2007 JEEP COMMANDER Complaints

1. MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER ACTS AS IF IT SLIPS OUT OF DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. ALL THE P R N D LIGHTS LIGHT UP AND I HAVE NO GAS POWER. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. I HAVE TO PUSH THE SHIFTER TO THE RIGHT TO TRY AND GET IT TO GO IN GEAR OR PULL OVER AND NOT DRIVE IT. BROUGHT IT IN AND STATED IT WAS THE STARTER. FIXED THAT AND NOW THE PROBLEM IS WORSE. THE CAR WILL NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. I FINALLY HAVE A NEW CHRYSLER DEALER THAT IS GOING THROUGH PROPER STEPS TO FIGURE THE PROBLEM OUT AND THE HAVE KEPT ME INFORMED. THE OUTCOME IS A ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE. I AM JUST OVER MY WARRANTY AND IT IS GOING TO COST APPROX. $1000.00 TO FIX PLUS THE $397 I JUST SPENT ON THE STARTER THAT I MAY HAVE NOT NEEDED. THE WORST PART IS I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND THERE ARE SO MANY COMMANDERS OUT THERE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS A HAZARD AND SAFETY ISSUE! GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN NO POWER IS SCARY. *TR

VEHICLE BEGINS TO STALL, AND HAS NO ACCELERATION, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND ALL GEARS ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE DASH. IT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT, AND NOW IS HAPPENING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHERE BEFORE IT HAPPENED FROM A STOPPED POSITION ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. ON 01/22/11 WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH ON A FREEWAY, THE GEARS SELECTIONS WHERE ALL HIGHLIGHTED, AND THE CAR BEGAN TO BOG, AND HAD NO ACCELERATION. THIS WAS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN BEING ON A MAJOR CONGESTED HIGHWAY IN CHICAGO, WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. THIS STALLING PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 20-30 TIMES SINCE IT FIRST STARTED HAPPENING.

MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM DINNER AND ABOUT HALF WAY HOME THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THE SPEED DROPPED FROM 70 MPH TO 40 AND KEPT SLOWING DOWN. WE HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. THE CAR HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE AND A LIGHT COMES ON THAT SAYS "SERVICE PARK ASSIST". I HAVE READ UP ON THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEALT WITH! THIS IS ALSO A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. I ALSO FOUND THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE "PARK ASSIST" BUT RATHER THE TRANSMISSION IN THE TRUCK AND THAT MANY HAVE FAILED WELL BEFORE 50,000 MILES BUT SHORTLY AFTER JEEP'S 35,000 MILE WARRANTY. JEEP DID NOT COVER MY CAR BECAUSE I BOUGHT IT USED WHICH TERMINATED THE WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED - THIS IS MY FIRST JEEP - AND I HAVE WANTED A JEEP FOR YEARS. THE CAR STILL DECELERATES AT TIMES - I CAN BE IN TRAFFIC OR PULLING OFF FROM A STOP OR TURNING A CORNER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS NOT SHIFTING OR ACCELERATING. I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW CAR RIGHT NOW BUT AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY. PLEASE READ UP ON THE MANY ARTICLES AND COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND SAVE LIVES!!! WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND CLOSE-CALL ACCIDENTS I WOULD THINK THAT SINCE IT IS 2011 SOMETHING WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY NOW!

IGNITION SWITCH OUT?? ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS GONE HAYWIRE! RADIO DOESN'T WORK. COMPLETELY DIED ON ME AND COULD NOT RESTART FOR 30 MINUTES...ARRRRRR. *TR

MY 8 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND THE PRND LIGHT ALL LIT UP AT THE SAME TIME. THE DASHBOARD READ "SERVICE PARK ASSIST BRAKE" AND THE CAR QUIT ACCELERATING AND THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS DRIVING BEHIND HER AND SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE TURNING ONTO THE ROAD YOU COULD EASILY BE HIT FROM THE SIDE OR FROM BEHIND. WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER INCIDENTS OF LOSS OF ACCELERATION, BUT BOTH TIMES THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING AGAIN AFTER 5 OR 10 SECONDS. IN EVERY INSTANCE THE PRND ON THE DASHBOARD LIGHT UP AT THE SAME TIME.

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED SUCH AS SLOWING TO STOP OR TAKING OFF FROM A DEAD STOP THE TRUCK STALLS AND HAS TO BE PUT IN PARK AND RESTARTED. THIS HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK ALSO STALLS OR HAS A POWER FAILURE WHERE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT ITS A GOVERNED SPEED AND THE ENGINE WON'T LET YOU SPEED UP. THE COMPUTER NOW IS HAVING ISSUES SAYING THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT IS TOO COLD, THOUGHT THE THERMOSTAT IS WORKING FINE AS WELL AS THE GAUGES INSIDE THE TRUCK. THE COMPUTER IS ALSO GIVING A CODE OF AN ERROR WITH THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART BY TURNING THE KEY BACK AND STARTING THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE DRIVER'S SEAT TILTS BACKWARD ON ITS OWN. THE REMOTE UNLOCK AND LOCK BUTTONS ONLY WORKED ON OCCASION AND FINALLY WATER WOULD ENTER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT RAINED. UPDATED 03/09/11 UPDATED 06/16/11 *BF UPDATED 06/23/11

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER ALL FOUR GEARS WOULD SHOW THEM BEING HIGHLIGHTED (P-N-R-D) AND WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN IT WOULD LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN TO A POINT WHERE THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT BEING REAR ENDED IF IT COULD NOT BE PULLED OVER. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE. IN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET THIS IS NOT A ISOLATED INCIDENT BUT IS OCCURRING NATION-WIDE. THE SERVICE MANAGER EVEN SAID THAT THEY GET ABOUT ONE OF THESE A MONTH. THIS IS JUST ONE DEALER AND APPEARS TO BE NATION-WIDE FROM WHAT I SAW ON THE INTERNET. BOTH THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT EXCEPT REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER IS IGNORING BUT SOMEDAY THEY MAY BE FACING A LAW SUIT IF THEIR IS A BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ABS, ESP AND THE SLIPPERY WHEN WET WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL SUDDENLY LOCKED AND BEGAN TO EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO HAD NOT YET CONTACTED HER BACK WITH A DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON A CURVED ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE AN OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE AN ENGINE MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE SEVERAL UNKNOWN REPAIRS WERE MADE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A FULL DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE UNAWARE IF THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC MADE ANY REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.