2007 JEEP COMMANDER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH IN DRY CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE RPM GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 30,000.

I OWN A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER WHICH I PURCHASED USED IN MAY OF 2007. MY JEEP STALLED ON ME AS I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT GETS WORSE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY SCANNED THE VEHICLE AND NO ERROR CODES CAME UP. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH 2006 AND 2007 COMMANDERS. GOING FORWARD I AM GOING TO BE NERVOUS DRIVING MY VEHICLE FOR FEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM ONLY TO HAVE THEM KEEP TELLING ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. PLEASE HELP. *TR

FIRSTLY, THE EVENT THAT BROUGHT THIS LETTER ABOUT TOOK PLACE ON 03/28/2008 AT 7:30 PM. THE JEEP COMMANDER I OWN SMASHED INTO MY HOUSE. WE BEGAN BBQ-ING ABOUT 6:00 PM. WHILE THE FOOD WAS COOKING WE SAT IN MY JEEP WITH THE DOORS OPEN AND ENGINE OFF. (THE PORCH WAS WET) AFTER THE FOOD WAS DONE, I TOOK IT INSIDE AND MY 6 YEAR OLD SON DYLAN STAYED OUTSIDE TO PLAY FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES. DYLAN WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT PRETENDING TO DRIVE. THE KEYS TO THE VEHICLE WERE INSIDE THE HOUSE AND WE LIVE ON A SECLUDED PIECE OF LAND IN THE COUNTRY, SO I SAW NO HARM IN THIS. HOWEVER, A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN I HEARD A CRASH AND FELT MY HOUSE MOVE, I HAD SECOND THOUGHTS! AT FIRST I DIDN'T ACTUALLY REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED; I WAS SEARCHING THE HOUSE FOR WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED SUCH A RACKET. THEN MY SON CAME IN THE HOUSE HYSTERICALLY CRYING. ALL HE COULD MANAGE WAS, 'THE CAR, THE CAR'. AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE MEANT A TOY CAR AND THEN AS I RUSHED OUTSIDE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF HIS HYSTERIA I DISCOVERED MY JEEP HAD CRASHED INTO MY HOUSE. AS I WAS STUNNED AND STARING AT THE UNBELIEVABLE SITE BEFORE ME, MY SON WAS STILL PANIC-STRICKEN AND SOBBING. I THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT HE HAD TAKEN MY KEYS AND STARTED THE CAR, BUT THE CAR WASN'T RUNNING AND I FOUND MY KEYS NEATLY ON THEIR HOOK, AS ALWAYS. DYLAN COULDN'T MAKE ANY FUNCTIONAL SENTENCES TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED SO I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE. I FOUND THE GEARSHIFT IN REVERSE, BUT THERE WERE NO KEYS IN THE CAR. SINCE I HAD RETRIEVED MY KEYS, I BACKED THE CAR UP TO ITS USUAL POSITION TO CHECK OUT THE DAMAGE. I CONTINUED MY INVESTIGATION AND FOUND THAT EVEN WITH NO KEY IN THE IGNITION AND NO FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE GEARSHIFT WOULD EASILY SHIFT FROM PARK TO ANY OTHER GEAR. SO DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION, DYLAN'S INNOCENT PRETEND 'DRIVING' BECAME REAL AND RESULTED IN A REAL ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED HIM OR ONE OF MY OTHER CHILDREN AND DID REAL DAMAGE THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS MY HOUSE. *TR

IGNITION KEY IS LOCATED IN A DANGEROUS LOCATION WHEREAS THE DRIVER'S KNEE CAN BUMP INTO THE KEY WHILE DRIVING, WHICH THEN STALLS THE VEHICLE AND LOCKS THE STEERING WHEEL, CREATING AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE CAR WHILE ON THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC. *TR

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (FIRST TIME WAS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THE SECOND WAS WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO), MY JEEP COMMANDER HAS STALLED WHILE COMING TO A STOP WITH LIGHT BRAKING (ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING). I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT (IN DRIVE WITH BRAKES APPLIED) THE ENGINE SEEMS TO HESITATE AND ALMOST SHUTS OFF. ALSO, AT VARIOUS TIMES, THERE HAS BEEN NOTICEABLE HESITATION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STANDSTILL OR ROLLING STOP (5-10MPH). PROBLEMS SEEM TO BE RELATED. I USE ONLY "NAME BRAND" 89 OCTANE FUEL (MFG. RECOMMENDATION). *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2007 JEEP COMMANDER, AND DURING THE FIRST RAIN THAT WE GOT THE FRONT PASSENGER CABIN AREA WAS FLOODED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SHIP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH OTHER JEEP COMMANDERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE TO OBTAIN ADVICE FROM THEM WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AS OF THE LAST RAINS THAT WE RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2008 I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH WATER ENTERING SOME WERE THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE AND LEAKING DOWN INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AREA. MY CURRENT MILEAGE 4,000. *TR

MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER HAS STALLED ON ME ABOUT 7 TIMES SO FAR, FOUR OF WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. IT ALSO ACCELERATES WHILE DRIVING AT ONE SPEED TO A FASTER SPEED, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE A REAR END ACCIDENT! BUT THE WORST OF IT ALL IS WHEN I AM SITTING AT A LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR WILL JERK FORWARD, AGAIN, ALMOST CAUSING A REAR END ACCIDENT(MIND YOU MY FOOT IS STILL ON THE BRAKE WHEN THIS HAPPENS!) I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR WHISTLING SOUND WHEN ALL WINDOWS ARE ROLLED UP I NEED HELP OR I NEED TO TURN THIS HAZARD IN! I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN! *TR

I FIRST NOTICED MY CAR'S ENGINE DYING OUT APPROX. 2 MO. AFTER PURCHASING IT. IT HAPPENED AT A RED LIGHT, AND I STARTED IT RIGHT BACK UP, AND THOUGHT NOTHING MUCH OF IT. THE ENGINE WOULD PUTTER AT RED LIGHTS (3 TIMES OVER TIME). THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT, I LEFT THE GROCERY STORE, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO BEYOND 20 MPH, NO MATTER HOW I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY EMERGENCY BLINKERS AND TAKE THE ACCESS ROAD HOME. I T WAS NIGHT, AND I DID'T WANT TO BE HIT OR REAR ENDED. I FEEL SO DISGUSTED, AND ANGRY, BECAUSE I JUST PURCHASED IT THIS PAST SUMMER ON JULY 7, 2007.IT HAS ONLY APPROX 6,000 MILES . THIS ISN'T NORMAL. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT THE DEATHS ON THE JEEP COMMANDERS, WHERE THE CAR ENGINE AND ALL ITS LIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY TURN OFF, WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. I DON'T WANT MY CAR ANYMORE,I DON'T WANT TO BE A STATISTIC. THE CAR SEEMED NORMAL THE FOLLOWING MORNING. I AM DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK ON THE ACCESS ROADS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE LOCAL DEALER HERE IS THAT IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES, THEY WILL WRITE A COMPUTER PRINT OUT THAT STATES "NOTHING WRONG FOUND", AND SEND YOU AWAY. I SPOKE TO THE GENERAL MGR. JACK DUNN, AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION HE TOLD ME I HAD PROBABLY PUMPED SOME DIRTY GASOLINE IN THE ENGINE, BECAUSE HE KNEW OF THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED TO ME WITH OTHER CARS. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD NEVER LET THE GASOLINE TANK GO LOWER THAN HALF-FULL. I PLAN TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER THIS FRIDAY. *TR

NEW 2007 JEEP COMMANDER WITH 2,500 MILES PURCHASED 3 MONTHS AGO, POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. JEEP IN FOR REPAIR OVER 30 DAYS AND NO SOLUTION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *TR

WHEN CAR IS DRIVEN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND YOU EXIT AND SLOW DOWN THE ENGINE WILL STALL AND THEN START BACK UP ITSELF. THE CAR IS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER WITH THE 5.7L ENGINE. *TR