2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 Complaints

BRAKING CAPABILITY -- SEEMINGLY IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE -- IS DIMINISHED BY APPARENT WARPING OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. THIS BECAME FIRST NOTICEABLE TO ME AT APPROX JUST 15K MILES. JEEP (DAIMLERCHRYSLER) WANTS NO PART OF REPAIR (WARRANTY EXP AT 12K MILES, THEY SAY). INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP INFORMS ME THAT THIS IS CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. I COMPLAINED TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER VIA LATTER IN MARCH; THEY DECLINED TO HELP VIA LETTER DATED APRIL 10, 2007.

ON SEVERAL OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE HAS COMPLETELY CUT OUT. I HAVE CONCLUDED, LUCKILY WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR INJURY, THAT THE CAUSE WAS MY INADVERTENTLY HITTING THE IGNITION KEY, LOCATED IN THIS VEHICLE PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE DRIVER'S RIGHT KNEE, AND EFFECTIVELY TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION. IT TOOK A SLIGHT TOUCH FOR THIS TO OCCUR, ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER KEYS OR SUCH DANGLING DOWN FROM THE IGNITION KEY. FOR A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER, SUCH AS MY DAUGHTER THIS SUDDEN AND IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER ON THE OPEN ROAD COULD , D AT SOME POINT,WILL-- CAUSE PANIC AND PERHAPS MUCH WORSE. THIS NEEDED ADDRESSED. I HAVE READ ON INTERNET SITES/BLOCS ABOUT OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. *AK

I DROVE A 22007 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED 5.7LT HEMI. ON MAY 8, 2007 I WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE OR TWO WHEN THE SIGNAL TURNED GREEN AND I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE STALLED. I HIT THE GAS A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. I THEN PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE,AND IT STARTED FINE, BUT THE STALLING FRIGHTENED AND CONCERNED ME.*AK

THIS COMPLAINT IS IN CONNECTION WITH A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE VEHICLE STALLED TWICE WHILE ON A HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE PLACEMENT AND DESIGN OF THE IGNITION MAY BE TO BLAME FOR THIS AND OTHER STALLS (WHICH ARE NOW UNDER NHTSA INVESTIGATION). IT APPEARS THAT IF YOU HIT YOUR KNEE ON THE KEY WHILE IT IS IN THE IGNITION YOU CAN EASILY TURN THE TRUCK OFF WHILE IT IS IN OPERATION. PLEASE REVIEW THE PLACEMENT OF THE IGNITION AND ITS DESIGN AS IT APPEARS TO OFFER LITTLE RESISTANCE TO GLANCES FROM THE DRIVER'S KNEE. IT SEEMS TO EASILY TURN THE TRUCK OFF. (DATE OF INCIDENT BELOW IS APPROXIMATE.) *TR

A NEW VEHICLE, THE JEEP COMMANDER, ON A WET HIGHWAY, IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR ANYONE BEHIND. REASON, HORRIBLE DESIGN RESULTS IN MORE SPRAY AND MIST KICKED UP THAN AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER. THIS HORRIBLY DESIGNED, UNAERODYNAMIC PILE OF JUNK IS A MAJOR MENACE THAT TURNS A WET HIGHWAY INTO A MOVING CLOUD AND THEY WILL BE THE CAUSE OF A MAJOR PILE-UPS. ALL SHOULD BE BOUGHT BACK AND SCRAPPED. TEST ONE ON A VERY WET ASPHALT HIGHWAY AND MY COMPLAINT WILL BE OBVIOUS TO ALL. BAN THIS VEHICLE BEFORE IT KILLS SOMEONE. *JB