Other engine problem on the 2007 Dodge Nitro 4X2
When other engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Dodge Nitro 4X2 report other engine problem at a median of 30,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 60,000 miles, from 8 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 5,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 65,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 61,221 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
50% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,935 miles | 7,119 miles | 31,500 miles | 61,125 miles | 65,156 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $300–$4,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I am the owner of a 2007 dodge nitro. Since I have owned the vehicle it has died once, and a second time all the service lights came on, and the vehicle bogged down like it was going to die. The second incident was scary, as I was on a 55 MPH highway going up on a small incline with cars behind me and no shoulder to pull off. Neither dodge nor the dealership had any clue on the problem or how to fix it. *ak
I purchased a 2007 dodge nitro slt 4x2 on february 23rd, 2007 from san marcos auto outlet. Since buying it has stalled out while driving 4 times. It has stalled out at lights, parking lots, etc. While driving. However, it got much worse as on the fourth time it stalled out at 70 MPH on the highway and than came back on. My daughter and I were very fortunate to not get seriously injured. This could have been fatal. We took it into the dealer 4 times and they can not get it to fault the same way. We refuse to put ourselves at risk in this vehicle and we told the dealer we want our money back. It is still sitting on his lot with no resolution at this time. We are working on this situation still with the owner. We have no plans of taking the car back. *jb
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge nitro 4x2. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle shut off without warning. Approximately five seconds later, it restarted and the contact was able to continue driving. The dealer did not inspect the vehicle. Three weeks later, while driving 10 MPH, the failure recurred. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continue driving. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The current mileage is 3,880 and failure mileage was 2,500.
Also reported on the 2007 Dodge Nitro 4X2
Other electrical problem
Other powertrain problem
CV axle or driveshaft failure
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
Other fuel system problem
Torque converter failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 10 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other engine problem happen on the 2007 Dodge Nitro 4X2?
Across 8 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 30,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 60,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2007 Dodge Nitro 4X2?
10 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 17 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed