Takata recall my vehicle was in motion @ 75 MPH on the high way when the transmission shifted itself into 3rd gear and would not shift out
2006 Jeep Commander acceleration complaints
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The first time it happened I was pulling out into busy traffic from a side street. I accelerated quickly and when I backed my foot off the peddle the car continued to accelerate. I tapped the peddle a couple times thinking it was caught on the floor matt (not).it back off and then it did it briefly again before correcting itself. This was all in a 10 sec. Time period..... The second time it happened I was on the highway. I stepped down to pass a car and the peddle moved to the floor and stayed there for about 15 seconds, released and went to the floor again for about 10 seconds. I had my foot on the break trying not to hit other cars ahead of me. Everytime I lift my foot off the brake we went faster. Then it corrected itself again. I pulled off the road the second time and checked to make sure there was nothing on the floor board that might have interfered with the peddle but there was nothing. I was not using the cruise control in either occurrence. There was no accident but could have easily been. I did have a passenger in the car.
The vehicle cruise control malfunctions: now even pressing "set" at least while driving over 40 MPH makes the vehicle accelerate fast even to 80 MPH so I press brake pedal which does disengage cruise control. Even if you turn cruise control off and then back on it keeps on happening every time you press set. I disconnected power to the cruise control.
My jeep commander will start accelerating excessively and will not stop until I disable the cruise control. This is extremely dangerous. The first time it happened I had to slam on the brakes and go into the ditch just to avoid a car.
My jeep didn't pull correctly, it back fire and wind. We took it to chrysler to get it fix. The mechanic told us that the solenoid went bad... So were charged $405 for a converter, $357 for a solenoid, $7.75 for a sealer, and $3.60 for a nut none... Total labor and parts $1930.31... Today we go to pick it up, and it still makes the same noise and the problem worsen. We left it there to be fixed again... At the moment we are out of $2000, no car, and then had the nerve to tell me it was something else wrong with my car and it'll be $800 more to fix it. Needless to say, I told them I wanted to speak with the owner, he said he'll call me back.. Not even two minutes later, he goes... "we'll take care of it...
The vehicle stalls in motion on both residential and highway and loses power steering. Cruise control once you set it acceleration occurs on its own this occurred on the highway. Ignition bumps out of the on position into accessory or off on it's own.
Replaced bezel gear selector 3 times since 2006. As of september 2016 a 4th replacement is required per golling chrysler. Vehicle attempts to stall after 1-2 seconds when starting from a stopped position. The check engine light illuminates and a service message appears stating "service park assist system." several times from 2006 - 2016 the vehicle almost stalled when entering intersections of city streets. Whenever condition occured the part was replaced (3 times). Part causing the conditions is part# ch68004143-af prndl bezel gear selector and ch52108308-AC connector electrical (transmission). I believe the gear selector and transmission to be defective due to the frequent failure which could cause a safety incident.
When driving my jeep commander it stalls. It happens when I am stopped and try to go or when I slow down then try and accelerate. My life has been at risk when this happens. One of the times I was driving on the interstate going 65mph and it stalled. I am extremely upset about this especially since I have a 2 year old son that is in the car with me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While the vehicle was at a stop light, it accelerated independently. In addition, the contact struggled placing the key in the ignition switch and the key became stuck. The vehicle was serviced under the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system). The contact stated that the failures were not occurring prior to the recall repair. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 17,500.
My jeep commander has a recall, I took it in right away and was told part not available. It has been over a year and still not fixed. The dealership says no parts in yet and its been over one year. One year and I have made multiple trips and calls to the rio vista california chrysler dealership and their response is that chrysler is to send me a letter when the part is available. Dealership is saying part not available. This is a safety issue and my children's safety comes first. I'm appalled at how this has been handled. I've been patient for too long.
I was driving down the hwy and my vehicle turned off. I lost power steering breaks and was not able to properly maintain control of my vehicle in order to avoid an accident. This had happened twice before this time, and I looked to see that there was a recall on my jeep for an ingition switch and the the exact discription of what would happen if my car was effected fit my situation. I then called jeep and advised them of this and they said I neeeded to have it diagnoised by a jeep dealership. I had the vehicle towed at my expensense and rented a car at my expense. The dealership confirmed my assumption and in fact the issue I was experiencing is part of the recall. Jeep now tells me they don't have the parts and they have not made a decision on whether it's neccessary to provide a replacement vehicle until they have a resolve. Am I supposed to be without a vehicle or potentially drive mine with 3 children, and potentially loose power again causing a loss of control? What I am supposed to do from here?
Was driving on highway and car went in to manual mode to neutral and will not come out of 3rd gear
While driving the car shut off. No speed or power steering. This occurred on a busy road and a crash was avoided. I have called chrysler and was told the recall parts are still unavailable.
When almost stopped the engine revved up like the vehicle was power braking..it happened twice on jan 15, 2015 and again on jan16, 2015...it threw us forward and thankfully we had enough distance between us and the vehicle stopped at the red light in front of us that we did not hit it....I consider this a safety hazard. It makes me leery to drive when it is acting like this...we did not have any previous problems with the jeep before this date. I reported this to chrysler and they told me there was nothing they could do about it..I would need to take it to a dealer and have it checked out at my expense. We have not driven the vehicle since jan. 16th.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the park assist warning light illuminated and the vehicle suddenly failed to accelerate. In addition, the gauges failed. The contact also stated that the vehicle stalled on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The contact stated that the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) was received in july 2014. The dealer and the manufacturer were contacted on multiple occasions and was informed that the part was not available. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Bought this commander 08/02/14, about two weeks after driving it . It started dropping out of gear and getting stuck in 3rd gear. And when driving on the highway it would completely shut down , I sent it back to where I bought it. For them to fix the problem being I haven't even made my first car payment. And the gave me a run around for two weeks saying they was waiting on parts . Then said they had it and had my jeep for almost 4 weeks . Before getting my jeep. Now its 01/02/15 and its doing it again. I cant make it back and forth to work. Or get my kids. With my jeep stuck in third gear and dieing for no reason.
2006 jeep commander idling up on its own and engine made a loud noise. *mw the dealer informed the consumer, the noise was normal for a hemi engine. The consumer was then informed, the problem was the throttle. Also when it rained, the consumer discovered water on the driver's side floor. The dealer was unable to find a leak.
While attempting to get on the highway the jeep lost power at approximately 35mph from the on ramp on to the right lane of the freeway. All the lights shut off, all the gauges shut down, and the vehicle began to slow down. It lasted approximately 4-5 seconds, and after stepping on the accelerator, the jeep re-engaged and was able to be driven to a safe destination. The jeep is under recall p41 for ignition switch issues, which may or may not be causing the issues, but the parts are not available from chrysler. The parts have not been manufactured and/or distributed. It is possible the vehicle has a bad control module. The recall for faulty control modules was issued sept. 21, 2014 but this make and model was not covered in that recall ... Although it seems likely it is having similar issues.
As I driving down the highway I can be going between 40-60 MPH and if I let off the gas and just coast and then give it gas again its like it is in neutral and it continues to do this until the car is going 20 MPH or under and it is very dangerous it has caused me to almost have several wrecks and I have 5 kids which were with me in the car each time this has happened to me something needs to be done!
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated when the cruise control was activated, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact had quickly engaged the brake pedal to decelerate and disengaged the cruise control. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.
While traveling on an expressway in central michigan, I was using the cruise control to maintain a speed of 75 MPH. With no warning at all, the mechanical components of the vehicle shut down, leaving my jeep "dead in the highway". I was able to steer and brake, but the vehicle would not respond to acceleration by pressing the gas pedal. I pulled off to the shoulder, luckily without incident. Turned the key to the "off" position and waited about 10 seconds. I turned the key to the "on" position and it started back up. I cautiously drove at a considerably slower speed until I was able to get to a rest stop. When I got to my destination I found a local auto parts store and had them do a diagnostic check. It showed a maf sensor gone bad. Mass air flow sensor was replaced. Hoping that was the issue, after several days, my family and I headed back home on the other side of the state. While driving about 60 MPH with cruise control, there were no issues. I figured the problem was fixed. Unfortunately, I was wrong. As I reached the highway where the speed limit is 70 MPH, I accelerated to 70 MPH with the cruise control. As soon as I broke the 70 MPH point, the car mechanically stalled again as I was trying to merge onto the busy highway. Again, luckily, I made it safely to the shoulder and restarted. I was able to exceed 70 MPH on the way home without using the cruise control. Concerned for my pregnant wife, toddler son, and my own safety, as this happened on a busy highway at a high rate of speed; with no warning lights or sounds.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the cruise control was engaged and the vehicle accelerated to approximately 80 MPH. The contact had to apply the brakes in order to disengage the cruise control. The vehicle was taken to dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000.
Vehicle seem to loose power while cruising at or around 45 MPH or when engages 4th gear. Rpm's drop really quick from 3500 to almost 1500 RPM's in matters of second. Increasing the risk of a rear end collision if trying to overtake another vehicle or driving up hill, dealer can't find problem. Problems happens every time under any weather condition.
While I was driving on the highway I had my cruise control set at 55 MPH as I came into a 35 MPH zone I had tapped my brakes and then came to a red light where I had to stop, when the light turned green I then turned on state route 348 where the speed limit is back to 55 when I pushed the button to resume, my 06 jeep commander accelerated to a very high speed as if I pushed the peddle to the floor. When I pushed the break it then turned the cruise control off, luckily there were no cars in front of me or I would have crashed into the rear of their vehicle at a high rate of speed. At this point I cannot use my cruise control because this happens every time I try (note: I always make sure there is no cars in front of me).
Driving my jeep commander from topeka,ks to manhattan,ks drove on the high way when accelerated the vehicle began to jerk and or began a rocking motion. The vehicle jerked or rocked every so often not consistent but very randomly did not notice a pattern. The vehicle did not drive well and felt very unsafe to drive on the high way.
Hello, my 2006 jeep commander started stalling out over a year ago and has stalled on me on and off various times at different speeds but usually at a higher rate of speed, which has been very scary. I have chosen not to drive the vehicle anymore and now it is sitting in my driveway and I am driving a 1991 honda because I cannot afford to buy a new car at this time. I just paid this jeep off and now I cannot drive the vehicle. The dealer fixed the one recall on the vehicle called the front control module and it ran fine for a couple of weeks and now once again the car stalled out while I was headed to a camping trip with my kids a couple months ago going 50 MPH and almost caused an accident. I was almost hit by a semi and several cars were honking and trying to avoid my jeep. I lose all power steering and there are no notifications that the car will stall so it is very scary and dangerous for me and my children. I am so upset that I cannot drive the car and feel safe. I have contacted jeep and they have a recall for 2006 jeep commanders that covers up to january 2006 and my vehicle was made in march so they told me there is nothing they can do. The recall was for the PCM which my car has the same code on the diagnosis but now they are telling me to take it to the dealer and I have to pay for this. I really hope that this situation can be resolved by jeep stepping up and taking care of this issue for the safety of people.
Was driving the vehicle first noticed the electric mirrors turned upward and unable to correct. Then the left window went down and moves up or down at random. The electric door locks became inoperative from driver side. The warning gauges started to go off and on and display started to flash different problems with the vehicle. While driving the next day the cruise control went off and everything started flashing this has happened several times and have put the vehicle in the shop. I have a video that I took while driving.
Car turned itself off,ignition switch problem, maybe software.has stalled on many occasions. Has had software checked by dealer and there is no other fix, they say. Is this part of the ignition switch recall problem with ignition switch? Thank you!
All the light on my dash board have been flickering on and off for the past two months. It does not seem to affect my engine however it will completely take all gauges to zero while I am driving. I drove it last night and when it happened it killed my all my lights. I can hear a clicking sound when the flickering happens. It doesn't click continuously but enough to make me very uneasy.
The speed control accelerated and kicked into overdrive. It jumped from 65 to 80 in just a matter of seconds. I had to hit the brake and turn of the speed control. It now does it all the time when the cruise control is engaged.
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