2008 Jeep Commander 4x4: won't start

Filed May 2, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · PR

My car all of the sudden wouldn't turn on, it said damaged key, the key is fine, it unlocks and locks without a problem, but the car wont start. I've been told is the win

Filed Feb 6, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · MI

Ignition recall....jeep won't start. Have a new starter and battery. When I can get it to finally start the fan stops. Then I get stranded because it won't start again. I see this vehicle has 5 recalls. I bought this jeep from a car lot less than 6 months ago. The lot warranty has expired. So I googled the make and model and find 5 recalls. So far thank god the jeep is stationary when it won't start. But being stranded with a 4 month old baby in the middle of winter....... Yes in angry as hell!

Filed Mar 26, 2015 · Electrical · 40,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander 4x4. The contact stated that the key was able to be inserted into the ignition, but it would not turn over to start the vehicle intermittently. The contact also indicated that the vehicle was towed more than once due to the vehicle not being able to start. The vehicle was taken to the authorized dealer more than twice and they were not able to replicate and diagnose the failure. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Filed Mar 25, 2015 · Electrical · 56,000 miles · NC

August 2013 - would not start, finally got jumped off and started. Jeep place could not retrace problem. Installed new battery. Back up camera and navigation system had been out. November 2014 - would not start. Would not even turn over. Jeep place said was not battery, keys were bad! Made new keys and it started. March 2015 - would not start. Aaa jumped it off. Can't be battery. I still think it has a faulty electrical system and navigation system. Only has 76k on it.

Filed Nov 20, 2014 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · NV

Previously owned jeep commander was purchased from a chrysler dealership in 2012. Since then we have had unusually short battery life: the battery in the car has had to be replaced 2 times in the past two years (warrantied 3 year battery life from manufacturer). Additionally, the car has failed to start atleast 5 times in the past two years. The battery power will be fine, but the ignition will refuse to engage(no clicking sound.) if another battery is hooked up to the engine, it will start just fine without any waiting period to charge battery since the car's battery will still be fully charged. Today the engine wouldn't turn over at all and we finally brought the car to the dealership for them figure out what is going on since we weren't able to jump the engine this time. We have taken the car into the dealership before, and the technicians were unable to identify any problem, so it shouldn't be a broken or worn down part(especially since we've been having this problem since the 60,000/4 year old mark). Additionally, the car will not display any fault messages, so it either can't sense the ignition problem, or hasn't been program to understand there are power anomalies in the starter/ignition system.

Filed Aug 3, 2014 · Electrical · 86,332 miles · IN

I had trouble getting my key out of the ignition and had to move the gear shift back and forth until the key would turn completely off and finally come out. I locked my car and went into my home. I later went out to go to the store. I unlocked my car via keyless entry without difficulty. I put the key in the ignition and it will not turn over. I went and bought batteries for my key fobs thinking that would fix the problem and it did not. My jeep which is my only transportation is stuck in my drive way.

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 Jul 1, 2013 · Engine · 34,000 miles · MA

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.

Filed Mar 30, 2012 · Transmission, Visibility · 34,000 miles · MI

I recently had an issue where after driving my vehicle, going into a bank and returning to start my car, the vehicle did not start. I tried repeatedly to start the vehicle but nothing worked. Finally it started again at an auto shop and then turned off and we tried to start it again, but it would not start. The battery was tested as well as the starter. There were no issues with either or the components associated with starting the vehicle. However, after my independent mechanic starting searching for recalls he noticed there was a recall on the front control module and said to call chrysler. I called and only 1338 vehicles were "qualified" for this part recall. My vehicle is not part of that recall but the issue at hand is the culprit of a defective front control module. Recall id # 71686 - visibility:windshield wiper/washer summary: chrysler is recalling 1,338 my 2008 jeep grand cherokee and commander vehicles. The front control module may have been incorrectly manufactured. Consequences: this could cause the engine to stall while driving or not to start and/or cause the windshield wipers to become inoperative. Engine stalling or inoperative wipers could cause a crash without warning.

Filed Sep 18, 2011 · Electrical · NY

I purchased my 2008 jeep commander in may2011, about two weeks after I had the vehicle, I went to start it one day and it would not start. I opened the hood and tested my battery, no problems with it, so I turned the key again and it started. I continued to have this issues every since, sometimes it will go two weeks starting fine and then out of the blue it will not start. The latest incident happened on 14 sept 2011, this was the first time that the vehicle would not start at all (usually when this happens it will start after a few minutes) so on this day I had it towed to a garage, they told me they couldnt find nothing wrong with it, but said maybe you just need a new battery, so I purchased a battery for the jeep installed it and for two days it was great, so I thought ok maybe it has been the battery after all this time. Today 18 sept 2011, it happened again, but this time it started after 5 minutes. I started researching the problem online, and this is when I learned of the recalls for multiple reasons on these vehicles. I live in upstate new york and winter is approaching, I dont want to be stranded with my family somewhere. I just really want to know exactly what is going on before I put money into a never ending problem.

Filed Jun 27, 2008 · Electrical · 5,500 miles · RI

On numerous occassions our 2008 jeep commander overland will not start. I'll insert the key fob into the slot, turn, and then nothing happens. Usually after a few attempts the truck will start. (the dealership currently has the truck and still is unable to resolve or isolate the problem).