2008 Jeep Commander: multiple warning lights

Filed Dec 16, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 152,364 miles · NC

Tamara recall the jeep will cut off randomly while driving down the road. It will also make attempts to cut off while driving at 60 MPH and below. The esp light and traction control light will come on. Once able to get the jeep stopped with out getting in an accident it will restart and all lights will go off. This has happened now 3 times with in 4 days with it cutting completely off and 5 times trying to while driving. The 1st time it was on a highway going about 50 miles and hour. The 2nd time I was getting off the interstate while going around a curve going about 30 miles an hr. The 3rd time I was doing 35 miles an hr on a busy street. The times that it has attempted to shut off but didn't I was going between 45 and 60 miles an hr. This is unsafe for anyone to be driving and have happen. It can cause me to have accident and or to cause a accident. This can cause serious harm and loss of life. I am not sure if it is the ignition switch or an issue with the motor or wiring. Something is wrong. I see on other forums that I am not the only one having this issue. I have contacted the dealership that I have recently purchased this jeep from I am scared to drive it. I am in fear for myself and kids and others.

Filed Apr 19, 2017 · Electrical · 112,000 miles · IN

My jeep liberty limited manufactured oct 23 2007 reference to 14v567000 jeep vehicles april 3 2007 to may 12 2008 ignition key (fobik) (exactly what is happening to my car) the ignition key (fobik) may not return to the "on" position after being rotated to the "start" position, instead sticking between the two positions. Potentially, while the vehicle is being driven, the ignition may inadvertently move through the "run" position to the "accessory" or "off" ignition position, turning off the engine. This has been happening off and on for more then 3 months now. Consequence summary: the ignition stays between "start" and "on" positions causes loss of certain electrical functions. Engines stops, stater continues running, all the dash lights go on and etc. Talking with chrysler today have yet to add jeep 2008 limited liberty to their recall list. I'm would like to have my car added to list if the government needs to this serious problems. The discussing part it is my fault if any serious accidents happens and I did not have chrysler do required repairs with charging me for it. My problem with this any repair record of could be lost. ( this seems to be the trend with serious problems )

Filed Jun 24, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 79,100 miles · PA

After driving for about 10 minutes I shut vehicle off came out to start 2 minutes later vehicle would not start. After waiting for road service about half hour vehicle started without any assistance. All lights,gauges and windows worked as they should. This happened several more times after that.

Filed Mar 23, 2015 · Electrical · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. The contact stated that all the lights on the instrument panel remained illuminated. The contact received a notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system) however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. 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 failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Jan 7, 2015 · Electrical · 110,000 miles · IL

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, all the warning lights flickered. The vehicle was shut off and was able to restart after several attempts. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v567000 (electrical system) however, the part needed for the recall repair was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000. Djr

Filed Dec 31, 2014 · Electrical · 106,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, all of the warning lights illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The contact received a notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v537000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. 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 failure mileage was 106,000.

Filed May 8, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 36,000 miles · WI

Purchased 3/11. 6/11 myself/3 others were locked in the vehicle. Doors wouldn't unlock/open, windows didn't work, wouldn't start. We were held hostage for 5 min when it start up and everything worked. 6/11 exited-left the keys on seat 30 sec later lights inside flickered, doors locked, horn honked. 7/2011 driving down the highway at 70 MPH it momentarily shut off for about 3 sec and turned its self-back on. This caused a drastic drop in speed before it restarted. 7/11 drivers side floor mat was very wet from rain entering the truck. 7/11 driving in a rain storm witnessed water coming down the driver's side pillar next to the windshield. 4/12 attempted to start it. Everything worked but wouldn't start 20 min later started right up. This happened 7 times since. 3/14 parked for 2 min wouldn't restart. Had it towed to a shop where they started it right up. They couldn't find anything wrong . Went to pick it up and it wouldn't start. So they started replacing things hoping they could find a problem. New battery-old battery was good, fuses, starter, relays and out of the blue two days later it started up even after attempts after the fixes 5/13 all lights went out, wipers, wiper sprayer, horn, blinkers, dash lights, rear park assist all stopped working. I was forced to drive home in the rain at night with none of these. 4/14 this happened again for about 24 hours. 5/14 this happened again for 5 days. I have called dealerships about recalls and always told no and to bring it in at $100/hour to find the issues. It has been hooked up to code readers 10+ time with no codes. Licensed mechanics who can tell me only what they think it could be, educated guesses. Every day is a guessing game with this jeep and what it's going to do or when I'm going to get injured due to one of these numerous, chronic, magical issues.

Filed Jun 5, 2013 · Driver assistance · 72,140 miles · LA

I was driving to pick up my kids from school around 2:30 that afternoon. When coming up to a green light I was making a right turn and everything locked up in mid turn. Good thhing no one was in front of me or I would have hit them. There was a gas station on the right & because I was going 10 miles an hour before it locked up I was able to coast into the gas station. It scared me so much bacause I had no control. I had a half a tank left so I know it wasnt because of gas. I have had other issue too like all of the warning lights coming on at once. Troubles after I start it the car will drop down to 1st gear. When its set on auto. Know one at dealership can find anything wrong with it. Im so scare its going to lock up again on me and cause a wreck & I have 3 kids so im scare they will be in car when it happens again.

Filed May 6, 2013 · Body, Electrical · 80,000 miles · NC

I've been having issues with my '08 commander for several months now. The sunroof leaked and water got into the dashboard, shorting the radio out. Dealer fixed sunroof seal and radio. On the drive home from the dealer, dashboard lights started flashing. Returned to dealer the next day, but they could not locate a problem. Three days later, car would shut off while driving and all dashboard lights would flash. Returned to dealer, they were unable to "duplicate" issue. Tech from dealer drove car for 1 day and he could not find an issue. One week later, car smelled horrible of fuel and car would shut off while driving. Returned to dealer and dealer replaced o2 sensor. Picked up car and on my way home, lights flashed, car stalled and smelled worse of fuel. Immediately returned to dealer, dealer replaced a second o2 sensor. Picked up car, 5 miles from dealer, check engine light came on. Called dealer and he said to drive car until the engine "reset"(about 10 miles) or until light began flashing, then bring it in since they can not find a real problem. Issue seemed to resolve for a couple weeks of not driving car much, but then the dashboard lights began flashing again, car smelled of fuel and car seemed bogged down. Today, car barely started and was very bogged down. Attempted to drive, but check engine light came on and flashed repeatedly. Car would not go over 40mph, shook horribly and finally shut off. I am afraid to drive this car with my child inside. I am a disabled single mother and I need a dependable car and definitely not one thats going to keep costing me money. I have a warranty that I purchased with the car, but it seems to still cost an arm and a leg to get this car running for a few days before it chokes up again. This car has sucked up all my savings and still no resolution to the problem.

Filed Jun 5, 2012 · Engine, Transmission · 75,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power and all of the lights on the instrumental illuminated. In addition, the vehicle stalled while driving approximately 40 MPH. The contact was able to restart the vehicle however, the vehicle would not accelerate over 30 MPH. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed. The approximate failure and current mileage was 75,000.

Filed Jul 18, 2011 · Electrical, Lights · 15,000 miles · LA

This vehicle has an intermittent electrical issue, periodically all of the dashboard warning lights will flash on and then all of the electrical systems will fail - including the speedometer and other instrument gauges, the turn signals and the other lights, the windshield wipers, the radio, and everything else. Usually everything will reset after the vehicle has been parked, shut down, allowed to "rest" for several hours, and restarted. This event has occurred 8 or 9 times since the original incident. After the most recent incident the radio speakers went down one by one and you can no longer use the radio, however you do sometimes get a loud static sound over the speakers - even though the radio is turned off. I contacted the dealership after the original incident and was told that when this failure event occurs the system would "reset itself" without intervention, and that I would have to pay a diagnostic fee if I brought the vehicle in for testing, so I have been putting up with this ever since. However, now that other related systems are failing permanently I am not willing to put up with it any longer, I am concerned that eventually everything else will fail permanently including the instruments, turn signals, windshield wipers, etc. The consumer sent an e-mail requesting to add additional info. Yesterday, 07/21/2011, this vehicle stalled out twice while in operation while my wife was running errands in normal city traffic. In both cases she was able to steer the vehicle to the side of the road using the vehicle's momentum and was she was able to restart the vehicle a short while later. This is the first time that the complaint issue has actually resulted in the vehicle stalling out while in traffic. It is also the first time that the complaint issue has occurred in such rapid succession - for the last couple of years the frequency has been once every 3 or 4 months, now it is becoming once or twice a week (or in this case, in a day). Unable to add the last few lines of consumers sentence as the

Filed May 3, 2010 · Engine · 30,900 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated on the warning panel. The dealer replaced the spark plugs, fuel injectors and two cell packs. Immediately following the repairs, while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled and all of the warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact was able to maneuver the vehicle onto the emergency lane and shut off the engine. After restarting the engine, the vehicle would operate normally for the approximately 2 to 5 miles and the failure would persist. The dealer replaced the solenoids, cell packs and the central computer (cpu). When the dealer test drove the vehicle, it stalled again. The vehicle was left in possession of the dealer in an attempt to determine the cause of and remedy for the failure. The failure and current mileages were 30,900. Updated 07/21/10.