NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Dodge Nitro Recalls
The 2010 Dodge Nitro has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Dodge Nitro. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 78
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Dodge Nitro, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2010 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 2007–2009, 2011 Nitro, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 10V315000
- Reported
- July 7, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,626
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 10V009000
- Reported
- January 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,045
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2010 Dodge Nitro complaints by year
NHTSA has received 78 owner complaints about the 2010 Dodge Nitro, the newest on January 13, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Dodge Nitro, the component group named most often is the electrical system (33%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the fuel/propulsion system (13%).
1 of the 2010 Dodge Nitro's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2010 Dodge Nitro owners gave the mileage (63 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System26
- Air Bags12
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Engine9
- Service Brakes8
- Unknown Or Other8
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Dodge Nitro peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 13. 18% arrived between 2009 and 2013, 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 78 complaints about the 2010 Dodge Nitro are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Nitro by model year
Other 2010 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: January 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted