NHTSA Complaint #10467232 — 2006 JEEP COMMANDER

AS IN MANY PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS JEEP HAS ALLOWED ITS COMMANDER TO BE MANUFACTURED WITH INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ATTACHED TO VERY THIN AND BRITTLE PLASTIC DOOR PANELS. THIS ALLOWS THE DOOR HANDLES TO BREAK LOOSE FROM THE PANELS AND MAKE THE HANDLE INOPERABLE. IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE WINDOW AND USE THE OUTSIDE HANDLE. THIS CONDITION OBVIOUSLY CAN PRESENT A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION ESPECIALLY IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION . IT HAPPENS TO ALL FOUR DOORS AS TIME GOES ON SO THAT IT BECOMES DANGEROUS NOT ONLY FOR THE DRIVER BUT ALL THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. JEEP HAS NOT FOUND IT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO RECOGNIZE THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT THEREFORE YOU MUST GO THRU A LONG COMPLICATED PROCEDURE TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF CLAIM WITH NO GUARANTEE OF A RESOLUTION IN YOUR FAVOR. I WOULD SUGGEST THIS CONDITION BE DETERMINED A DANGER TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR DIES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OUT THE DOOR. IN READING VARIOUS COMPLAINTS AT JEEP COMMANDER.COM THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THE SAME SCENARIOS PLAYING OUT IN THE SAME MODELS THAT JEEP MANUFACTURES. PLEASE TRY AND HELP CORRECT A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS OVERSITE IN THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES. THANK YOU *TR