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.
2008 DODGE NITRO
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 611 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints611
Complaints citing a crash25
Complaints citing a fire16
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
- 195ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 65FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 46FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 38EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 37VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 29ENGINE
- 27SERVICE BRAKES
- 25POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 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.