2006 Jeep Commander Steering Problems

MY VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF ME DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS ON A MAIN ROAD TURNING INTO A MCDONALD'S WHEN MY CAR DIED. I WAS GOING ABOUT 20 WHEN MY CAR DIED. MY STEERING LOCKED UP, COULDN'T BRAKE OR ACCELERATE, AND HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN MY CAR OFF TO AND BACK ON TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN. ONCE I GOT MY CAR STARTED AGAIN THE IDLE KEPT PULSATING ABOVE ONE THOUSAND RPM AND WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IT IN NEUTRAL AT A STOP SO IT WOULD LURK FORWARD.

2006 JEEP COMMANDER VEHICLES IS SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKING UP. ALSO THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD FLICKER RANDOMLY. MECHANICS COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THERE IS NO RECALLS ON MY SPECIFIC VIN BUT FOR OTHER 2006 JEEP COMMANDERS. I DO NOT WANT MY FAMILY AND I DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT'S DOES THIS AND WE DIE THEN YOU FINALLY SAY OOPS YEAH THERE'S A RECALL ON THAT...

CAR ROLLS IN PARK FROM TIME TO TIME UNLESS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS SET. MAKES VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN IN REVERSE AFTERWARD. HAS "SERVICE 4WD SYSTEM" MESSAGE. NO MECHANIC HAS BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.

HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED ACCORDING TO RECALL. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, IT HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO GET KEY TO TURN TO START VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LARRY MILLER IN ALBUQUERQUE NM, THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME 300.00 TO REPAIR. ACCORDING TO PREVIOUS OWNER IT WORKED FINE BEFORE TAKING IT IN FOR RECALL.

TAKATA RECALL : MY COMMANDER IS HAVING AN ISSUE WHERE ALL THE GEARS LIGHT UP ON THE DASH AT THE SAME TIME AND POWER TO THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN DRASTICALLY. THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO CONTROL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE DASH LIGHTS UP SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM.THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

AFTER HAVING THE RECALLED IGNITION AND TCM REPLACED/REPROGRAMMED THE ESP,BAS AND TRACTION LIGHTS COME AND THE TWO DRIVER SIDE BRAKES AND TIRES LOCK UP, MAKES A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE, AND THE VEHICLE SLIDES WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND WITHOUT WARNING.

I WENT TO START MY 2006 JEEP COMMANDER AND IT WOULD TURN OVER, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. I FINALLY WORKED WITH IT A LITTLE BIT AND GOT IT TO START, BUT THEN MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I CUT IT OFF AND TRIED IT AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. HOWEVER, WHEN I GOT GOING, THERE WAS A HORRIBLE GAS SMELL COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS STARTING ISSUE HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND EVERY TIME THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT A PUBLIC PLACE AFTER IT HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

WE HAVE A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER AND IT SOMETIMES JERKS BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING SOMETIMES IT EVEN SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE THE POWER STEERING WORKS ONLY PART OF THE TIME AND THE AIRBAG SYSTEM SAYS ITS OFF ALL THE TIME AND IT WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING SOMETIMES TOO REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS VEHICLE ITS A DISASTER AND WAITING TO HAPPEN

WHEN I AM DRIVING ON THE MAIN CITY ROAD OR HIGHWAY I NOTICE ABOUT THREE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE. THE FIRST THING IS I LOSE CONTROL OF MY STEERING. THE SECOND THING IS IT FEELS LIKE MY JEEP WENT INTO PARK CAUSING ALL MY WHEELS TO BREAK FOR 1 TO 3 SECOND. THE THIRD THING IS IT FEELS AS THE ENGINE STALLED. ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. THIS CAUSES MY JEEP TO STOP OR STALL ON THE ROAD SENDING ME AND MY PASSENGERS TO LOUNGE FORWARD AS IF I HAD HIT AN INVISIBLE WALL AT FULL FORCE.

JEEP HAS TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, CONTROL, AND STEERING WHILE DRIVING. CAR WILL NO START UNLESS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, LOSSES ALL POWER ELECTRICAL AND STEERING ONCE YOU LET FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR. I ALMOST RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE HEADING HOPE AND WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED AT ANOTHER INTERSECTION DUE TO STALLING AND NO CONTROL. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITHIN HOURS OF ED VOYLES JEEP REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH P41 RECALL. SUPER SUPER DANGEROUS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA 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 62,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND MY VEHICLE TURNED OFF. I LOST POWER STEERING BREAKS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAD HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE THIS TIME, AND I LOOKED TO SEE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY JEEP FOR AN INGITION SWITCH AND THE THE EXACT DISCRIPTION OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MY CAR WAS EFFECTED FIT MY SITUATION. I THEN CALLED JEEP AND ADVISED THEM OF THIS AND THEY SAID I NEEEDED TO HAVE IT DIAGNOISED BY A JEEP DEALERSHIP. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AT MY EXPENSENSE AND RENTED A CAR AT MY EXPENSE. THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED MY ASSUMPTION AND IN FACT THE ISSUE I WAS EXPERIENCING IS PART OF THE RECALL. JEEP NOW TELLS ME THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS AND THEY HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION ON WHETHER IT'S NECCESSARY TO PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE UNTIL THEY HAVE A RESOLVE. AM I SUPPOSED TO BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE OR POTENTIALLY DRIVE MINE WITH 3 CHILDREN, AND POTENTIALLY LOOSE POWER AGAIN CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL? WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO FROM HERE?

JUST AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO 30 MPH TO ENTER A PARKING LOT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND THEN ALL LIGHTS FADED AND TURNED OFF. THE AC TURNED OFF AND THE RADIO TURNED OFF. THE CAR STILL CONTINUED DRIVING BUT THE POWER STEERING WAS GONE, CAUSING THE CAR TO SHAKE AND JOLT MID TURN. THE BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD RESULTING IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD ANY OTHER CAR BEEN CLOSE TO ME AT THE TIME. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC RIGHT AWAY AND HE TESTED EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY. EVERYTHING WAS FUNCTIONING AT 100% CAPACITY AND HE COULDN'T FIND A REASON FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO BE ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN FEAR THAT IT WILL BREAK DOWN OR MY FAMILY OR ANOTHER DRIVER.

MY VECHICLE WAS RECALL ED OVER 2 YEARS AGO FOR STEERING WHEEL SWITCH AND I KEEP GETTING LETTERS TO COME IN FOR REPAIS BUT THEY NEVER HAVE PARTS. MY CAR IS UNSAFE. I WANT IT FIXED. I'VE EXPERIENCED THE INCIDENT 5 TIMES.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A POLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SPECIFIED IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OR IF ANY INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SHUT OFF. NO SPEED OR POWER STEERING. THIS OCCURRED ON A BUSY ROAD AND A CRASH WAS AVOIDED. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THE RECALL PARTS ARE STILL UNAVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V438000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

P41 / NHTSA 14V-438 ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. REMOVED EVERYTHING FROM KEY CHAIN, AND LEFT ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN KNEE AND KEY. WHEN CAR BOUNCES, CANNOT CONTROL KNEE. HAPPENED MORE THAN 5 TIMES PAST A MONTH. CALLED CHRYSLER, HAVE NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR PARTS PRODUCTION. *TR

CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN CHRYSLER WILL HAVE PARTS FOR MY VEHICLE THAT IS ON RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH. I AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE THE RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR SOME TIME NOW AND WAITING FOR THEM TO NOTIFY ME WHEN I CAN HAVE IT REPAIRED. I WORRY ABOUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUING TO CUT OFF AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WITH THE STEERING LOCKING UP. I ENTER THE DATE ABOVE AS TODAY WHICH IS NOT THE RECALL DATE ONLY TO COMPLETE THIS FORM. THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A SLIPPERY ROAD DURING A SNOWFALL, MY WIFE OBSERVED ALL OF THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIGHT UP SIMULTANEOUSLY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND CONSEQUENTLY A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON THE SLIPPERY ROADWAY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE SLID INTO A HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MARKER ALONG THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LICENSE PLATE HOLDER AND BUMPER OF THE VEHICLE. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THIS INCIDENT IS APPARENTLY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF A CURRENT RECALL (14V-438) ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER ON 9/3/14. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT PROVIDED A REMEDY FOR THIS DEFECT, CITING THE UNAVAILABILITY OF REPAIR PARTS, AND AS OF THIS MORNING THE MANUFACTURER HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHEN THESE REPAIR PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. IN THE MEANTIME, THE PHENOMENON OF THE DASHBOARD INDICATORS SUDDENLY AND SPONTANEOUSLY ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING CONTINUES TO RECUR RATHER FREQUENTLY, AND WE ARE AFRAID THAT A RECURRENCE OF THE ENGINE SHUTOFF AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKE ASSIST WILL ALSO RECUR, PERHAPS AT A TIME AND LOCATION WHERE A MUCH MORE SERIOUS CRASH WILL RESULT. *TR