I loved everything about my vehicle. I would still have it if my husband hadn't totaled it. I loved the way it looked, inside and out. It was an SUV but not too small or too big. I had plenty of space inside of it. The back had plenty of storage space. Going grocery shopping was so easy with this vehicle. I just opened up the back hatch and put everything inside. It had a nice flat area to set everything on so nothing turned over. The vehicle ran well. It had 4-wheel drive and did awesome in the snow, ice and mud. It went anywhere we needed it to go. I owned the my nitro for several years and never had any major problems out of it.

I fell in love with the Nitro 2 years before I bought one. The overall look of the exterior is sporty without being too aggressive. Once you get into the driver's seat the Nitro seems to wrap around you like a cockpit. Even the back seats are comfortable and inviting.

I bought the car brand new. Loved it. It was the ONLY manual transmission SUV I could find. After the extended warranty ran out I was faced with a ton of problems. The emergency brake has failed numerous times. It has been fixed and fixed and fixed and I'm not throwing any more money at it. In a manual transmission, this is very important to have, but I make due without (no parking on hills). Then all four window motors went out at the same time. At $300 a piece this was an expensive repair. Something in the electrical system has been going on that causes the fuses to blow and the tail lights to physically melt in the cases. Again too expensive to track down for this many miles on the car. Then there's the known issue in the transmission gears that causes the car to slip out of 1st gear when under pressure. This is fun on hills. This can cause the car to stall out when pulling out into traffic and a real hazard. Dodge is aware of the issue but is not issuing a safety recall.