Problems with 2008 Jeep Commander ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

My 2008 jeep commander overland edition has shut off multiple times while i am driving down the interstate at 60 + mph. i look all function when this happens; power steering, gas, electrical, etc. i have to make my way to the side of the road, put the car in park and restart it. it always restarts right away. i have taken my car in 4-6 times to allen samuels dodge, jeep in katy tx to try and have the problem diagnosed. each time they keep my car for multiple days and then tell me they cannot diagnose the problem. i have called chrysler customer service and am getting no help from them either. they keep telling me to take the car in to get it looked at so they can diagnose it. yet each time i take the car in to get a diagnosis, i am charged for a rental car for a few days, but then told they cannot diagnose the problem and they send me on my way. within weeks, i have the same problem of the car shutting off while driving down the interstate. i have researched the problem online and have found hundreds of people complaining of the exact same problems in their 2008 jeep commander. i am at a loss as to what to do now. i feel the car is extrememly unsafe, yet chrysler is doing nothing to fix the problem. *tr

Started jeep, backed out of parking space, turned left out of parking lot, drove 20 feet to stop sign, jeep stalled while waiting for traffic to clear for left hand turn. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that he could depress the horn pad until it reached the frame of the steering wheel however, the horn would not sound. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where they advised him that the horn and the switches on the horn pad failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired for the horn and the switches. the manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 65,000. the current mileage was approximately 80,000. the vin was unavailable. ...updated 05/08/13 *bf the consumer stated the horn required excessive force in order to work. the vehicle was repaired but continued to fail. updated 05/20/2013 *js

We just bought our jeep and in the first week we had it stalled for no reason. we took it back to the dealership and they couldn't not repeat the problem. it has since stalled 5 or 6 times at various speeds. i am concerned that this is a real safety issue and am afraid to let my teenage son drive this vehicle. *tr

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that after inserting the key into the ignition switch, the key failed to turn into the start position. in addition, the key remained stuck in the ignition switch after shutting off the vehicle on several occasions. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 69,000. djr

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact was traveling 10 mph when the vehicle stalled and failed to restart. the vehicle was towed to the dealer. the dealer stated that the keys and wind module needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was contacted and they stated that the vin failed to qualify for the recall under nhtsa campaign id number: 08v059000 (electrical system). the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileages were unknown.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that after shutting down the vehicle, it failed to restart. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the win module needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 63,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. the contact had taken the vehicle to the dealer twice and had been informed that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. the failure mileage was 52,000 and the current mileage was 53,000. updated 06/06/12 *bf the consumer stated that the vehicle randomly stalled while slowing down ,accelerating, or when the brake was applied. she was informed the reason for the stalling was unknown since there were no codes. she also had electrical problems involving the windows and sunroof. the windows/sunroof opened/closed unprompted. updated 06/07/12 *js

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start and was towed to the dealer. the technician diagnosed that the starter failed and needed to be replaced. the failure recurred one and a half years later. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the starter failed. the vehicle was repaired. the contact received notification of nhtsa 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 approximate failure mileage was 38,000.

2008 jeep commander. consumer writes in regards to wireless ignition switch mode recall notice. *smd the consumer stated the wireless ignition mode was replaced on december 15, 2011. during the following year, the consumer frequently lost power while driving. while the most frequently moments occurred after she began driving, it also occurred while driving at higher speeds including the freeway. the dealer was unable to determine the problem and suggested a tune-up and throttle body fuel system service. the problem continued and the consumer eventually found that if she tapped on the key after the starting the vehicle, she could determined if it was fully engaged.*jb

Water leaking into interior of vehicle from sunroof, affecting electrical components., windows and instrument panel components damaged. rodents per dealership (snethkamp) damaged electrical wiring to brake lights (p) and engine damaged. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that after putting his key in the ignition the vehicle would not start on an intermittent basis. the manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. the vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor had it been repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander overland. the contact stated that the vehicle would stall and lose all power, similar to the failures listed under nhtsa campaign id number: 08v059000 (electrical system). the dealer did not offer any assistance and the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. the current and failure mileages were 100,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. while driving any speed, the contact stated that the vehicle would suddenly stall without warning similar to nhtsa campaign id number: 08v059000 (electrical system). the vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, they were unable to duplicate the failure. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the current and failure mileage was 72,000.

Engine stalls: engine stalls randomly, at a light, around a corner, and even on freeway at 70 mph. engine will not restart after a stall until the key has been removed from the ignition. i have had at least 15-20 stalls since i have owned the vehicle. transmission jerks: this started in the last few months. transmission disengages while driving down the road then suddenly reengages, jerking the car forward. sometimes the car will continue ok, sometimes the engine will die. electrical issues: not a safety issue but maybe related, i have had numerous problems with my nav system going dark (won't display until engine restarted) - lost settings. rear dvd has totally gone out. dealer says there is a code for "lost communication with radio" due to an open short. last incident: 04/11/2012 (51000 miles): on interstate 75 mph - took foot off the accelerator to slow down and felt like the engine had died (lost momentum and was coasting). i applied the gas and the rpm's o the engine increased but the car did not gain speed. felt like transmission had disengaged. the car jerked forward like the transmission reengaged. momentum was returned for about 1 second then disengaged again. the second time, the engine died and i had to coast to the side of the interstate. car restarted and i was able to continue down the road. after driving for another 3 hours, the "service 4wd" message came up on the display. pulled to the side of the road, turned the car off and back on, same message came up. continued driving to my destination - message cleared. after the car sat in the parking lot for several hours, went back out and started it, the message was gone and has not reappeared. dealer had car 6 days - there are no codes in the system. they can not duplicate issue. vehicle dying on freeway is very dangerous and i have small children, please investigate. *tr

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. *tr

2008 jeep commander limited- i was driving appx 50 mph and the power shut off. lights went off, ac went off, kids dvd went off... the car completely shut down! steering wheel started locking up. i was able to coast to the side of the road immediately before the steering wheel completely locked up. luckily when i placed the car in park, it started back up. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that the vehicle would not start. after numerous attempts, the contact was able to successfully start the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, but they were unable to diagnose the failure. the failure continued. the contact also stated that the vehicle began to stall while driving at various speeds. the vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with nhtsa campaign id number 08v059000 (electrical system). the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 45,000.

My adult children's 2008 jeep commander engine has quit running, while they are driving, eight times in the past 4 months. (7/26/2010 thru 11/26/2010). the last time the engine quit running my son was driving the car, he was able to restart the engine with the car in drive (turning the key multiple times). they have had many issues with warning lights flickering and/or staying on. they have taken the jeep to waldorf chrysler jeep dealer 8 times due to engine failure. they have repaired module wiring, replaced the starter and turned the core, performed routine check up and maintenance, run/start circuit repaired, throttle and gasket repaired/replaced twice, currently in the repair shop. dealer would only provide rental car if the kids paid for it. also took the jeep to dodge dealership in waldorf 8/2010, they could not find a problem.

While driving at highway speed vehicle lost engine power slowing vehicle on highway. speed is restored after foot is taken off accelerator and reapplied. lights appear on days indicating the stability control and an electrical problem. vehicle was brought to mechanic several times and could not locate any problems. loss of power is now at random intervals at all speeds and all conditions. mechanic is still unable to locate any problem. fear an incident could occur at any time resulting in a crash at highway speeds. lots of information about the same problem located on the web. *tr

The vehicle shuts off while driving. car just shuts off all power and the engine. it restarts after a few minutes. i have taken it to the dealer, but they have never been able to replicate it. it has happened over 30 times in the last few years. i purchased the vehicle as our family vehicle. however, in the past couple years my wife and i mostly juggle our other vehicle, especially with our small children. this last time it occurred was 9/09/2013 while on the freeway at a speed of 60mph. i narrowly escaped a potentially horrific accident with a couple eighteen wheelers. i pushed it off to the side of the road by myself. eventually it started long enough to get to an offramp where it stopped again. it was towed and is now at the dealership. however, now i see by looking online that it is a common problem. i am astonished that chrysler would allow this to be happening and knowingly put us all in danger. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that the front control module failed so the vehicle did not start. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership twice for repair but the dealer could not correct the failure. the contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in recall 08v059000 (electrical system). the contact called the manufacturer and filed a claim and was told that he would receive a call back. the current and failure mileages were 46,285. updated 07/28/10. *lj

Chrysler has a recall on electrical systems on the 2008 jeep commander. the recall details loss of headlights, wipers, blinkers, and for the engine to stall. but they are only covering it on certain vins. our 2008 jeep commander has suddenly experienced all these problems. my husbands head lights went out in the middle of driving in the dark. the wipers quit working, we have no blinkers, and the engine keeps stalling. we called the chrysler corporation and they refuse to take our jeep in on the recall, yet acknowledged it had all the signs of the recall, they said it had too many miles. we have three small children and the recall states that it is a serious problem and could cause a crash. so what are we too do know? *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. while attempting to start the vehicle, the engine could not be started. the contact indicated that the starter was replaced on two separate occasions. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the starter was faulty and needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was 15,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. the vehicle was able to restart. the failure recurred on numerous occasions. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (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 not made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that the vehicle stalled 5 times since it was purchased. when the vehicle stalled, it would completely shut down. when trying to re-start it, everything but the engine would power up. on 02/16/2010, the vehicle shut off while she was driving 10 mph and she still has not been able to re-start the vehicle since the complaint was filed. she had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. she called the manufacturer and inquired about recall 08v059000 but was told that her vehicle was not included. the vehicle had not been repaired to-date. the vehicle identification number was not available at the time of the complaint. the current mileage was approximately 65,000. the failure mileage was approximately 55,000.

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

2008 jeep commander. consumer writes in regards to several issues with vehicle *tgw the check engine light and traction control light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. the dealer could not diagnose the problem as there were no fault codes. two days later, the dealer replaced the crank sensor. four months later, the check engine and traction control light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. one week later, the same lights illuminated and the vehicle stalled. on december 2, 2009 the vehicle stalled again. the check engine light and traction control light continued to illuminated for several months. the stalling continued as well. the consumer also had problems with the vehicle hesitating at times. the dealer replaced the power train control module. they also replaced the stream o2 sensors and rest the controller. *jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated the vehicle would continuously fail to start. the vehicle was taken to the dealer at least nine times and they were unable to locate the cause of the failure. the dealer replaced three starters and four computer modulators yet the failure persisted. the manufacturer was contacted who stated they would return his call but had not. the failure mileage was 5,225 and the current mileage was 13,800.

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that the horn was faulty and does not work properly in his vehicle. he must press the horn with much force in order for it to sound. he complained to the dealer and they installed a new horn; however, the failure persists. the failure mileage was 14,200. updated 04-20-09 *bf updated 04/24/09.*jb

2008 jeep commander. consumer writes in regards to not receiving reimbursement for ignition switch recall repairs. *smd the wireless ignition node was replaced. *jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that while driving, the vehicle suddenly stalled. the contact also stated that the failure occurred while at a complete stop. the vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where two diagnostics were performed but the failure could not be replicated. the vehicle was given a gas treatment but the failure recurred. the failure was not repaired. the manufacturer was contacted about the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign id number: 08v059000 (electrical system). the failure mileage was 42,000 and the current mileage was 104,000. the vin was not available.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep commander. the contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. in addition, the contact stated that the key fob failed to start the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the win module and the ignition switch needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system). the failure mileage was 95,260.

On saturday oct. 25 at 10am we were driving the commander and all of the warning lights came on and stayed on. the radio and accessories cut off as well. the commander was serviced again on oct. 27 for this issue and they replaced the wireless ignition again. november 4, 2008 the commander stalled at 10:30am while it was stationery and then again at 11:05am while at a stop light. november 4, 2008-november 6, 2008 the commander stayed with the dealership over the course of two days to see if they could duplicate the problem. november 14, 2008 my wife was driving the commander at 12:30pm and was stopped at an intersection. she began to slowly lift her foot off the brake pedal and the engine revved up and the commander went flying into the intersection. december 8, 2008 the vehicle sat idle in park for less than two minutes before the engine stalled out. all accessories remained on and the ignition switch remained in the 'on' position, but the engine was stalled. december 15, 2008 while sitting at a stop light, the commander began to shake and the rpm gauge slipped below a reading of 0.5. this is a problem that has been ongoing with the commander. december 20, 2008 at approximately 10 am and was stopped at a stop light. the engine of the commander revved up while she had her foot on the brake pedal. the engine rev lasted approximately two to three seconds in length going up to 2.5 rpm. december 29, 2008 brown and wood serviced the jeep again and installed a purge valve/solenoid. it was serviced from 8:30am-9:30am. december 30, 2008 my wife got into the commander at approximately 5 pm this evening. she started the commander and left the vehicle in park while completing a telephone call. within three minutes of starting the vehicle the engine stalled. january 5, 2009 my wife was driving the vehicle at 12:10 pm. she was stopped at a red light and was preparing to resume driving as the light turned green when the commander's engine stalled. *tr