The front and rear door handles cracked, and don't work. If my child or the driver needs to get out they cant. My local dealership in orlando florida, wants me to pay $750 for each. This is crazy..... How can a handle cost that. Jeep should replace this faulty issue not me, I paid enough for the car. I have owned 3 jeeps in my life. This will be the last.
2006 Jeep Commander 4x2 body complaints
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The same day I purchased my used 2006 jeep commander, I was attempting to open the rear passenger door from the inside when the trim around the handle cracked and a piece of plastic flew off. The handle now dangles, useless and loose. I was told by the dealer that they had also just replaced the driver's door panel prior to our purchase, having encountered the very same problem with that door. Unfortunately, it appears that these repairs require replacement of the entire interior door panel whenever the handle breaks...I'm being told it is a $700 repair.
All four interior door handles and plastic around the door handles are beginning to crack and break. The plastic indent underneath the interior door handles has become extremely brittle and will crack if you barely touch it. The driver side door handle has broken from the inside of the door panel and all the plastic surrounding the interior door handle has begun breaking and falling inside the door panel. I have thoroughly researched this issue and have found that this is a very common complaint and was surprised that there has not been a recall notice associated with this. Interior door handles are extremely fragile and can easily break off which would prevent someone from escaping the vehicle in an emergency. I took my car to the dealership and was told that to repair the door handle, the entire door panel needs to be replaced (at approximately $600 including parts and labor). This does not guarantee that the issue will not happen again as they have not made any changes to the door panels to prevent it from doing so. $2400 to repair the inside door handles of my vehicle with no assurance that it won't happen again seems to be immoral and illegal.
I own a 2006 jeep commander, and have 3 doors in which the interior door handle bezel has broken. By researching price of repair, I have found that this is actually a very common issue. I was told by my dealership that it was my own fault for being too rough on my door handles, however I have never had this problem with any other vehicle I've owned. I have 3 daughters ranging in age from 18 months to 14 years, and I doubt they should be strong enough to break door handles. I'm reporting this as I feel this is a defect from the manufacturer, in light of the multitude of examples I'm finding on the internet, and in talking to other commander owners. This is also a safety issue, since in the event of an emergency, my daughters may not be able to open the doors. Examples of this issue: http://www.jeepcommander.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2858&page=1 http://www.jeepcommander.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15893&highlight=door+handle
Interior door panels break at the door handle location leaving the door handle inoperable and the passenger unable to open the vehicle door. This is a problem on all four passenger doors.
Jeep commander had significant failures. Command module caused vehicle to lose all power and control while traveling in heavy high speed traffic. Sub frame mis manufactured causing vehicle to out of service for over 2 weeks. Brake rotors warped causing reduced braking.
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