2008 Jeep Commander

THIS VEHICLE HAS AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUE, PERIODICALLY ALL OF THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND THEN ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WILL FAIL - INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER INSTRUMENT GAUGES, THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE OTHER LIGHTS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THE RADIO, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. USUALLY EVERYTHING WILL RESET AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED, SHUT DOWN, ALLOWED TO "REST" FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AND RESTARTED. THIS EVENT HAS OCCURRED 8 OR 9 TIMES SINCE THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT. AFTER THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT THE RADIO SPEAKERS WENT DOWN ONE BY ONE AND YOU CAN NO LONGER USE THE RADIO, HOWEVER YOU DO SOMETIMES GET A LOUD STATIC SOUND OVER THE SPEAKERS - EVEN THOUGH THE RADIO IS TURNED OFF. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THIS FAILURE EVENT OCCURS THE SYSTEM WOULD "RESET ITSELF" WITHOUT INTERVENTION, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A DIAGNOSTIC FEE IF I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR TESTING, SO I HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH THIS EVER SINCE. HOWEVER, NOW THAT OTHER RELATED SYSTEMS ARE FAILING PERMANENTLY I AM NOT WILLING TO PUT UP WITH IT ANY LONGER, I AM CONCERNED THAT EVENTUALLY EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FAIL PERMANENTLY INCLUDING THE INSTRUMENTS, TURN SIGNALS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, ETC. THE CONSUMER SENT AN E-MAIL REQUESTING TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFO. YESTERDAY, 07/21/2011, THIS VEHICLE STALLED OUT TWICE WHILE IN OPERATION WHILE MY WIFE WAS RUNNING ERRANDS IN NORMAL CITY TRAFFIC. IN BOTH CASES SHE WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD USING THE VEHICLE'S MOMENTUM AND WAS SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE A SHORT WHILE LATER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE COMPLAINT ISSUE HAS ACTUALLY RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE STALLING OUT WHILE IN TRAFFIC. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT THE COMPLAINT ISSUE HAS OCCURRED IN SUCH RAPID SUCCESSION - FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE FREQUENCY HAS BEEN ONCE EVERY 3 OR 4 MONTHS, NOW IT IS BECOMING ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK (OR IN THIS CASE, IN A DAY). UNABLE TO ADD THE LAST FEW LINES OF CONSUMERS SENTENCE AS THE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V059000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUOUSLY FAIL TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST NINE TIMES AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THREE STARTERS AND FOUR COMPUTER MODULATORS YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THEY WOULD RETURN HIS CALL BUT HAD NOT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,225 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,800.

MY ADULT CHILDREN'S 2008 JEEP COMMANDER ENGINE HAS QUIT RUNNING, WHILE THEY ARE DRIVING, EIGHT TIMES IN THE PAST 4 MONTHS. (7/26/2010 THRU 11/26/2010). THE LAST TIME THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR, HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE (TURNING THE KEY MULTIPLE TIMES). THEY HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH WARNING LIGHTS FLICKERING AND/OR STAYING ON. THEY HAVE TAKEN THE JEEP TO WALDORF CHRYSLER JEEP DEALER 8 TIMES DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. THEY HAVE REPAIRED MODULE WIRING, REPLACED THE STARTER AND TURNED THE CORE, PERFORMED ROUTINE CHECK UP AND MAINTENANCE, RUN/START CIRCUIT REPAIRED, THROTTLE AND GASKET REPAIRED/REPLACED TWICE, CURRENTLY IN THE REPAIR SHOP. DEALER WOULD ONLY PROVIDE RENTAL CAR IF THE KIDS PAID FOR IT. ALSO TOOK THE JEEP TO DODGE DEALERSHIP IN WALDORF 8/2010, THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM.

2008 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED- I WAS DRIVING APPX 50 MPH AND THE POWER SHUT OFF. LIGHTS WENT OFF, AC WENT OFF, KIDS DVD WENT OFF... THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN! STEERING WHEEL STARTED LOCKING UP. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. LUCKILY WHEN I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, IT STARTED BACK UP. *TR

2008 JEEP COMMANDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL ISSUES WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AS THERE WERE NO FAULT CODES. TWO DAYS LATER, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ONE WEEK LATER, THE SAME LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. ON DECEMBER 2, 2009 THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE STALLING CONTINUED AS WELL. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE HESITATING AT TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE STREAM O2 SENSORS AND REST THE CONTROLLER. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE FAILED SO THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR REPAIR BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 08V059000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A CLAIM AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE A CALL BACK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 46,285. UPDATED 07/28/10. *LJ

CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ON THE 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE RECALL DETAILS LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS, WIPERS, BLINKERS, AND FOR THE ENGINE TO STALL. BUT THEY ARE ONLY COVERING IT ON CERTAIN VINS. OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER HAS SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED ALL THESE PROBLEMS. MY HUSBANDS HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IN THE DARK. THE WIPERS QUIT WORKING, WE HAVE NO BLINKERS, AND THE ENGINE KEEPS STALLING. WE CALLED THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND THEY REFUSE TO TAKE OUR JEEP IN ON THE RECALL, YET ACKNOWLEDGED IT HAD ALL THE SIGNS OF THE RECALL, THEY SAID IT HAD TOO MANY MILES. WE HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND THE RECALL STATES THAT IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH. SO WHAT ARE WE TOO DO KNOW? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED 5 TIMES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, IT WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. WHEN TRYING TO RE-START IT, EVERYTHING BUT THE ENGINE WOULD POWER UP. ON 02/16/2010, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING 10 MPH AND SHE STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RE-START THE VEHICLE SINCE THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. SHE HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND INQUIRED ABOUT RECALL 08V059000 BUT WAS TOLD THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN WAS FAULTY AND DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY IN HIS VEHICLE. HE MUST PRESS THE HORN WITH MUCH FORCE IN ORDER FOR IT TO SOUND. HE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND THEY INSTALLED A NEW HORN; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,200. UPDATED 04-20-09 *BF UPDATED 04/24/09.*JB