
Other 2007 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: November 6, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted