20V396000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Projectiles as a result of driver air bag deployment in the event of a crash can increase the risk of injury.
2007 DODGE NITRO
2 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 676 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints676
Complaints citing a crash24
Complaints citing a fire18
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
13V121000
AIR BAGS
If the drive shaft breaks, a section of it can strike the transfer case tunnel with enough force that the airbag computer will believe the vehicle is in a crash and thus deploy the airbags. Additionally, the drive shaft failure will result in a loss of motive power. Either condition may increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 130ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 79FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 57FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 43POWER TRAIN
- 40AIR BAGS
- 36UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 36ENGINE
- 26STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2007 DODGE NITROs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.