2007 JEEP COMMANDER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE TRAVELING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 43,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE OVER HEATING ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,500.

WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE IS INTERUPTED, THE SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM COMES ON THE DISPLAY. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS HAS HAPPEND TO ME AND MY WIFE AT LEAST FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST 8 WEEKS. WE HAVE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE, RESTART AND CONTINUE ON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN PULLING OUT NOT TO HAVE ACCELERATION WHEN YOU SHOULD. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TRACKED THE PROBLEM TO THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE. AS USUAL ITS NOT COVERED. ITS VERY DISSAPOINTING TO SPEND MONEY MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE PER THE RECCOMENDATION OF THE MANUFACTURER JUST TO HAVE TO REPLACE PARTS THAT CANNOT BE MAINTAINED. *TR

THIS PROBLEM BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2008. TYPICALLY, AFTER SHIFTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST IDLE SPEED, HAVE A MODERATE BUCKING, ALL GEAR SELECTOR LIGHTS ON THE DASH WERE BOXED IN, AND AN ERROR MESSAGE WOULD READ "SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM". THE PROBLEM WAS SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED WIRES AND CONNECTORS, AND REPLACED THE BEZEL ASSEMBLY ON SHIFTER. THIS SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL RECENTLY. BEGINNING A FEW MONTHS AGO, AROUND THE BEGINNING OF 2012, I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS: ALL GEAR SELECTOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, NO ACCELERATION FOR 10-15 SECONDS, AND SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM MESSAGE. THE PROBLEM OCCURS ALMOST ALWAYS IN THE MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK, SCHOOL, ETC.. IT HAS NEVER LASTED LONGER THAN 15-20 SECONDS ON ANY DAY, AND SEEMS TO OCCUR APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO TIMES PER WEEK, OVER THE LAST 4 WEEKS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT LATER THIS WEEK AT A DEALER TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. BUT READING SEVERAL INTERNET SOURCES, THIS OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE, AS THERE ARE MANY ACCOUNTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MOMENTS AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY COMMANDER, IT STARTED TO SPUTTER AND SHIFT GEARS ERRATICALLY AND THEN DIED. THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AS I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER I TURNED THE CAR OFF COMPLETELY, I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR TO CONTINUE TO WORK. AS SOON AS I PUT THE VEHICLE IN GEAR, IT STALLED ONCE AGAIN. ON THE THIRD TRY, I WAS ABLE TO PLACE MY VEHICLE IN GEAR AND COMPLETE MY DRIVE TO WORK BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. THIS SAME SCENARIO HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES SINCE THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT. *JS

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. AT TIMES IT WILL NOT START. RECENTLY IT HAS LOST POWER/SPEED WHEN ACCELERATING. I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND IT SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 20MPH. THE ENGINE HAD A STRANGE NOISE TO IT. I HAVE HAD IT "FIXED" MULTIPLE TIMES BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO STOP THE PROBLEMS. IT IS THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. *TR

APRIL 12 2012, ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS THE CAR STALLED, TWO TIMES WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND TWO OTHER TIMES WHILE TURNING A CORNER AT ABOUT 15 MPH, ALL FOUR WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, VEHICLE LOST POWER. DASH DISPLAY MESSAGE APPEARED "SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM" AND VEHICLE GEAR DISPLAY INDICATED THE P R N D WERE ALL ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE STAYED RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL, DECELERATING. TURNED ON HAZARD LIGHTS AND PULLED OVER, PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK, SHIFTED TO DRIVE, AND CONTINUED AS NORMAL. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES SINCE THEN AND IN MANY DIFFERENT DRIVING SITUATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER PULLING INTO TRAFFIC ON A HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, CAUSING THE TRAFFIC BEHIND TO NEARLY SLAM INTO US. IF ACCELERATION HAD BEEN AVAILABLE AS NORMAL, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE PROBLEM HAPPENED DURING HEAVY RUSH HOUR INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, CAUSING THE NEED TO CROSS SEVERAL LANES TO REACH A BREAKDOWN LANE. IT HAS HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE AND AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING NORMALLY FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO PROVIDE POWER OR ACCELERATION WHEN IT IS NEEDED. PRIVATE SHOP CHECKED THE FAULT CODES AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THIS EXACT PROBLEM WITH THESE EXACT SYMPTOMS IS COMMON AND WIDESPREAD IN THE 2007 JEEP COMMANDER AND APPEARS TO INDICATE A FAULTY ELECTRONIC SHIFTER MODULE. CHRYSLER RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM IS HIT AND MISS, SOME DEALERS ACKNOWLEDGING THEY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, OTHERS CLAIMING THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN IT AND THE PROBLEM IS ISOLATED AND NOT WIDESPREAD. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY. WE USED THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT OUR CHILDREN AND NOW WE CAN'T EVEN TRUST IT TO SAFELY GET US TO THE SHOP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. *TR

AFTER COMING HOME FROM WORK AROUND 8:30 PM, I WAS AWAKENED 3 HOURS LATER TO THE LIGHTS OF A FIRE ENGINE AND THE SOUND OF MY VEHICLE'S ALARM BECAUSE OF A FIRE IN MY FRONT SEAT . THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT STATED THAT THERE WAS INDEED A MALFUNCTION OF THE HEATED SEATS. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THEY DETERMINED IT A TOTAL LOSS. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER'S CLAIMS GROUP, AND UPON THEIR INVESTIGATION, STATED THAT IS WAS NOT THEIR FAULT OR MINE AND IT WAS NOTHING THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. *TR