NHTSA Complaint #10520461 — 2006 JEEP COMMANDER

A/C BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR KEEPS FAILING. ORIGINAL FAILURE ON 9/4/2008, REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR, MILEAGE 57771. FAILURE # 2, 5/18/2009, SAME FAILURE, BLOWER MOTOR REPLACED, MILEAGE 64773. FAILURE # 3, 6/1/2012, MILEAGE 115274, BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR REPLACED, ALSO PAID FOR "NEW BAFFLE SCREEN" PER JEEP, A DESIGN FLAW AND DEBRIS COMING IN AND GETTING LODGED IN AC MOTOR FAN BLADES, WOULD CORRECT PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I PAID FOR 1/2 OF THE PARTS AS I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT WAS GIVEN A "GOODWILL REPAIR" CREDIT ON LABOR FROM DEALER AND $100 REFUND FROM CD FOR PARTS ON THIS REPAIR, MILEAGE 115274. FAILURE # 4, 11/19/2012, SAME FAILURE, BLOWER MOTOR, EXCEPT THIS TIME, BLOWER MOTOR SMOKED, ELECTRICAL BURN AND SMOKE INSIDE VEHICLE, I HAD TO EVACUATE MY VEHICLE ON SIDE OF FREEWAY, MIND YOU I AM DISABLED WITH SERVICE DOG. DEALER COVERED REPAIR WITH THEIR OWN PARTS AND REPAIR WARRANTY. FAILURE # 5, 4/30/2013, MILEAGE 131318,.....CURRENT STATUS, WAITING REPAIR....BECAUSE IT IS FAILING INTERMITTENTLY, ONLY LOW AIR SETTING, AND NOT OTHERS, LITHIA DEALER REQUESTING I WAIT UNTIL COMPLETE FAILURE, WHICH I FIND UNSAFE. I HAVE CALLED JEEP AND TOLD THEM THAT IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, I WILL FILE A LAWSUIT, THIS IS A "UNSAFE" PROBLEM FOR IT'S CONSUMERS. IT HAS YET TO COMPLETELY FAIL, BUT PREVIOUS PROBLEMS TELL ME IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. *TR