NHTSA Complaint #10254822 — 2008 JEEP COMMANDER

ON SATURDAY OCT. 25 AT 10AM WE WERE DRIVING THE COMMANDER AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE RADIO AND ACCESSORIES CUT OFF AS WELL. THE COMMANDER WAS SERVICED AGAIN ON OCT. 27 FOR THIS ISSUE AND THEY REPLACED THE WIRELESS IGNITION AGAIN. NOVEMBER 4, 2008 THE COMMANDER STALLED AT 10:30AM WHILE IT WAS STATIONERY AND THEN AGAIN AT 11:05AM WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. NOVEMBER 4, 2008-NOVEMBER 6, 2008 THE COMMANDER STAYED WITH THE DEALERSHIP OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS TO SEE IF THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NOVEMBER 14, 2008 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE COMMANDER AT 12:30PM AND WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. SHE BEGAN TO SLOWLY LIFT HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND THE COMMANDER WENT FLYING INTO THE INTERSECTION. DECEMBER 8, 2008 THE VEHICLE SAT IDLE IN PARK FOR LESS THAN TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE ENGINE STALLED OUT. ALL ACCESSORIES REMAINED ON AND THE IGNITION SWITCH REMAINED IN THE 'ON' POSITION, BUT THE ENGINE WAS STALLED. DECEMBER 15, 2008 WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE COMMANDER BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE RPM GAUGE SLIPPED BELOW A READING OF 0.5. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING WITH THE COMMANDER. DECEMBER 20, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM AND WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. THE ENGINE OF THE COMMANDER REVVED UP WHILE SHE HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ENGINE REV LASTED APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE SECONDS IN LENGTH GOING UP TO 2.5 RPM. DECEMBER 29, 2008 BROWN AND WOOD SERVICED THE JEEP AGAIN AND INSTALLED A PURGE VALVE/SOLENOID. IT WAS SERVICED FROM 8:30AM-9:30AM. DECEMBER 30, 2008 MY WIFE GOT INTO THE COMMANDER AT APPROXIMATELY 5 PM THIS EVENING. SHE STARTED THE COMMANDER AND LEFT THE VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE COMPLETING A TELEPHONE CALL. WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE STALLED. JANUARY 5, 2009 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 12:10 PM. SHE WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WAS PREPARING TO RESUME DRIVING AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN WHEN THE COMMANDER'S ENGINE STALLED. *TR