While driving in stop and go traffic my commander shuts off. It also stalls at times without shutting off. The esp light also comes on when I first turn on the vehicle on in park. I turned into the dealer and they could not duplicate the problem, and were no help in trying to diagnose the issue.
2006 Jeep Commander engine complaints
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(1) car is off, but air conditioner, or blower, is turned on (2) car starts, engine light, or gas gauge doesn't come on, it starts, you drive a bit, it makes noise(s) then stalls (3) turned car off after it rolls to a stop. When I turn the air conditioner, or blower to the off position I seem to not have as many stalls, if not any. When the dealership looks at it when the engine light is off they cannot see any error codes. When the engine light is on who is near a dealer to see the freaking' error codes?!?!?!
2006 jeep commander - purchased new in 02/2006....vehicle continues to stall (motor die completely) when driving at slow speeds, ie pulling out from red lights or turning into driveways, etc. I have reported to dealership several times without any luck, called today but they said they do not know what it is and until jeep/chrysler lets them know how to fix it there is nothing they can do. This is very dangerous and someone is going to get hurt or killed by this vehicle.
Engine stalled with no warning while decelerating on a residential street. Put vehicle in park and it restarted with no problem.
Was driving down the road going about 50 MPH when the car just shut off!!!! Took it in and the dealer couldn't find anything wrong we are taking it into the dealer tomorrow.
Driving on highway traffic came to almost a complete stop and engine stalled. Put vehicle in park keyed off then restarted. This is the second time the engine has stalled while driving. Service department indicates nothing will be done if problem can not be duplicated.
Engine stalled while starting to driving into a parking space. Was able to immediately restart vehicle and move out of the traffic lane and fully into the parking spot. Service department indicated that they would not do anything unless they were able to replicate the problem on a short test drive.
Truck stalled 4 times twice at medium speeds with my wife and son in vehicle. Dealer could find nothing wrong at time. Happened again last week then happened yesterday twice with my wife driving out of state in the left lane doing 65 MPH boom it just shut down couldn't even be started in neutral she had to go into the median strip stop put the vehicle in park and start it . Then 15 minutes later the same thing . The car is now at the dealer and so far told me they can find nothing wrong at this time.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning on several occasions. It restarted immediately and was driven to the dealer on two separate occasions where the problem could not be duplicated.
While driving at highway speed (60 MPH) the entire vehicle stalled out/shut down. We lost all power in the vehicle. We had to stop the vehicle in the middle of the road and re-start the ignition. This has happened 3 times in the 2 months we have had the vehicle. The dealership is looking at the vehicle next week 9/22/06. We have also had a wind leak in the drivers side window and after 2 failed attempts to fix the problem they still cannot offer a solution. Will look at again next week.
1st occurrence of the stalling/dying: 7/23/06. Vehicle was moving at a slow speed making a right hand turn. The vehicle lost power (no response when pushing on the gas pedal and the power steering also failed). Driver had to put the vehicle into park from drive, turn the key to the off position and then back to the start position. The 2nd occurrence was on 8/9/06 12:30 pm. At a stoplight on a hill waiting to turn left. The light turned, the car in front of her accelerated and when driver took her foot off of the brake to apply the gas and the car began to roll backwards. After this occurrence, driver called the dealership and spoke with a svc advisor. Driver described the symptoms and they said they had heard of this happening on some other commanders and that they knew the part that typically fixed it. Driver made appt to bring in for service. Vehicle dropped off 8/10/06. Call from svc dept. 8/11/2006 and stated tech tested found a bad map sensor. They replaced the sensor and said the problem should be resolved. The 3rd occurrence happened on 8/15/06 7:40 am. Driver was stopped waiting for traffic to clear to make a right turn onto highway 212 from 222nd drive. At this point, driver called dealership and asked to speak with a service adviser and said she would be bringing the vehicle back in as it wasn't fixed. The 4th occurrence happened 8/15/06 5:50 pm while the vehicle was in motion on highway 217 driving to the northwest jeep dealership. Driver was in slow rush hour traffic- 5-10 ph. Depressed the gas pedal to accelerate to keep up with traffic and the car just continued to coast with no acceleration. She had to put the vehicle in park, turn the key to the off position, start the car again and then stop on the highway to put car back into drive.
Jeep commander stalls at stop signs.
My wife and I purchased a new 2006 jeep commander lt with a 5.7 liter v8 on july 24, 2006. Four days later we went on a road trip from washington dc to boston, ma. Just outside new york city, the commander stalled (went dead, no power brakes, steering) in rush hour traffic. Scared us both. Managed to get to the side of the road. Put it in park and turned the ignition and started the commander and continued driving. The commander had less than 800 miles on it. We called the dealer. They said to bring it in when we got back. The next day on our way back home we stopped in a jeep dealership in mystic conn. They ran a diagnostic and came up with 2 codes p1684 and p0884. They cleared the history, tested again and found nothing. We took it in to the dealership on monday july 31. They said that they could not duplicate the problem. The car stalled again on august 15th, 2006. The commander now has 1350 miles and is back in the shop and the dealership doesn't know what the problem is. We called daimler chrysler customer service to lodge a compliant, the customer service advisor said that he had not ever heard that there was a stalling problem with the 2006 commanders. My wife is afraid that the commander will stall again and cause a serious accident and kill someone including us. We believe there is a serious problem with this car and others according to others on jeepforum.com.
On three occasions (july 22, aug. 2, august 14) my 2006 jeep commander has stalled while I was driving. These incidents all occurred while I was slowing to a stop. On two of the occasion I was slowing to a stop on an incline. When the incident occurs the power steering shuts off and the engine stops. The automobile restarts after the transmission is put in park. The dealer indicates that the on-board computer detects no failures and that they were unable to replicate the incident.
Brand new 2006 jeep commander 3 weeks old. I was getting off the express way on a curve and my vehicle shut off and steering locked up almost drove off the road with my wife and kids and this has happened 3 times already, its a risk to my family. I think something should be done about this issue, I did my research and I not the only one with this same problem. I have taken the jeep to the dealer and I was told they can not duplicate the problem so I can not be fixed. Help!
Dt*: the contact stated that the vehicle stalled unexpectedly after approaching a stop sign on 06/20/06. The contact depressed the accelerator which made the vehicle leap forward, then stall out. The 2nd incident also occurred during attempted acceleration. On 07/13/06 the vehicle stalled unexpectedly while cruising 55 MPH on a dry and flat road surface. There were no warnings prior to the three incidents. The contact pulled over and contacted the dealer. The engine restarted with no delay after all 3 incidents. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on 07/13/06 who could not duplicate the problem. The dealer has attempted to repair the vehicle 3 times but could not determine the cause of the problem. The vehicle was equipped with an automatic transmission.
I have purchased a 2006 jeep commander. It has 6000 miles on it. At 4200 miles it started stalling for no apparent reason. It has done it in stop and go traffic and has done it when I was traveling at 35 MPH. Other jeep commander owners are experiencing the same problem. See jeep commander thread at edmunds.com. To date dealers have not been able to diagnose the problem. Stalling in traffic presents a very serious safety problem.
Vehicle completely stalls and shuts down while driving...no matter what speed. It happened to me at 45 MPH as well as 25 MPH. When this happens there also is no steering.....almost got into a serious car accident due to this repeated problem. Have taken to get serviced and they can not find anything wrong.
Took new car in for the first oil change. Drove 30+ miles and the engine disintegrated requiring a total engine replacement. Dealer denies any wrongdoing and blames it on a manufacturing defect from chrysler. This is a new jeep commander 4.7l 2006 vehicle.
Vehicle, jeep commander, 2006 traveling at 70 MPH on interstate had an instantaneous total loss of power, engine shut down, all gauges went to zero, lost all electrical power, lost power steering control, and power brakes, vehicle veered to the left across lane of traffic and came to a stop in the median. This was a near-miss I don't know which component failed. *jb updated 05/04/06
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