2007 JEEP COMMANDER Complaints

THE "SERVICE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM" LIGHT COMES ON. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER 7-8 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE COMPLAINED TO JEEP. I BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY PERFORM WHATEVER NEW FIX THEY CONJURE UP AND IT SOMETIMES WILL STOP FOR A WEEK OR TWO THEN COME RIGHT BACK ON, IT ONCE CAME BACK ON WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE DEALER. I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WITH THE SAME VEHICLE WHO HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS READ FAULTY TIRE PRESSURES AS WELL THAT COME AND GO AND CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY IN JUST 5 MINUTES. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING ON MY SPARE DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE READING AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT AIR IN MY TIRE, I TRIED TO UNSCREW THE PLASTIC ON THE VALVE AND HALF THE VALVE CRACK OFF. I NOW HAVE THE SPARE ON AND WHILE A PORTABLE TIRE GAUGE READS 35 THE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CAR READS 19. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, MY VEHICLE WAS STRUCK WITH A PEBBLE WHICH CAUSED IT TO CHIP. DAYS LATER, THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED. THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT IT, TOOK PICTURES, SUBMITTED IT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WOULD REPLACE IT DUE TO DEFECT, ETC. I WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONALS THAT THE SITUATION WAS ODD. I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP, AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF TRYING TO CONTACT THEM, WAS TOLD THEY WERE STILL WAITING. MONTHS HAD PASSED AND I STILL NEVER GOT ANYWHERE WITH CHRYSLER SO I REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD OUT OF POCKET IN NOV. 2007. SINCE THEN I HAVE 2 NEW STONE CHIPS AND A 3RD THAT RESULTED IN THE SAME SPLINTERING CRACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. THE SAME HAS RECENTLY HAPPENED TO MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER WHEN A SMALL CHIP SPLINTERED IN 5 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. IN ALL THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND ALL THE VEHICLES MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE OWNED I HAVE NEVER HAD EVEN A CHIP IN A WINDSHIELD, EVEN WHILE LIVING ON A GRAVEL ROAD. IS THIS JUST BAD LUCK OR IS CHRYSLER TO BLAME FOR CHEAP/FAULTY PARTS? I HAVE SEEN MANY SERVICE BULLETINS ON YOUR WEBSITE REGARDING THIS AS WELL. *TR

I DRIVE A JEEP COMMANDER AND THE THIRD ROW SEAT BELT HAS BEEN BROKEN SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT TO BUCKLE UP MY CHILD, THE DEALER SAYS THE SEAT IS NOT LINING UP WITH THE VEHICLE... *TR

THE BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD LOCK UP AT HIGH SPEEDS, DRIVABLE AND YOU FEEL THE FRICTION AND IT'S LIKE A TUGGING EFFECT UNTIL YOU BRAKE AND THEN IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY FINE. THIS FIRST HAPPENED BACK IN JUNE OF 2007. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO HAVE THE DEALER LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THEIR TESTS. THIS BRAKE PROBLEM HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY THROUGH THE YEAR WITH NO WARNING LIGHT APPEARING ON THE PANEL AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND ALWAYS THE SAME RESULT, NOTHING THEY CAN FIND IN THEIR TESTS. BUT LATELY THIS BRAKE PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY, MORE RANDOM AND PROGRESSIVE AND AGAIN WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION, 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS IN FACT. AND STILL NOTHING THEY CAN FIND. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND SHUTS OFF. WHEN SHE RESTARTS THE VEHICLE, IT RUNS SLUGGISH AND WITH LESS POWER. SHE IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V203000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)) WAS FOUND FOR THE 2006 COMMANDERS. THE MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/03/08 *BF THE DEALER UPDATED THE PCM. UPDATED 10/06/08. *JB

I HAVE OWNED MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER FOR ABOUT TEN MONTHS NOW. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS WHEN MY KNEE BUMPS THE BOTTOM OF THE IGNITION KEY (TURNING IT TO THE LEFT, & SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF) WHICH IS UNUSUALLY LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE CONSOLE (I GUESS THIS VEHICLE WASN'T MEANT FOR TALL PEOPLE). WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SHUTS OFF, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING TO SHUT OFF AS WELL. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES NOW. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008 AROUND 11:15 AM. I WAS DRIVING MY 1 YEAR OLD SON TO THE BABYSITTERS HOUSE. MY KNEE BUMPED THE KEY AS I WAS APPROACHING A TURN, SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE/POWER STEERING, SO I KEPT GOING STRAIGHT, AND NEARLY CRASHED. LUCKILY, I SLAMMED THE BRAKES AND STOPPED JUST IN TIME. AFTER THIS INCIDENT I REALIZED HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM REALLY IS. ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO DRIVE IT AT THE MOMENT (BACKWARDS, SO I CAN'T AFFORD TO TRADE IT IN), I HAVE BECOME LEERY AND UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MY COMMANDER BECAUSE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO MY CHILD, ME, OR SOMEONE ELSE IF (OR RATHER WHEN) THIS HAPPENS AGAIN. I AM NOW CONSTANTLY TRYING TO STAY AWARE OF WHERE MY RIGHT KNEE IS AT ALL TIMES. INSTEAD OF REPORTING THIS TO MY DEALERSHIP (I KNOW THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT DESIGN FLAWS). I HAVE DECIDED TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE NHTSA. PLEASE HELP! *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. I LOOKED AT THE GAS GAGE TO FIND OUT THAT IT SAID IT WAS ON E. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD BECAUSE I HAD JUST PUT 30.00 INTO THE GAS TANK. I WAS PASSING BY A GAS STATION AND TURNED IN REAL QUICK. I THEN NOTICED MY GAUGES THAT TOLD ME THE OUTSIDE TEMP WAS BLACK AND ALL OTHER ELECTRONIC THINGS WERE OFF. THEN AS I WAS TURNING INTO THE GAS STATION THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP ON ME AND I ALMOST RAN DIRECTLY INTO THE GAS PUMPS. I SLAMMED ON MY BREAKS AND WAS ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. WHEN THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP THAT?S WHEN I REALIZED THE CAR HAD JUST TURNED OFF PREVIOUS AND IT WASN'T THE GAS. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED THE KEY ALL THE WAY OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THE CAR STARTED RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN. THIS IS ONLY ONE OF A FEW PROBLEMS I?M HAVING IN REGARDS TO THE CAR GOING OUT OF CONTROL. *TR

NEW VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. ALWAYS BETWEEN 35 AND 55 MPH ON ACCELERATION. HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE SO FAR AND TOLD NOTHING IS SHOWING FOR DIAGNOSTIC CODES. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER THAT I GOT ON 9/22/07 IT WAS BRAND NEW. MY HUSBAND WENT ON A BUSINESS TRIP (APPROXIMATELY 170 + MILES AWAY FROM HOME) ON MONDAY THE 26TH OF DECEMBER. ON HIS WAY HOME ON THURSDAY THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH CAME ON AND IT WENT DEAD. HE TOOK IT TO THAT DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT. THEN LAST FRIDAY ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN AND IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 65 MILES AN HOUR WHICH HE WAS TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE AND ENDED UP IN SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD!! WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT. LAST NIGHT WE LEFT A RESTAURANT AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN SO I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP RIGHT THEN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DOING APPROX 112 KM/HR WHEN MY VEHICLE A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER LOST ALL POWER, ALL SYSTEMS WENT COMPLETELY DEAD FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS, JUST AS I STARTED TO PANIC EVERYTHING STARTED UP AGAIN. MY YOUNG DAUGHTER AND I WERE SCARED DRIVING THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WORRIED IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT FROM ST. ALBERT DODGE JEEP AND BOOKED IT IN FOR A CHECK. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD FIND NOTHING AND THAT THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES. I TOLD THEM I WAS NOT PICKING IT UP UNTIL IT WAS RESOLVED AS I HAVE 4 YOUNG CHILDREN AND DO NOT WANT THE VEHICLE DYING ON ME AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. AT THIS POINT I WENT ONLINE TO SEE WHAT I COULD FIND AND WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT 76 OTHER COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN LODGED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA07007. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS AND FOR ME TO BRING IN THE INFORMATION WHEN I PICK UP MY VEHICLE. *TR