NHTSA Complaint #10219387 — 2007 JEEP COMMANDER

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