While driving vehicle the engine shuts off and the resulted power failure makes it dangerous to control the vehicle at highway speeds. This has happened three times and the dealers service department could not find a problem or reason for this.
2006 Jeep Commander engine complaints
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Since the beginning of ownership, this car has stalled many times (as well as other various and odd electrical problems.) many times I can turn the car off and on and it will restart. This does happen in parking lots and highway speeds as well. I have also lost power steering and brakes when in parking lots at a very slow acceleration speed. I have also had air bag warning lights go on and stay on then randomly shut off. The dealer has tried to help resolve but is limited by chrysler's ability to recognize that there is a problem. If there is no code in the cars computer, there is no problem and can't be duplicated. If the problem can't be duplicated, there is no repair. But it keeps happening over and over. I have filed a complaint with chrysler with no resolve. The dealership has had my car and drove it for 3 weeks to try to duplicate the problem. Since it is so random and they just didn't get enough time/miles in, the problem didn't happen. It stalled again about 3 weeks after that pulling out of my driveway. There has been no repair, because chrysler says there is no problem. I have been in the middle of an intersection with a 15 year old on a permit driving with oncoming traffic. I have had this car since march 2006 and this has been occurring many times repeatedly since then. Not all have been documented and because it occasionally happens on weekends or holidays, I have no ability to get it in to a dealership. In order for them to be able to read a code, I would have to leave the car in a stalled position wherever it occurred and have it towed directly to the dealer. This is highly impractical and unsafe. Especially scary at high speeds on the highway. I do not want to be a casualty of chrysler's failure to recognize that there are thousands of these vehicles out there doing this exact same thing. Do a "google" search see the #'s! Something needs to be done!!!
My husband and I financed a used 2006 jeep commander while he was home on 2 weeks of leave from and 18 month tour in afghanistan. About a week after we took the car home it stalled out for the first time. A week after that it did it again and we immediately pulled off the road and took it to the closest dealer which was luckily less than 2 miles down the road. He hooked it up to diagnostics and told us something about the computer recording a freak reading of barometric pressure which is what made the car shut off and that it shouldn't happen again. After my husband returned to afghanistan to fight terrorism for the us army I was driving home after dark from out of town and my headlights started to flicker...the frequency of this kept increasing and each time this happened the interior lights would also flicker and it became increasingly difficult to have the lights come back on. Luckily I got home before they quit working completely. Today, I was at the end of a drive to visit family and the car stalled for the third time in less than a month! I lost brakes, steering, lights, AC, and radio. Traffic was heavy and I narrowly avoided an accident!!!! After about a minute, I was able to pop the car into neutral and get it started again. Thank god my two children were not in the car! I got to my relatives house and began researching this problem and found numerous complaints on the internet, something we were not made aware of when buying the vehicle. The fact that this has happened to hundreds of other families makes me livid. My husband is getting shot at everyday for his country and its okay for an american manufacturer to sell faulty vehicles to people?!?!?!
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving approximately 35mph and engaging the brake pedal intermittently, the engine stalled. The power steering and power brakes also failed and the radio continued to play. The vehicle has been at the dealer for 28 days to diagnose the failure. There were no warning lights illuminated during or after the vehicle stalled. The vehicle restarts immediately. Speed was not a factor when the vehicle stalled. The current and failure mileage was 22,000.
My 2006 jeep commander v8 has stalled 4 times since buying it in april of 2007. The first time was when I was backing up in reverse in my driveway. The second time a few months later, after backing up, put the jeep in drive and it stalled. The third time was in august, I had backed up in my parking lot at work put the jeep in drive and was going about 15 MPH and the jeep stalled. The last time was august 28, 2007, I was making a left hand turn into mcdonald's with my 8 month old, 6+7 year old children as well as being 5 months pregnant, the jeep stalled, I lost my brakes and power steering with oncoming traffic heading towards me. It took I my strength to turn the wheel tp get out of the road. I have had the jeep to the dealership to have this looked at 3 times. The last in august before the 4th episode. They had my jeep for 4 days and could not find anything wrong with it. I have called jeep and made a complaint. Their response was to take it back to the dealership. I am very frustrated and feel unsafe with my children in this vehicle and no one seems to care or want to help. After looking at this list of complaints on this website on 2006 jeep commanders stalling, something needs to be done.
Lost power which included steering and lighting systems (interior and headlamps).
My 2006 jeep commander continually stalls, threatening the lives of whoever is in the car. There is no warning. Suddenly there will be a complete loss of control over the vehicle. No warning lights, no bells, sounds, whistles...nothing! The only way to remedy is to turn vehicle off and restart. This turns in to a life threatening incident when the traffic behind you is unaware that you are in fact stalled. The dealership has no updates or complaints of this problem (ya, right) and drives it around the block...with no incidences occurring. If they think it's going to happen while they're driving the vehicle, they're wrong. I 'm risking my families lives every time we get in the car. It's the most expensive piece of junk I've ever owned! Visibility out the rear window when the 3rd row seats are up is just about zero. This is extremely dangerous. You can't see cars, kids, or your neighbors house when you're trying to see what's behind you. Driver's side locks on it's own. Luckily the passenger doors remain unlocked, so I haven't locked myself out...yet.
My husband and I are leasing a 2006 jeep commander since nov 2005. I have been involved in 3 separate traffic accidents on may 31 2006, august 8 2006 and september 20 2007. The engine stalled during low speed turns on both august 8 2006 and september 20 2007. I had just left a stop sign on may 31 2006 when my engine stalled in the intersection, resulting in a crash. I was cited for failure to yield on may 31 2006. I wasn't cited on august 8 2006 or september 20 2007, although the police report from the september 20 2007 accident describes a "failure to yield." I have also had ongoing tire pressure issues as well as intermittent brake failure issues. Prior to may 31 2006 I had never been involved in a traffic accident nor had I received any traffic citations. I am 48 years old. My vehicle was repaired twice after the first 2 accidents, but I am awaiting contact from the other party's auto insurer before proceeding with the repairs following yesterday's accident. I've brought the 2006 jeep commander in to bud mulcahy's jeep on several occasions. That dealership is now closed.
Jeep commander 2006. Engine stalls while driving. Loss of power.
Twice while pulling into parking spaces, once while pulling out of a drive-through into the main road, and once while coming to a stop sign, my 2006 jeep commander has stalled, losing brakes and steering. I have to restart the car using the key. No indicator light tells me what happened or that there is anything wrong. The first time it took into the dealer, they said that my computerized fuel mix ratio was way off. They said it should be at 0 and that mine was at 6.something. They reset it to 1.5, the lowest they could get it to. They felt that this was the problem causing the stall. I got the car back and it did not stall for two months but then stalled again. I took it back to the dealer and they stated that they could not find any computerized indicator to tell them why this was happening and could not make it happen while it was at the shop. The shop manager said that he even looked on the internet to see if there were any other cases and could find none. Hesaid that there was nothing from daimler/chrysler about it either. When I went to the ntsba web site, I found that there was an investigation into this since feb 2007 and that daimler/chrysler responded that they are now doing their own investigation. If this is the case, why would the dealership not know anything about it. I got the car back and within two weeks it stalled again at the stop sign. This last incident was on sept 13, 2007. I called the dealer and they do not have a solution.
We purchased a 2006 jeep commander in april 2007. Since we purchased this vehicle, it has stalled on 12 separate, random occasions. I have documented the stalls which have occurred while in reverse, driving less than 10mph, and at higher speeds on the highway. When the car shuts down while on, I have to pull over (with no lights or power steering) and put the car into park to restart the car. It always starts up again with no problems. I have also noted that it occurs in both cold and warm temperatures. I have had the car in jeep's service depts on three occasions. On the first two visits, they said they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle. On the third visit, they admitted that others had complained of the same problems and they replaced the ignition switch to see if that corrects the problem. I have talked to other commander owners who also have had this same major issue with their vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving 40 MPH, the engine lost power, however, the vehicle continued to run at a decreased speed. He placed the vehicle into neutral, restarted the vehicle, and then drove to the dealer. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The VIN, engine size, and number of cylinders were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 20,400.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving 5-30 MPH, the vehicle shut off without warning. The failure has occurred eleven times. The dealer inspected the vehicle on four occasions, but was unable to duplicate the failure. The first failure mileage was 6,500 and current mileage was 15,545. Updated 01/09/08. *lj the consumer stated vehicle has stalled a few more times, dealer attempted to fix but to no avail. Updated 12/12/07
Jeep commander limited 2006 stalled while driving at a speed of 25mph. Car lost power steering and brakes. The car experienced a complete electrical failure and just died. Events leading up to the failure include the car rumbling to the point where it feels as if would stall but did not. It finally did completely stall as noted in the opening sentences. The dealership where the car was purchased, stated they cannot pin point the exact cause but per chrysler a possible solution was to clean and reseal the main wiring harness to the power distribution center. After that they have been attempting phone calls to chrysler to troubleshoot the problem. We were told chrysler can't guarantee the problem will be found. Now we are left with a car that is unsafe to drive as it may stall out while driving without warning.
We own a jeep commander 2006, we have had problems with the engine shutting off. It has happen while turning, while taking an off ramp, on the highway. I have refused to allow anyone to drive the commander considering I have 3 children and my wife. The upsetting part is that the dealership says they can't do anything because the computer says their is no problem. The last incident was on sept. 04 2007.
I own a jeep commander and it has died on me for now reason now more than 7 times. I was at a stop light, sometimes on the freeway the car just stops. I step on the gas and the car doesn't move the engine shuts off and the steering wheel hardens and doesn't steer. I took it into the jeep dealer where I leased it from and they found nothing wrong with it. They told me that there are other complaints with other commander owners but they have no fix to it. They even told me that when they find what's wrong with someone else's commander they would call me so I guess they still don't know what's wrong this had been happening now a lot lately. I am going to take it back again to the dealer ship and see what they say. The passenger air bag light comes on also every now and then it comes on and stays on for like 5 to 10 minutes then goes off.
My 2006 jeep commander has stalled on my twice now while driving down the road. Didn't realize it had stalled until I tried to give gas or use the brake. Hard to maneuver off to side of road due to power steering going out after the stall. Very dangerous!
I took my 2006 jeep commander to my local dealer where I originally purchased it to get the stalling problem fixed. Five days later the service manager said that the problem was now solved (august 24,2007) finally. The service department said they put in a new program that would fix the jeep from just losing power. August 25 saturday morning at 8:13 while at an intersection the jeep just died again. Another problem is the windshield breaking easily. I believe the problem with the breaking windshield could be related to the inproper fitting of the windshield which results in a loud noise being heard inside the vehicle. The dealership said they won't fix the seal problem because my jeep has two cracks on it. I said "if you had fixed the windshield seal problem the first 3 times I brought it in we wouldn't have this problem'. No problems have yet to be solved. Ancira dealership in san antonio,tx. Many jeep owners are purchasing multiple windshields at $385 a pop. The dealer tried to say it's just me until I pointed out all the other complaints in writing with all different VIN numbers and even showed her the rental car (jeep commander) which also had a cracked windshield. She's convinced too.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled under normal driving conditions. There were no warning indicator lights present. The vehicle was able to be restarted after each failure. The dealer kept the vehicle for a week, but was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current mileage was 45,000 and failure mileage was 43,000.
I purchased a 2006 jeep commander last year. I have had the following items replaced on my jeep front passenger interior door panel. Strange noise coming from my car that sounded like playing cards in bike tires ended with replacing front axel ring and pinion. Car kept popping out of gear the entire gear shift was replaced. My passenger window had to be fixed it kept sticking halfway up. I had a problem where my car kept stalling. I was told the first time that no error appears on the computer and jeep knew of no issue with cars stalling so maybe it was bad gas. It died several more times and finally they did replace a part inside the idol. I also had an issue where my headlights kept turning off as I drove or would flash on and off. They replaced the headlight switch. I have had the rubber stripping from my back driver side window come off and now it is occurring on the passenger side. From the beginning I have told them I do not feel my transmission is working properly that it shifts hard and when I shift from reverse to drive there is a big hesitation. I have been told no error is appearing on computer and that jeep as usual has no known issues so they had no suggestions. Once again they thought it was a gas issue moving from winter to summer blend. The last time I had it in when it was stalling I told them it the transmission was still hesitating and would make a pop noise at times then it would go. It is still occurring and at times the car acts like it might not shift into drive. I am satisfied with how my dealership is working with me they are doing their best to help me. I blame jeep/chrysler all you have to do is search the web to see that there are so many others just like me with the exact same issue. They need to recall these cars now and if they can not find the problem then replace them for us.
While driving, vehicle has a complete blackout - it completely shuts down, engine stops running, everything dies! This has happened when driving on a major highway and when on a local road. Dealer can not find problem. Vehicle has been at dealer in excess of 30 days without resolution. Dealer lent us a loaner - same model - and the same problem occurred. When reported to chrysler corporate, they did nothing and were not interested in helping address the problem. We feel this problem is serious enough to cause a major accident, death and or injury.
Experienced engine stall and loss of power to instrument panel momentarily while approaching residential 30 MPH speed. Had just pulled out of my driveway and was accelerating when it happened. I noticed the stall and looked at the instrument panel, which appeared to be inoperative. Then it 'came back to life' and I tried to accelerate. The engine responded and I kept driving with no other issues.
My 2006 jeep commander occasionally "hesitates" when I accelerate. Thus far it has not caused an accident, but chances are good that it might happen one day soon. This hesitation often happens when I am turning at an intersection and I fear that it may happen when I am unable to evade an oncoming car.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated that the vehicle idles roughly and the engine revs intermittently. A few months ago, the service engine soon light illuminated for a while and then dimmed. During that time, the vehicle began to stall while driving 10 MPH. The vehicle would lose all power, including the power steering. She has taken the vehicle to the dealer for approximately a year, but they have been unable to determine the cause of failure. The current mileage was 20,000 and failure mileage was 6,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated that the vehicle stalls at different speeds and when idling. She took the vehicle to the dealer approximately three times, but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The current mileage was 16,000 and failure mileage was 12,000.
Vehicle stalled in traffic - was able to move out of traffic and avoid crash - took SUV to dealer and they are unable to reproduce or detect problem (2006 jeep commander 4.7 liter engine).
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle shut off and there was a total loss of power. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The failure has occurred on four occasions and the dealer has been unable to duplicate the failure. The current mileage was 9,800 and failure mileage was 8,000. The consumer provided the invoices for repair. The dealer stated windows are malfunctioning they only go halfway up and come right back down. Updated 08/22/07
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The instrument panel lights and the air conditioner remained on for a few seconds then shut off. The road conditions were clear. The dealer replaced the starter. The contact has not driven the vehicle since the replacement. The failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 21,000.
Vehicle starts to stall while making low speed turns. As soon as the turn is complete, the vehicle regains acceleration.
Upon turning left or right from a stop or near stop the engine simply cut off.
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