NHTSA Complaint #10533045 — 2007 JEEP COMMANDER

YESTERDAY I WENT TO START MY JEEP AND WHEN I TURNED THE KEY NOTHING HAPPENED. A FEW SECONDS LATER IT STARTED WITHOUT ME DOING ANYTHING. I ONLY HAD TO DRIVE A FEW BLOCKS AND THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER 15 MIN I CAME BACK OUT TO START MY JEEP AND NOTHING... I JUST HAD A NEW BATTERY AND STARTER INSTALLED ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MIN AND TRYING TO START IT SEVERAL TIMES, IT TURNED ON. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS W THE LIGHTS OR AC.. I TOOK IT TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE AND THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE, BATTERY, STARTER, AND ALTERNATOR WERE ALL READING GOOD. IT STARTED FINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE WORK THAT NIGHT, IT TOOK A FEW TRIES AND ABOUT 5 MIN. I ALSO HAD OVER HALF A TANK OF GAS SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. I STARTED RESEARCHING AND FOUND MANY SIMILAR CASES. I AM SUPPOSED TO TAKE MY JEEP ON A 13 HOUR TRIP NEXT MONTH AND NOW I AM VERY NERVOUS THAT I WILL END UP STRANDED WHILE ON VACATION. THE FACT THAT I FOUND SO MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS EXPERIENCING ALMOST IDENTICAL PROBLEMS HAS LEFT ME VERY UPSET AND NERVOUS EVERY TIME I NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE. I ALSO HAVE 2 YOUNG CHILDREN AND IT WORRIES ME TO END UP STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITH THEM. I HOPE JEEP DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE HAD MINE FOR 3 YEARS AND HAVE LOVED IT THUS FAR. I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO GET A NEW VEHICLE AT THE MOMENT SO I HOPE THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED ASAP. *TR