Model-year matrix

Dodge Nitro
which year?

Compare every Dodge Nitro model year the EPA recorded, 2007 to 2011. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Dodge Nitro year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Dodge Nitro?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Dodge Nitro years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2007

494 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2007 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2008

393 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2008 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2011

122 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2011 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Dodge Nitro model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2010 Dodge Nitro

NHTSA complaint allegations: 78
Combined EPA economy: 17–18 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 4
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,400–3,600
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelselectrical system 27air bags 12fuel/propulsion system 10

Open the 2010 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2011 Dodge Nitro

NHTSA complaint allegations: 122
Combined EPA economy: 17–18 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 4
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,400–3,600
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelselectrical system 54air bags 24engine 16

Open the 2011 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2011 has 44 more indexed complaint allegations than 2010.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Dodge Nitro by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Dodge Nitro model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2011	122	electrical system 54air bags 24engine 16	17–18	4	$3,400–3,600	Dossier →
2010	78	electrical system 27air bags 12fuel/propulsion system 10	17–18	4	$3,400–3,600	Dossier →
2009	24	electrical system 10air bags 4latches/locks/linkages 4	17–18	4	$3,400–3,600	Dossier →
2008	393	electrical system 200fuel system, gasoline 67fuel/propulsion system 46	17–19	6	$3,250–3,600	Dossier →
2007	494	electrical system 133fuel system, gasoline 84fuel/propulsion system 57	17–19	6	$3,250–3,600	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.