NHTSA Complaint #10263086 — 2006 JEEP COMMANDER

BOUGHT VEHICLE 3/31/06 NEW NOW HAS 60,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS INSTANCES WITH STALLING WHILE DRIVING. ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WILL LIGHT UP AND HEADLIGHTS WILL SWITCH ON/OFF TO HIGH BEAMS ON THEIR OWN. WILL LOSE POWERSTEERING AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A CHANGE IN ACCELERATION. ON MARCH 20TH I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 30 MILES PER HOUR AND LOST POWER BUT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS DID NOT GO OFF AS USUAL. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND PARKED VEHICLE. HAD MY STEP-FATHER COME TO ASSIST AND HE STATED THERE CAR DIDN'T SEEM TO WANT TO GO GEAR PROPERLY, ASSUMED THIS WAS DUE TO THE PRIOR "ELECTRICAL" PROBLEMS AND DROVE COMMANDER TO DEALERSHIP APPROX. 1 MILE AWAY. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PLUG IN THE TRANSMISSION LEAKING WHERE THE ELECTRICAL WIRES ENTER, COST TO REPAIR $430. AFTER COMPLETING THOSE REPAIRS WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS DESTROYED AND NEEDS REPLACED AT $3500. CHRYSLER IS NOT OFFERING ANY ASSISTANCE TO AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER ISSUE. STATED I KNOWINGLY DROVE A VEHICLE WITH LOW TRANSMISSION FLUID AND AM NEGLIGENT. *TR