NHTSA Complaint #10165884 — 2006 JEEP COMMANDER

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 JEEP COMMANDER LT WITH A 5.7 LITER V8 ON JULY 24, 2006. FOUR DAYS LATER WE WENT ON A ROAD TRIP FROM WASHINGTON DC TO BOSTON, MA. JUST OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, THE COMMANDER STALLED (WENT DEAD, NO POWER BRAKES, STEERING) IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. SCARED US BOTH. MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE IGNITION AND STARTED THE COMMANDER AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THE COMMANDER HAD LESS THAN 800 MILES ON IT. WE CALLED THE DEALER. THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN WHEN WE GOT BACK. THE NEXT DAY ON OUR WAY BACK HOME WE STOPPED IN A JEEP DEALERSHIP IN MYSTIC CONN. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND CAME UP WITH 2 CODES P1684 AND P0884. THEY CLEARED THE HISTORY, TESTED AGAIN AND FOUND NOTHING. WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY JULY 31. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CAR STALLED AGAIN ON AUGUST 15TH, 2006. THE COMMANDER NOW HAS 1350 MILES AND IS BACK IN THE SHOP AND THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. WE CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE TO LODGE A COMPLIANT, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THAT HE HAD NOT EVER HEARD THAT THERE WAS A STALLING PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 COMMANDERS. MY WIFE IS AFRAID THAT THE COMMANDER WILL STALL AGAIN AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND KILL SOMEONE INCLUDING US. WE BELIEVE THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND OTHERS ACCORDING TO OTHERS ON JEEPFORUM.COM. *NM