NHTSA Complaint #10442086 — 2006 JEEP COMMANDER

PROBLEMS BEGAN 1 DAY AFTER COMMANDER WENT IN TO DEALER FOR THE REGULAR 3,000MILE OIL CHANGE, THAT CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME AFTER THAT OIL CHANGE, AS 'GOOD TO GO'; W/IN 24 HOURS OF THAT OIL CHANGE, THE COMMANDER WOULD NOT START AND REQUIRED A NEW STARTER (30K MILES). AFTER THE STARTER WAS REPLACED, THE COMMANDER WAS STALLING IF - IN THE MIDDLE OF A SLIGHT INCLINE IT HAD TO BRAKE AND THEN RESUME - AT THE RESUME IT WOULD STALL. ALSO, AFTER STARTER REPLACED DASHBOARD LIGHTS BLINKING; TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES LEAKING, POWER STEERING LINE FROM PUMP TO COOLER LEAKING, AND FRONT AND BACK BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED (42K MILES) 60K MILES, THE CRUISE CONTROL TURNS ON BY ITSELF AND THE REAR PARK ASSIST TURNS OFF BY ITSELF; THE WATER LEAK INTO FRONT PASSENGER WELL. SPEAKING WITH CUSTOM RELATIONS AT CHRYSLER CORPORATE REGARDING CRUISE CONTROL, REAR ASSIST AND WATER LEAK PROBLEMS THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THESE BEING A PROBLEM FOR MOST COMMANDER CUSTOMERS; HOWEVER, CHRYSLER JEEP IS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AS EVIDENCED BY THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS PUBLISHED ON THEM YET CHRYSLER JEEP DOES NOT ISSUE A RECALL/TAKE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MANUFACTURER DEFECTS. MORE: CHRYSLER JEEP EXPECTS ME TO PAY THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEMS SO THAT THEN SO LONG AS I HAVE PAID A DEALER TO REPAIR THEM THEY WILL CONSIDER (NOT NECESSARILY APPROVE; IN THE PAST THEY HAVE IN FACT DENIED ME REIMBUSEMENT TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH THEY HAVE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON) REFUNDING ME TOTAL OR PARTIAL COST OF REPAIRS. MORE: I WAS ONLY INFORMED OF A SAFETY RECALL REGARDING EBC MODULE (BRAKE) WHEN I CALLED IN LAST WEEK (12/2011) REGARDING THE WATER LEAK & CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM. MAKING THIS MORE POIGNANT, THE REASON FOR THIS RECALL - THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT WHEN IT WAS FIRST ISSUED- IS A BRAKE ISSUE THAT I HAD DETAILED TO CHRYSLER JEEP IN 2009! *TR