2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 Complaints

MY VEHICLE STALLED OVER 5 TIMES IN FIRST 10 MINUTES OF OPERATION. ONCE I GOT TO 50-60 MPH THE ENGINE WITH HESITATE AND STALL OUT AT HIGH SPEEDS AND REQUIRE A SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT ISSUE WITH MY JEEP COMMANDER SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED IT IN 2012. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN TO JEEP/CHRYSLER ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND THEY HAVE NEVER FOUND THE ISSUE. I HAD TO LEAVE MY VEHICLE WITH NAPERVILLE CHRYSLER/JEEP/RAM/DODGE ON FRIDAY 6/20 BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND DANGEROUS. THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. I HAVE READ THAT 100'S IF NOT 1000'S OF JEEP OWNERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES AND TO DATE NO RECALL OR FIX. SHAME ON CHRYSLER, SOMEBODY WILL BE INJURED BECAUSE THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHEN I STOP IT. I HAVE TO THEN PUT IT IN PARK AND TURN THE KEY OFF AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART IT; USUALLY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WILL TURN BACK ON. THANKFULLY IT HASN'T HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING... YET. SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012, THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT. IT NOW HAS 110000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE ALSO DONE ALL OF THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND MORE AND NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP THE ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

AFTER HAVE RECALL N23 APPLIED, 4WD SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE. DEALER CHARGED ME AND REPLACED TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR. 4WD SYSTEM FAILED A MONTH LATER, DEALER STATES VEHICLE NEEDS ANOTHER TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR. SEEMS LIKE THIS RECALL CAUSED DAMAGE TO SYSTEM. *TR

THE FOB IS A ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW. I NOW HAVE TO BUY MY 3RD ONE SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY WILL NOT LOCK THE DOORS NOW. I HAVE TRIED 2 BATTERIES BUT THIS DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.THIS IS MY 4TH COMPLAINT SINCE LAST YEAR. *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO TIMES THAT THE VEHICLE JUST WOULD NOT START AFTER A RAIN, BUT WHEN WE HAD IT LOOKED AT NO PROBLEMS AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE MAJOR ISSUE IS THAT WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE TOLL ROAD ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE VEHICLE JUST LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT GO OVER ABOUT 30MPH, SO I HAVE TO TRY AND GET ACROSS A TOLL ROAD IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC SO THAT I CAN TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON. WHEN I DID THAT IT CAME BACK ON FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT WHEN WE CALLED CHRYSLER THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR OUR VIN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM THAT THE NON 4X4 2008 COMMANDER HAS AND THAT DID GET A RECALL. NOW THE VEHICLE DID IT AGAIN LAST NIGHT AND WILL NOT CORRECT ITSELF WITH A RESTART, AND WILL NOT GO 30MPH. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SO MANY OF US ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AND THERE IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT, I GUESS SOMEONE REALLY DOES HAVE TO BE INJURED OR DIE TO GET ANY ATTENTION. *TR

BEGINNING AROUND THE WEEK OF JUNE 7TH, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH MY COMMANDER. I WOULD PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND IT WOULDN'T START. THE LIGHTS, RADIO ETC WOULD COME ON BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T "TURN OVER". AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS, IT WOULD START. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 IN BOSTON, THE CAR STOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS VERY SHAKEN UP. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND DROVE HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AND I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. ON JUNE 14TH I HAD THE CAR TOWED THERE BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A WIRELESS IGNITION MODULE BUT THERE WERE NONE AVAILABLE & CHRYSLER WAS WAITING ON IT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THERE WAS A WAITING LIST OF APPROX 1,700 CUSTOMERS WAITING FOR THIS PART AND SEVERAL HUNDRED, LIKE ME COULDN'T DRIVE THEIR CAR. I ESCALATED TO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND AND AS OF TODAY THEY HAVE NO STATUS ON THE PART. I HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A RENTAL CAR SINCE 6/15. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND JUST BY TYPING IN THE NAME OF THE PART AND FOUND SEVERAL FORUMS WHERE OTHER JEEP OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS TO SEE IF THEIR IS A LARGER ISSUE OR AT LEAST MAKE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE. *TR

HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH JEEP STALLING. FOR 2 YEARS NOW IT HAS RANDOMLY STALLED AFTER PASSING OVER LARGE UNEVEN SURFACES IN ROAD. HAVE TAKEN IN TO CHRYSLER JEEP FACILITIES AND WAS TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DIAGNOSED. A NEW ISSUE IS WHEN I AM SIMPLY DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. HAVING MY 3 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY WAS BEYOND TERRIFYING. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE A COMMONALITY IN JEEPS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

AS YOU SPEED UP FROM A STAND STILL THE THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR FORCES THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN. HAVE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE CAR. START THE CAR BACK ON AND SLOWLY EXCEL, SOMETIMES THE THROTTLE WILL ACT UP AGAIN, AND HAVE TO TURN OFF CAR AGAIN. AND TODAY THE TRACTION INDICATOR TURNED ON WHILE DRIVING AND AS THE CAR SLOWED DOWN THE THROTTLE CONTROL FORCED MY HUSBAND TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR. IT SEEMS TO ACT UP WHEN THE WEATHER GETS WARMER. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER LAST YEAR AND THE GAS PEDAL WAS REPLACED AND THEY ASSURED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. BUT THE CAR IS ACTING UP AGAIN. I AM PRETTY SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT IS EXPERIENCING THESE KIND PROBLEMS WITH THE JEEP COMMANDER. *TR

ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND RESTART THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC TODAY AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT 2008 COMMANDERS AND GRAND CHEROKEES WERE SUBJECT TO A RECALL CONCERNING IMPROPERLY PROGRAMMED FRONT CONTROL MODULES. ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, HOWEVER WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR IS EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THOSE LISTED IN THE RECALL AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION. *TR