2008 Jeep Commander Powertrain & Transmission Problems

2008 Jeep Commander, 4.7L, QDII system. Vehicle experiences a sudden an unexpected loss of power and braking action while driving at speed. After loss of power, ABS, Stability Control, Brake, Check engine light, dash board warning lights illuminate and flash. Park assist and service 4wd error messages flash intermittently. Vehicle begins to buck and surge, accelerator becomes unresponsive. Has occurred at highway speed of 70mph, 50mph, 35mph. Loss of control of vehicle is sudden an unexpected with no advance warning. Vehicle has been to my local jeep dealer 4 times for repair (in under 1000 miles) multiple components replaced with no correction to issue.

The jeep randomly stutters, surges, and dies at the light. The brake light comes on and off and the brakes also feel like they stutter and/or shake when pressing on the pedal break.

ON A 2 LANE ROAD AT A SPEED OF 25 TO 30 MPH, THE 2008 JEEP COMMANDER QUIT ACCELERATING WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED. IT RESPONDED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. RPM'S REVED UP HIGH WITH NO ACCELERATION. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME THING. INTERMITTENTLY.

Electrical System is failing. Began with the Electrical sunroof will not open/OR slide all the way open, the sunroof Electrical problem has been this way since 10 years before i purchased it in 2019. Next the panel for the radio and screen panel for AM/FM, Then the CD Player quit working all together. Will not play any CD. Airbag warning light is showing on dash,however, vehicle has never been wreaked. No airbag been deployed. Starting the vehicle, within the past 6 months 2008 commander has failed to start over 20 times after continuously checking alternator, starter, ect. Informed it is the Electrical System failing; By professional. Vehicles Electrical system has caused the gears to slip and it is a v6 but drives as a 4 cylinder. Driving on Highway is dangerous when Electrical system breaks down without warning. Suspension and shocks seem to not work well, as the slightest bump is rough and rugged throwing passengers around. All these defects never occurred from April 2020 until recently about December 2021. Electrical system Repair is thousands of dollars to fix or replace. This is a manufacturer problem. Please help to correct these issues for the safety of all those on the road. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V175000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000. *LN*JB

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.

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.

VEHICLE DROPS FROM 70 MPH TO 30 MPH UNEXPECTEDLY AND FREQUENTLY. UNABLE TO GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR. ADDING 1 QUART TRANSMISSION FLUID LASTS FOR A FEW DAYS. NO LEAKS SEEN BY 3 MECHANICS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALBERIC COLN CHRYSLER (551 MARGINAL JF KENNEDY, SAN JUAN, 00920, PUERTO RICO, +1 787-793-2223) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW SPARK PLUGS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NEW SPARK PLUGS WERE INSTALLED A MONTH AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

BOUGHT JEEP BRAND NEW. ONLY COUPLE MONTHS LATER MY FOB WOULDNT START CAR. JUST DEAD. TRIED TO START 20 TIMES BOTH FOBS. RANDOMLY STARTED NEXT DAY. BROUGHT TO DEALER THEY WERE PERPLEXED REPLACED FOB. SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS JEEP WONT START WITH FOB AND THEN RANDOMLY DOES HAD IT TOWED 2 TIMES. I DONT TRUST TO TAKE IT FAR. ONCE WHEN DRIVING ON STREET. JEEP JUST SHUT OFF.VERY SCARY I LOOKED AT PANEL NO LIGHTS NO NOTHING. I WAS LUCKY I WASNT ON A HIGHWAY OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.NO POWER STEERING FORGOT NO POWER CANT STEER.VEERED OVER TOOK FOB OUT , PRAYED..STARTED UP. I DIDNT HIT IT WITH MY KNEE (IVE READ THAT COULD HAPPEN)ALSO MY FOB ALWAYS HAD A GOOD BATTERY. I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS ON MY MAKE AND MODEL THAT MATCH MY ISSUES BUT WHEN I CHECK MY VIN # IT DOESNT COME UP. I HAVE OTHER ISSUES THAT MATCH RECALLS ALSO THAT I WILL USE THE OTHER CATEGORIES. THE DATE WILL BE THE TIME I WAS DRIVING SINCE WAS MOST DANGEROUS

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 RECEIVING N23 RECALL AND OTHER SOFTWARE UPDATES (P73) THE 4 WHEEL DRIVES SYSTEM DISABLES AT RANDOM. THIS HAS TO BE REPAIRED AT DEALER. ERROR CODE POINTS TO SHIFT ACTUATOR, BUT IN REALITY IT IS SOFTWARE. IF ERRORS ARE CLEARED PARTS FUNCTION FINE. LOSS OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE CAN BE A LIFE THREATENING. SINCE MOST OF THE TIME 4 WHEEL DRIVE IS NEEDED IS WHEN NOT NEAR HELP. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE ONGOING SINCE 2013. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED SINCE 2014 WITH STARCASES. ISSUE HAS YET TO BE RESOLVED. LATEST BREAK DOWN LEFT ME STRANDED WHILE ON VACATION AND HAVING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE SHIFTING FAILS RANDOMLY, IT CAN BE WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY. IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN TRYING TO ENGAGE 4 WHEEL DRIVE OR JUST DRIVING DOWN STREET AND SERVICE 4WD SYSTEM WARNING COMES ON. ERROR CAN BE CORRECTED SOMETIMES BY PULLING FUSE FOR FINAL DRIVE CONTROL MODULE OTHER TIMES REQUIRES DEALER TO REAPPLY SOFTWARE FLASH. SOME DEALERS REFUSE TO TRY THIS AND JUST PROCEED TO CHARGE TO REPLACE SHIFT ACTUATOR MOTOR. STARTED IN 2013-14, ONGOING MOST RECENT FAILURE 1/9/2017 REFERENCE: HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F777/N23-RECALL-ISSUE-NO-4-LOW-1561787/ HTTP://WWW.JEEPGARAGE.ORG/F5/N23-RECALL-FINALLY-SOLVED-88314.HTML HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/JEEP/POSTS/10151875332502449 HTTP://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F777/N23-RECALL-ISSUE-NO-4-LOW-SURVEY-1873090/ *TR

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.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SUDDENLY SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

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

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WHEN, ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF IT WERE IN FUEL SAVER MODE, SHE STARTED UP A SLIGHT GRADE AND ENGINE WOULDN'T ACCELERATE NOR THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFT THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITH OUT ANY WARNING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. AS OF TODAY'S DATE 10/02/2014 THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. *TR

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