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.
2007 Jeep Commander 4x4 engine complaints
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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
My vehicle would no longer accelerate in traffic causing me to almost get hit in the rear of the vehicle. I could do nothing but coast and brake. All gears became highlighted which were not previously. I am worried if this continues to happen I will be in an accident. This seems to be a common encounter among jeep owners but there is no recall.
Driving at 55 MPH engine stalled and shuts down.
My 2007 commander has a p41 recall. Fri.dec 9,2016 ,the wolfchase jeep tech informed me that the ignition switch was replaced, but car still will not start. The tech told me the jeep needed a orc module to start the jeep. Part not available and needed 3-5 days to order and repair. My out of pocket expense will be $510-$520. The jeep was parked on sat. Dec 9. I attempted to start the jeep, would not start.please advise. Thanks
Takata recall. I recieved a recall on my jeep commander about 8 months ago concerning engine shutting off while driving and potentially endangering my family as well as others. The recall stated when parts are available we would recieve a second recall to fix the trouble. About two weeks ago while driving my vehicle shut off on me and I almost hit another vehicle. I was making a right hand turn when it shut off and lost steering and brakes. I ended up having it towed home by tripple a and now it will not start. No fault codes present. After reading thousands of online reports of same trouble and jeep chrysler apparently not willing to address issue what do I do. If I did get it to run I would be afraid to drive it or my wife for fear of endangering her or my two young children. Please help all concerned
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander 4x4. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. After restarting, the vehicle resumed normal operation. The failure recurred on six separate occassions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician stated that a diagnostic fee would be charged prior to the vehicle being serviced under the recall. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notifed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander 4x4. While driving various speeds, the vehicle sputtered and stalled. The vehicle was able to restart after the first attempt. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. The contact had not experienced a failure related to the recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander 4x4. While driving at various speeds, the engine stalled without warning numerous times. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.
About three years ago, my 2007 jeep commander 4x4, 4.7l, limited, inexplicably stalled while I was driving on the freeway at about 60 miles per hour. Since that first stalling episode, this has occurred at least 30 more times. It happens in the city, the freeway, during acceleration, and under normal driving conditions. I have brought this vehicle to the jeep dealer on numerous occasions. Each time, they tell me they can't duplicate the problem. Furthermore, they tell me that this is an isolated problem that they haven't heard about before. A simple internet search shows that this is a widely reported problem and owners report the same explanations from the dealerships.
This has happened repeatedly since purchasing vehicle in sept 2015. At highway speeds the vehicle either; a) lurches all electronics die and then quickly comes back to power, or b) the vehicle stalls. The vehicle has been to dealer for repair 4 times and service does not fix.
I have owned this vehicle since new and have been experiencing infrequent and usually momentary engine stalls while driving at highway speeds for years. Each time there was a slight clunk sound and lurch forward - as if the cruise control had just disconnected, and within a second or so everything would be back to normal. But on a recent trip I had three incidents over two days which were much worse, perhaps because they all occurred at temperatures around 0 degrees f.or below. In two incidents, while driving on an interstate at a steady 75mph, instead of the engine immediately recovering, it took long enough that the vehicle had slowed down to 30-35mph before the engine restarted itself. In one incident also while driving at a steady 75mph on an interstate the engine did not recover and I had to pull off onto the shoulder and come to a complete stop with no power. I turned the ignition off and then on again and the engine restarted immediately. I had no loss of electrical power during these incidents, and I have nothing dangling from nor could I have bumped the ignition key. I have always maintained the vehicle according to the service schedule and have had all recalls performed, with the exception of the latest one for which the dealer still has not received the parts from jeep. I took the vehicle into a jeep dealership the same day as the second and third incidents and they said they could find nothing wrong. I asked them if possibly the power controller module recall needed to be done a second time, and they responded that jeep would not permit that.
Driving home from meeting approx 10pm. All seemed to be running smoothly. Sudden 'clunk' noise from engine compartment. Engine stalled. Coasted to side of road. All dash lights came on as they do at engine startup...indicating engine not running. Once stopped placed vehicle in neutral. Turned off key and turned back on. Engine started immediately and I completed my trip without further incident. The key did not fall out nor do I have anything attached to it. This is the 5.7liter engine. A review of this issue on the internet once home has returned 100s of complaints from people who have had the same problem with no dealer resolution in any of the cases I read. I do not know if this is related to the outstanding key issue. I purchased this car yesterday so I cannot speak to whether it has happened before. This could be a very serious situation were it to happen in commute time traffic. I see the stalling issue on your list with all the engines used in the commander but I see no resolution. This was from 2007. What has happened with this?
On at least 4 occasions my jeep has stalled (not sure of dates). It has happened mainly when I try to start moving from a stop. It has not stalled while driving at high speeds. I just thought it was an air lock or bad gas but after reading the many complaints and dangerous situations I see it must be the ignition switch problem. I have not been notified by chrysler I just found out about it when my jeep was in for repairs on another problem. I research this then called the dealer and he said yes there is a problem but they do not have the parts just wait till they come in then chrysler will send me a notice. They have known about this for years. Is this going to be another gm type situation with people killed. Lets get the parts and fix them.
While driving on the highway at approximately 60 MPH, jeep engine and all electrical and power systems shutoff for a second and turned back on. This happened a second time a few minutes later going the same speed. Very dangerous while driving on i75 through cincinnati with a lot of traffic.
I received notification from chrysler awhile back that a defect on my vehicle has been identified. It was a case opened in june, 2014 by the federal safety agency for pe14017. Chrysler said no solution had been identified at the time they sent the letter but the local distributor would remedy the defect without charge within a reasonable time. The local dealer has not heard anything from chrysler. I don't know what "reasonable time" means but wanted to ask you how long you think I should need to wait before a solution to correct the problem which chrysler says "may experience unintended change in ignition switch position while driving which may result in loss of engine power, power steering, and braking assist increasing the risk of a crash and disabling one or more of the vehicle's safety features including the frontal airbags." thank you.
The check engine light came on after the engine stalled out several times in a row. I had it tested, and they said it was an idle air control valve. The idle air control valve does not exist on this vehicle, but yet its the only code that it is giving off. I'm still having stalling issues which are dangerous when pulling out of intersections. Another issue that is ongoing that I'm having, is the sunroof leaking. I have literally 2 gallons of water that will be on my floor board when it rains. You can hear water sloshing above your head before it hits the wiring in the door panels and then collects on the floor boards.
While traveling on the highway the vehicle, loses power and shuts off. Have to move over to breakdown lane shut key off and restart vehicle. Notified dealer was told to call chrysler. Call chrysler was told there was a recall but parts not available. Was told to not drive vehicle, but cant finish paying for vehicle if I cant get to work to pay for it.!!!!!!! It happens on a daily basis...
While driving on freeway, vehicle engine suddenly stalled. Was able to move off the freeway, vehicle restarted immediately when key was moved to off position, and then to start. No error codes came up on dash readout. Was able to complete journey with no other stalling at that time. Vehicle since has continuously and randomly has stalled at highway speeds as well as being stopped at a stop light or stop sign. Again no codes have come up on dash readout. This dangerous situation continues to occur. Vehicle has been updated on services needed, diagnostics taken; but still problem persists with no resolution from jeep dealer and service technicians.
Mid september after dropping kids off at school the jeep died twice right in a row. The jeep also started this weird hard down shifting in certain gears. A few days later the jeep died again after I got on the highway, while I was driving 70 MPH. Since then the shifting is getting worse. A check engine light comes on when it dies, the codes were read by an auto parts store. There were multiple codes, electronic position sensor, intake, and manifold. I tried to file a complaint with chrysler but they will not complete it until I pay their authorized dealerships to read the codes. After resetting computer it has not come back on. The jeep still shifts erratically, and I discover that the etc warning light does not work. Why???. I don't know we have had this car for 5 years and I have never seen the light. Something is definitely wrong. Please help. Also neither my husband or myself are tall enough for our knee to even think about bumping the ignition switch.
This is the 4th time that the car has shut off while driving and cannot move the steering wheel to pull over to the side of the road. The big rig truck behind us almost crashed into the car due to the engine shutting off while we are traveling with the flow of traffic. With the engine shutting off, the steering wheel is locked making it impossible to get out of the way of other vehicles. The car eventually reduces speed down to a halt. I have to place the jeep in park and restart the ignition. The truck driver was yelling profanities out the window, telling me to learn how to drive and showing obscene gestures while I have two children in the car with me. I am scared to drive this vehicle because I do not know when it will shut down on me again. The only advice I get from chrysler is to not have any other keys on the ring and to not have my knee hit the ignition key while driving.
While accelerating speed as I entered the toll road for my morning commute, the engine stalled. Pulled over, put in park, turned off ignition, restarted. Vehicle operated but check engine light remained on. Less than one mile later, lost speed again, had to pull over to the shoulder of the road, place in park, turn off ignition, and restart. Check engine light remained on. Check engine light turned off in the afternoon.
Cruise control still does not operate. Single touch power window function no longer works on driver and passenger windows. While commuting to work on the toll road, rpms registered between 2500-3500 going at a speed of 75. The majority of the time, it was between 3000-3500. I did not have the air conditional running. I was not accelerating and was not going up or down inclines to cause the higher rpms. After exiting the toll road, I turned and while accelerating to around 40mph, the engine stalled and the check engine light came on. As I was on an inside lane, I had to slow down to allow a semi to pass on the outside lane in order to be able to pull over to the side of the road. I had to place in park, turn off the ignition switch, and turn it back on. Check engine light remained on. My average mpg was 13.9, lower than it should be. Leaving for my commute home, when I turned on the jeep, the check engine light was no longer lit. I noticed during the commute that the rpms were not as high as in the morning, and also my mpg increased by almost a mile per gallon, and that was running at the same speed and I also was running the air conditioning. Upon exiting the toll road, the vehicle jerked heavily while downshifting from overdrive. A jerky motion continued for the remainder of my commute (ranging from 30-55 MPH). Please note that I do now take photos after the engine stalls to reflect the mileage and that the light is lit. I also now take pictures when the check engine light goes off.
While idling in a driveway, the check engine and esp/bas lights came on. The vehicle did not stall. Shortly afterward, when driving about 55-60 MPH, I realized the cruise control no longer works. I tried multiple times to turn it on, but it does not come on any longer. The esp/bas light went off about 10 miles later, after I stopped to fuel up the vehicle. The check engine light remained on. About an hour later and another 35 miles later, after making a stop, the check engine light did not come back on when restarting the vehicle. Later in the afternoon, while it was in the neutral gear and going through an automatic carwash, the vehicle stalled twice. The rpms were constantly up and down between 500 and 1500 rpms.
We were on interstate 57 going 65 MPH when all of a sudden the jeep jerked like it was down shifting and just shut off. We had a semi behind us which almost hit us but we were able to coast onto the side of the side of the road. We then turned the key off and then restarted the car and it started okay but the engine light was on. The engine light finally went off by itself. Since then when driving the jeep jerks and acts like it down shifting and the rpms goes way up. We are afraid to drive it on a highway because shutting off like that on the interstate could cause a serious accident. I am reading several complaints from others who own 2007 jeep commanders so there has to be something faulty! This could cause a serious accident!!! We just purchased this from a dealer a month ago for our 16 year old twins. Thank god they were not driving it when that happened.
During commute to work, vehicle shifting in a jerky manner and rpms are high and erratic for speed of vehicle. At 10:00, when driving to a meeting, when first putting jeep into gear, the gear display "d" disappeared and "4" was in its place, concerning me that the overdrive went out (I've already had a solenoid pack replaced due to the overdrive "going out" - happened about 2 years ago). Vehicle did not want to move forward as I was attempting to pull out onto the street. Fortunately, it moved forward and I reached my destination. During commute home, about 5 miles into my drive on the toll road, the check engine light came on and the engine stalled. Had to pull over to the side of the road, place in park, turn off ignition switch, turn back on, and resumed my commute home.
Driving on toll road, 65-70mph, engine stalled, check engine light came on, lost power steering, had to pull over to the side of the road. Put into park, turned off ignition, restarted. Check engine light remained on and continued driving. Check engine light remained on until mid-afternoon that day. Also noticed shifting was jerky.
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