Jeep Commander transmission failure problems

Filed Feb 14, 2023 · Acceleration, Electrical · TN

The Electrical System has failed. The center sound system shuts off and reboots on its own every hour or 2 causing electronic failure and has proven to get worse over time. Following that the Jeep will randomly not start, mechanics have told me that it must be the Electrical System because it is not starter, alternator or the battery. Failure to start engine has occurred over 20 times...effecting my ability to drive to work a few times. Power Train has failure has caused electronic control, software, shift lever/gear control and indicator devices, torque, drive axles, hubs, shafts, CV joints, housings and related safety systems to fail/stop working while in drive; example the Jeep was driving 50 miles an hour and transmission gears shut down and i tried shifting into neutral attempt to start transmission/engine failure. All transmission gears shut off. Then after 5 minutes came back on and started working again while driving down a country highway , luckily no other vehicles passed during this incident. This scared me and the passenger in fear of wreaking from lack of control of the vehicle. This has happened 2 times. Having severe problems with gear shifting or transmission failure. Has presented a safety hazard. The speed control fluctuates when driving up a hill or vehicle stalling while driving at 50 mph and must let off the accelerater in order to get vehicle back into correct gear. Vehicle has been inspected by mechanic by using diagnostic tests and each time they cannot find anything wrong with the transmission or engine...only Electrical System which makes sense because the Jeep is a smart car and professionals have informed me to take the jeep to the manufacturer inorder to fix the Electrical Systems malfunctions. there were no messages/warnings prior to each failure which began in the spring of 2021. Except the radio/center electronic consol which failure of the screen, DVD/Video, & radio transmissions that shut down and reboot every 2 hours started 2019.

Filed May 10, 2022 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · IA

Unknown. While my vehicle is set on cruise control and the weather is over 50 degrees or the air is running my cruise control will shut off. Warning lights abs, esp bas, & stability control will come on, then my cruise control won’t work anymore. Now just this morning going up a hill my car wouldn’t go pass 20 mph while my foot was to the floor basically. Then almost to the top of the hill it took off. The rmps went high Jeep shifted to next gear. Of course took my foot off petal and pushed brakes slightly. As slowing down it started shifting hard with high rmps still. I have done a new tune up and new transmission within the last 6 months. Before the new transmutation it was still doing this. The reason to replace the transmission was my Jeep just stopped completely moving. I don’t have the money to keep taking my Jeep back to the dealership for them to keep telling me they don’t know the problem. If nothing gets done about this sadly I will have to get rid of it. The cruise accrues when I’m on the highway going 60 to 65 mps. The shifting problem happen in town. Which both issues could cause a serious car wreck and harm to others and my self.

Filed Aug 11, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 103,000 miles · PA

Worst vehicle ever! We got it with around 98k miles on it, and it now only has 103k miles on it and in the last 4k we've put over $5k into it trying to get it to run. We had to put a new transmission in ($2k) and have the lifters in the engine replaced ($2,600). Currently it's been shutting off on its own a few seconds after I start it and giving random "transmission over temp" and "service 4x4 system" messages even though there's not a problem with those systems. I turn the key, it runs for 3 seconds, then shuts off. Sometimes it does this several times in a row and then won't start at all. Other times it starts fine so it's ridiculously hard to diagnose. Sometimes when it's doing it's shut down bit, you can get it to stay on a little longer by revving the engine, and it will let you pull out of the driveway, but then shuts off in the middle of the street. The sun roof leaks horrifically, even after I've tried the "clip the nipples off the bottom of the hoses" trick.

Filed Aug 3, 2020 · Transmission · 115,000 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shifted into limp mode and failed to respond while depressing the accelerator pedal. Additionally, on several occasions the transmission failed to remain in gear or shift correctly into the proper gears. After restarting the vehicle, the failure was corrected. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v175000 (power train). The failure mileage was 129,000. *ln

Filed Nov 20, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 97,839 miles · GA

Transmission stop shifting properly and shuttering in motion..took it to transmission shop, they said transmission needed replaced. Got new transmission, still had same problem. Took it back to shop, they did a second repair and charged me $2959.50. They didnt described what they did the second time. I had no problems since..so far.

Filed Sep 26, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · GA

At 100k with no warning, engine runs hot, I wait for 30 min to cool down.. Drive again and it runs hot.. Mechanic says head gasket blown..smdh.. Along with that it was raining and the sunroof starts leaking. 8 months prior I had to replace the transmission. What a jeep and I am still paying on it.!! The jeep people needs to recall these and at least reimburse people, now im stuck with buying a 5000 engine on a set income...basically couldve bought a brand new car with the funds I put out so far..

Filed Nov 17, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 20,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, the vehicle independently shifted into neutral without warning. The contact powered the vehicle off and back on; however, the failure persisted. The failure recurred on several occasions when the vehicle was started as well as while driving at various speeds. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v438000 (electrical system) and 13v175000 (electrical system, power train), however, the parts to do the repairs were 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 approximate failure mileage was 20,000. Vin tool confirms parts not available. Updated 1/15/16*cn several transmission components were replaced. Finally, after many transmission failures, the entire transmission was replaced. However, the consumer continued to experience problems. Updated 01/25/16.

Filed Oct 15, 2015 · Steering · 145,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving at 5 MPH, the gear shift failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician was unable to determine the failure. However the failure recurred. The contact also stated that the vehicle transmission failed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 145,000. Update 01/15/16 ma update 04/19/18*jb

Filed Oct 14, 2015 · Airbags, Transmission · 90,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep commander. While operating the vehicle, the air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the failure was repaired. Two years later, the failure recurred. No further information was available. The contact also stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission was faulty. The transmission was replaced and the failure was remedied. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 90,000. Updated 1/15/16

Filed Mar 11, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 54,000 miles · FL

My jeep commander started having trouble skipping. There was a recall on the control module and the fix determined by chrysler was to re-program it. I took it in to have the recall performed and the transmission check afterwards. When I arrived to pick it up, the dealership said the technician was out sick so all they could do was the recall. The car drove worse after I started home and failed to get transition between gears. I was forced to stop at the closest transmission shop. Their certified technician diagnosed that the transmission was bad. So, I had them they replaced it. When they went to test drive it, apparently the new transmission also failed due to the control module. They took it to the dealership and had a new control module installed. After repairing the new transmission, I was charged $4000. Whatever the recall "fix" for the control module was, it clearly was the cause for the transmission's destruction. The other recall for the ignition could not be done because chrysler has no manufactured part to fix it. I sold the commander the next day. I needed reliable transportation. The consumer stated she started having problems with the starter. Updated 04/06/15