Jeep Commander Complaints (2007)

1,035 consumer complaints on file.

#10477990September 30, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 2007 HEMI COMMANDER PURCHASED AUG 30TH 2012 HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM YESTERDAY.. I CAN NOT DRIVE IT ALL AT, IT IS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475552September 16, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
PROBLEM STARTED WITH VEHICLE LOSING POWER ON ACCELERATION FROM DEAD STOP. IT DID THAT TWICE BEFORE THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC. IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO GARAGE WHICH DETERMINED CODE WERE U0404 (IMPLAUSIBLE DATA RECEIVED FROM ESM), P0607 (ECU INTERNAL PERFORMANCE) AND B1A28 (ECM MISMATCH WITH SKM). DEALERS HAD TWO SHIFTER/ESM ASSEMBLIES IN STOCK. THAT TELLS ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT IT IS. THIS VEHICLE IS PAMPERED AND ONLY DRIVEN ABOUT 5K PER YEAR, MOSTLY WHEN I GOT TO OUR HUNTING CAMP UP STATE. REPAIR COST $1,130.99. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO PONY UP WITH A RECALL AND FIX THIS ISSUE WITHOUT COST AS WELL AS REIMBURSE THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THE DEFECT FIXED. SOMEONE COULD BE INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475113September 11, 2012
POWER TRAIN
HARD DOWNSHIFT MOSTLY AT LOWER SPEEDS AND SLOWING DOWN. SOMETIMES VERY HARD OTHER TIMES NOT SO HARD BUT DEFINITELY PRESENT. IT HAS SOUNDS LIKE A BANG WITH A JERK ALSO. SOMETHING IS GOING TO BREAK AS THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY. CURRENTLY UNDER WARRANTY AND CAN'T FIX IT. GREAT! WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MY WARRANTY IS UP AND IT FALLS APART AND BIG BUCKS TO FIX FROM THE ABUSE IT TOOK BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD I MAY HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. I DON'T FLIPPING THINKS SO. $36,700.00 FOR THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW. NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL 50K MILES. SOMETHING IS WRONG. ASKING FOR HELP CHRYSLER!! FIX THAT GERMAN TRANSMISSION! BIG PROBLEM GETTING WORSE AND DEALERSHIP HAS HAD IT 4 TIMES IN A MONTH. DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE. THEY SAY IT'S FIXED. I DRIVE AWAY AND WITHIN A DAY IT COMES RIGHT BACK. CALL ME CHRYSLER! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10473636September 3, 2012
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE APPEARED TO HESITATE AND EVENTUALLY STALLED LOOSING POWER. ALL INSTRUMENTATION LIGHTS CAME ON DURING THIS EVENT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY; PLACE THE CAR IN PARK/NEUTRAL; AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THE SAME EVENT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 OTHER TIMES SINCE THE FIRST AT VARYING SPEED (I.E. 35 TO 65 MPH) AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS MAKING THIS A VERY DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE EVENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND HE STATED THAT IT COULD BE THE POWER CONTROL MODULE; BUT WAS UNSURE. I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. THE SYMPTOM OF THIS PROBLEM (ENGINE STALL) IS UNPREDICTABLE AND IS A RECIPE FOR A SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT. I'VE REVIEWED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REPORTING SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A GLOBAL RECALL ON ALL 2007 JEEP COMMANDERS REPORTING THIS PROBLEM TO HAVE THIS ISSUES REPAIRED BEFORE THERE IS A LOSS OF LIFE RESULTING FROM THIS EVENT. NHTSB PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS COMPLAINT AND COMPEL CHRYSLER TO ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE AND LIFE THREATENING INJURY OCCURS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10473131August 31, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY SON GOING AROUND 65 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK JEEP COMM, STARTED SLOWING DOWN, AND ALL THE OTHER CARS WERE PASSING BY ME SPEEDING AND BLOWING AT MY. I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK WONT GO PASS 40 MILES AN HOUR. I HAVE A WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER IS ALWAYS TRYING TO GET OUT OF PAYING IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472775August 28, 2012
SEAT BELTS
3RD ROW SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER SIDE NEVER WORKED. THE SEAT BELT WOULDN'T LOCK IN. NOW MY 2ND ROW MIDDLE SEAT BELT WILL NOT UNLOCK TO PULL OUT AND BUCKLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472538August 27, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE IS LOOSING POWER, PARK ASSIST LIGHT COMES ON DASH ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER LIGHT!! ALONG DASH IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT PARK ASSIST SERVICE?? NOT SURE EXACT WORDS BECAUSE IT POPS ACROSS AND POPS OFF JUST AS QUICKLY.CAR WON'T START RIGHT UP TAKES 1-2 HOURS BEFORE ANYTHING WILL HAPPEN. YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. I HAD MY TWO YEAR OLD SON WITH ME.. HAD TO SIT IN 90 DEGREE WEATHER FOR OVER AN HOUR WAITING FOR HELP. I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE THREE MONTHS AGO BECAUSE EVERYONE RAVED ABOUT HOW GREAT/DEPENDABLE JEEPS ARE.. BUILT TO LAST?!? MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE JUST STUCK WITH FORD... I PHYSICALLY FEEL SICK TO MY STOMACH, HAD I SEEN THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE STAYED AS FAR AWAY FROM THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AS POSSIBLE!! I WOULD HOPE THAT CHRYSLER WOULD STEP UP AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, SEEING THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE(MYSELF INCLUDED) BOUGHT THERE PRODUCT WITH THE FAITH THAT IT WOULD IF NOT MEET/EXCEED THERE EXPECTATIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472504August 26, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I BOUGHT THIS JEEP USED ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO...ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT STALLED ON ME...AND CONTINUES TO STALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES. ITS VERY SCARY WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT JUST STALLS WITH NO WARNING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10471672August 21, 2012
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AND RESUMED AS NORMAL. ALSO, THERE WAS LOW ENGINE POWER RESPONSE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470872August 16, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AND WITH TIME BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470604August 14, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ACCELERATED FROM STOP LIGHT AND VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470331August 12, 2012
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL, POWER TRAIN
MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER STALLS DURING LENGTHY TRIPS OF 100 MILES OR MORE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50 - 70 MPH. EACH TIME IT STALLED I WAS ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE AND HAD TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS EARLY SUMMER DURING A TRIP FROM GEORGIA TO LOUISIANA AND IT DID IT AGAIN DURING A SECOND TRIP IN JULY. I THOUGHT MY BATTERY MAY HAVE HAD A BAD CELL AND WAS PROVIDING THE NEEDED POWER TO THE VEHICLE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS EVENING ONLINE I SEE THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR OTHER COMMANDER OWNERS NATIONWIDE. I PLAN TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THIS WEEK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470113August 10, 2012
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES AND UP TO TWICE A DAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE RELAY MINI WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470046August 9, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SERVICE PARK ASSIST LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEM ALL THE GEAR INDICATORS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL LIGHT UP AND VEHICLE STALL WHEN DRIVING AND LOSE ALL POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE OF TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. SCAN CODE ONLY SHOWS ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE (ESM) IS BAD. MY WIFE WAS PULLING ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM A SIDE ROAD ONE OF THE TIMES THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10468921August 2, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2007 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED. VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING WITH NO WARNING AT LOW SPEEDS. JEEP DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. COMPUTER JEEP ENGINEERS HAVE WORKED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. I HAVE SPENT ROUGHLY $5000.00 REPLACING MODULES, ETC THAT THEY THINK MAY BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THIS HAS DONE IS AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEM. THE LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE PASSING A DOUBLE TANKER TRUCK ON A TWO LANE ROAD, ENGINE STALLED AT THE TIME I WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRUCK. ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS SINCE I WAS GOING DOWNHILL, MY MOMENTUM TOOK ME PAST THE TRUCK, I CUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND MADE IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UNTIL I PUT IT INTO PARK, PULLED THE KEY AND RESTARTED IT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER'S SHOP MORE THAN OUT OF IT FOR THE LAST 15 MONTHS-THEY'RE STYMIED AND FRUSTRATED WITH JEEP ENGINEERS. COMMENT MADE BY JEEP'S CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE: " ON MY, THAT'S DANGEROUS". IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING THAT JEEP WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND FIX IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE RECALLED OTHER MODELS/YEARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO FRUSTRATING THAT THEY WON'T GO ONLINE AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING THESE PROBLEM VEHICLES. THEIR COMMENT IS- YOU CAN'T PUT ANY STOCK IN WHAT YOU READ ONLINE. IT'S FOR SURE THAT I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER JEEP NOR WOULD I EVER RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE-EXCEPT MAYBE SOMEONE I DIDN'T LIKE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467604July 25, 2012
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLAM INTO GEAR UPON RELEASE OF THE ACCELERATOR WHEN SLOWING DOWN UPON THE AUTOMATIC DOWNSHIFTING THAT TAKE PLACE. SOMETIME IS SEEMS QUITE VIOLENT AND OTHER TIMES NOT TO BAD BUT VERY NOTICEABLE. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE FOR THIS SAME EXACT COMPLAINT. HOWEVER THE FIX THE DEALER CLAIMED THEY DID WAS TEMPORARY. IT IS BACK AGAIN AND IS WORRISOME TO ME. ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE WIDOW DOES NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN PROPERLY WITHOUT SLAMMING HARD NEAR THE CLOSE OR OPEN AND SOMETHING INSIDE RATTLES PRETTY BAD. THE DEALER ALSO HAS REPAIRED THIS AND IT WAS ALSO TEMPORARY, REALLY NEVER FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467605July 25, 2012
ENGINE
JEEP JUST SIMPLY STALLS. IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS COMING TO A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE JEEP WOULD JUST DIE. I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART. THE RPM GAUGE WOULD ABRUPTLY START MOVING ERRATICALLY UP AND DOWN A FEW THOUSANDS OF RPM GAUGE WOULD MOVE AND THE ENGINE WOULD ACT LIKE A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WOULD AND JUST STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 5 YEARS. I HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I TAKE IT IN FOR OIL CHANGES. THEY NEVER CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467239July 24, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER IT RAINED WATER WOULD LEAK THROUGH THE SUN ROOF. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO A DEALER TO INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000. ...UPDATED 08-16-12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE WENT ONLINE AND FOUND HOW TO FIX THE DESIGN DEFECT WITHIN THE SUNROOF. UPDATED 08/21/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10466988July 23, 2012
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, SHE NOTICED FLUIDS FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP.THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467149July 23, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN FUNCTIONED AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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