2008 Jeep Commander 4x4: sudden loss of power

6 of the 111 complaints about the 2008 Jeep Commander 4x4 describe sudden loss of power.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 5%
typical mileage: 103,138
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 4 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Sudden loss of power by model year

2008
6
2007
39

What owners say

Filed Aug 8, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 53,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander 4x4. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and lost power without warning. The vehicle was taken to jake sweeney chrysler jeep dodge ram (85 w kemper rd, springdale, oh 45246) who was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 53,000.

Filed Nov 22, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 103,138 miles · MD

Vehicle was traveling at/about 65 MPH when the engine unexpectedly shut down. Vehicle lost power steering and drifted to the shoulder of the road with limited control and nearly avoiding several vehicles. Vehicle remained off for approximately 1 minute and was successfully restarted.

Filed Jun 8, 2015 · Brakes, Electrical · 127,000 miles · MI

I was dirving and lost all power to the vehicle. The engine stopped, no power steering and no power brake. The managed with much difficulty to safely pull the vehicle to the side of the road and re-start it. This is the second time this has happened in the last 2 months. It creates a very dangerous situation and is a major saftey issue as it is nearly impossible to turn or stop the vehicle.

Filed May 4, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 127,000 miles · MI

I was driving down the road and the vehicle lost power. I was able to move to the shoulder and bring the vehicle to a stop. There was no power to any system. The ignition switch was in the off position. I was able to restart the vehicle. *tr this is not the first time the vehicle has lost power while driving.

Filed Aug 1, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 62,456 miles · TX

There have been two times that the vehicle just would not start after a rain, but when we had it looked at no problems and it has not happened again. The major issue is that while driving home on the toll road all of the sudden the vehicle just lost power and would not go over about 30mph, so I have to try and get across a toll road in rush hour traffic so that I can turn it off and back on. When I did that it came back on fine. This has happened multiple times, but when we called chrysler they told us there was no recall for our VIN, but it sounds like the same exact problem that the non 4x4 2008 commander has and that did get a recall. Now the vehicle did it again last night and will not correct itself with a restart, and will not go 30mph. I can't believe that so many of us are having the same exact issue and there is nothing being done about it, I guess someone really does have to be injured or die to get any attention.

Filed Aug 27, 2010 · Electrical · 22,050 miles · MI

While driving, pulled to red light and stopped. 2008 jeep commander with the v6 shut down, lost all power. Key would not disengage, totally locked up. Called for roadside and after fifteen minutes, turned key and jeep started. Drove to dealership. They found nothing on the onboard computer but tightened the battery cables and replaced the key fobs. As this is a commuter vehicle and it seems this problem has happened with other jeep commanders while going at speeds up to 50 MPH. I'm very concerned that this is an issue that should be resolved, before someone gets hurt.