2006 Jeep Commander: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Jul 1, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 167,000 miles · VA

Our 2006 jeep commander has had a recurring problem of stalling at random times, while both driving and idling. Every day we start the vehicle but cannot drive it right away because it stalls out if we don't wait at least 5 minutes to "warm it up". Another example, we were driving on a city street and turning left in an intersection and it stalled out while in motion and lost control of steering and braking. I noticed that there have been recalls for thousands of 2006 jeep commanders, but our VIN # shows no recalls for our car. We are having the same exact problem with this truck as the other owners of recalled 2006 jeep commanders. It is currently in the shop for the third time and the mechanics cannot recreate the stall while moving issue and cannot figure out why it is hesitating and stalling. This is my 16 year old new driver's vehicle and I'm afraid for her safety.

Filed Oct 29, 2019 · Transmission · 160,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and hesitated without warning. While driving various speeds, the transmission independently shifted into third gear and the vehicle simultaneously jerked forward. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency campaign number: 08v203000 (power train). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Jul 21, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 140,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While driving 65 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and stalled. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the oxygen sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred and all the instrument cluster indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to marshall chrysler dodge jeep ram (140 spears ln, crittenden, ky 41030) where it was diagnosed that the speed sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The dealer was in the process of attempting to repair the vehicle again. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number 14v438000 (electrical system). The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.

Filed Jun 9, 2016 · Electrical, Visibility · 131,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving during rain weather conditions, water leaked into the vehicle from the sunroof through the panels and onto the dashboard causing an electrical short and the head lights to flicker. In addition, the vehicle would randomly shut off while driving and occasionally hesitate to accelerate when shifting to higher gears. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the spark plugs were replaced but the failures continued to occur. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 131,000.

Filed Oct 29, 2014 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 80,000 miles · NV

Sept 2013 -- stalled, shut down, no start. No restart. Piston was replaced. Car never worked properly after incident. Jeep would pulsate when slowing down or stopped. April 2014 -- stalled, shut down, no start. Car stalled while driving at approximately 25mph. Battery and solenoid/starter. June 2014 -- no start, transmission over temp". Jeep would start for very short period, over-heat and shut down. Hoses and water pump replaced. Blower motor replaced. July 2014 -- stalled, shut down, no start. Dealership can't find any problems. Had tune-up; replaced spark plugs, etc. Engine light on. Dash lights would come on and shut completely off while driving. After car was shut off it wouldn't restart. Windows wouldn't work or if they finally engaged would go up and down sporadically.car horn came on by itself and wouldn't shut off until relay was taken out. Sept 2014 -- stalled, shut down, no start .starter replaced, new battery. Car started hesitating while driving. Dash lights would all come on and then all shut off. When coming to a stop or slowing down car would lose power. While coming to an intersection to make a left turn on a green turn arrow car wouldn't engage to excel. My 7 year old daughter was in the car. I feared we were going to stall in the middle of the intersection of a busy street. All the dash lights came on and shut off repeatedly as we coasted around the turn. Got a new battery. Car still wouldn't start. Dealership replaced solenoid/starter. Sept 2014 -- hesitates, lights on dash on and off, engine light on, dealership can't find any problems. Again, dashboard lights came and all shut off. Jeep is/was hesitating while driving and not engaging / changing gears while driving. Also, periodically accelerates randomly while driving.dealership suggests replacing control module and having wiring harness diagnosed.

Filed Jul 25, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 86,000 miles · NE

Braking to approach a red light at an intersection the brakes felt mushy followed by complete loss of power. I was stopped in the inside lane of a 4-lane hwy at an intersection without power!. After a moment of panic....thank heavens no oncoming traffic behind me....I put the car into park and restarted the engine. I traveled two blocks to where I could safely exit the hwy and park. After a few minutes while I calmed down I proceeded to drive the vehicle to my home. Since that time I have tried to get the vehicle in for a check but cannot get an appointment until august. It has been a few days and I have no choice but to use the vehicle. I have noted some missing and hesitating from time to time but not complete failure. However, I would not take this vehicle on an open hwy as it is performing right now.

Filed Mar 6, 2014 · Electrical, Steering · 100,000 miles · AR

I purchased my 2006 jeep commander from city auto in memphis, tn on 9/14/11 and was told it was a one-owner vehicle originating from the state of pennsylvania. I noticed hesitation in the transmission and variances (rough - up and down) in the idling shortly after my purchase. I then started to get the "transmission/engine" light coming on. But it would go away almost as quick as it would come on. I then had my engine stall while driving full speed on the interstate. I lost all power! Fortunately, I was able to get over to the shoulder safely! We immediately started doing some research on various forums, including jeep forum, on the "stalling issue" and "lights coming on intermittently". My husband took it to our local autozone and they hooked it up to their coding scanner machine. It gave us the code to change the map sensor needed to be changed. My husband changed this out last summer (2013). It helped for a little bit. :( then began having the same issues, stalling out while driving, check engine light coming on/off and rough idling. Husband went back and had them hook up to coding machine and this time was given the code for o2 sensor, which he purchased and changed out. Now it's worse than ever! It won't even stay idled. It stalls almost immediately! I have to keep my foot on the gas (and brake when needed) all the time! If I let it go below 1000rpms it dies! We took it to a mechanic & was told the PCM was bad. But he told us that there were recalls that may fix the issue. So we took it to a dealership who performed the recall but unfortunately it did not fix the problems. This is a very expensive "fix" to a problem that appears to have never have been resolved properly by the manufacturer!! This needs to be addressed by the manufacturer as it is a major driving & safety hazard!

Filed Mar 5, 2014 · Electrical, Transmission · 119,800 miles · WI

Bought car used at a dealership, but was not told of recalls or issues. Car stalled on me twice, once in traffic approaching a light and another in a parking lot turning left to weave out of lot. The 4 wheel low was recalled and checked, but problem persist. The engine hesitates while driving, little stumbles and shakes while accelerating. While in park, weird sound is heard from light rev. I have had car for less than 3 days and problems occurred. I have a 2 ton paper weight at the moment as I feel it is unsafe to drive. I now have a decent size transmission leak after I park from short drives. I have but maybe 250 miles on it. I have heard of the 4.7 having some of these issues and a recall has been done, but not for the 5.7l hemi's. I have read numerous complaints on similar issues of exact engine model of commander, but recalls for it aren't available and only such for the 4.7l version.

Filed Oct 24, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 90,000 miles · IA

2006 jeep commander with check engine light took to a mechanic and was told input speed sensor was told its an internal transmission part . My vehicle hesitates when accelerating and also bucks.

Filed Oct 21, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 96,100 miles · MO

2006 jeep commander with check engine light took to dealer and was told they couldn't fix the used scan tool to look up code p0700 and this took them to p2767 input speed sensor was told its an internal transmission part and they cant fix was told they cant duplicate problem so they cant fix at this time . My vehicle hesitates when accelerating and also bucks.

Filed Oct 19, 2012 · Engine · 29,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated the vehicle had stalled 12 times without warning. The contact mentioned that the vehicle would hesitate for a few minutes and then stall. No warning lamps illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle had been taken to the dealer several times, but the dealer was unable to determine what caused the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 29,000 and the current mileage was 75,000.

Filed Dec 30, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · WV

I filed a previous complaint regarding my 2006 jeep commander 5.7 l hemi regarding the engine light coming on and the hesitation you get when you are driving. I was told that the PCM sensor needed replaced and it has been but the problem is still there. We have had the o2 sensor replaced twice, the gas filter replaced, transmission fluid and filter changed, my jeep has been in the shop many times for this same problem and they cannot duplicate the problem on some visits. This is a huge safety concern if my jeep were to stall from hesitation this could cause a deadly accident. I have no idea where to go from here but I will keep on going until I get someone to listen and correct this problem or take these vehicles off the road.