2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 Electrical System Problems

DRIVING AT SPEED ON A PARKWAY, THE CAR ENGINE STALLED OUT. LOST ALL ELECTRICAL (RADIO, SPEEDOMETER, TACH, ETC.) AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. BRAKES AND STEERING WORKED, BUT NOT PS. CAR STARTED BACK UP WITH TURN OF IGNITION. THIS IS THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THIS HAPPENING, FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO BUT DON'T HAVE INFO. I HAPPENED TO PAY CLOSER ATTENTION THIS TIME GIVEN RECENT HISTORY OF IGNITION RECALLS. *TR

AFTER HAVE RECALL N23 APPLIED, 4WD SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE. DEALER CHARGED ME AND REPLACED TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR. 4WD SYSTEM FAILED A MONTH LATER, DEALER STATES VEHICLE NEEDS ANOTHER TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR. SEEMS LIKE THIS RECALL CAUSED DAMAGE TO SYSTEM. *TR

THE FOB IS A ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW. I NOW HAVE TO BUY MY 3RD ONE SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY WILL NOT LOCK THE DOORS NOW. I HAVE TRIED 2 BATTERIES BUT THIS DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.THIS IS MY 4TH COMPLAINT SINCE LAST YEAR. *TR

HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH JEEP STALLING. FOR 2 YEARS NOW IT HAS RANDOMLY STALLED AFTER PASSING OVER LARGE UNEVEN SURFACES IN ROAD. HAVE TAKEN IN TO CHRYSLER JEEP FACILITIES AND WAS TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DIAGNOSED. A NEW ISSUE IS WHEN I AM SIMPLY DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. HAVING MY 3 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY WAS BEYOND TERRIFYING. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE A COMMONALITY IN JEEPS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER ON DECEMBER 15TH 2012 AND HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE STALLING. WE WILL BE DRIVING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE VEHICLE ENGINE DIES. ITS ALWAYS RESTARTED BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO STALL OUT AND DIE. THIS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE YESTERDAY AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT. SHE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN SHE TRIED TO EXIT A BUSY FREEWAY WITH NO POWER STEERING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT I THINK CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ADDRESS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED !!!! I READ ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN WITH THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE. MANY JEEP COMMANDER OWNERS HAVE COME FOURTH WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND CHRYSLER JUST TELLS US ALL THE SAME THING. WE DIDN'T RECALL YOUR SPECIFIC MODEL SO THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO OR WILL DO. I HOPE SOMEONE...

ON JULY 21, 2010 MY BLINKERS AND DASH LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THEY REPLACED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH AND UPDATED THE KEY FOBS PER A RECALL NOTICE. $240.32 CHARGE. ON AUGUST 24TH, 2010 I EXPERIENCED BEING LOCKED INSIDE OF MY VEHICLE IN 100 DEGREE HEAT. I COULD NOT OPEN THE WINDOWS, DOORS, OR SUNROOF. THE A/C DID NOT FUNCTION AND THE DASH LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. AT THIS TIME THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE CONTROL MODULE. UNDER WARRANTY - NO CHARGE. ON JULY 13, 2012 I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED (IT FELT LIKE WE WERE BEING REAR-ENDED), THE CHECK ENGINE AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATING. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE PCM. UNDER WARRANTY - NO CHARGE. ON OCTOBER 4, 2012 I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AS THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN STALLING AT...

THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE RADIO SHUT OFF, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ENGAGED, ALL OF THE VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP IN THE DASH, AND POWER TO THE WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS WERE LOST AS WELL AS THE KEYLESS ENTRY. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT TO THE METRO JEEP DEALERSHIP IN JOHNSTON, RI. WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE . LATER I RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT ON FEBRUARY 6TH 2008 THERE WAS A FACTORY RECALL OF 1338 2008 JEEP COMMANDERS WITH THE SAME SAFETY ISSUES AND RETURNED FOR REPAIR. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND INFORMED THEM OF MY SITUATION AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE MY COMPLAINT TO BE ISSUED AND FOR THESE MATTERS TO BE INVESTIGATED PROMPTLY. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2008 JEEP COMMANDER IN MAY2011, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER I HAD THE VEHICLE, I WENT TO START IT ONE DAY AND IT WOULD NOT START. I OPENED THE HOOD AND TESTED MY BATTERY, NO PROBLEMS WITH IT, SO I TURNED THE KEY AGAIN AND IT STARTED. I CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS ISSUES EVERY SINCE, SOMETIMES IT WILL GO TWO WEEKS STARTING FINE AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE IT WILL NOT START. THE LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 14 SEPT 2011, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT ALL (USUALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL START AFTER A FEW MINUTES) SO ON THIS DAY I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE, THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDNT FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT SAID MAYBE YOU JUST NEED A NEW BATTERY, SO I PURCHASED A BATTERY FOR THE JEEP INSTALLED IT AND FOR TWO...

I OWN A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. I BOUGHT IT ON JUNE 2010 THE TRACTION LIGHT FIRST CAME ON ABOUT 3 MONTH AFTER I GOT IT FIX AT THE CHRYSLER DEALER WERE I BOUGHT IT. THEN 3 MONTH LATER THE CAR WAS PARKED THEN WHEN I TRIED TO PUT THE KEY TO START IT NOTHING I JUST SAW A FLICKER THAT SAID BAD KEY. HAD IT TOW TO THE DEALER SHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CONTROL MODULAR SENSOR AND HAD TO REPLACE I ASKED IF IT WAS PART OF THE ELECTRICAL RECALL THEY SAID NO NOW 3 MONTH LATER MY RADIO HAS GONE OUT I HOPE IT IS NOT THE ELECTRICAL MODULAR AGAIN. I DID E-MAIL THE COMPANY AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL *TR

THIS 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 4.7 LITER V8 WAS JUST PURCHASED USED. THE 1ST DAY IT STALLED AT A STOP SIGN. THEN STALLED AT A DRIVE THROUGH. THE SECOND DAY THE STALLING CONTINUED INCLUDING ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN ABOUT 30 MPH. WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT RESTART AT FIRST, BUT THEN I DISCOVERED THAT WHEN CYCLING THE KEY TO OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN IT WOULD RESTART INSTANTLY. THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER HAS VERIFIED THE ISSUE OCCURS, BUT HAS HAD IT FOR 3 WEEKS WITH NO IDEA OF A RESOLUTION. THEY REPORT BEING IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLERS STAR TECHNICAL SUPPORT... AGAIN NO ACTION OR RESOLUTION. I DISCOVERED THE PRIUS OWNER HAD VEHICLE IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO RESOLUTION. IT IS JUST LIKE YOU TURN THE KEY OFF; NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES. WHEN SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION IN GOOGLE... IT IS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON...

DRIVING MY 2008 JEEP COMMANDER ON THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 55MPH AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM POWER WENT OUT. HAD TO PULL OVER TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, PULL THE KEY OUT, AND RESTART. VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *TR I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2008 WHERE MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, AND ONE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE WHERE THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, BUT ON THOSE OCCURRENCES THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE 2008 AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE SYMPTOMS I WAS EXPERIENCING. INVESTIGATED ON NHTSA.GOV AND NOTICED THE ISSUE, CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V059000. THIS CAMPAIGN ALMOST EXACTLY DESCRIBES THE ISSUE I AM EXPERIENCING. HOWEVER IT STATES THAT THEY ONLY RECALLED 1338...

WHILE DRIVING, PULLED TO RED LIGHT AND STOPPED. 2008 JEEP COMMANDER WITH THE V6 SHUT DOWN, LOST ALL POWER. KEY WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, TOTALLY LOCKED UP. CALLED FOR ROADSIDE AND AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES, TURNED KEY AND JEEP STARTED. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND NOTHING ON THE ONBOARD COMPUTER BUT TIGHTENED THE BATTERY CABLES AND REPLACED THE KEY FOBS. AS THIS IS A COMMUTER VEHICLE AND IT SEEMS THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED WITH OTHER JEEP COMMANDERS WHILE GOING AT SPEEDS UP TO 50 MPH. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE WIPERS AND LIGHTS TURNED ON, BUT ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL STOPPED WORKING. ALL GAUGES WERE OFF INCLUDING TURN INDICATORS, SPEEDOMETER, AND ODOMETER. VERY SCARY. *TR

VEHICLE HAS ROLLED BACK 3 TIMES ON ITS OWN AFTER BEING STARTED WHILE TRANS WAS STILL IN PARK. DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NO PROBLEM TO BE FOUND. CHILD SAFETY LATCH ON DOOR HAS FAILED. POWER WINDOW REPEATEDLY GOES UP AND DOWN. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UP COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM COMES ON WHEN NOT NEEDED AND STAYS ON. SQUEAK IN RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION. OTHER WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON VEHICLE THAT I CAN DOCUMENT. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 8,450 MILES. *TR

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAULTY ON 07 JEEP COMMANDER. ALSO KNOWN AS THE "STALL BUG". *TR

ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER OVERLAND WILL NOT START. I'LL INSERT THE KEY FOB INTO THE SLOT, TURN, AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENS. USUALLY AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS THE TRUCK WILL START. (THE DEALERSHIP CURRENTLY HAS THE TRUCK AND STILL IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE OR ISOLATE THE PROBLEM).

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A COMMERCIAL SHOPPING AREA IN CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND, OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER OVERLAND STALLED WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF OF THE ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC NEXT TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET. THE TRUCK RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES.