2008 JEEP COMMANDER Engine Problems

2008 Jeep Commander, 4.7L, QDII system. Vehicle experiences a sudden an unexpected loss of power and braking action while driving at speed. After loss of power, ABS, Stability Control, Brake, Check engine light, dash board warning lights illuminate and flash. Park assist and service 4wd error messages flash intermittently. Vehicle begins to buck and surge, accelerator becomes unresponsive. Has occurred at highway speed of 70mph, 50mph, 35mph. Loss of control of vehicle is sudden an unexpected with no advance warning. Vehicle has been to my local jeep dealer 4 times for repair (in under 1000 miles) multiple components replaced with no correction to issue.

The contact owns a 2008 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle the ABS, Traction Control, Check Engine, and ESP BAS warning lights were illuminated. Additionally, on some occasions while driving approximately 65 MPH, there was an abnormal sound coming from underneath the driver's seat, causing the seat to vibrate. The contact stated that she also observed oil under the oil filter when she inspected the vehicle. The vehicle was restarted but the warning lights remained illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,948.

ENGINE STALLING WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING/CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BETWEEN 55MPH TO 65MPH

The jeep randomly stutters, surges, and dies at the light. The brake light comes on and off and the brakes also feel like they stutter and/or shake when pressing on the pedal break.

Woke up and it wouldn’t crank, been driving it every day, Ignition module front control module May be bad like stated in the recall, won’t turn over or crank, transmission input output sensors idk maybe transmission module, wouldn’t go over 40 I’m wondering if my Jeep has problems like stated in the recall. Technicians at James Ceranti Chrysler dodge Jeep says it’s electrical

The Vehicle will completely shut down (stall) randomly while driving in motion. This happens randomly but consistently. This has happened while driving on highways in speeds of excess of 55mph and on other roads going as slow as 10mph or while in reverse. When this happens, the oil light and Check engine light come on and the vehicle locks up with no power steering. The vehicle will start back up again after a few seconds when you turning the key.

THIS VEHICLE WON'T START AND I GUESS IT HAS A STARTER PROBLEM. THAT HAPPENING ALL THE THE TIME.*DT

THE CAR STALLS ALL THE TIME. DRIVING AND IT WILL JUST STOP ON A DIME.

MY COMMANDER WILL SIMPLY SHUT OFF WHILE AT SPEEDS AND OR IDLING...VERY SCARY VARY DANGEROUS. SOMETIMES IT WILL START RIGHT BACK UP, BUT MOST WONT START AT ALL. I HAVE HAD TO TOW IT AWAY. LUCKILY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE SHUT OFFS ...BUT I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE. DON'T WANT TO PUT KIDS IN WITH ME OR TOW ANYTHING OR EVEN JUST DRIVE IT. THERE ARE NO CODES, OR EXPLANATION TO IT FROM MY MECHANIC...MYSTERY. IT'S CURRENTLY NOT STARTING NOW AND KIND OF DONE WITH THIS ISSUE. CHRYSLER...THIS NEEDS A FIX BADLY! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE PIN, VALVE, AND ENGINE DETACHED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT ALSO CALLED A REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.

FUEL TANK WHERE FILLER HOSE CONNECTS HAS STARTED TO LEAK WHEN I FILL TANK. ALSO EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ARE MADE SO SMALL AND WEAK THAT THEY BRAKE AND DEALER KEEPS TELLING CUSTOMERS THAT ENGINE NOISE OF KNOCKING IS NORMAL ON COMMANDER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALBERIC COLN CHRYSLER (551 MARGINAL JF KENNEDY, SAN JUAN, 00920, PUERTO RICO, +1 787-793-2223) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW SPARK PLUGS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NEW SPARK PLUGS WERE INSTALLED A MONTH AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 40 MPH, THE SPEED SUDDENLY REDUCED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING SENSOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD ERRONEOUSLY CHANGE POSITIONS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

"TAKATA RECALL" I OWN A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER WITH A 3.7 LITER ENGINE. I ALWAYS MADE MY OIL CHANGE AT 50,000 MILES OR 6 MONTHS INTERVALS. I HAVE LEARNED THAT JEEP CHRYSLER AND DODGE VEHICLES PRODUCED FROM 2005 TO 2012 ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE OIL PICKUP TUBE NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR GETS CLOGGED WITH SLIM SO THT NO ENGINE OIL REACHES THE PISTONS AND CYLINDER HEAD. WHILE DRIVING, MY ENGINE THREW A PISTON ROD TROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK AND INTO THE OIL PAN. I AM SURE THAT JEEP KNEW OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE OIL PICKUP TUBE BUT DID NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM SINCE THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE OIL PICKUP TUBE. I LOVE MY JEEP BUT AGAIN, JEEP KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE 3.7L ENGINE WITH THE 8TH DIGIT OF THE VIN BEING K. JEEP/DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHILCE STALLED FIVE TIMES IN ONE DAY. WAXAHACHIE DODGE, CHRYSLER, JEEP OF WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS 75167 DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRELESS IGNITION MODULE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPROGRAMMED PER A RECALL AND THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE STALLING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

2008 JEEP COMMANDER SAFETY ISSUE WHERE IT COMPLETELY LOOSES ALL ELECTRICAL AND MOTOR SYSTEMS WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING. IT STALLS OUT ONLY AT LOW RPM OR WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. I LOST ALL SYSTEMS INCLUDING STEERING, BRAKES, AND HAZARD LIGHTS. THIS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP AND PRIVATE AUTO MECHANIC COULD NOT DIAGNOSE AND IT LEAVES NO SYSTEM EVENTS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THIS WAS RELATED TO AN EARLIER MODEL COMMANDER RECALL WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THEY GREW ANGRY WITH ME AND HUNG UP.

TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON I-85 WHEN THE JEEP COMMANDER MADE A CLUNK SOUND AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THERE WAS NO POWER AND IT WAS UNABLE TO START. THIS OCCURRED AROUND 10PM WHEN I WAS HEADING HOME AFTER WORK. IT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE SINCE IT WAS DARK. I WAS EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENTING AND STAYED WITH ME UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. I TOOK IT TO A FIRST MECHANIC WHO STATED THE ENGINE WAS TOTALED. I WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION TO ANOTHER MECHANIC SINCE THE CAR WAS MADE IN 2008 AND HAS ABOUT 112,000 MILES BUT WAS ALSO INFORMED THE ENGINE WAS TOTALED. THIS WAS A SHOCK AND DISAPPOINTING SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD START AND THEN SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND A DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE ISSUE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE A MAN RAN INTO THE BACK OF MY 2008 JEEP COMMANDER DUE TO THE VEHICLE STALLED ON A STREET AND THEN SHUT OFF. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE FOR YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT. HOWEVER HERE LATELY THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AND THEN SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-55MPH. I HAVE HAD 2 TYPES OF RECALL WORK DONE. HOWEVER THAT HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR RIGHT NOW IS BACK AT THE DEALER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT HAD PREVIOUSLY ILLUMINATED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED BUT INDEPENDENTLY DEACTIVATED AND OVER TIME FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I HAVE BEEN THE OWNER OF 2008 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED EDITION FOR ALMOST 5 YEARS. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IT WAS MY DREAM TRUCK.. HOWEVER IT HAS NOW BECOME MY BOMB WAITING TO GO OFF KILLING ME AND MY CHILDREN. THIS TRUCK RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF DURING HIGH SPEEDS, DOESNT ALLOW ME BREAK SOMETIMES FOR READ LIGHTS AND PUT MY LIFE AT RISK DAILY WHEN I DRIVE. I HAVE CONTINUALLY CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP AND HEADQUARTER ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS MY TRUCK HAS BECOME. I HAVE MISSED COUNTLESS DAYS OF WORK AND BE LEFT STRANDED WHEN THE ENGINE WONT TURN OVER. I HAVE BEGGED FOR HELP AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE. WILL IT TAKE A ME BEING KILLED OR HURTING ANOTHER FOR SOME TO FINALLY HELP. THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THE RECALL IGNITION PIECE ISNT IN AND THAT THEY CANT HELP ME. I'M AT RISK OF LOSING MY JOB BECAUSE...

AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES I SHUT VEHICLE OFF CAME OUT TO START 2 MINUTES LATER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER WAITING FOR ROAD SERVICE ABOUT HALF HOUR VEHICLE STARTED WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE. ALL LIGHTS,GAUGES AND WINDOWS WORKED AS THEY SHOULD. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES AFTER THAT.

2008 JEEP COMMANDER, ENGINE WOULD REPEATEDLY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. IT WOULD HAPPENED AT ALL SPEEDS, FROM PULLING OUT TO DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I RECEIVED THE SAFETY RECALL P57/NHTSA 14V-567 OVER SIX MONTHS AGO WHICH STATED "CHRYSLER IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE THE PART AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE". THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT COULD END UP KILLING SOMEBODY IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT CHRYSLER CAN OPERATE IN THIS MANNER AND TAKE THIS LONG TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS SAFETY AND THAT THEY ARE NOT TAKING THE RECALL SERIOUSLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

IN JAN 2015 OUR KEY FOB GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION OF OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. A DAY LATER,WE WERE ABLE TO FREE IT. ON 2/19/15 IT WOULD NOT START AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT JUMP STARTED TWICE. ONCE STARTED IT DROVE WITHOUT ISSUES FOR 3 DAYS. THEN ON 2/23/15, THE JEEP WOULD NOT START AND THE KEY FOB GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE JEEP COULD NOT MOVE AND COULD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF PARK. THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED WERE THE LIGHTS. WE TRIED TO JUMP START THE VEHICLE AND TRIED EVERYTHING WE COULD THINK OF TO RELEASE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE FOB WOULD NOT RELEASE SO WE HAD TO HAVE THE JEEP TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT. THE MECHANIC TESTED THE JEEP (BATTERY TESTED FINE). THEY CALLED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY PARTS TO FIX THE ISSUE AND...

THIS IS A REPEAT PROBLEM PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED I KEEP BRINGING INTO THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN TOWED, DRIVEN, ETC. DATA RECORDER. NEW IGNITION INSTALLED, NEW WIRES INSTALLED, RELAY SWITCH INSTALLED NOW THEY WANT TO TRY TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP. THEY ARE JUST GUESSING THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. TIME TO GO DRIVE MY DEATH TRAP....DOESN'T START SOMETIMES, AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE THAT OUT...TODAY, WHILE I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC ON 95 MY JEEP JUST ACCELERATED OUT OF NO WHERE; AND I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE AND SKID OFF THE HIGHWAY TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. NOW I HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS, AND NO TURN SIGNALS. NO DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER, THANKFULLY, CARS STILL HAVE THE TRADITIONAL SPEEDOMETER. LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS TIME AROUND. YOUR RIGHT ROUTE 1 JEEP THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND ITS SAFE TO DRIVE...MAYBE CHRYSLER WILL GET THERE ACT...

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 27 NOV, AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A 2-LANE HIGHWAY. WE WERE TRAVELING APPROX. 60 MPH WHEN THE JEEP MADE A ?CLUNK? SOUND, SUDDENLY THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, GOT OUT AND DID A QUICK EXTERNAL CHECK TO TRY AND SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. NOTHING APPEARED TO BE WRONG. I GOT BACK IN AND TRIED TO START THE JEEP AGAIN, AND IT DID START UP. WE CAUTIOUSLY PROCEEDED BACK TO OUR HOTEL AND I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UP THE NEAREST JEEP DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED FOR ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THE JEEP DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE JEEP, BUT THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN RECALL FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE TECH TOLD ME THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH ON OUR...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WHEN, ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF IT WERE IN FUEL SAVER MODE, SHE STARTED UP A SLIGHT GRADE AND ENGINE WOULDN'T ACCELERATE NOR THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFT THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITH OUT ANY WARNING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. AS OF TODAY'S DATE 10/02/2014 THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 11/14/14*CN UPDATED 8/12/2015*JS

DRIVING ON STRAIGHT RESIDENTIAL ROAD AT 35 MPH. ABRUPT POWER LOSS TO VEHICLE OCCURRED. GAS GAUGE WENT FROM HALF FULL TO BELOW EMPTY. DIFFICULT STEERING AND BRAKING. VEHICLE COASTED ENOUGH TO MAKE RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A SIDE STREET. STOPPED VEHICLE, REMOVED KEY FROM IGNITION, PUT THE KEY BACK IN, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. EXACT SCENARIOS REPORTED IN THE NEWS. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2008 MODEL AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL THAT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED WHEREBY THE RECALL YEAR STOPPED AT 2007. . *TR

IGNITION WAS VERY LOOSE AND WOULD EVEN START WITH JUST TOUCHING THE KEY WITHOUT TURNING IT. WOULD ALSO TURN OFF WITH JUST A TOUCH OF THE KEY. IT SOON GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS NOT MAKING CONNECTION AND WOULD NOT START FROM TIME TO TIME. WHICH STRANDED ME AND MY FAMILY SEVERAL TIMES FAR FROM HOME. AFTER CHANGING MANY THINGS ON THE JEEP I DECIDED TO TAKE IT ON A FAMILY VACATION WHERE IT WOULD NOT START AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK HOME TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE IGNITION MODULE WHICH THEY REPLACED FOR $600. THE JEEP IS RUNNING GREAT NOW. AND I AM NOT AFRAID TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE. IT SAT IN THE GARAGE HERE AT HOME FOR MONTHS AND I THOUGHT ABOUT TRADING IT IN BUT I DID NOT WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO GET STUCK OR HURT...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WENT BLACK AND THE CAR WENT COMPLETELY DEAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. NO LIGHTS, POWER STEERING OR BRAKES, NO POWER WINDOWS TO PUT MY HAND OUT TO WAVE CARS AROUND ME. CAR ALSO STALLS IMMEDIATELY UPON STARTING UP. ALSO ANOTHER RECURRING ISSUE IS THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD LIGHTING UP AND FLASHING, TOTAL POWER LOSS--NO POWER IN GAS PEDAL, CAR STOPS, AND THEN SUDDENLY KICKS BACK IN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I MUST PAY $99.50 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL FORWARD OUT OF A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000. UPDATED 8/27/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE THE KEY WOULD SWITCH TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION. UPDATED 09/11/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

LAST SUMMER SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE NICELY MAINTAINED VEHICLE FROM A REPUTABLE DEALERSHIP I WAS DRIVING ALONG SUBDIVISION STREET AND THAT VEHICLE TURNED OFF. I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND I WAS ABLE TO START IT AND GET GAS I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD.-----MAYBE I DID SOMETHING. THE SECOND TIME MY SON WAS DRIVING ON A FIVE LANE BUSY COMMERCIAL STREET AND IT TURNED OFF. AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO EASILY COACH HIM THROUGH IT AND IT STARTED UP. THIS TIME WE TOLD MY HUSBAND WHO WORKS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. HE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE AND CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WAS THE EXTRA KEYS THAT WERE ON THE IGNITION KEY RING. SEEMED LOGICAL SOMETIMES I DO HAVE A BUNCH OF EXTRA KEYS ON MY RING ----BUT I REMEMBER THINKING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXTRA KEYS ON THAT OCCASION. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN------UNTIL YESTERDAY. DAUGHTER DRIVING----IN...

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND A CAR CAME OUT IN FRONT OF HER FROM THE LEFT SIDE AND THEY HIT. THE OTHER CAR'S AIR BAGS ALL WENT OFF. MY JEEP NOT ONE AIR BAG WENT OFF AFTER TOTALING THE FRONT END GOING THROUGH A DITCH HITTING A GUARD RAIL ETC. POLICE BUT ON REPORT THEY WENT OFF JUST TOOK IT AS THEY SHOULD OF BECAUSE OF HOW BAD SHE WAS HIT. MY DAUGHTER HAS BACK PROBLEMS THE OTHER PERSON CRACKED HIP HAD TO HAVE BACK SURGERY. MY DAUGHTER HAS TO HAVE SURGERY TO BUT THEY WOULDN'T OK IT AT TIME SO NOW APPLYING FOR DISABILITY UNABLE TO WORK. WE HAVE EVERY RECALL THAT YOU HAVE LIST ON HERE WRONG WITH OUR JEEP AND MORE. IT STARTS TO REV UP AS IF PUTTING GAS ON WHILE HOLDING BRAKE OR WHILE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, I WAS IN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF A YEAR. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 6/17/14*CN UPDATED 8/1/17*CN

THE CAR STARTS ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT A KEY!! IT DOES NOT HAVE REMOTE START, BUT I WILL BE WALKING AWAY FROM MY PARKED SHUT OFF CAR OR UP IN MY KITCHEN AND HEAR MY CAR SOUNDING LIKE THE PEDAL IS DOWN TO THE MEDAL. IT'S NOT JUST RUNNING, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BLOW-UP! IT'S HAPPENED 5 TIMES, MOST RECENTLY 2 DAYS AGO. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY IS RACING THE ENGINE BUT IT'S IN PARK AND THE CAR WAS OFF. SOMETIMES IT'S HOURS LATER, OTHER TIMES WITHIN 20 MIN OF SHUT OFF. IT SCARES ME THAT IT WILL START DRIVING OR CATCH FIRE IN MY GARAGE!! THE CAR LITERALLY TURNS ITSELF ON!! AND IT'S NOT JUST ELECTRICAL BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING!! I HAS 65000 MILES AND STARTED ACTING WEIRD AROUND 20000 WHEN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. CAR WOULD JUST SHIFT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. CAR JUST SHUTS OFF ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE. IT RESTARTS AFTER A FEW MINUTES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE IT. IT HAS HAPPENED OVER 30 TIMES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS MY WIFE AND I MOSTLY JUGGLE OUR OTHER VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SMALL CHILDREN. THIS LAST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS 9/09/2013 WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AT A SPEED OF 60MPH. I NARROWLY ESCAPED A POTENTIALLY HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WITH A COUPLE EIGHTEEN WHEELERS. I PUSHED IT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY MYSELF. EVENTUALLY IT STARTED LONG ENOUGH TO GET TO AN OFFRAMP WHERE IT STOPPED AGAIN. IT WAS TOWED AND IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, NOW I SEE BY LOOKING ONLINE THAT IT IS A...

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF MY JEEP STALLING WHILE DRIVING. RANGE IN SPEEDS ARE FROM 5 - 60MPH. CHANGED A COMPUTER AND STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM. *JS

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER SLOWING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. SPEED IS RESTORED AFTER FOOT IS TAKEN OFF ACCELERATOR AND REAPPLIED. LIGHTS APPEAR ON DAYS INDICATING THE STABILITY CONTROL AND AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT LOCATE ANY PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER IS NOW AT RANDOM INTERVALS AT ALL SPEEDS AND ALL CONDITIONS. MECHANIC IS STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY PROBLEM. FEAR AN INCIDENT COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME RESULTING IN A CRASH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM LOCATED ON THE WEB. *TR

I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY '08 COMMANDER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. THE SUNROOF LEAKED AND WATER GOT INTO THE DASHBOARD, SHORTING THE RADIO OUT. DEALER FIXED SUNROOF SEAL AND RADIO. ON THE DRIVE HOME FROM THE DEALER, DASHBOARD LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. RETURNED TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY, BUT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE A PROBLEM. THREE DAYS LATER, CAR WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLASH. RETURNED TO DEALER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO "DUPLICATE" ISSUE. TECH FROM DEALER DROVE CAR FOR 1 DAY AND HE COULD NOT FIND AN ISSUE. ONE WEEK LATER, CAR SMELLED HORRIBLE OF FUEL AND CAR WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. RETURNED TO DEALER AND DEALER REPLACED O2 SENSOR. PICKED UP CAR AND ON MY WAY HOME, LIGHTS FLASHED, CAR STALLED AND SMELLED WORSE OF FUEL. IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO DEALER, DEALER REPLACED A SECOND O2 SENSOR. PICKED UP CAR, 5 MILES FROM...

AS I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE CAR WAS COASTING SLOWLY INTO THE SPOT. I BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BEGIN STOPPING WHEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED OVER THE CURB INTO THE BUILDING. THE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT NEAR THE ACCELERATOR DURING THIS TIME, THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE ACCELERATOR OR BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE. THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK AND THE CAR ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. *TR

STARTED JEEP, BACKED OUT OF PARKING SPACE, TURNED LEFT OUT OF PARKING LOT, DROVE 20 FEET TO STOP SIGN, JEEP STALLED WHILE WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR FOR LEFT HAND TURN. *TR