NHTSA Complaint #10597648 — 2008 JEEP COMMANDER

LAST SUMMER SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE NICELY MAINTAINED VEHICLE FROM A REPUTABLE DEALERSHIP I WAS DRIVING ALONG SUBDIVISION STREET AND THAT VEHICLE TURNED OFF. I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND I WAS ABLE TO START IT AND GET GAS I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD.-----MAYBE I DID SOMETHING. THE SECOND TIME MY SON WAS DRIVING ON A FIVE LANE BUSY COMMERCIAL STREET AND IT TURNED OFF. AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO EASILY COACH HIM THROUGH IT AND IT STARTED UP. THIS TIME WE TOLD MY HUSBAND WHO WORKS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. HE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE AND CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WAS THE EXTRA KEYS THAT WERE ON THE IGNITION KEY RING. SEEMED LOGICAL SOMETIMES I DO HAVE A BUNCH OF EXTRA KEYS ON MY RING ----BUT I REMEMBER THINKING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXTRA KEYS ON THAT OCCASION. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN------UNTIL YESTERDAY. DAUGHTER DRIVING----IN A PARKING LOT----THOUGHT SHE RAN OUT OF GAS. NO EXTRA KEYS----NO WARNING LIGHTS-----NOTHING ------JUST STOPS RUNNING. HUSBAND LAST TO DRIVE CAR THE DAY BEFORE----NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. DAUGHTER GETS IN CAR CHECKS DASHBOARD INDICATORS FOR GAS ---DETERMINES SHE HAS ENOUGH TO GET HER TO WORK AND DRIVES IN A REMOTE PARKING SPACE. WHILE LEAVING THE LONG LOT HER CAR DIES AT THE EXIT OF THE COUNTY WATER PARK. THE PARK IS CLOSED EVERYONE LEAVES AND SHE IS THERE ALONE THINKING SHE IS OUT OF GAS. HUSBAND COMES PUTS FIVE GALLONS IN STARTS UP WITH NO PROBLEM--DRIVES TO GAS STATION AND THE CAR WILL ONLY TAKE $10. IT WAS NOT OUT OF GAS-------THE ENGINE STOPPED-------FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING FOR AT LEAST THE THIRD TIME. I AM SAYING FOR AT LEAST THE THIRD TIME BECAUSE IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE TO ME-----I ABSOLUTELY REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN WITH MY SON, BUT IT COULD HAVE ONCE OR TWICE AGAIN IN 2013. *TR