NHTSA Complaint #10855378 — 2007 JEEP COMMANDER

THE JEEP WILL NOT START AND LEFT US STRANDED 30 MILES FROM HOME. I HAD TO LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE IC LIGHT UP AND IT MAKES A CLICKING SOUND BUT WON'T TURN OVER. INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD STARTER BUT AFTER RESEARCHING IT THAT NIGHT I REALIZED IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING WITH THEIR COMMANDERS. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME THE NEXT DAY BY QUICKLY TURNING THE KEY FROM THE "OFF" POSITION TO "START" RAPIDLY. IT STARTED AFTER 15-20 TRIES OF THIS MOVEMENT. NOW THAT IT IS HOME, I WAS ABLE TO START IT ONCE EACH DAY SINCE THE INITIAL ISSUE. BUT NOW, I AM UNABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. COULD BE THE WCM, STARTER HARNESS, SENTRY KEY MODULE, ETC. REGARDLESS, IT IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AMONGST JEEP COMMANDER OWNERS AND SOMETHING I THINK JEEP NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE OF. I UNDERSTAND THIS ISN'T SPECIFICALLY A SAFETY ISSUE BUT IT COULD BE IF MY WIFE AND 11 MONTH OLD ARE LEFT STRANDED SOMEWHERE BECAUSE THE JEEP DECIDES IT DOESN'T WANT TO START.