2006 JEEP COMMANDER Vehicle Speed Control Problems
77 NHTSA complaints on file
Vehicle Speed Control Issues in the 2006 JEEP COMMANDER
77 vehicle speed control complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. Of these, 5 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 3 resulted in injury.
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THIS HAS BEEN THE 3RD TIME THIS TYPE OF EVENT HAPPENS, THE FIRST TIME WAS AT A CITY STREET DRIVING STRAIGHT FORWARD AT 30-35MPH AND THE ENGINE STARTED STALLING, TRUCK COMPLETELY WENT OFF, HEAD LIGHTS WOULD GO ON AND OFF, ALONG WITH MY INTERIOR DASHBOARD INDICATORS AND MEDIA CENTER. SECOND TIME, SAME THING, AND THE THIRD TIME WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35-40MPH IN A CITY STREET AND GRADUALLY SLOWING DOWN TO 10-15MPH TO MAKE A LEFT THE TRUCK COMPLETELY WENT OFF, HEAD LIGHTS WOULD GO ON AND OFF, ALONG WITH MY INTERIOR DASHBOARD INDICATORS AND MEDIA CENTER. IT SEEM LIKE I HAD TURNED OFF THE ENGINE COMPLETELY FOR LIKE A SPLIT SECOND. I THOUGH IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THAT I HIT THE KEY WITH MY KNEE, BUT I PULLED OVER RESTARTED THE ENGINE AFTER 15 MIN, AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. ALL THE LIGHTS WOULD GO ON AND OFF AND THE ENGINE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS BECAME ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME DIM, THE RADIO VOLUME INDEPENDENTLY LOWERED, SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FLUCTUATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BALD HILL DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 1035 BALD HILL RD, WARWICK, RI 02886, (844) 847-4671) HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ALTERNATOR FAILED TO ELIMINATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
MY JEEP LOSES POWER EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING (SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY) AT TIMES IT STOPS SHIFTING AND THEN SLAMS LIKE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF JEEP.
THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS A DING ON THE DASH BOARD AND THE CAR STALLS, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ONCE YOU SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND START IT AGAIN THE CAR WORKS FINE BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, ACCORDING TO JEEP THEY CHARGE FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND I SEE ONLINE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT IN MY TYPE OF VEHICLE BUT JEEP HAS YET TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I THINK IT IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON A FREEWAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AS FAST OR FASTER THAN ME AND COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM.
I WAS DRIVING TO DROP MY SON OFF AT SCHOOL AND WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE GAS, IT WASN'T MOVING LIKE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN. IT WAS BARELY MOVING, YOU COULD ENGINE REV BUT IT WASN'T MOVING AND DIDN'T MOVE UNTIL IT GOT TO 2, IG 2ND GEAR ON THE DASH.
VEHICLE IS HAVING ISSUES GETTING STUCK IN GEAR AND NOT SHIFTING UNLESS YOU STOP, TURN OFF, AND WHEN TURNED BACK ON WILL WORK FOR A WHILE AND THEN HAPPEN AGAIN. 3RD ROW SEAT BELT DOESNT WORK.
THE PROBLEM STARTED IN JANUARY 2019. THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING IDLING ISSUES, COLD START IN MORNING IDLES AROUND 900, WHEN PUT IN REVERSE IT DIPS TO AROUND 500 AND WOBBLES BACK AND FORTH WHILE BACKING UP, PUT IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD BE OK BUT WOULD STALL SOMETIMES AT STOP SIGN- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I HAD THROTTLE BODY CLEANED AND FUEL SYSTEM SERVICE DONE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SAME DAY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR RECALLS AND THEY REPLACED THROTTLE BODY ALSO. IT DROVE OK FOR A DAY AND I HAVE THE UNSTABLE IDLE BACK AND THE RPM JUMPS UP WHILE IN DRIVE BUT STOPPED AT A LIGHT. ABOUT A WEEK AGO I AM SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A LIGHT AHEAD AND IT STARTS VIBRATING LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL AND THE ETC AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON AND I SHUT IT...
TRANSMISSION STOP SHIFTING PROPERLY AND SHUTTERING IN MOTION..TOOK IT TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, THEY SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. GOT NEW TRANSMISSION, STILL HAD SAME PROBLEM. TOOK IT BACK TO SHOP, THEY DID A SECOND REPAIR AND CHARGED ME $2959.50. THEY DIDNT DESCRIBED WHAT THEY DID THE SECOND TIME. I HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE..SO FAR.
WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE FEELS AS THE LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE THEN TOLD IT'S IN SOME SORT OF SAFETY MODE I THINK THE LEAD FRAME IS FAILING FROM WHAT I CAN TELL. VEHICLE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT FAILS TO ACCELERATE BARELY MOVES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (TWIN CITY DODGE CHRYSLER, 650 SAGAMORE PKWY S, LAFAYETTE, IN 47905) AND WAS INFORMED TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,197.
TAKATA RECALL MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION @ 75 MPH ON THE HIGH WAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ITSELF INTO 3RD GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT
THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS PULLING OUT INTO BUSY TRAFFIC FROM A SIDE STREET. I ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND WHEN I BACKED MY FOOT OFF THE PEDDLE THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I TAPPED THE PEDDLE A COUPLE TIMES THINKING IT WAS CAUGHT ON THE FLOOR MATT (NOT).IT BACK OFF AND THEN IT DID IT BRIEFLY AGAIN BEFORE CORRECTING ITSELF. THIS WAS ALL IN A 10 SEC. TIME PERIOD..... THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I STEPPED DOWN TO PASS A CAR AND THE PEDDLE MOVED TO THE FLOOR AND STAYED THERE FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, RELEASED AND WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BREAK TRYING NOT TO HIT OTHER CARS AHEAD OF ME. EVERYTIME I LIFT MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE WE WENT FASTER. THEN IT CORRECTED ITSELF AGAIN. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD THE...
THE VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS: NOW EVEN PRESSING "SET" AT LEAST WHILE DRIVING OVER 40 MPH MAKES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE FAST EVEN TO 80 MPH SO I PRESS BRAKE PEDAL WHICH DOES DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. EVEN IF YOU TURN CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT KEEPS ON HAPPENING EVERY TIME YOU PRESS SET. I DISCONNECTED POWER TO THE CRUISE CONTROL.
MY JEEP COMMANDER WILL START ACCELERATING EXCESSIVELY AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I DISABLE THE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND GO INTO THE DITCH JUST TO AVOID A CAR.
MY JEEP DIDN'T PULL CORRECTLY, IT BACK FIRE AND WIND. WE TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER TO GET IT FIX. THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE SOLENOID WENT BAD... SO WERE CHARGED $405 FOR A CONVERTER, $357 FOR A SOLENOID, $7.75 FOR A SEALER, AND $3.60 FOR A NUT NONE... TOTAL LABOR AND PARTS $1930.31... TODAY WE GO TO PICK IT UP, AND IT STILL MAKES THE SAME NOISE AND THE PROBLEM WORSEN. WE LEFT IT THERE TO BE FIXED AGAIN... AT THE MOMENT WE ARE OUT OF $2000, NO CAR, AND THEN HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE WRONG WITH MY CAR AND IT'LL BE $800 MORE TO FIX IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO SPEAK WITH THE OWNER, HE SAID HE'LL CALL ME BACK.. NOT EVEN TWO MINUTES LATER, HE GOES... "WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT...
THE VEHICLE STALLS IN MOTION ON BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND HIGHWAY AND LOSES POWER STEERING. CRUISE CONTROL ONCE YOU SET IT ACCELERATION OCCURS ON ITS OWN THIS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY. IGNITION BUMPS OUT OF THE ON POSITION INTO ACCESSORY OR OFF ON IT'S OWN.
REPLACED BEZEL GEAR SELECTOR 3 TIMES SINCE 2006. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2016 A 4TH REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED PER GOLLING CHRYSLER. VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO STALL AFTER 1-2 SECONDS WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND A SERVICE MESSAGE APPEARS STATING "SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM." SEVERAL TIMES FROM 2006 - 2016 THE VEHICLE ALMOST STALLED WHEN ENTERING INTERSECTIONS OF CITY STREETS. WHENEVER CONDITION OCCURED THE PART WAS REPLACED (3 TIMES). PART CAUSING THE CONDITIONS IS PART# CH68004143-AF PRNDL BEZEL GEAR SELECTOR AND CH52108308-AC CONNECTOR ELECTRICAL (TRANSMISSION). I BELIEVE THE GEAR SELECTOR AND TRANSMISSION TO BE DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE FREQUENT FAILURE WHICH COULD CAUSE A SAFETY INCIDENT.
WHEN DRIVING MY JEEP COMMANDER IT STALLS. IT HAPPENS WHEN I AM STOPPED AND TRY TO GO OR WHEN I SLOW DOWN THEN TRY AND ACCELERATE. MY LIFE HAS BEEN AT RISK WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ONE OF THE TIMES I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 65MPH AND IT STALLED. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT THIS ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD SON THAT IS IN THE CAR WITH ME.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, IT ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STRUGGLED PLACING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE KEY BECAME STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE NOT OCCURRING PRIOR TO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,500.
MY JEEP COMMANDER HAS A RECALL, I TOOK IT IN RIGHT AWAY AND WAS TOLD PART NOT AVAILABLE. IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR AND STILL NOT FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS NO PARTS IN YET AND ITS BEEN OVER ONE YEAR. ONE YEAR AND I HAVE MADE MULTIPLE TRIPS AND CALLS TO THE RIO VISTA CALIFORNIA CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEIR RESPONSE IS THAT CHRYSLER IS TO SEND ME A LETTER WHEN THE PART IS AVAILABLE. DEALERSHIP IS SAYING PART NOT AVAILABLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY COMES FIRST. I'M APPALLED AT HOW THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED. I'VE BEEN PATIENT FOR TOO LONG.
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND MY VEHICLE TURNED OFF. I LOST POWER STEERING BREAKS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAD HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE THIS TIME, AND I LOOKED TO SEE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY JEEP FOR AN INGITION SWITCH AND THE THE EXACT DISCRIPTION OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MY CAR WAS EFFECTED FIT MY SITUATION. I THEN CALLED JEEP AND ADVISED THEM OF THIS AND THEY SAID I NEEEDED TO HAVE IT DIAGNOISED BY A JEEP DEALERSHIP. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AT MY EXPENSENSE AND RENTED A CAR AT MY EXPENSE. THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED MY ASSUMPTION AND IN FACT THE ISSUE I WAS EXPERIENCING IS PART OF THE RECALL. JEEP NOW TELLS ME THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS AND THEY HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION ON WHETHER IT'S NECCESSARY TO...
WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND CAR WENT IN TO MANUAL MODE TO NEUTRAL AND WILL NOT COME OUT OF 3RD GEAR
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SHUT OFF. NO SPEED OR POWER STEERING. THIS OCCURRED ON A BUSY ROAD AND A CRASH WAS AVOIDED. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THE RECALL PARTS ARE STILL UNAVAILABLE. *TR
WHEN ALMOST STOPPED THE ENGINE REVVED UP LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS POWER BRAKING..IT HAPPENED TWICE ON JAN 15, 2015 AND AGAIN ON JAN16, 2015...IT THREW US FORWARD AND THANKFULLY WE HAD ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT IN FRONT OF US THAT WE DID NOT HIT IT....I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT MAKES ME LEERY TO DRIVE WHEN IT IS ACTING LIKE THIS...WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE JEEP BEFORE THIS DATE. I REPORTED THIS TO CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT..I WOULD NEED TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AT MY EXPENSE. WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE JAN. 16TH. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE PARK ASSIST WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE GAUGES FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) WAS RECEIVED IN JULY 2014. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
BOUGHT THIS COMMANDER 08/02/14, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER DRIVING IT . IT STARTED DROPPING OUT OF GEAR AND GETTING STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. AND WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN , I SENT IT BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT IT. FOR THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEING I HAVEN'T EVEN MADE MY FIRST CAR PAYMENT. AND THE GAVE ME A RUN AROUND FOR TWO WEEKS SAYING THEY WAS WAITING ON PARTS . THEN SAID THEY HAD IT AND HAD MY JEEP FOR ALMOST 4 WEEKS . BEFORE GETTING MY JEEP. NOW ITS 01/02/15 AND ITS DOING IT AGAIN. I CANT MAKE IT BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. OR GET MY KIDS. WITH MY JEEP STUCK IN THIRD GEAR AND DIEING FOR NO REASON. *TR
2006 JEEP COMMANDER IDLING UP ON ITS OWN AND ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE. *MW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE NOISE WAS NORMAL FOR A HEMI ENGINE. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED, THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE. ALSO WHEN IT RAINED, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED WATER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND A LEAK.*JB
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY THE JEEP LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH FROM THE ON RAMP ON TO THE RIGHT LANE OF THE FREEWAY. ALL THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF, ALL THE GAUGES SHUT DOWN, AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. IT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 4-5 SECONDS, AND AFTER STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE JEEP RE-ENGAGED AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO A SAFE DESTINATION. THE JEEP IS UNDER RECALL P41 FOR IGNITION SWITCH ISSUES, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE CAUSING THE ISSUES, BUT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM CHRYSLER. THE PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN MANUFACTURED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED. IT IS POSSIBLE THE VEHICLE HAS A BAD CONTROL MODULE. THE RECALL FOR FAULTY CONTROL MODULES WAS ISSUED SEPT. 21, 2014 BUT THIS MAKE AND MODEL WAS NOT COVERED IN THAT RECALL ... ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKELY IT IS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR
AS I DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I CAN BE GOING BETWEEN 40-60 MPH AND IF I LET OFF THE GAS AND JUST COAST AND THEN GIVE IT GAS AGAIN ITS LIKE IT IS IN NEUTRAL AND IT CONTINUES TO DO THIS UNTIL THE CAR IS GOING 20 MPH OR UNDER AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS IT HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST HAVE SEVERAL WRECKS AND I HAVE 5 KIDS WHICH WERE WITH ME IN THE CAR EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD QUICKLY ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DECELERATE AND DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
WHILE TRAVELING ON AN EXPRESSWAY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN, I WAS USING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO MAINTAIN A SPEED OF 75 MPH. WITH NO WARNING AT ALL, THE MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, LEAVING MY JEEP "DEAD IN THE HIGHWAY". I WAS ABLE TO STEER AND BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION BY PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER, LUCKILY WITHOUT INCIDENT. TURNED THE KEY TO THE "OFF" POSITION AND WAITED ABOUT 10 SECONDS. I TURNED THE KEY TO THE "ON" POSITION AND IT STARTED BACK UP. I CAUTIOUSLY DROVE AT A CONSIDERABLY SLOWER SPEED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A REST STOP. WHEN I GOT TO MY DESTINATION I FOUND A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE AND HAD THEM DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. IT SHOWED A MAF SENSOR GONE BAD. MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS REPLACED. HOPING THAT WAS THE...
VEHICLE SEEM TO LOOSE POWER WHILE CRUISING AT OR AROUND 45 MPH OR WHEN ENGAGES 4TH GEAR. RPM'S DROP REALLY QUICK FROM 3500 TO ALMOST 1500 RPM'S IN MATTERS OF SECOND. INCREASING THE RISK OF A REAR END COLLISION IF TRYING TO OVERTAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE OR DRIVING UP HILL, DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. PROBLEMS HAPPENS EVERY TIME UNDER ANY WEATHER CONDITION. *TR
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 55 MPH AS I CAME INTO A 35 MPH ZONE I HAD TAPPED MY BRAKES AND THEN CAME TO A RED LIGHT WHERE I HAD TO STOP, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I THEN TURNED ON STATE ROUTE 348 WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS BACK TO 55 WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO RESUME, MY 06 JEEP COMMANDER ACCELERATED TO A VERY HIGH SPEED AS IF I PUSHED THE PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I PUSHED THE BREAK IT THEN TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME OR I WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THEIR VEHICLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. AT THIS POINT I CANNOT USE MY CRUISE CONTROL BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I TRY (NOTE: I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THERE IS NO CARS...
DRIVING MY JEEP COMMANDER FROM TOPEKA,KS TO MANHATTAN,KS DROVE ON THE HIGH WAY WHEN ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND OR BEGAN A ROCKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE JERKED OR ROCKED EVERY SO OFTEN NOT CONSISTENT BUT VERY RANDOMLY DID NOT NOTICE A PATTERN. THE VEHICLE DID NOT DRIVE WELL AND FELT VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE HIGH WAY. *TR
HELLO, MY 2006 JEEP COMMANDER STARTED STALLING OUT OVER A YEAR AGO AND HAS STALLED ON ME ON AND OFF VARIOUS TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS BUT USUALLY AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SCARY. I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANYMORE AND NOW IT IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I AM DRIVING A 1991 HONDA BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR AT THIS TIME. I JUST PAID THIS JEEP OFF AND NOW I CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER FIXED THE ONE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE CALLED THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE AND IT RAN FINE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND NOW ONCE AGAIN THE CAR STALLED OUT WHILE I WAS HEADED TO A CAMPING TRIP WITH MY KIDS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO GOING 50 MPH AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI AND SEVERAL...
CAR TURNED ITSELF OFF,IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM, MAYBE SOFTWARE.HAS STALLED ON MANY OCCASIONS. HAS HAD SOFTWARE CHECKED BY DEALER AND THERE IS NO OTHER FIX, THEY SAY. IS THIS PART OF THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH? THANK YOU! *TR
WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE FIRST NOTICED THE ELECTRIC MIRRORS TURNED UPWARD AND UNABLE TO CORRECT. THEN THE LEFT WINDOW WENT DOWN AND MOVES UP OR DOWN AT RANDOM. THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS BECAME INOPERATIVE FROM DRIVER SIDE. THE WARNING GAUGES STARTED TO GO OFF AND ON AND DISPLAY STARTED TO FLASH DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING THE NEXT DAY THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OFF AND EVERYTHING STARTED FLASHING THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP. I HAVE A VIDEO THAT I TOOK WHILE DRIVING. *TR
ALL THE LIGHT ON MY DASH BOARD HAVE BEEN FLICKERING ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO AFFECT MY ENGINE HOWEVER IT WILL COMPLETELY TAKE ALL GAUGES TO ZERO WHILE I AM DRIVING. I DROVE IT LAST NIGHT AND WHEN IT HAPPENED IT KILLED MY ALL MY LIGHTS. I CAN HEAR A CLICKING SOUND WHEN THE FLICKERING HAPPENS. IT DOESN'T CLICK CONTINUOUSLY BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE ME VERY UNEASY. *TR
THE SPEED CONTROL ACCELERATED AND KICKED INTO OVERDRIVE. IT JUMPED FROM 65 TO 80 IN JUST A MATTER OF SECONDS. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKE AND TURN OF THE SPEED CONTROL. IT NOW DOES IT ALL THE TIME WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED. *TR
THIS VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS RECALLS RELATED TO ALL THE PROBLEMS OUR JEEP HAS. THERE IS 0 RECALL FOR OUR VIN. THE VEHICLE SURGES WHEN DRIVING UP HILLS. THE CAR WON'T START SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE SHIFTER CONTROL THINKS IT IS IN DRIVE WHEN IT IS IN PARK. THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK AND THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE KICKS IN WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND JUMPS THE CAR.
AT AROUND OR ABOUT THE SPEED OF 55 MPH ,I HERE A LOUD AND SCARY THUMPING OR GRINDING SOUND UNDER THE CAR. IT SOUNDS LIKE ITS RIGHT UNDERNEATH MY SEAT. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND SLOWED DOWN. THAT SEEMED TO HELP THE SOUND GO AWAY.WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK IN THE MORNING, I ONLY DRIVE 35 MPH AND I CAN HERE THE SOUND ALSO AND WHEN I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE SOUND STOPS, BUT CONTINUES WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS. PLS NOTIFY ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION AS I DO DRIVE WITH LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. I WILL TAKE THE CAR TO THE JEEP DEALER TO GET CHECKED OUT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
ENGINE IDLES WHEN STOPPED AND SOMETIMES THE JEEP LUNGES FORWARD. LIGHTS ON DASH COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. TIRES KEEP NEEDING REPLACED EVEN WHEN GETTING THE JEEP CONTINUALLY BALANCED AND ROTATED. THEY WEAR DOWN ON THE OUTER RIM OF FRONT TIRES ONLY. HAVE TO KEEP GETTING NEW BATTERIES BECAUSE VEHICLE KEEPS DYING. I HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2006 THAN I HAVE HAD WITH A CAR IN A LIFETIME. INTERIOR POWER STATIONS DON'T WORK, PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT CLOSE OR OPEN AT TIMES. SOME TIMES THE HORN WILL JUST START GOING OFF. I KEEP RECEIVING RECALL NOTICES ALMOST YEARLY. JEEP NEEDS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN A LEMON FROM THE SECOND I BROUGHT IT HOME. *TR
WHILE DRIVING THE COMMANDER AT VARIOUS SPEEDS EVERYTHING SUDDENLY TURNS OFF. ACCELERATION IS IMMEDIATELY DECREASED AND ALL DASHBOARD FUNCTIONS ARE GONE. I HAVE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND RE-START THE ENGINE, ALL WHILE STILL DRIVING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 2 MONTHS. *TR
WOULD DRIVING LIKE 25 MPH THE CAR STOPS AND ENGINE SHOT OFF ALSO LIGHT COMING ON THE INSIDE AND THE AIR CONDITIONED IT DOES T WORK LOW YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ALWAYS UNTIL HIGH THE WAY IT CAN START WORKING ALSO PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE MAKING A NOISE LIKE RCRCCRCRCRCRCRCCRC LIKE THE MANIFOLD OR EXHAUST PROBLEMS THIS CAR IS SOOO WEIRD I ALREADY TOOK IT TO THE PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THEY CAN T DO ANYTHING CAUSE THE MANUFACTURED PROBLEMS. *TR
I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. WHEN I PROCEEDED TO GO ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE STARTED GOING BUT VERY SLOWLY NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THERE WERE CARS COMING AT ME. IT DROVE VERY SLOWLY FOR A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AND I CAME TO ANOTHER STOP. AS I STARTED TO GO INTO THE INTERSECTION AGAIN, THE VEHICLE STARTED OFF VERY SLOWLY EVEN WITH THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR. AS I PROCEEDED IT WENT A LITTLE FASTER BUT NOT MUCH FASTER. MY DAUGHTER INFORMED ME THAT THIS SAME THING HAPPENED TO HER EARLIER WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING THE JEEP AND SHE TURNED IT OFF AND SHE CUT IT OFF COMPLETELY THEN RESTARTED IT AND IT RAN FINE. I PROCEEDED TO DO THE SAME THING(CUTTING IT OFF COMPLETELY AND TURNING IT BACK ON) AND IT RAN WELL AGAIN. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAD...
I PURCHASED MY CAR IN JULY, 2012, IT IS NOW OCT, 2013, AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE JEEP, FOR STARTERS THE LIGHTS AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS KEEP FLICKERING ON AN OFF BY THEMSELVES, AND NOW JEEP WON'T PICK UP SPEED AT TIMES AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS A SHIFT MODULE PROBLEM THAT WOULD COST 997. WELL I TOOK IT FROM THE SHOP AND A WEEK LATER BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEY THEN STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE TRANSMISSION APART AND CLEAN IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE DEBRIS THAT IS ON IT, WELL LATER THEY CALL ME TO SAY THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION I NEED A NEW ONE AND FOR THAT IT WILL COST ME 2900....THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM BACK IN 2008, COULD IT BE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKES SEIZED AND WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.
I WAS DRIVING AND WHEN I ACCELERATED THE CAR SEEMED VERY SLUGGISH AND HESITANT TO SWITCH GEARS. AS I APPROACHED THE STOP LIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP I NOTICED THE CAR STALLED. SO I TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THIS HAS HAPPEN TWICE NOW THAT THE CAR HAS JUST STALLED. I HAVE NOW NOTICED THAT SINCE THIS INCIDENT MY CAR HAS BEEN IDLING ROUGH AND HAS BEEN VARY SLUGGISH WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY UP HILLS. I AM WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE I AM DRIVING. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V175000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,400.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT MANUAL FORCE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO PARK TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.
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