NHTSA Complaint #10713427 — 2007 JEEP COMMANDER

RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THIS CAR IN 10/2011 THE JEEP WOULD RANDOMLY CUT OFF OR LOSE POWER, NOT SURE IF THIS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. DUE TO THE RANDOMNESS OF THE ISSUE, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHEN I BROUGHT IN THE CAR. AFTER GOING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE MANGER AT THE TIME WROTE/PROMISED THAT HIS ESTABLISHMENT (RELIABLE AUTO) WOULD REPAIR/FIX THE ISSUE IF IT OCCURRED AGAIN (WITHIN A YEAR OR 12,000 MILES). AFTER A YEARS TIME THE ISSUE STILL CONTINUED, BUT NOW I CANNOT BRING IT IN TO BE FIXED W/OUT BEING CHARGED. WHENEVER I PUSHED DOWN ON THE PEDAL TO ACCELERATE , THE CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 25- 30 MPH! THIS WOULD OCCUR WHILE I WAS ALREADY IN MOTION, OR AT A LIGHT. FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS, "STALLING" AND THE SERVICE PARK ASSIST MESSAGE WOULD APPEAR. I WOULD TRY TO SHIFT THE GEAR BUT NOTHING CHANGED, THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. SOMETIMES THE NEXT DAY THE CAR WOULD DRIVE JUST FINE, OTHER TIMES THE PROBLEM, "FIXED ITSELF" WITHIN A FEW DAYS. EVERY TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN THEY HAD A DIFFICULT TIME DUPLICATING THE PROBLEM. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ALSO ILLUMINATE BUT WHEN CHECKED NO CODES COULD BE FOUND. SUPER FRUSTRATING AND SCARY TO DEAL W/ THIS. IN JULY/AUG 2013 THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE WHEN I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. TOOK THE COMMANDER TO CHRYSLER/JEEP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AN ELECTRICAL/SHIFTMODULE PROBLEM. ONE OF THE REPS. AT JEEP TOLD ME THIS BEEN COMMON W/ JEEP COMMANDERS. BEFORE I HAD THE COMMANDER, I OWNED A 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2005. GREAT CAR BUT HAD SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES, WHEN ON, MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD RANDOMLY START FLASHING. IN MY EXPERIENCE, JEEPS LOOK GOOD BUT COME W/ TOO MANY ISSUES. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR