Ignition switch failure. Latest recall includes 2008 called and does not include my vehicle. I thought this nightmare was finally over. Since shortly after purchase has been occurring. Completely loses all power-steering, breaking..everything completely shuts down. Has occurred in 80 MPH traffic in downtown atlanta, on a railroad track (due to bump) in the middle of a busy interaction, speeding up to make a left turn into traffic etc. Took everything off key and did no good except made me lose my extra key this vehicle is a death trap. I owe 18k+ and can't drive it or I risk my life and the life of my children. Was rear ended twice within a month so I gave up an stopped driving.
2008 Jeep Commander 4x4 engine complaints
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8/27 purchased used vehicle, began drive from md to sc, surging at hwy speed; 8/28 engine died at 65 MPH, took many tries to get engine started after; 8/30 engine died while backing up twice; 9/3 engine died at 40 MPH; 9/8 engine died while sitting in park; 9/9 engine died while sitting in park; 9/10 took to dealership, no codes found except 8 computer updates needed, ran updates hoping that would solve problem; 9/11 engine stalled at 45 MPH in heavy traffic; 9/11 engine stalled when shifting into park to drop off carpool; 9/12 took back to dealership, had throttle body replaced which encases the tps hoping that it was a throttle position censor problem based on research; 9/17 engine died when coming to a stop at stop light, took many tries to get engine started after; 9/18 engine died when turning across traffic in the middle of the road with oncoming traffic. The engine also surges while driving with a feeling that the engine is going to cut off. The RPM needle will indicate this surging with a slight movement. In researching this, it seems to be a persistent problem that comes up on the jeep forums.
While merging on to the highway the jeep's esp suddenly engaged and cut engine power. The jeep stalled and had to be maneuvered off the highway. This is happening with great regularity, usually while merging on an uphill on-ramp. The dealer looked at the jeep and has not been able to fix the problem. Chrysler was contacted and said they could not help since the warranty was expired. This is a serious safety issue.
2008 jeep commander 4x4 loses all power at high speeds taken back to reedman-toll dealership x2 in april 2014 and aug 2014, and they cannot identify problem. Reedman told us gas cap could cause engine light to go on, or win module, which was replaced once, may need to be replaced because key chain is too heavy (cannot have multiple keys on chain) and may need tune up. It s soo scary and dangerous now we see there have been numerous complaints filed. Is this caused by the camshaft position sensor? Is there a recall? At. 50-60 MPH the engine with hesitate and stalls out at high speeds and require a shift into neutral to restart. All power is lost: steering and brakes! ....... Manufacturer: chrysler group llc vehicle identification no. (VIN): [xxx]... Summary: my vehicle stalled over 5 times in first 10 minutes of operation. Once I got to 50-60 MPH the engine with hesitate and stall out at high speeds and require a shift into neutral to restart. This has been a consistent issue with my jeep commander since the day I purchased it in 2012. I have had the vehicle in to jeep/chrysler on 4 different occasions and they have never found the issue. I had to leave my vehicle with naperville chrysler/jeep/ram/dodge on friday 6/20 because it was not drivable and dangerous. They determined that it was the camshaft position sensor. I have read that 100's if not 1000's of jeep owners have had similar issues and to date no recall or fix. Shame on chrysler, somebody will be injured because this issue. Request research filter 2008 jeep commander 4x4 complaints . Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Driving at speed on a parkway, the car engine stalled out. Lost all electrical (radio, speedometer, tach, etc.) and was able to pull off to side of the road. Brakes and steering worked, but not ps. Car started back up with turn of ignition. This is the second instance of this happening, first one was about 2 years ago but don't have info. I happened to pay closer attention this time given recent history of ignition recalls.
My vehicle stalled over 5 times in first 10 minutes of operation. Once I got to 50-60 MPH the engine with hesitate and stall out at high speeds and require a shift into neutral to restart. This has been a consistent issue with my jeep commander since the day I purchased it in 2012. I have had the vehicle in to jeep/chrysler on 4 different occasions and they have never found the issue. I had to leave my vehicle with naperville chrysler/jeep/ram/dodge on friday 6/20 because it was not drivable and dangerous. They determined that it was the camshaft position sensor. I have read that 100's if not 1000's of jeep owners have had similar issues and to date no recall or fix. Shame on chrysler, somebody will be injured because this issue.
The vehicle stalls out when I stop it. I have to then put it in park and turn the key off and attempt to restart it; usually several times before it will turn back on. Thankfully it hasn't happened while driving... Yet. Since the first occurrence in september of 2012, the problem has become more frequent. It now has 110000 miles on it and I have also done all of the scheduled maintenance and more and nothing seems to help the issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 74,000.
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.
Beginning around the week of june 7th, I began experiencing issues with my commander. I would put the key in the ignition and it wouldn't start. The lights, radio etc would come on but the car wouldn't "turn over". After a couple of attempts, it would start. The following week while driving on highway 95 in boston, the car stopped unexpectedly. I was able to make it to the side of the road and was very shaken up. I was able to start the car again and drove home. The following day it happened again while driving and I immediately called the dealership. On june 14th I had the car towed there because I was afraid to drive. I was told that I need a wireless ignition module but there were none available & chrysler was waiting on it from the manufacturer. I was also told that there was a waiting list of approx 1,700 customers waiting for this part and several hundred, like me couldn't drive their car. I escalated to chrysler customer service who have continued to give me the run around and as of today they have no status on the part. I have been paying for a rental car since 6/15. I did some research online and just by typing in the name of the part and found several forums where other jeep owners are experiencing the same issue. I believe that chrysler needs to look into this to see if their is a larger issue or at least make the replacement parts available.
Have had multiple issues with jeep stalling. For 2 years now it has randomly stalled after passing over large uneven surfaces in road. Have taken in to chrysler jeep facilities and was told nothing could be diagnosed. A new issue is when I am simply driving the vehicle will stall. Having my 3 small children in the car when this happened yesterday was beyond terrifying. Someone is going to be seriously injured or killed with this problem that seems to be a commonality in jeeps. Something needs to be done.
Engine suddenly stalled while driving on the freeway at 65 MPH. No warning lights came on. I was able to get over to the shoulder and restart the car. I took the car to my mechanic today and they can't find anything wrong. I checked online and found that 2008 commanders and grand cherokees were subject to a recall concerning improperly programmed front control modules. According to chrysler my car is not part of the recall, however what happened to my car is exactly the same symptoms as those listed in the recall and supporting information.
We purchased a 2008 jeep commander on december 15th 2012 and have had an issue with the engine stalling. We will be driving and all of the sudden the vehicle engine dies. Its always restarted but we never know when its going to stall out and die. This happened to my wife yesterday and she didn't know how to react. She almost caused an accident when she tried to exit a busy freeway with no power steering. This is a huge safety issue that I think chrysler needs to address before someone gets killed !!!! I read about this issue online and the problem has been with the front control module. Many jeep commander owners have come fourth with the same issue and chrysler just tells us all the same thing. We didn't recall your specific model so there is nothing we can do or will do. I hope someone actually reads this and helps us out !!! Please don't let all of these complaints just go to a black hole never to be seen again !!! I know I am not as rich as the chrysler ceos and executives who pay people to keep quite about things like this but my life and the lives of my family do matter !!! P-l-e-a-s-e----h-e-l-p !!!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander 4x4. The contact was driving approximately 40 MPH when the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact waited a few seconds and was able to restart the vehicle as normal. The failure recurred twice yet the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for the failure. The contact called the manufacturer and was advised that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 24,540 and the current mileage was 24,595.
Our 2008 commander has stalled for no reason on two occasions recently. In both instances, we were driving slow, one into a parking spot and one into our garage, and the jeep stalled. The vehicle has been well-maintained and driven responsibly. We are taking it to the shop this week, but this seems to be a common problem with jeep commanders and is likely very difficult to resolve.
I have a 2007 jeep commander, and I have had it in to the dealer about 3 or 4 times now over stalling issues. The first time the dealer thought it was an issue with the map sensor, well it stalled out the like 1-2 days later. Then they though it needed a transmission software update. Just the other day my family and I were coming home from my inlaws and it stalled again and this time in the middle of a busy inter section and I was so mad. I finally pushed the truck to the side of the road and could not start it, it took about 1/2 of an hour to start it and holding down the gas peddle. Well off to the dealer again. I got a call the morning of 10/14/2008 and they think its the fuel pump now, come on it has only 14k miles on it and we bought it brand new last november and all of this started happening at the begging of september. I want jeep to take this pc of crap back and stop making the truck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Making a right turn at an intersection and car died in mid-turn. I pulled over and it restarted. I have had a similar incident, I reported it 5/19/08 # 10228160. I took the car in and it was repaired per recall notice. Dealership is not hopeful they will be able to repair the problem until it gets worse!
Driving on hwy 51 in tulsa. My 2008 jeep commander stalled at 55-60 MPH. Coasted to an off ramp, put in park and it restarted. I called the dealership in broken arrow, ok. The service department told me I have to have a code reading before they can do anything, and because it was the first time it may not produce a code, if so, they could do nothing and good luck. I bought this car new and it has only 2000 miles.
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