2008 Jeep Commander

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT AND DROVE INTO A DITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 8,000. UPDATED 08/14/09. *LJ UPDATED 08/17/09

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

1. I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY VEHICLE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER. MOST OF THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE THAT WAS REAR-ENDED IS A TOTAL LOSS. 2. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT I WAS WEARING MY SAFETY BELT BUT IT DID NOT LOCK CAUSING MY UPPER BODY TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH GREAT FORCE. ALSO NONE OF MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. 3. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE FAILURES. AT THIS TIME, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

I HAVE OWNED TWO JEEP COMMANDERS. 1ST WAS A 2006 COMMANDER THAT I LEASED. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD CRACKING EASILY. I HAD TO REPLACE 2 WINDSHIELDS ON THE VEHICLE. I TRADED IT IN AND PURCHASED A 2008 COMMANDER. WITHIN ONE WEEK, I ALREADY HAVE A ROCK CHIP. SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT WITH THE WINDSHIELDS THEY ARE PUTTING ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

ON SATURDAY OCT. 25 AT 10AM WE WERE DRIVING THE COMMANDER AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE RADIO AND ACCESSORIES CUT OFF AS WELL. THE COMMANDER WAS SERVICED AGAIN ON OCT. 27 FOR THIS ISSUE AND THEY REPLACED THE WIRELESS IGNITION AGAIN. NOVEMBER 4, 2008 THE COMMANDER STALLED AT 10:30AM WHILE IT WAS STATIONERY AND THEN AGAIN AT 11:05AM WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. NOVEMBER 4, 2008-NOVEMBER 6, 2008 THE COMMANDER STAYED WITH THE DEALERSHIP OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS TO SEE IF THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NOVEMBER 14, 2008 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE COMMANDER AT 12:30PM AND WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. SHE BEGAN TO SLOWLY LIFT HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND THE COMMANDER WENT FLYING INTO THE INTERSECTION. DECEMBER 8, 2008 THE VEHICLE SAT IDLE IN PARK FOR LESS THAN TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE ENGINE STALLED OUT. ALL ACCESSORIES REMAINED ON AND THE IGNITION SWITCH REMAINED IN THE 'ON' POSITION, BUT THE ENGINE WAS STALLED. DECEMBER 15, 2008 WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE COMMANDER BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE RPM GAUGE SLIPPED BELOW A READING OF 0.5. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING WITH THE COMMANDER. DECEMBER 20, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM AND WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. THE ENGINE OF THE COMMANDER REVVED UP WHILE SHE HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ENGINE REV LASTED APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE SECONDS IN LENGTH GOING UP TO 2.5 RPM. DECEMBER 29, 2008 BROWN AND WOOD SERVICED THE JEEP AGAIN AND INSTALLED A PURGE VALVE/SOLENOID. IT WAS SERVICED FROM 8:30AM-9:30AM. DECEMBER 30, 2008 MY WIFE GOT INTO THE COMMANDER AT APPROXIMATELY 5 PM THIS EVENING. SHE STARTED THE COMMANDER AND LEFT THE VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE COMPLETING A TELEPHONE CALL. WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE STALLED. JANUARY 5, 2009 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 12:10 PM. SHE WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WAS PREPARING TO RESUME DRIVING AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN WHEN THE COMMANDER'S ENGINE STALLED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5-25 MPH, THE ENGINE JERKED WHEN THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND MULTIPLE FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,800 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

AFTER A NIGHT OF 28 WEATHER, NOTICED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STEMMING UP FROM THE WIPER BLADE AREA, FORMING AN UPSIDE-DOWN "L" SHAPE ANGLED TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NO IMPACT FROM AN OBJECT HAD OCCURRED. UPON DRIVING THE SAME MORNING AND STOPPING AT A GAS STATION, WHEN I RE-ENTERED THE VEHICLE NOTICED THE EXACT SAME UPSIDE-DOWN L-SHAPE CRACK HAD OCCURRED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WHILE PUMPING GAS. AGAIN, THE CRACK APPEARED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT FROM AN OBJECT. THE TWO L-SHAPED CRACKS ARE SYMMETRICAL TO EACH OTHER, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD, BOTH STEMMING FROM THE TWO WIPER AREAS, WHICH SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO HAVING THE DEFROST RUNNING DURING COLD WEATHER. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WILL BE GOING THERE AFTER WORK TODAY. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WITH NO COST TO ME, AS IT SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE WINDSHIELD. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRACKED WINDSHIELD WAS ACTUALLY CAUSED BY THE IMPACT OF AN OBJECT AND NOT DUE TO DEFECTIVE GLASS. THE CONSUMER WISHED TO RETRACT HIS COMPLAINT. UPDATED 12/12/08. *JB

2008 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED 5.7L HEMI PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER. AUDIO GOES OUT. AUDIO IS INTEGRATED WITH NAVIGATION SO AUDIO IS OUT AND NOT AUDIBLE SO NAVIGATION SYSTEMS IS RENDERED USELESS AND DRIVER HAS TO LOOK AT SCREEN WHILE DRIVING. SOFTWARE UPDATE HAS BEEN DONE ATLEAST ONCE AND SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AND IS SPORADIC. I HAVE OWNED VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 + MONTHS. *TR

SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I HAVE STALLED 3 TIMES. 1ST TIME TAKEN IN REPAIR SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG, SAME AS SECOND, FINALLY 3RD TIME IN REPAIR DISCOVERED A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. TO BE QUITE HONEST I'M DRIVING A NEW SUV THAT I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN. WHEN I PARK MY SUV AND PULL MY EMERGENCY BRAKE UPWARD MY NEIGHBORS 4 HOUSES DOWN CAN HEAR MY SCREECH SOUND WHEN I RELEASE MY FOOT BRAKE. YET EVERYTIME I'VE TAKEN IT IN NOTHING IS WRONG. STUCK WITH IT. *TR