2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 Engine Problems

I PURCHASED THE 2007 JEEP COMMANDER WITH THE 5.7 HEMI IN SPRING 2013 AND A FEW MONTHS LATER COMING TO A STOP IT JUST SHUT OFF. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE SOME WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SINCE IT WAS RAINING AND SHORTED SOMETHING. STARTED BACK UP AND THOUGHT ALL WAS FINE. WELL RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE OFTEN, WHETHER IT IS WET OR DRY OUT AND AT ANY SPEED OR WHETHER THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON OR OFF. IT ALSO SEEMS TO TRY TO SHUT DOWN WHILE FEATHERING THE GAS PEDAL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FROM ACCELERATING TO COAST. ON ONE OCCASION THIS SUMMER AT HIGHWAY SPEED PULLING OUR CAMPER IT SHUT DOWN AND I HAD TO COAST TO A STOP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO RESTART. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. I HAVE CHILDREN, AS I AM SURE MANY HERE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT...

I WOULD BE DRIVING, AND MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD SLOWLY CREEP OVER TO HOT, TEMP OVER HEATING..I NOTICED AS I SLOWED DOWN MY CAR WANTED TO STALL, IT WOULD PUTT PUTT PUTT UNTIL I GAVE IT A GO AS IF IT WAS MISFIRING, AND SLOWLY THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL. HONESTLY NOT THINKING ANYTHING OF IT, I WENT HOME, DROPPED THE GROCERIES OFF AND PROCEEDED BACK TO MY CAR TO PICK MY SON UP FROM SCHOOL. I STARTED MY CAR, IT STALLED, I STARTED IT AGAIN, IT STALLED, EXTREMELY WORRIED I WAS PRAYING THIRD TIME A CHARM..AS I STARTED IT THE THIRD TIME IT STARTED WITH MUCH HESITATION AND DID THE SAME STUTTERING AS IF IT WAS MISFIRING AGAIN. I PROCEEDED TO MY SONS SCHOOL, WATCHING THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE CREEP RIGHT BACK UP TO HOT. WHEN I GOT THERE I CHECKED THE HOOD, NO STEAM, NOTHING SEEMED...

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCURRENCES SO FAR, THE JEEP HAS RANDOMLY STALLED OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN TRAFFIC. ACCELERATOR AND STEERING LOOSE FUNCTION. OTHER TIMES IT HAS NEARLY STALLED BUT REGAINED OPERATION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH CODE FOR LARGE VACUUM LEAK? DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING AGAIN. VEHICLE STARTS BACK UP FINE AFTER PULLING TO SIDE OF ROAD AND REMOVING AND REINSERTING KEY. SAFETY ISSUE TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND LOSE POWER STEERING! THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AS THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS AND A RECALL/INVESTIGATION WHICH NOTED IT IN 2007 VEHICLES BUT ONLY ISSUED A PCM RECALL FOR 2006 VEHICLES. *TR

AFTER TAKING THE JEEP COMMANDER IN TO A DEALER SHIP TO GET RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V175000 FIXED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WANTING TO TURN OFF AT RANDOM. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE IN PARK OR EVEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE 1ST TIME IT HAPPEN, I WAS ACCELERATING WHILE GETTING ON THE HIGH WAY AND I WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MPH AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND IT WAS HARD TO STEER. IT LASTED ABOUT 4 SEC AND THEN STOPPED. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPEN WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGH WAY ABOUT 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE ON AND IT DID THE SAME THING AND THE LAST TIME IT DID IT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. EACH TIME IT HAPPENS IT ONLY LAST ABOUT 4-5 SECS. IT JUST STARTED DOING IT RIGHT AFTER THE DEALER SHIP REPROGRAMMED THE ECM TO FIX THE RECALL. *JB

I WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF A RIGHT TURN AND NOTICED THAT I WAS NOT PICKING UP SPEED AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. I TRIED TO SPEED UP TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT WORKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL KEPT SHAKING AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I NOTICED THAT ALL THE GEARS ON THE DASH WERE LIT UP, FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. I DECIDED TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND START IT AGAIN. THE CAR WAS FINE BUT DID IT AGAIN ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY AND THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF FROM A RED LIGHT. IT WOULD NOT INITIALLY RESTART, BUT A FULL POWER CYCLE OF THE CAR RESOLVED THE ISSUE. REPORTING INCIDENT AS MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND WANT TO ADD TO THE DATA. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UP HILL (JUST AUTOSTICKED TO 3RD) JEEP COMMANDER STALLED. HAD TO SLOWLY BACK DOWN CURVE ON HILL TO SAFE POINT. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. CALLED FOR TOW AND WAITED. TRUCK STARTED AFTER 10 MINUTES AND DROVE TO DEALERSHIP IN STAFFORD CONNECTICUT. VEHICLE STAYED THERE FOR 3 WEEKS ULTIMATELY ENDING WITH NO FINDINGS. WITH 79000 MILES I AM AFRAID THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WITHOUT NOTICE. DEALER SAW ENGINE CODES INITIALLY BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE AFTER CODES DISAPPEARED. DEALER REFUSED TO CHANGE ANYTHING WITHOUT CODE VERIFICATION. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH COMMANDERS PRE/POST YEARS-WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF RECALL? *TR

THE ENGINE HAS STALLED ON ME MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED, TAKE OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT OR WHILE STANDING STILL. ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ONE NUMEROUS TIMES AND CODES HAVE LEAD TO DIFFERENT SENSORS. WHICH WERE REPLACED BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE JEEP STALLING AND SHUTTING OFF. THIS IS MY MAIN VEHICLE AND I CAN NOT CHANCE THE SAFETY OF MY KIDS AND FAMILY WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE ACTION FOR A PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED OR RECALLED. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY FAMILY DIE TO THIS PROBLEM THERE WILL BE A LAW SUIT. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED WITH A LITTLE OVER 60,000 MILES ON IT AND HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR A MONTH. I CAN NOT EVEN GO A FULL WEEK WITH OUT IT SHUTTING OFF OR STALLING ON ME. THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT JEEP CHRYSLER...

PURCHASED THE JEEP IN JANUARY OF 2011. WITHIN A MONTH OF OWNING IT, IT WOULD RANDOMLY STALL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN THE JEEP STALLS, ALL OF THE LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATE. YOU CAN PUSH DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE RPM'S GO UP, BUT THE SPEED STILL DECREASES UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPS. IT WILL CUT RIGHT BACK ON AFTER STOPPING AND CUTTING THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WILL RANDOMLY DO THIS NO MATTER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, SPEED, OR ANYTHING ELSE. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM THEMSELVES TO FIX IT. SINCE IT RANDOMLY MESSES UP UNDER NO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, I COULDN'T LEAVE THE VEHICLE WITH THEM WHILE THEY DROVE IT EVERY DAY TRYING TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. JEEP HAS DONE THIS PROBABLY 10 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED...

VEHICLE WILL IDLE ROUGH AND STALL AFTER 15-45 SECONDS AFTER STARTING. WILL NOT STAY RUNNING IN P,N, OR D. *TR

ON OR ABOUT THE ABOVE DATE THE RPMS ON MY VEHICLE RACED UP AND THE CAR SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD, IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW TIMES AFTERWARD WITHOUT ANY CHECK ENGINE CODES. I HAD IT CHECKED BACK THEN AND NOTHING WAS FOUND BECAUSE NO CODES WERE PRESENT.THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR SINCE I OWNED IT, BUT NOTICED IT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S RAINING. TODAY 3/12/2013 (HEAVY RAIN) MY WIFE WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND IT RACED & LUNGED FORWARD JUST MISSING A PEDESTRIAN. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO A NEIHBORHOOD JEEP DEALER & EXPLAINED THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION. HE WAS VERY ACCOMODATING AND TOOK IT IN IMMEDIATELY. AFTER A FEW HOURS IN THE SHOP & A TEST DRIVE ,AGAIN, NOTHING FOUND. THERE WERE NO ENGINE CODES PRESENT, ALL OTHER COMPONENTS WERE WITH-IN SPECS. I ASKED IF THIS IS A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO THE 2006 RECALL, HE SAID...

THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN AND THE SERVICE PARK LIGHT WILL POP ON THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN INTO THE SHOP PLENTY OF TIMES AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. IT HAS DONE THIS ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE GOING 75 MILES AN HOUR. I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAIT LIKE 5 MINUTES BEFORE I CAN TAKE OFF AGAIN. THIS IS REALLY BECOMING A PROBLEM AND I AM AFRAID TO EVEN PUT MY GRANDBABY IN THE CAR WITH ME BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE JUST RECENTLY WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR THEM TO CHECK MY CAR AND I HAVE BEEN TELLING THEM THIS ISSUE FROM...

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN THE TWO YEARS I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE. EVERY TIME I TAKE IT TO THE SHOP THE MECHANICS SAY THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE SO CANNOT FIX IT. FIRST THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND NO CODES WILL APPEAR WHEN RUN. A COUPLE DAYS LATER (MOSTLY WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OR ANY SPEED ABOVE 30MPH) I WILL BE DRIVING AS USUAL AND BEGIN TO INCREASE SPEED ON THE ON RAMP FOR THE INTERSTATE AND THE ENGINE WILL TAP OUT AT 45MPH. I WILL PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE ENGINE WILL NOT REV AND THE RPM'S WILL NOT INCREASE. I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE AND NOTHING CHANGED WITH THE ENGINE. ALL THE WHILE I HAD MY ONE YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME. EVERY TIME I TRY TO...

WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, OR REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE ENGINE STALLS AND IT TAKES ALMOST A MINUTE FOR THE SHIFT TO ACTUALLY OCCUR SO I CAN DRIVE. *TR

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. VARIOUS CONDITIONS. IDLING, CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ACCELERATING, DECELERATING, ETC. MUST SHUT KEY OFF TO RESET ENGINE BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL START AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TIMES WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. IT HAS BECOME A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE SINCE ALL POWER IS LOST AT ANY SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF ACCELERATION POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE BUT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START THE SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF SIXTY FIVE MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF, LOSING POWER AND MAKING IT VERY HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED SAFELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE YEAR WE HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO TURN BECAUSE POWER STEERING IS DISABLED BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY WITHOUT ANY ENGINE POWER AND THE SUDDEN SLOWING DOWN IS A VERY HIGH RISK FOR A REAREND COLLISION. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS IN THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS TO TRY AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BUT WITH NO SUCCESS IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES TO...

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER FROM A SCHOOL EVENT WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN DOWN TO 10 MPH. THEN THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED. ON THE CONTROL CONSOLE IT ONLY READ "SERVICE PARK ASSIST" AND THE DRIVE POSITION CONTROLS WHERE ALL HIGHLIGHTED AND BOXED OUT (DRNP). I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN TURNING THE WHEEL. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BY PRESSING THE GAS AND IT JUST REVVED THE ENGINE AND DID NOTHING ELSE. I SWERVED OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A MEDIAN THAT TOOK OUT THE TIRE AND LEFT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT OF THE CAR UNDER CARRIAGE. I HAD TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO PARK AND BACK TO DRIVE IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO START UP AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE SERVICE DEPOT AND HAD IT RAN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC FOR AT...

2007 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED 5.7L HEMI STALLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. THIS TIME, MY DAUGHTER WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHEN IT STALLED AND SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE BRAKES OR STEERING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS. SHE JUST ABOUT DROVE THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND MUST BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR EVEN WORSE, KILLED. I TOOK IT TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY UPDATED THE PCM, BUT AS SOON AS I LEFT IT STALLED AGAIN, SO I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED AN IGNITION COIL. AS SOON AS I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY HOME, IT STALLED AGAIN. THEY WANT TO REPLACE ALL OF THE IGNITION COILS WHICH WILL COST ABOUT $550, AND THEY CLAIM THIS MAY FIX THE ISSUE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW JEEP DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS...

MY 2007 HEMI COMMANDER PURCHASED AUG 30TH 2012 HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM YESTERDAY.. I CAN NOT DRIVE IT ALL AT, IT IS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO? *TR

JEEP JUST SIMPLY STALLS. IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS COMING TO A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE JEEP WOULD JUST DIE. I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART. THE RPM GAUGE WOULD ABRUPTLY START MOVING ERRATICALLY UP AND DOWN A FEW THOUSANDS OF RPM GAUGE WOULD MOVE AND THE ENGINE WOULD ACT LIKE A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WOULD AND JUST STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 5 YEARS. I HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I TAKE IT IN FOR OIL CHANGES. THEY NEVER CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

PURCHASED THE 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 2 WEEKS AGO. WHEN I STARTED THE JEEP THE SERVICE PARK ASSIST FLASHED AND WENT AWAY, I HEADED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 20 MILES PER HOUR, THE JEEP WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR SAFETY BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC, TURNED THE JEEP OFF, STARTED IT AGAIN AND MERGED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND THE JEEP AGAIN COULD NOT GO MORE THAN 20 MPH, PUT ON HAZARDS AND BROUGHT TO MECHANIC. LEFT THE JEEP RUNNING, GOT BACK INTO TO REVERSE AND THE IT WOULD NOT REVERSE, AT THIS TIME THE PRND WAS LIT UP ON THE DASH BOARD. STILL WAITING TO HERE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS MECHANIC CAN NOT DUPLICATE. VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AS I USE TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN. *TR

CAR SHUTS OFF SITTING AT IDLE (STOP LIGHT) I'VE OWNED THIS CAR FOR LESS THAN A MONTH AND IT HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC 4 TIMES!