2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 Complaints

3RD ROW DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT HAS BROKEN TWICE SINCE WE PURCHASED JEEP COMMANDER IN MAY. DEALER REPLACED BROKEN SEATBELT IN DECEMBER 2008 AND IT BROKE AGAIN FEBRUARY 2009. THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION OUR SON WAS STUCK AND COULDN'T GET OUT. THE SEATBELT WOULDN'T RELEASE. THE SECOND TIME HARD TO FASTEN SEATBELT. THE SEATBELT WOULDN'T LATCH. WE ARE NOT USING THAT SEAT BELT TILL IT IS FIXED. WE ARE FAMILY OF 7 SO WE USE ALL 7 SEATBELTS. THE CONSEQUENCE WOULD BE ONE OF OUR CHILDREN BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO SEATBELT FAILURE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER, AND I HAVE HAD IT IN TO THE DEALER ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES NOW OVER STALLING ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE MAP SENSOR, WELL IT STALLED OUT THE LIKE 1-2 DAYS LATER. THEN THEY THOUGH IT NEEDED A TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATE. JUST THE OTHER DAY MY FAMILY AND I WERE COMING HOME FROM MY INLAWS AND IT STALLED AGAIN AND THIS TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTER SECTION AND I WAS SO MAD. I FINALLY PUSHED THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COULD NOT START IT, IT TOOK ABOUT 1/2 OF AN HOUR TO START IT AND HOLDING DOWN THE GAS PEDDLE. WELL OFF TO THE DEALER AGAIN. I GOT A CALL THE MORNING OF 10/14/2008 AND THEY THINK ITS THE FUEL PUMP NOW, COME ON IT HAS ONLY 14K MILES ON IT AND WE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW LAST NOVEMBER AND ALL OF THIS STARTED HAPPENING AT THE BEGGING OF SEPTEMBER. I WANT JEEP TO TAKE THIS PC OF CRAP BACK AND STOP MAKING THE TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

VEHICLE HAS ROLLED BACK 3 TIMES ON ITS OWN AFTER BEING STARTED WHILE TRANS WAS STILL IN PARK. DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NO PROBLEM TO BE FOUND. CHILD SAFETY LATCH ON DOOR HAS FAILED. POWER WINDOW REPEATEDLY GOES UP AND DOWN. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UP COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM COMES ON WHEN NOT NEEDED AND STAYS ON. SQUEAK IN RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION. OTHER WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON VEHICLE THAT I CAN DOCUMENT. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 8,450 MILES. *TR

SEVERE COLLISION WITH THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR AHEAD SUDDENLY STOPPED. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND SKIDDED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE'S REAR END. FROM THE SKID MARKS STARTING AT THE POINT OF CONTACT MY VEHICLE TOOK APPROX ANOTHER 35 FEET TO STOP. I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE'S SPEED WAS 30 MPH. IT WAS A SOLID HIT AS MY VEHICLE NOSE DIVED AND HIT BUMPER TO BUMPER. THE REAR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE'S BUMPER WAS FORCED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND GOUGED THE PAVEMENT. MY VEHICLE THEN CONTINUED TO CRUSH IN THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE CAR AND MY HOOD STRUCK THE REAR WINDOW. THE OTHER CAR THEN TRAVELED ABOUT 50 FEET FURTHER RESTING UPON A TELEPHONE POLE. I BELIEVE THAT THE IMPACT WAS SEVERE AND OF SUFFICIENT SPEED THAT THE AIR BAGS AND OR THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS SHOULD HAVE ENGAGED. I WAS SEAT BELTED IN AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT BUT STILL RECEIVED A MINOR CONCUSSION AND WHIPLASH. MY VEHICLE'S DAMAGE WAS QUITE SEVERE AND IS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF $14,000.00. BOTH FRAME RAILS ARE BENT AND AT THE VERY LEAST THE LEFT ONE WILL NEED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE A, 2008 JEEP COMMANDER WAS PURCHASED NEW BY MYSELF IN MAY 2008. ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF AND ALL SYSTEMS NOTE NO PROBLEMS. BY THIS I MEAN THAT THE AIR BAG LAMP AND SEAT BELT LAMP STILL OPERATE EVEN AFTER THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE BODY SHOP AND AWAIT YOUR ADVISE AS HOW TO PROCEED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN APPRAISED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND EVEN THEIR ADJUSTER ALONG WITH THE POLICE, EMERGENCY PEOPLE HAVE ALL QUESTIONED AS TO WHY MY SAFETY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DISASSEMBLED NOR HAS ANYONE MESSED WITH THE VEHICLE BEFORE OR AFTER THE CRASH. *TR

MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND CAR DIED IN MID-TURN. I PULLED OVER AND IT RESTARTED. I HAVE HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT, I REPORTED IT 5/19/08 # 10228160. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND IT WAS REPAIRED PER RECALL NOTICE. DEALERSHIP IS NOT HOPEFUL THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM UNTIL IT GETS WORSE! *TR

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAULTY ON 07 JEEP COMMANDER. ALSO KNOWN AS THE "STALL BUG". *TR

ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER OVERLAND WILL NOT START. I'LL INSERT THE KEY FOB INTO THE SLOT, TURN, AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENS. USUALLY AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS THE TRUCK WILL START. (THE DEALERSHIP CURRENTLY HAS THE TRUCK AND STILL IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE OR ISOLATE THE PROBLEM).

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A COMMERCIAL SHOPPING AREA IN CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND, OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER OVERLAND STALLED WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF OF THE ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC NEXT TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET. THE TRUCK RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES.

DRIVING ON HWY 51 IN TULSA. MY 2008 JEEP COMMANDER STALLED AT 55-60 MPH. COASTED TO AN OFF RAMP, PUT IN PARK AND IT RESTARTED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IN BROKEN ARROW, OK. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME I HAVE TO HAVE A CODE READING BEFORE THEY CAN DO ANYTHING, AND BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT MAY NOT PRODUCE A CODE, IF SO, THEY COULD DO NOTHING AND GOOD LUCK. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND IT HAS ONLY 2000 MILES. *TR

WINDSHIELD OF 2008 JEEP COMMANDER HAS CRACKED TWICE IN LESS THAN THE FIRST 1,000 MILES. BOTH TIMES WERE VERY SMALL AND SLOW ROCKS THAT WOULD NEVER DO ANY DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER WINDSHIELD I HAVE EVER OWNED. THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC! I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO A FUTURE SAFETY ISSUE! *TR