2006 JEEP COMMANDER 4X2 Steering Problems

FIRST ANNOYANCE WAS THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. IT FAILED TO OPEN THE DOOR AT AROUND 45,000 MILES. THEN THE REAR PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLE JUST CRUMBLED OUT OF NOWHERE AROUND 47,000 MILES. THEN AROUND 50,000 MILES THE BRAKES 'FELT DIFFERENT' WHEN BRAKING AND IT FELT TO HARD TO PRESS DOWN ON THE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT HARD AS A ROCK THEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND AFTER A DIAGNOSIS I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHENEVER WE WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER ON A TURN THE JEEPS STEERING WOULD LOCK UP AND JUST KEPT MOVING FORWARD & NOT TURNING.

THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT DOWN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THIS WEEK WHILE BOTH IDLING AND WHEN IN TRANSIT. IT CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CAPABILITY AND OPERATION OF THE OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE TO BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER WITHOUT SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION. THE DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, DASHBOARD LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER OFF AND ON AND STEERING VEHICLE INTO A LEFT TURN WAS HARD TO DO. TOOK VEHICLE TO JEEP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS ADVISED THAT PROBLEM IS A ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL ISSUE, THE MODULE IS DEFECTIVE AND MANUFACTURER HAS NOT IDENTIFIED A FIX. WAS TOLD I COULD PURCHASE A NEW MODULE, APPROX. $400.00 FOR INSTALL, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY. LIGHTENING CONTINUES TO FLICKER APPROXIMATELY 3 - 4 TIMES PER MONTH. ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE, BUT CONFIDENCE IN JEEP AUTOS IS SHAKEN. MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

2006 JEEP COMMANDER - VEHICLE STALLING BEFORE ACCELERATION, POWER-STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT: BETWEEN 24,000 - 30,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND THE MOTOR HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AT THE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE TOLD IF IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHILE AT THE DEALER, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THE VEHICLE JUST REACHED 30,000 MILES AND THE POWER STEERING IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT. A SCRUBBING AND LOUD NOISE CAN BE HEARD WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED TO BE LOOKED AT BY THE SAME DEALERSHIP. *TR

2006 JEEP COMMANDER STALLS OUT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ALL ELECTRICAL WENT AND STEERING LOCKED UP. PUT BACK IN PARK AND CRANKED UP. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE PCM FLASHED WITH NEW SOFTWARE. AND IT STILL DOES IT. *TR