NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Dodge Nitro Recalls
The 2009 Dodge Nitro has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Dodge Nitro. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 24
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Dodge Nitro, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2009 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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Nitro, 1 other model
2009 Dodge Nitro complaints by year
NHTSA has received 24 owner complaints about the 2009 Dodge Nitro, the newest on May 15, 2023.
In complaints about the 2009 Dodge Nitro, the component group named most often is the electrical system (42%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the latches/locks/linkages (17%).
The 2009 Dodge Nitro's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2009 Dodge Nitro owners gave the mileage (20 complaints), the median was 89,977 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System10
- Air Bags4
- Latches/Locks/Linkages4
- Fuel System, Gasoline3
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Steering2
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2009 Dodge Nitro peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 4. 8% arrived between 2008 and 2012, 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 24 complaints about the 2009 Dodge Nitro are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Nitro by model year
Other 2009 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 15, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted