2008 JEEP COMMANDER Complaints

USED POWER LIFTGATE TO OPEN AND PUT GROCERIES IN BACK OF 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. LIFTGATE FAILED AND SLAMMED DOWN ON MY BACK. NOW, WHEN ACTIVATING THE POWER LIFTGATE, IT GOES UP HALF WAY AND SLAMS SHUT. *TR

2008 JEEP COMMANDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL ISSUES WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AS THERE WERE NO FAULT CODES. TWO DAYS LATER, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ONE WEEK LATER, THE SAME LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. ON DECEMBER 2, 2009 THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE STALLING CONTINUED AS WELL. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE HESITATING AT TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE STREAM O2 SENSORS AND REST THE CONTROLLER. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE FAILED SO THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR REPAIR BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 08V059000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A CLAIM AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE A CALL BACK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 46,285. UPDATED 07/28/10. *LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR BRAKE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 38,000. UPDATED 12/20/10 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, FUEL INJECTORS AND TWO CELL PACKS. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE REPAIRS, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD OPERATE NORMALLY FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 5 MILES AND THE FAILURE WOULD PERSIST. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SOLENOIDS, CELL PACKS AND THE CENTRAL COMPUTER (CPU). WHEN THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, IT STALLED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN POSSESSION OF THE DEALER IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF AND REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 30,900. UPDATED 07/21/10. *LJ

BEING HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD IN MY JEEP COMMANDER SUV. IT CRACKS EASILY I HAD OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND CALLED WINDSHIELD REPAIR GUY 4 TIMES TO FIX 4 DIFFERENT CRACKS CAUSED BY STONES ON ROAD COSTING ME $35 DOLLARS EACH TIME,YESTERDAY I WAS BARELY ACCESSING THE HWY ANOTHER STONE HIT MY WINDSHIELD AGAIN CREATING A HUGE CRACK AGAIN IT SEEMS TO ME WINDSHIELD TOO WEAK. *TR

2008 JEEP COMMANDER. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TGW THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THERE WAS A SHIFTING PROBLEM. A TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THE INCORRECT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE WRONG TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED AT THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PASSENGER SIDE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FRONT DEFOGGER WAS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS AWAITING A RETURN CALL. HE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. UPDATED 05/11/10. *LJ

CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ON THE 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE RECALL DETAILS LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS, WIPERS, BLINKERS, AND FOR THE ENGINE TO STALL. BUT THEY ARE ONLY COVERING IT ON CERTAIN VINS. OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER HAS SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED ALL THESE PROBLEMS. MY HUSBANDS HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IN THE DARK. THE WIPERS QUIT WORKING, WE HAVE NO BLINKERS, AND THE ENGINE KEEPS STALLING. WE CALLED THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND THEY REFUSE TO TAKE OUR JEEP IN ON THE RECALL, YET ACKNOWLEDGED IT HAD ALL THE SIGNS OF THE RECALL, THEY SAID IT HAD TOO MANY MILES. WE HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND THE RECALL STATES THAT IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH. SO WHAT ARE WE TOO DO KNOW? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED 5 TIMES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, IT WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. WHEN TRYING TO RE-START IT, EVERYTHING BUT THE ENGINE WOULD POWER UP. ON 02/16/2010, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING 10 MPH AND SHE STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RE-START THE VEHICLE SINCE THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. SHE HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND INQUIRED ABOUT RECALL 08V059000 BUT WAS TOLD THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.