NHTSA Complaint #10558730 — 2007 JEEP COMMANDER

I PURCHASEDMY 2007JEEPCOMMANDER ON AUGUST05,2013 WITH 117,578 MILES ON IT. WITHIN A WEEK, I WAS DRIVING APPROX. 30 MPHWHENINOTICEDTHEVEHICLEFEELINGLIKE IT HAD A HARD TIME ACCELERATING,WHENITSLOWED DOWN COMPLETELY BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF. PANICKING, I KEPT PRESSINGTHEACCELERATORANDMOVEDTHESHIFTER OUT OF GEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE JERKED AND RESUMED BACK UP TO SPEED. A FEW DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH COMPLETELY SLOWED DOWN AGAIN BUT DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND SERVICE PARK ASSIST ILLUMINATED ONTHEDASHBOARDWITHALL THE GEARS LIT UP AT THE SAME TIME AS IF SAYING THE JEEP WAS IN ALL GEARS AT THE SAME TIME. WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, WERE THEY SCANNED THE CODE AND TOLD ME IT WASN'T A "REAL CODE" PROBABLY A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION AND IT SHOULD TURN OFF ON ITS OWN, WHICH IT DID, A DAY LATER. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 8 DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE 5 MONTHS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE. FINALLY I LOOKED ONLINEFOR RECALLS, THERE IS A POWER-TRAIN AND ELECTRICAL RECALL FOR THE TIME MY JEEP WAS MANUFACTURED, EXPLAINING ALL THE SAME TROUBLES I'VE BEEN HAVING, HOWEVER WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE, I WAS ADVISED I HAD A SIDE AIRBAG RECALL BUT NOTHING ON POWER-TRAIN.WHEN I TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE WARRANTY WAS FOR MY VEHICLE IN THE TIME IT WAS MANUFACTURED SHE TOLD ME IT WASN'T IN THE SYSTEM AND THAT IF I WANTED IT FIXED I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP PAY FOR IT AND KEEP MY RECEIPT AND WHEN CHRYSLER CAME OUT WITH A RECALL FOR MY JEEP I COULD COME FORWARD. MEANWHILE, I'M DRIVING AROUND IN A DOCUMENTED UNSAFE VEHICLE WITH MY 18 MONTH OLD IN THE BACK AND I HAVE TO EITHER WAIT FOR THIS CAR TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND THEY ISSUE ANOTHER RECALL. PLEASE HELP, I JUST WANT THIS VEHICLE TO BE SAFE FOR MY CHILDREN. *TR