2007 Jeep Commander: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Feb 16, 2022 · Transmission · AL · crash

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that occasionally while driving 35 – 65 MPH, the vehicle would shake and hesitate. The vehicle also lost power steering and braking functionality and stalled with an audible tone. There were no warning lights illuminated. On another occasion the vehicle lost motive power and was struck by the vehicle in the rear. There was no physical damage to the vehicle and there was no injury sustained. The police were not notified and both vehicles were able to drive away from the scene. On another occasion the vehicle stalled and was towed to the residence; then towed to the local dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed however, the contact was unaware of the results or if the vehicle was repaired. The failure persisted. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Aug 1, 2019 · Electrical · 188,507 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. While the contact's husband was driving 65 MPH, the vehicle began to hesitate. The driver was able to park on the side of the road before the vehicle seized. The contact waited an hour before restarting the vehicle and driving home. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic multiple times, but they were unable to duplicate the failure the first time. The second time, the dealer diagnosed that an unknown sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but continued to experience the failure. The contact called champion chrysler dodge jeep ram (located at 435 e pass rd, gulfport, ms 39507, (228) 896-1515) and was informed that the part would not be available for one month. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system). The part was not available for the repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 188,507. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed May 24, 2016 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a complete loss of power and felt as if it would hesitate. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was able to be operated after each failure once the vehicle was manually restarted. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed May 4, 2016 · Electrical · 68,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and lost power. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 68,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Jan 25, 2016 · Electrical · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. Upon coming to a complete stop, the vehicle constantly hesitated and stalled upon making a turn. In addition, the contact felt a strong vibration and the vehicle continued to stall. The vehicle failed to restart and had to be towed several times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and a certified mechanic who were unable to replicate the failure and provide a permanent remedy. The vehicle was not able to be driven. The contact later received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v438000 (electrical system) and was to be referred to a dealer to schedule the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Jun 26, 2015 · Electrical · 67,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. While driving at approximately 15 MPH, the vehicle stalled, the steering wheel seized, and the brakes hesitated to stop the vehicle. The failure recurred several times. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v438000 (electrical system) however, the parts were unavailable to perform the recall repair. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000.

Filed Apr 25, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 52,815 miles · MI

I am 74 years of age and at the time of my husband's death four years ago purchased a 2007 chrysler jeep commander which now has 53,815 miles. I began experiencing problems with unexpected complete loss of power on both interstate highways and residential streets over the last year. These occurrences have increased in frequency at varying times when driving within the last six months, and most terrifying on the interstate where I was faced with the realization of deceleration and cutoff at the speed limit of 55 MPH. I received a safety recall notice (p41/agency14v-38), round or about april 2, 2015 from chrysler group llc informing me of the vehicular problems described I am experiencing, chrysler group's recall notice makes a clear and specific representation that repairs would performed to correct the vehicle's defects free of charge when it is returned to the dealership. Accordingly, southfield chrysler was contacted to schedule an appointment to diagnose the problem and ordered parts on or about april 6, 2015. I have been waiting for the part(s) for nearly three weeks. On april 24, 2015 I again contacted southfield chrysler after the vehicle hesitated to accelerate and was informed the manufacturer: "chrysler either will not, or has not, sent the parts need to fix the problem," contrary to the language of the notice. Southfield chrysler will not perform repairs without payment for the parts. Southfield chrysler has taken the position: "if I pay for repairs the manufacturer will reimburse me," which continues to leave me subjected to injure and/or death. I do not have the available funds to pay for repairs, relative to living on a fixed income and specific and very limited budget. It is clear to me that the manufacture and dealership will not perform responsibly to address a serious life and death that they are clearly aware exist. A complaint is proper.

Filed May 8, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 64,643 miles · NC

The commander was sluggish on a trip to florida, when I would press the accelerator, it would hesitate and sputter. The month before this trip, I just had the transmission serviced at 60k to keep the power train warranty intact. So figured something was done incorrectly at the dealership and we would deal with it when we returned home. I wish we would have found a repair shop in fl to look into it as the jeep turned off on us going 74 MPH on I-95. We almost got rear ended by a semi. We drove 65 the rest of the way home and it was one of the scariest moments of my life. I took it back to the dealership and they read the code and cleared the code like they did previously when it would do a hard downshift with a lovely clunk when coming to a stop. This fixed the issue until we were coming back from a four hour trip and the lurching forward when going up an incline started again. It cut off, the check engine light came on and stayed lit, as well as the park assist. Like before we coasted to the side of the road, turned it off and restarted it. Took it back to the dealership and was told it was the fuel sensor and shelled out $750 to get it fixed. I am scared to drive this SUV and have never had this issue happen to any of the 20 cars we have previously owned. Please look into why this is occurring because if someone dies due to being rear ended when it cuts off, a lawsuit will be imminent. Thank you

Filed Jan 15, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 58,000 miles · NY

While driving on the highway around 50-55mph the engine shuts down with no warning. There will be some slight hesitation as the dashboard lights up and all power is lost. Have been able to coast over to the side of the road before coming to a complete stop where I can then turn the car off. This has happened 4 times now and can be potentially very hazardous. I am able to restart the car immediately and be back on my way with no problem. Has been happening once every week or so. Have taken truck to the dealership twice where they tell me they can not duplicate the problem and they do not now what is causing it.

Filed Jan 12, 2013 · Electrical · 53,061 miles · VA

Purchased used in spring 2008 with approx. 30k miles, in spring of 2010 had several weeks of issues ranging from vehicle cutting off randomly, vehicle jumping while at stop lights, hesitating to go into 2nd and 3rd gear and then the 'service park assist' light would illuminate along with the gear indicator lights being all highlighted. Obviously the dealer could not reproduce this but replaced the 'shifter mechanisim / shift lever housing, automatic transmission console shifter' and now in january of 2013 at 83369 miles, while driving home from lunch we could not get the vehicle to come out of first and the gear indicator lights were all highlighted. And for about 2 or more months have had the same issues as before with the vehicle cutting off, acceleration issues, jumping while in drive at a stop light. Waiting for the dealership to call back because its a jeep and you cant have newer jeeps repaired by anyone other than a dealership. Complete racket. Not to mention that you can't even check the transmission fluid, that has to be done by a dealership also. Will not buy jeep again! Ever!!!!!

Filed Nov 8, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · CA

I have had my 07 jeep commander (3.6 v6) since january 2008. I have notice numerous times while driving from a complete stop, that my vehicle will lose power and start to sputter when I try to apply the gas and the car moves very slow as in less than 20mph. This has happened to me numerous times and makes me very uncomfortable driving knowing that my car can stop and leave me vulnerable to being rear-ended at intersections or common stops. I notice when this happens that my vehicle cluster displays "service park assist" and the service park assist light comes on uncontrollably and at the same time my dash/ cluster also displays ( [p][r][n][d] ) all at once as if the vehicle does not know what gear it is in. This is not acceptable for a vehicle that is supposed to provide a safe driving experience. I also find it very disappointing that numerous people all over the united states and internet/ forums all have this problem and chrysler tries to narrow it down to a select year. Model. And engine. My vehicle has the same issues as the previous recall for the 2007 4.7 v8 engines, yet chrysler ignores the community of jeep commander owners with the 3.6 v6 engine that have the same problem. There is also a tsb (18-004-09 rev. A) that describes the clunking and hesitation you feel when trying to get up to speed. This is not something a customer should have to pay for. My vehicle is a 2007 with less than 40,000 miles on it and I should be able to enjoy my vehicle safely during this time period. Another problem is that the vehicle does this at random so you can't just take it to the dealership and show them the problem. I'm sure they would gladly take my money and let me spend 1000+ dollars for new parts, but I have an 8yr/80,000 mile warranty purchased from chrysler and will not pay for diagnostic after diagnostic to try and replicate a problem that is clearly there...

Filed Sep 3, 2012 · Acceleration, Transmission · 102,000 miles · IL

Vehicle appeared to hesitate and eventually stalled loosing power. All instrumentation lights came on during this event. Driver was able to coast to the side of the highway; place the car in park/neutral; and restart the engine. The same event has happened at least 4 other times since the first at varying speed (I.e. 35 to 65 MPH) and there were no warning lights making this a very dangerous and unpredictable event. I took the vehicle to an authorized dealer and he stated that it could be the power control module; but was unsure. I'm very concerned with the safety of my family. The symptom of this problem (engine stall) is unpredictable and is a recipe for a serious and life threatening accident. I've reviewed hundreds of complaints reporting similar conditions. There needs to be a global recall on all 2007 jeep commanders reporting this problem to have this issues repaired before there is a loss of life resulting from this event. Nhtsb please respond to this complaint and compel chrysler to issue a recall before it is too late and life threatening injury occurs.