2007 jeep commander: after starting the vehicle and put into gear; gear engagement is delayed. Reaction is to push the gas pedal to accelerate. With the combination of delayed the engagement and acceleration, the vehicle could surge forward or backward before the brake can be applied and cause an accident. Chrysler tsb's 21-012-07, 21-007-06, 21-015-05 & 21-016-05.
2007 Jeep Commander 4x4 transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander 4x4. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start and the transmission warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the ignition switch system was replaced. The failure recurred and persisted for approximately one year. The vehicle was taken to the dealer at least four times for the failure where the starter was replaced twice. The failure persisted and the dealer was no longer able to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 47,400.
Engine stall at random times, weather conditions and driving speeds the engine stops accelerating but does not turn off. Its as if the car is in neutral gear when it is in drive. The lights around the LED gear display flash in unison after 4 15 seconds the car accelerates again. The engine light will turn on for a day or a minute and then shut off. The issue has occurred on several occasions over the last year the latest is listed below. The jeep dealer cannot find any problem.
2007 jeep commander, 92,000 miles, stalls while driving without any warning. I was able to guide vehicle to side of the road and re-start the engine. This stalling problem has occurred on about ten occasions now, once with my kids on board, a scary situation to say the least. Sometimes before the problem starts the park assist will turn itself off and then the check engine light will come on. We have tried several times to get an error code from the computer system by turning the key 3 times in a row but it never returns a code. Sometimes the check engine light will stay on for a couple of days but eventually goes out and the jeep will run fine until it happens again. The last time this occurred the ability to shift the gears from 1 to 4 was inoperable and when you pressed the gear shift right or left it remained in drive. I have called several dealerships and have been advised that they haven't heard anything of this problem and they want me to pay to have a diagnostic ran but can't confirm what the problem is.
Jeep commander 2007 stalling while driving from a range of 15 MPH to 55 MPH. The stalling has occurred 4 times and the brakes, steering wheel lock up.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. The contact stated while attempting to pass another vehicle at approximately 70mph, the vehicle made an abnormal clunk noise and the vehicle would no longer accelerate. The contact coasted to emergency lane and shut off the engine. When restarting, the vehicle resumed normal operation. The parking assist warning then illuminated on the warning panel. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. One week later while accelerating from a complete stop, the failure recurred. The manufacturer advised there were no recalls and would not provide any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. There was a previous investigation for the failure however; a recall did not originate from the investigation. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000 and the current mileage was approximately 38,200. The VIN was unavailable.
2007 jeep commander 4x4 limited hemi engine stalls over and over again. Dealership took 1 week to fix, they replaced the computer, got it back and it continues to have the same problem, did not even go a day without the problem resurfacing. They currently have the vehicle and are trying to fix for a second time.
We bought a 2007 jeep commander v6 in july/august of '08 and have constantly had problems with the esm (electronic shift module) during the first few visits they stated that "problem could not be duplicated" and they would flash the vehicles computer and it would run for awhile then finally the check engine light came on and got the vehicle in and found it was the esm which was finally replaced in apr '09 after numerous attempts to have them fix. Since it was still under the 3yr/36k warranty it was at no cost. Now it has gone out again less than a year later and our warranty has expired and jeep states that their part warranty (which should be 12mo/12k) expired along with the factory warranty and we are out of luck. The part was replaced as a "goodwill" gesture which was told to me by a customer service agent and does not have any part warranty. As I was investigating whether or not it was a common problem I noticed that the v8 models of the commander had a recall for the auto transmissions but the v6 does not. It was quite scary driving down the interstate at 70 then suddenly losing power and power steering especially with my 2yr old and 8yr old in the SUV. The vehicle would go into "limp" mode and wouldn't shift out of 3rd gear and go faster than 25mph, rpms wouldn't raise past 3k, and it would shift hard into gear. The fact that jeep will not warranty that part and all the other problems I've read from other people on forums, complaints,etc. About this should warrant a investigation into this matter.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander 4x4. The contact was driving approximately 35 MPH on normal road conditions. The engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road. The vehicle restarted and continued in normal operation. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on two separate occasions to reset the electronic sensors. Recently, the dealer stated that the electronic shift module required replacement. The vehicle has not been repaired at this time. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 25,000.
2007 jeep commander failing electronic shift module. This vehicle will shift out of gear at any time without warning. Other symptoms include parking assist failure message on the dash and all gears prnd show active at the same time on the display. I contacted jeep and warned them about this but they will not initiate a recall until forced to do so by the federal safety agency.
My 2007 jeep commander 3.7l 6 cyl. 4x4 nearly comes to a stall when idling or coming to a stop. Recently, at idle, it actually stalls out. I took this to the dealer and they said nothing was wrong. I am now taking it in to another dealer for more testing.
07 jeep commander w/ < 30k miles, shuts off while driving. Various speeds, various gears, various gas levels, various terrains. Truck has done this +/- 5x's over the course of the last 7 mos. No indicator light, no warning. Results in complete loss of power steering & power brakes requiring the need to coast in neutral to safe location and ultimately pulling the emergency brake to come to complete stop. Trouble then getting jeep into park for a restart. Jeep has been in dealer shop for each instance to no avail, dealer cannot solidify problem. 1st diagnosis was shift module; 2nd diagnosis was shift module 3rd diagnosis was upgrade to software for shift module; 4th diagnosis was low transmission fluid. Dealer is empathetic, chrysler is not. Chrysler issued us a check for the amount of 2 lease payments but has not remedied problem.
My 2007 jeep commander limited 4x4 has stalled out on five different occasions. In all occasions the vehicle was moving. After stalling out the vehicle's power brakes and power steering did not work. Also, the first time it stalled the check engine light came on. I had a diagnostician check the code and it was "barometric pressure too low". He reset the code and the light has not come back on. My warranty is up and I hope chrysler can fix this for free. I feel this vehicle is unsafe until this is fixed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander 4x4. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall without warning and lose total power while in transit. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they could not duplicate the failure. The dealer stated that they could not repair what they could not see. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, but they still could not duplicate the failure. The third time the failure occurred, the dealer replaced the transmission software as well as the transmission module. The dealer stated that the failure would not recur; however, it continued. The contact stated that the failure was worse after the third repair because the vehicle began to jerk violently. The failure still persists. The current and failure mileages were less than 52,000.
Engine failure/stall/loss of power on 2007 jeep commander. Has happened about 6 times now. Sometimes at low speeds...sometimes on the freeway. Started happening around 15,000 miles. Dealer tried to replicate it. They said they could not. So they have done nothing to fix it. I have told them about it 3 times. Now it has happened again at 39,000 miles and on the freeway. I lost control and it became an extremely dangerous situation as I tried to coast over to the emergency shoulder. Temporary brake power lost and no response to the attempts to start it in neutral. Please help! Started in 2007 and continues to happen in 2009. I have not been notified of any recalls or tsbs. I own the vehicle.
I lease a 2007 jeep commander. I noticed, to start, that the engine would not accelerate at a low speed. At first it felt like my foot was not quite on the accelerator so I dismissed the first couple of incidences. More recently however, my vehicle will occasionally stop accelerating at about 15 miles per hour. With my foot fully on the accelerator, the vehicle will not go ( the engine is not stalled ). It definitely feels like the vehicle is shifting automatically into neutral when I try to accelerate. The engine light on my control panel illuminates. The problem has become worse. The vehicle will stop accelerating at higher speeds and the park, reverse, neutral, and drive symbols all illuminate on my control panel - suggesting that I am in all those positions. I took my commander in to the dealership to be checked on october 6, 2008 and they said absolutely nothing wrong. I do not understand this because my vehicle is blatantly not working properly - an accident waiting to happen if I cannot move my vehicle at an appropriate speed to cross intersections etc.. I have to put my hazards on and pull over when this happens, now on a daily basis. I will not drive it distances because I am afraid that it could shift out of gear on the highway which would be dangerous. I did take it to a local car store where they did a diagnostic scan and found the code u0404 that invalid data was received from the gear shifter. I do not know what to do now that I have a vehicle that chrysler says nothing is wrong with but does not work. I do think that this is clearly a dangerous problem to have.
I purchased a 2007 jeep commander in october of 2006. At about 2,000 miles, I experienced an electrical failure that caused many gauges to come on or go off. I did lose my headlights & the transmission downshifted. I pulled over, powered off the vehicle & restarted. The vehicle has done this same or similar problem 4 times now. I've filed the lemon law in indiana, but it was denied. The last time I experienced the electrical fault, my seat starting moving forward for a few seconds while I was driving the car. The vehicle has registered fault codes every time that I saved. Each time, the dealer can not duplicate & performs computer flash updates in hopes of correcting problem. In my opinion, the vehicle is dangerous to operate.
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