2007 JEEP COMMANDER Complaints

WAS DRIVING TO WORK GOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND MOTOR JUST SHUTS OFF. HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE KEY AND TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE. IT DIDN'T START ON THE FIRST TRY HAD TO TURN KEY OFF AND TRIED AGAIN IT STARTED. IT DID THE SAME THING WHEN I WAS GOING HOME THAT MORNING HAD TO DO THE SAME THING AS ABOVE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS I DIDN'T HAVE POWER STEERING OR BRAKES LUCKILY I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

3RD ROW SEAT BELTS BREAK AND ARE UNUSABLE WHENEVER THE 3RD ROW SEATS ARE FOLDED DOWN. THE PLASTIC PIECE IS PUSHED OVER THE METAL LATCHING PIECE OF THE SEAT BELT. THEY HAVE BEEN FIXED AND ARE NOW BROKEN AGAIN, NOW THE 3RD ROW SEAT CANNOT BE USED FOR PASSENGERS. WATER FROM RAIN IS COMING THROUGH THE DOORS, PUDDLING AT THE BASE OF THE DOOR. THE JEEP WAS IN PARK, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD NOT GO, ALL OF THE PRD WERE LIT UP WITH BLOCKS AROUND THEM. I TURNED OFF THE JEEP AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM THE DOCTORS OFFICE MY JEEP WENT DEAD ON ME. I HAD NO. IDEAL WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. IT STARTED BACK UP AND IT HAS HAPPEN TO ME SEVERAL MIRE TIMES SINCE. I TRAVEL WITH MY KIDS AND I'M AFRAID IT IS GOING TO GET US KILLED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY RECALLS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER EIGHT TIMES FOR THE SIMILAR DEFECT. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND BATTERY WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED BY A SPECIALIZED TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED SEVERAL TROUBLE CODES AND CONTINUED INVESTIGATING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. ..UPDATED 02-28-14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHILE IN IDLE OR IN PARK. UPDATED 03/14/2014 *JS

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I AM A MOTHER, WIFE , DAUGHTER. THE BAD THING OF THIS SITUATION IS THAT I HAD THIS REPLACED ONCE BEFORE I HAD 31,505 MILES ON IT AND THE EMS ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED . 4 YRS LATER MILEAGE AT 82,000 MILES THE SAME PART HAS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND ALL THEY CAN SAY WE ARE SORRY THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU. THIS PART IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND INFORMED THAT THE PART (68021352) WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THIS MALFUNCTIONS HAS CAUSED ME TO NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE MY CAR WITH MY DAUGHTER IN IT. WITH OUT WARNING THIS HAS HAPPENED ONE TO MANY TIMES. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED WHEN I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED BACK IN 2008 I PAID 100.00 NOW TODAY WHEN I HAD IT REPAIRED IT COST 1000.00. FUNNY ISN'T IT THAT OVER 4 YRS THIS PART HAS DOUBLED IN PRICE. AND THE MECHANIC AT CHRYSLER SAYS TO ME OH YEAH I'VE SEEN THIS ALOT ON THIS MODEL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON I WAS DRIVING 30MPH AND HAD TO PULL OVER THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OR GO OVER 30 MPR AT 31,505 MILES ON IT AND THE EMS ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT MODULE. HAS TO BE REPLACED. 4 YRS LATER MILEAGE AT 82,000 MILES THE SAME PART HAS TO BE REPLACED.THIS TIME I WAS ON INTERSTATE 94 DRIVING 60MPR AND THE LIGHTS CAME ON I PULLED OFF INTERSTATE AND WHEN I PULLED INTO GAS STATION THE CAR PULLED AND LUNGED I TURNED IT OFF WAITED AND TURNED BACK ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 30MPR IT WOULD NOT GO PAST 30MPR. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND ALL THEY CAN SAY IS HOLD ON TO YOUR RECEIPTS AS THIS PART IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THIS MALFUNCTIONS HAS CAUSED ME TO NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE MY CAR WITH MY DAUGHTER IN IT. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH WITH MY DAUGHTER AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING FOR THE 7TH OR 8TH TIME SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 6PM AND IT SCARED HER AND MY 9 YR OLD DAUGHTER TO TEARS. THIS VEHICLE IS A REAL DANGER TO MY FAMILY AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS. IT DOES NOT START AT THIS POINT. *TR

SLOWING DOWN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. AGAIN COMING CLOSE TO CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF SO MUCH TRAFFIC., THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES CAUSE GRID LOCK AND CHAOS. ALL I COULD HERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND WHEN TRYING TO START IT. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THAT AND THE LAST TIME I ENDED UP HAVING TO STEER INTO A STEEP DITCH TO AVOID REAR ENDING AN 18 WHEELER. I HAD MY KIDS WITH ME AT THE TIME. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND GOT NO HELP. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND I LOST ALL POWER. CONTINUED TO RUN AND STALLED 5 MINUTES LATER ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ABNORMALLY BEFORE STALLING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY WHO REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE ONCE AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED TO COVER FIFTY PERCENT OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.