2008 JEEP COMMANDER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALBERIC COLN CHRYSLER (551 MARGINAL JF KENNEDY, SAN JUAN, 00920, PUERTO RICO, +1 787-793-2223) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW SPARK PLUGS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NEW SPARK PLUGS WERE INSTALLED A MONTH AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE LATCH ON THE 2ND ROW PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FELL APART AND IS UNUSABLE. THE LATCH ON THE 2ND ROW DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT IS MALFUNCTIONING. IT DOES NOT ALWAYS ACCEPT THE SEAT BELT AND IF IT DOES, WILL NOT RELEASE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT FORCE MAKING IT ALSO UNUSABLE. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE NO SEAT BELTS IN THE 2ND ROW (EXCEPT FOR SMALL CENTER SEAT) BUT THIS IS ALSO CAUSING THE AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR TO COME ON & OFF WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 40 MPH, THE SPEED SUDDENLY REDUCED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING SENSOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD ERRONEOUSLY CHANGE POSITIONS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

LEAKING WATER THROUGH SIDE DRIVER HANDLE ALSO CARPETS SOAKED WHEN RAINS. HAS BEEN HAPPENING THROUGH THE YEARS. SAFETY ISSUE NOW I BELIEVE IS AFFECTING MY ELECTICAL IN DOOR PANEL. PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW WILL NOT WORK FROM DRIVERS SIDE.NOW LEAKING FROM LIGHT FIXTURE. WILL IT AFFECT ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL IN THE FUTURE? WHEN JEEP WAS NEW DOOR HINGE WAS REPLACED RUSTED OUT. NEED IT DONE AGAIN. THIS IS NOT NORMAL MAINTENANCE TO REPLACE HINGES. THE DOOR SOUNDS LIKE ITS GOING TO CRACK IN HALF WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING. WOULDNT BE SUPRISED IF IT FELL OFF. ITS THE SAME SIDE AS THE LEAKS. IM PUTTING TODAYS DATE BECAUSE ITS ALL THE TIME. ALSO IVE READ THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THE SUNROOF. BUT NOT VEHICLES BEFORE 2009? ALL RECALLS AND SUITS MATCH MY SITUATIONS BUT MY VIN # DOESNT COME UP?? NOT RIGHT AT ALL. THERE ARE SO MANY FLAWS IN THIS JEEP BUT WHAT IM COMPLAINING ABOUT IS SERIOUS.

BOUGHT JEEP BRAND NEW. ONLY COUPLE MONTHS LATER MY FOB WOULDNT START CAR. JUST DEAD. TRIED TO START 20 TIMES BOTH FOBS. RANDOMLY STARTED NEXT DAY. BROUGHT TO DEALER THEY WERE PERPLEXED REPLACED FOB. SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS JEEP WONT START WITH FOB AND THEN RANDOMLY DOES HAD IT TOWED 2 TIMES. I DONT TRUST TO TAKE IT FAR. ONCE WHEN DRIVING ON STREET. JEEP JUST SHUT OFF.VERY SCARY I LOOKED AT PANEL NO LIGHTS NO NOTHING. I WAS LUCKY I WASNT ON A HIGHWAY OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.NO POWER STEERING FORGOT NO POWER CANT STEER.VEERED OVER TOOK FOB OUT , PRAYED..STARTED UP. I DIDNT HIT IT WITH MY KNEE (IVE READ THAT COULD HAPPEN)ALSO MY FOB ALWAYS HAD A GOOD BATTERY. I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS ON MY MAKE AND MODEL THAT MATCH MY ISSUES BUT WHEN I CHECK MY VIN # IT DOESNT COME UP. I HAVE OTHER ISSUES THAT MATCH RECALLS ALSO THAT I WILL USE THE OTHER CATEGORIES. THE DATE WILL BE THE TIME I WAS DRIVING SINCE WAS MOST DANGEROUS

THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR AND BRONZED AND HAS WHAT LOOKS LIKE VEINS RUNNING TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE MIRROR. I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY AT ALL FROM THE INSIDE OF THE JEEP. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER. I WAS TOLD THE PART WAS DISCONTINUED AND NOT COVERED BY MY LIFETIME WARRANTY. THE DEALER AND BODY SHOPS HAVE TOLD ME THEY EXPERIENCED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH THIS ISSUE. THE MIRROR HAS DEFROST AND ELECTRICAL MOVEMENT. I FEEL THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR SAFETY ISSUES. MY JEEP ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 69,500 MILES AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHER THAN THIS MIRROR. THE SIDE MIRROR AND NOT BEEN DAMAGED IN ANY WAY PHYSICALLY FOR THIS TO HAVE HAPPENED. THE GLASS IS SMOOTH AND DOES REFLECT LIGHT, HOWEVER, I CANNOT SEE CLEARLY AT ALL FROM THE DRIVER SEAT. THE BRONZING DOES NOT ALLOW A REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR OF WHAT IS BESIDE ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN AT 5 MPH INTO AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AND CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED; HOWEVER, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE NECK THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

"TAKATA RECALL" I OWN A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER WITH A 3.7 LITER ENGINE. I ALWAYS MADE MY OIL CHANGE AT 50,000 MILES OR 6 MONTHS INTERVALS. I HAVE LEARNED THAT JEEP CHRYSLER AND DODGE VEHICLES PRODUCED FROM 2005 TO 2012 ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE OIL PICKUP TUBE NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR GETS CLOGGED WITH SLIM SO THT NO ENGINE OIL REACHES THE PISTONS AND CYLINDER HEAD. WHILE DRIVING, MY ENGINE THREW A PISTON ROD TROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK AND INTO THE OIL PAN. I AM SURE THAT JEEP KNEW OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE OIL PICKUP TUBE BUT DID NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM SINCE THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE OIL PICKUP TUBE. I LOVE MY JEEP BUT AGAIN, JEEP KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE 3.7L ENGINE WITH THE 8TH DIGIT OF THE VIN BEING K. JEEP/DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS OF THESE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS NOW BLOWN ALL DUE TO A DEFECTIVE OIL PICKUP TUBE. THE CUSTOMERS/OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES WITH THE 3,7L ENGINE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A NEW ENGINE FOR FREE IF THE ENGINE BLOCK HAS BECOME DAMAGED OR REPLACE THE OIL PICKUP TUBES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO HAVE THEIR ENGINE BLOWN. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ENGINE AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUE AND THAT BEING A BAD OIL PICKUP TUBE WHICH CAUSES INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN TAKING BTRASH TO THE DUMP WHEN IT THREW A CYLINDER AND SOUNDED LIKE BROKEN METAL IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE LOST COMPRESSION AND HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. WHAT I THOUGHT MAY BE A STARTER PROBLEM, I NOTICED THAT THE CYLINDER ACTUALLY WENT THRU THE BLOCK AND OIL PAN. GOOGLE UP DODGE/JEEP/CHRYSLER OIL PICKUP TUBE COMPLAINTS, YOU WILL FIND THAT THEIR ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE MAINLY EFFECTING THE VEHICLES FROM 2005 TO 2012 WITH THE 8TH DIGIT OF THE VIN BEING A LETTER (K). LIKE TO GET MY ENGINE REPLACED WITH A GOOD USED ENGINE AT NO COST TO ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG, ABS, AND TRACTION CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. NAPLETON'S RIVER OAKS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM IN LANSING, ILLINOIS WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE IGNITION KEY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 119,000.

BOTH LOWER ARM BUSHINGS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT RESULTING IN UNSAFE STEERING AND CLUNKY NOISE. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED OR USED OFF ROAD.