2008 Jeep Commander

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 TOGETHER AND LEARN FROM GM! READING ME INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PULL MY CAR OFF THE ROAD IN CASE OF ENGINE SHUT DOWN IS UNACCEPTABLE! HOW DO I HANDLE THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND LACK OF BLINKERS AND LIGHTS? I HAVE HAD IGNITION/STARTING ISSUES FOR YEARS NOW; I HAVE THEM DEALT WITH AT THE DEALERSHIP ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND HAVE ALSO SPENT MONEY AT A PRIVATE GARAGE TO FIX THE "PROBLEMS" *TR

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 JEEP WAS LOOSE, WHICH COULD ALLOW IT TO SLIP FROM THE ON POSITION TO THE ACC POSITION WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP WHILE DRIVING. THEY SAID THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY ADVISED THAT WE REMOVE ALL KEY CHAINS FROM THE KEY, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. JUST TWO DAYS LATER, ON 29 NOV, WE HAD ANOTHER DANGEROUS INCIDENT. THIS TIME, WE WERE ON THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 3-LANE INTERSTATE. WE WERE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 70 MPH WHEN I AGAIN HEARD THE LOUD ?CLUNK?, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND TRIED TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO VEHICLE IN THE LANE TO THE RIGHT OF US, AS I COULD BARELY GET THE JEEP OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER. IF ANOTHER VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE BEHIND US OR COMING UP ON THE RIGHT OF US, WE WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION REGARDING A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM EITHER. *TR

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

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 FROM IT. *TR

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.