2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4 Power Train Problems

MY CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN WOULDN'T TURN ON, IT SAID DAMAGED KEY, THE KEY IS FINE, IT UNLOCKS AND LOCKS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, BUT THE CAR WONT START. I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THE WIN

AFTER APPLICATION OF THE N23 SOFTWARE FLASH, 4WD LOW IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT IN 4WD LOW, THE ONLY REACTIONS IS A SERVICE 4WD MESSAGE. THE DEALERSHIP NOR CHRYSLER/JEEP WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR BREAKING THE FINAL DRIVE AND WANT TO CHARGE EXORBITANT FEES FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.

Mileage: 84,756

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE SERVICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED, BUT WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000.

Mileage: 111,000

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT/ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND DRIFTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITH LIMITED CONTROL AND NEARLY AVOIDING SEVERAL VEHICLES. VEHICLE REMAINED OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE AND WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED.

Mileage: 103,138

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V175000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN) AND 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED WINDOWS, SUNROOF, RADIO, SEATS, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS WHERE NOT OPERATING AT ALL. THEN AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, ALONG WITH SERVICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR CAME ON. TRIED RESTARTING AND RESETTING SYSTEMS BUT HAD NO LUCK. HAD A FRIEND BRING OTHER KEY FOB AND ALL SYSTEMS BUT FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WERE NORMAL FOR REMAINDER OF FIFTEEN MILE TRIP. UPON NOTIFYING DEALERSHIP ABOUT RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED FOR TRANSFER CASE PROGRAMMING. THEY ASSURED MY FAMILY IT WOULD SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. BEING AN HONEST MECHANIC THAT I AM, I TOOK THERE WORD. TWO WEEKS LATER SAME PROBLEMS AND WAS GETTING WORSE FUEL MILEAGE THEN BEFORE PROGRAMMING.(6 MPG LESS) I HAD TO LEAVE WORK TO TAKE COMMANDER BACK TO DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID PROGRAMMING DIDN'T PROGRAM. AFTER LEAVING RETURNED TO WORK AND DECIDED TO TEST FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. SAME RESULTS, SERVICE FOUR WHEEL SYSTEM LIGHT AND FOUR LOW DIDN'T WORK. RETURNED THIRD TIME FOUR LOW WORKED FOR ONE WEEK BUT RADIO COMPLETELY STOPPED PRODUCING SOUND. NOW THEY SAY I'M OUT OF MY TEN THOUSAND MILE PROGRAMMING WARRANTY. I WOULD RATHER HAVE OLD PROGRAMMING BACK AT LEAST THEN I COULD USE FOUR LOW AND IT DIDN'T SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL WHEN I LET OFF THROTTLE. VERY WORRIED ABOUT FAMILIES SAFETY. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 113,000

LEFT CAR ON BUT IN "PARK" AS WE PUMPED GAS. ABOUT A MINUTE INTO PUMPING GAS, THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD A FEW INCHES THEN CAME TO A STOP AUTOMATICALLY. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

I HAD JEEP RECALL N23 PERFORMED ON MY JEEP COMMANDER 2008 4X4. AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED MY 4WD SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKS AND FLASHES THE WARNING "SERVICE 4WD SYSTEM". THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND I HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL JEEP PERFORMED THE RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 117,525

AFTER HAVE RECALL N23 APPLIED, 4WD SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE. DEALER CHARGED ME AND REPLACED TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR. 4WD SYSTEM FAILED A MONTH LATER, DEALER STATES VEHICLE NEEDS ANOTHER TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR. SEEMS LIKE THIS RECALL CAUSED DAMAGE TO SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

WE PURCHASED A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER ON DECEMBER 15TH 2012 AND HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE STALLING. WE WILL BE DRIVING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE VEHICLE ENGINE DIES. ITS ALWAYS RESTARTED BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO STALL OUT AND DIE. THIS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE YESTERDAY AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT. SHE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN SHE TRIED TO EXIT A BUSY FREEWAY WITH NO POWER STEERING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT I THINK CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ADDRESS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED !!!! I READ ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN WITH THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE. MANY JEEP COMMANDER OWNERS HAVE COME FOURTH WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND CHRYSLER JUST TELLS US ALL THE SAME THING. WE DIDN'T RECALL YOUR SPECIFIC MODEL SO THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO OR WILL DO. I HOPE SOMEONE ACTUALLY READS THIS AND HELPS US OUT !!! PLEASE DON'T LET ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS JUST GO TO A BLACK HOLE NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN !!! I KNOW I AM NOT AS RICH AS THE CHRYSLER CEOS AND EXECUTIVES WHO PAY PEOPLE TO KEEP QUITE ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS BUT MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY DO MATTER !!! P-L-E-A-S-E----H-E-L-P !!!!! *TR

Mileage: 147,000

I RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE WHERE AFTER DRIVING MY VEHICLE, GOING INTO A BANK AND RETURNING TO START MY CAR, THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. I TRIED REPEATEDLY TO START THE VEHICLE BUT NOTHING WORKED. FINALLY IT STARTED AGAIN AT AN AUTO SHOP AND THEN TURNED OFF AND WE TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE BATTERY WAS TESTED AS WELL AS THE STARTER. THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH EITHER OR THE COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH STARTING THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, AFTER MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STARTING SEARCHING FOR RECALLS HE NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE AND SAID TO CALL CHRYSLER. I CALLED AND ONLY 1338 VEHICLES WERE "QUALIFIED" FOR THIS PART RECALL. MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL BUT THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THE CULPRIT OF A DEFECTIVE FRONT CONTROL MODULE. RECALL ID # 71686 - VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER SUMMARY: CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 1,338 MY 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND COMMANDER VEHICLES. THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY MANUFACTURED. CONSEQUENCES: THIS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING OR NOT TO START AND/OR CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. ENGINE STALLING OR INOPERATIVE WIPERS COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. *JS

Mileage: 34,000

I PURCHASED A NEW 2008 JEEP COMMANDER (W/APPROXI. 50 MI) FROM SANSONE'S ROUTE 1 AUTO MALL ON 6/11/09. WITHIN 48 HRS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE (AT 150 MI) THE SHIFT GEAR AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. ON 6/13/09 I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO JERSEY CITY, NJ. AFTER REACHING MY DESTINATION, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO UNLOAD. WHEN I FINISHED, I COULD NOT SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK WITHOUT ENGAGING THE SHIFT LOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE (AS DESCRIBED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL). DURING THIS TIME THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFO CENTER DISPLAYED 'SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM'. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO ALERT THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND I WAS ASKED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE SERVICED. ON THE WAY TO AVENEL FROM JERSEY CITY, THE VEHICLE DROVE WITHOUT ISSUE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES. HOWEVER, AFTER PROCEEDING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND WITH THE PEDAL PRESSED TO THE FLOOR, IT WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE TO 30 MPH. I DROVE AT THIS SPEED ON ROUTE 1 FROM JERSEY CITY TO NEWARK AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY OPENED UP AND THE VEHICLE SHOT OFF AT A HIGH SPEED. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH FROM NEWARK AIRPORT TO THE SANSONE DEALERSHIP IN AVENEL. DURING THE ENTIRE TRIP THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT SANSONE'S SERVICE CENTER AND I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE ISSUE WAS A FAULTY 'PRNDL' WIRE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED AND ON 6/16/09 I WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRE WAS REPLACED RESOLVING BOTH ISSUES'THE LOCKED SHIFT GEAR AND INABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE TUESDAY NIGHT. FOUR DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. MY FATHER HAS OWNED JEEP PRODUCTS FOR OVER 15 YRS AND HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED PERFORMANCE ISSUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE AND BEYOND REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 150

I HAVE A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER, AND I HAVE HAD IT IN TO THE DEALER ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES NOW OVER STALLING ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE MAP SENSOR, WELL IT STALLED OUT THE LIKE 1-2 DAYS LATER. THEN THEY THOUGH IT NEEDED A TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATE. JUST THE OTHER DAY MY FAMILY AND I WERE COMING HOME FROM MY INLAWS AND IT STALLED AGAIN AND THIS TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTER SECTION AND I WAS SO MAD. I FINALLY PUSHED THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COULD NOT START IT, IT TOOK ABOUT 1/2 OF AN HOUR TO START IT AND HOLDING DOWN THE GAS PEDDLE. WELL OFF TO THE DEALER AGAIN. I GOT A CALL THE MORNING OF 10/14/2008 AND THEY THINK ITS THE FUEL PUMP NOW, COME ON IT HAS ONLY 14K MILES ON IT AND WE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW LAST NOVEMBER AND ALL OF THIS STARTED HAPPENING AT THE BEGGING OF SEPTEMBER. I WANT JEEP TO TAKE THIS PC OF CRAP BACK AND STOP MAKING THE TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 14,000

VEHICLE HAS ROLLED BACK 3 TIMES ON ITS OWN AFTER BEING STARTED WHILE TRANS WAS STILL IN PARK. DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NO PROBLEM TO BE FOUND. CHILD SAFETY LATCH ON DOOR HAS FAILED. POWER WINDOW REPEATEDLY GOES UP AND DOWN. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UP COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM COMES ON WHEN NOT NEEDED AND STAYS ON. SQUEAK IN RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION. OTHER WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON VEHICLE THAT I CAN DOCUMENT. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 8,450 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 8,450