NHTSA Complaint #10587234 — 2008 JEEP COMMANDER

PURCHASED 3/11. 6/11 MYSELF/3 OTHERS WERE LOCKED IN THE VEHICLE. DOORS WOULDN'T UNLOCK/OPEN, WINDOWS DIDN'T WORK, WOULDN'T START. WE WERE HELD HOSTAGE FOR 5 MIN WHEN IT START UP AND EVERYTHING WORKED. 6/11 EXITED-LEFT THE KEYS ON SEAT 30 SEC LATER LIGHTS INSIDE FLICKERED, DOORS LOCKED, HORN HONKED. 7/2011 DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH IT MOMENTARILY SHUT OFF FOR ABOUT 3 SEC AND TURNED ITS SELF-BACK ON. THIS CAUSED A DRASTIC DROP IN SPEED BEFORE IT RESTARTED. 7/11 DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR MAT WAS VERY WET FROM RAIN ENTERING THE TRUCK. 7/11 DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM WITNESSED WATER COMING DOWN THE DRIVER'S SIDE PILLAR NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD. 4/12 ATTEMPTED TO START IT. EVERYTHING WORKED BUT WOULDN'T START 20 MIN LATER STARTED RIGHT UP. THIS HAPPENED 7 TIMES SINCE. 3/14 PARKED FOR 2 MIN WOULDN'T RESTART. HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP WHERE THEY STARTED IT RIGHT UP. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG . WENT TO PICK IT UP AND IT WOULDN'T START. SO THEY STARTED REPLACING THINGS HOPING THEY COULD FIND A PROBLEM. NEW BATTERY-OLD BATTERY WAS GOOD, FUSES, STARTER, RELAYS AND OUT OF THE BLUE TWO DAYS LATER IT STARTED UP EVEN AFTER ATTEMPTS AFTER THE FIXES 5/13 ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT, WIPERS, WIPER SPRAYER, HORN, BLINKERS, DASH LIGHTS, REAR PARK ASSIST ALL STOPPED WORKING. I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE HOME IN THE RAIN AT NIGHT WITH NONE OF THESE. 4/14 THIS HAPPENED AGAIN FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS. 5/14 THIS HAPPENED AGAIN FOR 5 DAYS. I HAVE CALLED DEALERSHIPS ABOUT RECALLS AND ALWAYS TOLD NO AND TO BRING IT IN AT $100/HOUR TO FIND THE ISSUES. IT HAS BEEN HOOKED UP TO CODE READERS 10+ TIME WITH NO CODES. LICENSED MECHANICS WHO CAN TELL ME ONLY WHAT THEY THINK IT COULD BE, EDUCATED GUESSES. EVERY DAY IS A GUESSING GAME WITH THIS JEEP AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO OR WHEN I'M GOING TO GET INJURED DUE TO ONE OF THESE NUMEROUS, CHRONIC, MAGICAL ISSUES. *TR