NHTSA Complaint #10637202 — 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4

8/27 PURCHASED USED VEHICLE, BEGAN DRIVE FROM MD TO SC, SURGING AT HWY SPEED; 8/28 ENGINE DIED AT 65 MPH, TOOK MANY TRIES TO GET ENGINE STARTED AFTER; 8/30 ENGINE DIED WHILE BACKING UP TWICE; 9/3 ENGINE DIED AT 40 MPH; 9/8 ENGINE DIED WHILE SITTING IN PARK; 9/9 ENGINE DIED WHILE SITTING IN PARK; 9/10 TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, NO CODES FOUND EXCEPT 8 COMPUTER UPDATES NEEDED, RAN UPDATES HOPING THAT WOULD SOLVE PROBLEM; 9/11 ENGINE STALLED AT 45 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC; 9/11 ENGINE STALLED WHEN SHIFTING INTO PARK TO DROP OFF CARPOOL; 9/12 TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP, HAD THROTTLE BODY REPLACED WHICH ENCASES THE TPS HOPING THAT IT WAS A THROTTLE POSITION CENSOR PROBLEM BASED ON RESEARCH; 9/17 ENGINE DIED WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT STOP LIGHT, TOOK MANY TRIES TO GET ENGINE STARTED AFTER; 9/18 ENGINE DIED WHEN TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE ALSO SURGES WHILE DRIVING WITH A FEELING THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING TO CUT OFF. THE RPM NEEDLE WILL INDICATE THIS SURGING WITH A SLIGHT MOVEMENT. IN RESEARCHING THIS, IT SEEMS TO BE A PERSISTENT PROBLEM THAT COMES UP ON THE JEEP FORUMS. *TR