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Our database holds 339 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Jeep Commander 4X4. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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THIS MORNING I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK, WHEN MY CAR WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE. EACH TIME I WOULD GIVE IT GAS, IT WOULD SPUTTER AT ME. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT A YEAR AGO... I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SO I CAN FIX IT
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT I THOUGHT I COULD HEAR A SCRAPING NOISE. I PROMPTLY ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOW AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE SLOWLY. I DIDN'T HEAR THE NOISE SO PROCEEDED HOME. A FEW MILES LATER I PULLED INTO MY DRIVE AND A POLICE OFFICER PULLED UP TO TELL ME METAL WAS LOOSE UNDER MY VEHICLE AND SHOOTING SPARKS OUT OF THE REAR. THE NEXT MORNING I CHECKED AND A LARGE PIECE OF RUSTED METAL WAS HANGING BY A THREAD SO I REMOVED IT. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND WAS SHOWN THAT 2 OF THE 3 STRAPS HOLDING MY GAS TANK IN PLACE WERE COMPLETELY GONE AND THE THIRD IS BROKEN AND RUSTED THROUGH. MY VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I HAD NO IDEA. I LOOKED TO SEE IF THIS WAS A RECALL ISSUE AND IT IS NOT. I SEARCHED TO SEE IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT IT IS EXTREMELY COMMON ACROSS THE ENTIRE JEEP LINE. IF MY GAS TANK WERE TO SEPARATE OR BE PUNCTURED IT COULD NOT ONLY CAUSE AN EXPLOSION KILLING ME AND MY FAMILY BUT COULD KILL/SERIOUSLY INJURE ANYONE ON THE ROAD BEHIND ME. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RECOURSE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I CAN'T AFFORD THE DEALERSHIP AMOUNT WHICH IS MORE THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE?
WHEN ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE,CLICKS BUT STARTER WON'T TURN. ADJUSTING CONTACT IF FACTORY WIRES RESOLVED NO START SITUATION TEMPORARILY. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RETURNED IN 24HOURS
I HAD TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR REPLACED 2 1/2 WEEKS AGO IT SEEMS TO WENT OUT ALREADY TRUCK WON'T GO OVER 30 MPH AND CAR JERKS WHILE TRYING TO REACH IT THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AS I WAS ALMOST KILLED TRYING TO GET OFF THE PROBLEM EXISTED BEFORE REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR THEN A FEW WEEKS AFTER IT WAS REPLACED I OWN A USED VEHICLE I'M NOT SURE MY VEHICLE RECEIVED ANY SAFETY RECALL PROCEDURES BUT IT NEEDS TO
WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT. MY JEEP JUST DIED OUT ON ME. NO REASON NOTHING ACTING OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL. TRIED TO RESTART AND AFTER A FEW TRIES WAS ABLE TO RESTART.
JEEP LOSES POWER AND SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING IN CITY AND ON THE HIGHWAY AT RANDOM SPEEDS. ALSO WILL SHUT DOWN WHILE STATIONARY. CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON. THE ONLY WAY TO RESTART IS TO FULLY PLACE IN PARK AND COMPLETELY REMOVE THE KEY. VIOLENT SHUT DOWN AND TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I HAVE HAD THE ASD RELAY REPLACED AND WIRING CHECKED WITH NO FIX. VERY DANGEROUS WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAITED APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (ZIMMERMAN MOTORS, 1301 MARKET STREET, SUNBURY, PA 17801), BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.
INTERMITTENT STARTING ISSUE. THE JEEP WILL DRIVE FINE BUT ONCE YOU TURN IT OFF IT IS A COIN TOSS WHETHER IT WILL START AGAIN. I HAVE FOUND THAT IF YOU CRAWL UNDERNEATH THE JEEP AND PUSH IN ON THE YELLOW WIRE CONNECTED TO THE STARTER, IT WILL IMMEDIATELY START. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A POORLY DESIGNED CONNECTOR, AS IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT WEATHER PROOF BUT IT IS IN AN AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE WATER TIGHT. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE ONLINE, BUT WHEN YOU CALL THE DEALERSHIPS THEY TELL YOU THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE.
UPON HAVING THE IGNITION SWITCH SAFETY RECALL PERFORMED ON MY JEEP, I AM NOW PUTTING IN THE 5TH STARTER ON MY JEEP. SINCE THIS RECALL HAS BEEN DONE, I'M REPLACING STARTERS AS FREQUENTLY AS I AM DOING OILCHANGES
INSTRUMENTS LIGHTS OFF AND ON(BATTERY, CHECK ENGINE, AIR BAGS, BREAKS, ETC), TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT INFORMATION LIGHT, VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING OR WON'T START OR LOOSE POWER,COMPUTER TELLS MECHANICS A NEW MODULE NEEDED, BUT NEW MODULE DO NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HAD TRANSMISSION SERVICES, AND MECHANIC CHECK OUT, BUT NOTHING WORKED.
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR WILL START TO HARD IDLE AND THEN SOMETIMES SHUT OFF AT RED LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS ALSO ONE DRIVING IT ALL THE SUDDEN SHUT OFF AND I'LL LOSE ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HAVE THE PULL THE E BREAK JUST TO STOP THE VEHICLE I'VE TAKEN IT TO AN AUTHORIZED JEEP DEALER OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE FIND ANYTHING BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY 1 WITH THESE COMPLAINTS THERE ARE 1000'S OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
I DROVE TO A GAS STATION ABOUT 5 MILES FROM MY HOME TO FUEL UP. AFTER FUELING UP, I TRIED TO START THE ENGINE AND IT RAN ROUGH FOR LESS THAN A SECOND AND THEN SHUT OFF. I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND IT RAN BUT HAD A LOUD KNOCK SO I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I TOWED IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO SAID I HAD A DROPPED VALVE SEAT AND WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE ODOMETER WAS AT 106,000 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON A TURNPIKE THE ENGINE AND ALL POWER IMMEDIATELY AND INSTANTLY SHUT OFF. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 110,300 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. QUITE A SCARY CIRCUMSTANCE. AS I WAS PULLING OFF THE MAIN FREEWAY TO THE SHOULDER, I TURNED THE IGNITION TO START AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY STARTED, SEEMED TO RUN FINE, AND I PROCEEDED ON AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. NO ERROR OR WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON THE DASH. 5.7L HEMI ENGINE. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 (NA) JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000.
FINAL DRIVE CONTROL MODULE (FDCM). VEHICLE HAD N23 AND P73 RECALLS COMPLETED. SOMETIME LATER, LOST 4WD LOW. RETURNED TO DEALER FOR RE FLASH PER FCA RECALL FOR LIFE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THEY CANNOT ACCESS FDCM DUE TO A SHORT; PART NEEDS REPLACED. CALLED FCA MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY WILL NOT COVER AS ITS HARDWARE AS OPPOSED TO SOFTWARE RECALL. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES, IN MY RESEARCH, WHERE THEIR RECALL CAUSES THE LOSS OF 4WD LOW. FCA KNOWS THEIR "FIX" WAS FOR A HARDWARE ISSUE AND THEY FAIL TO COVER IT. OWNED JEEPS A LONG TIME AND I'M DONE. I HAVE SIX CHILDREN SO THEY MAYBE THEY CAN DO THE MATH ON WHAT THIS WILL COST THEM OVER GENERATIONS!
WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT, OBVIOUSLY RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING & BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 50+/- TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS OF MY OWNERSHIP. THE PROBLEM HAS INTENSIFIED OVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS, BUT WOULD ALWAYS RE START AFTER SHIFTING INTO PARK. LAST NIGHT (10/8/2017) IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME WHILE MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AS I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT START & I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. THROUGH ON-LINE RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE JEEP COMMANDER (4.7L) DATING BACK TO WHEN THE VEHICLES WERE NEW. THE FIX FOR THE PROBLEM VARIES GREATLY. GIVEN THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROBLEM, ITS OBVIOUS THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER (NOW FIAT CHRYSLER USA) IS AWARE OF & MAKES NO ATTEMPT AT A SOLUTION.
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND THE ENGINE DOWN SHIFTED HARD AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER, TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF, TURNED MY VEHICLE BACK ON, AND IT DROVE JUST FINE. I WENT TO GET THE ENGINE LIGHT CHECKED AND THE CODE THAT CAME BACK WAS THE MAP SENSOR. I JUST REPLACED THE MAP SENSOR TWO MONTHS PRIOR.
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED HARD AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT STARTED AND DROVE JUST FINE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OVER BUMPS OR WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, A SQUEAKY NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT END. ALSO, A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW OR RAIN AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, A CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE PEDAL AS IT VIBRATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IT FELT AS IF COMPLETE BRAKE PRESSURE WAS NOT BEING APPLIED. DURING THE FAILURES, VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE FAILURES ONLINE AND FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 09E039000 (SUSPENSION) AND 07V415000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.
MY JEEP IS LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND WHEN I TAKE IT TO BE LOOKED AT, I CAN NEVER GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER. I CONTINUE BEING TOLD IT'S TRANSMISSION ISSUE (TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER, FLUID, LINES). MY CAR SLIGHTLY JERKS INTO GET WHEN SHIFTING FROM PART TO ANOTHER GEAR, AND THE PARKING ASSIST MESSAGE FLASHES ON. AFTER READING ALL THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE IT SEEMS THE ISSUE MAY BE WITH THE SHIFT MODULE. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS IT WOULD BE NICE IF THIS COULD BE A RECALL AND CORRECTED.
I WAS DRIVING AT A STEADY PACE ON THE FREEWAY AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. I TURNED OFF MY VEHICLE, RESTARTED IT, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITH NO PROBLEMS AFTERWARDS.
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND MY RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO. I PULLED OVER, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE ABILITY TO BRAKE WENT OUT. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON AND THEN IT WAS FINE, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THERE WERE NO CODES WHEN I WENT TO A MECHANIC FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.
WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN, WHEN IT HAPPENS THE ENGINE STUMBLES AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON FOR A SECOND AND THEN BACK OFF. IT MAKES FOR A DANGEROUS CONDITION. NO CODES COME UP THOUGH. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY PUT A NEW IGNITION KEY SWITCH IN BUT IT STILL HAS THE PROBLEM, THEY SAY THERE IS NO RECALLS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT STALLED SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARDS. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,946.
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