Caution your Nitro may Die - Electrical Malfunction - Gauges and Engine Shutting Off

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Quiet Lunatic

Discussion Starter · Oct 13, 2006

durring break in so the dealer told me . i have had mine die 3 times in 2k miles

. once pullin into a parkinspot once pulling out of the driveway and once on the innerstate. i took it to the dealer they had special techs fom DC come in and they dunno wtf is goin on . they say the engine is too tight and it may die when at idle turning backing and turning till it is broken in

what a crock of **** dont pull out infront of traffic until its is broke in or hope the side airbags work

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GT

· #2 · Oct 13, 2006

WOW! Thats terrible! I hope you get it all worked out! Please keep us informed!!!

G

· #3 · Oct 17, 2006

Which engine is it? Manual, or Auto?

Bushido

Quiet Lunatic

Discussion Starter · #4 · Oct 17, 2006

3.7l auto SXT

marauder

· #5 · Nov 1, 2006

Same engine as the Libby's, don't you think this problem would have cropped up earlier in those vehicles?

DAYLEY/CHALLENGER

· #6 · Nov 3, 2006

We now have about 1000 miles on ours............no problems

scndlus

· #7 · Nov 4, 2006

We have almost 2K on ours, no problems
I hope it stays that way, I love this thing too much to have to get rid of it for mechanical problems.

DAYLEY/CHALLENGER

· #8 · Nov 5, 2006

scndlus...........we want to see pics...........everyone (well me) want to see real pictures of real vechicles............

danpfay99

· #9 · Nov 5, 2006

DAYLEY/CHALLENGER said:
scndlus...........we want to see pics...........everyone (well me) want to see real pictures of real vechicles............

What he said.

scndlus

· #10 · Nov 21, 2006 (Edited)

Hey everyone, I have been out of town for the last few weeks. As soon as I figure out how to attach pictures I will sure post them.

slickrick

· #11 · Nov 22, 2006

We now have about 1600 miles on ours and no problems. Hope it all works out.

NitroTech

· #12 · Nov 25, 2006

marauder said:
Same engine as the Libby's, don't you think this problem would have cropped up earlier in those vehicles?

TheMercuryMan said:
durring break in so the dealer told me . i have had mine die 3 times in 2k miles . once pullin into a parkinspot once pulling out of the driveway and once on the innerstate. i took it to the dealer they had special techs fom DC come in and they dunno wtf is goin on . they say the engine is too tight and it may die when at idle turning backing and turning till it is broken in what a crock of **** dont pull out infront of traffic until its is broke in or hope the side airbags work

The Liberty doesn't have Electronic Throttle control like the Nitro does. It's likely the rpm stradegy for a parking lot manouver/near idle situation may have some bugs that may be ironed out in the future with a possible software update.

boattech

· #13 · Nov 26, 2006

So Did this problem Get resolved?
What was the diagnosis?

NitroTech

· #14 · Nov 26, 2006

boattech said:
So Did this problem Get resolved?
What was the diagnosis?

So far its an intermitent problem, and not every owner has had this happen to them. It has happened once with my Nitro during a parking lot manouver. There is not a definitive diagnosis of the problem but it likely has to do with the Electronic Throttle control programming or defective throttle bodies. There have been problems with the ETC bodies on the Ram trucks 5.7L but with different sypmtoms, although somewhat similar to the Nitro stalling.

G

· #15 · Nov 28, 2006

i have had my nitro for about a week now, and it died once, pulling into a parkingspot at walmart. but there is only 250 miles on it now, do you guys think it will be ok after it get more miles on it?

NitroWill

· #16 · Nov 28, 2006

You never know - dont risk it - take it in and tell them what happened - even if hte dont know its at least documented..

NitroTech

· #17 · Nov 28, 2006

NitroWill said:
You never know - dont risk it - take it in and tell them what happened - even if hte dont know its at least documented..

Exactly!!! Great advice.

bgmz282

· #18 · Nov 30, 2006

TheMercuryMan said:
durring break in so the dealer told me . i have had mine die 3 times in 2k miles . once pullin into a parkinspot once pulling out of the driveway and once on the innerstate. i took it to the dealer they had special techs fom DC come in and they dunno wtf is goin on . they say the engine is too tight and it may die when at idle turning backing and turning till it is broken in what a crock of **** dont pull out infront of traffic until its is broke in or hope the side airbags work

HOW MANY MILES?

NitroBilly

· #19 · Dec 1, 2006

My Nitro did this tonight, at a red light I turned the steering wheel all the way to the right. The damn thing just turned off on me! people were honking horns n ****, it was embarrassing to say the least. You can't stop traffic in NYC, people are crazy!!! I'll be letting the dealer know when I take back my factory caliber wheels tomorrow and get my custom wheels off my caliber. Jeeesh!

NitroWill

· #20 · Dec 1, 2006

That sucks about the problem...but one question..why would you turn wheel all the way to the right while stopped? Thats really dangerous.

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