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2007 Jeep Commander Engine problems

Owners have filed 363 complaints about the 2007 Jeep Commander's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 35% of all its complaints, most recently on July 11, 2024. They describe 4 crashes, 2 fires and 4 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
363
Recalls
0
Crashes
4
Fires
2
Injuries
4
Deaths
3

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

When driving at various speeds, the engine shuts completely off, causing loss of power steering and brakes. Jeep dealer said no recalls for this problem. Very dangerous condition, I have been almost involved in several accidents because of this. There are other people on the computer who have this same problem.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11601285
Engine & cooling

Tthe 4.7 Engine suddenly quits while driving, both at high and low speeds.. I have had to pull into breakdown lanes if any, with no powers steering, and at great risk coasting across lanes to safety. The jeep dealer in my area said therenare no recalls, although many people have had the same experience with the engine quitting. This is an extremely dangerous defect, especially if you cant get over to a safe spot.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11512939
Engine & cooling1 injury

Original owner of this vehicle. Has 73,000 on 5.7 hemi engine. Engine blew up on 12/25/2022. Only warning was the gauge went to overheat high red. Stopped vehicle, at fuel station and added more anti freeze. Gauge dropped to while normal range. Got back on highway drove 7 miles and enginle like came on and heat gauge went to high red then dropped to nothing. Got vehilcle off the road and it immediately shut down. Engine blew up. Had vehilcle towed to Jeep Dealership 12/26/2022. Need engine replaced at only 73,...

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000 miles. Chrysler no longer makes this engine and a rebuilt will have to go into this vehicle. No offer or explanation of why this engine blew up with such low mileage. I was left stranded in 5 degree weather for about 45 minutes along interstate trying to get my roadside assistance to help. They couldn't speak understandable english. After 40 minutes of this call I ended up calling State Police for help. I knew I was starting to go into hypothermia. State Police arrived in minutes and put me in their car to warm me up and they called tow co. That co. showed up in 15 minutes. I called Chrysler myself to try to find a new engine but they discontinued this engine in July 2022, early cut off for an engine. No new engines in inventory. No offer of any kind to assist or ask questions about possible injury/causes/or where the vehicle was. No engine should blow with this low mileage. Why did they cut off mfg of this engine so early? No answers. Vehicle is at Hillview Motors, Greensburg, PA 15601(Jeep Dealership) for repair. Jeep Dealership inspected engine and determined it was blown. Only warning was guage went hot then engine blew. Nothing in the past on this vehicle.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11499148
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & coolingDriver assistance

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...

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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 Incident Vehicle speed control · Engine · Forward collision avoidanceNHTSA 11463994
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

I have a jeep commander 2007 limited. According to your recall dates my VIN number doesn't fall within those dates for my car to have the recall. Although my jeep is completely stallling out while driving 69 mph, I mean loss of all electrical inside my jeep. Power steering fails, engine shuts off, I am lucky enough that my brakes still work but who is to say that won't happen again. So when looking my VIN number up seeing that this is ONE of the recalls, my VIN number ISNT part of the vehicles that was affected by...

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the recall but I'm still encountering the SAME issue as the recall. I've taken it to my mechanic he cannot seem to find the problem. I need help I just bought this car! It's our family car so it's not only affecting me it's my entire family. My husband, my two year older and my elderly parents.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11417854
Electrical systemEngine & coolingFuel system

Intermittent starting issue. This is my only vehicle, I have 2 kids with special needs and need to get to important appointments. I start my 2007 jeep commander, I get to where I am going, when I go to restart my vehicle it sometimes doesn't want to start. It will crank over just refuses to start. I have had multiple mechanics look at my jeep and no one can figure out reasoning to this intermittent starting issue. I have put so much money and work into my jeep for it to keep doing the same problem. The last...

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mechanic I took it too seen code error in the display window on dash 'transmission over temp' when he had tried to start it. It does not do this every time the will be days it continuously starts every time then there are days that it's intermittent, and days it will not start at all. The mechanic starting lookin on jeep forums about this issue there are tons of reports of the same issue but no solution. My mechanic said jeep is aware of the issue but there is no recalls on this issue. He said he believes it is a programming issue the car thinks the transmission is over temp so it sends signal to the engine that it's too hot and the engine sends signal to the fuel pump that there is a temperature issue do not turn on. When it cranks over it acts as if it isn't getting any fuel at all. I have purchased a new fuel pump and some other parts the issue is happening. I bought the jeep in april of 2020 off of another owner, the issue didn't start with me until january of 2021, the previous owner mentioned anything about this happening to them when I asked them. Can something please be done about this issue so myself and thousands of other 2007 jeep commander owners can get back to enjoying our vehicles???? Thank you for taking your time and reading this complaint.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11408671
Electrical systemLightsEngine & cooling

While driving my jeep would just shut off. I would have to restart it and it would shut off again, sometimes at high speeds.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · EngineNHTSA 11399599
Engine & cooling

While at stop light or in traffic vehicle will turn off, dashboard will light up after and vehicle will chime. This happened multiple times, this morning it happened 3 times within 15 minutes.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11363343
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving down the road, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was previously taken to butler chrysler dodge jeep dealer, 188 robert smalls pkwy, beaufort, sc 29906, due to the check engine warning light being illuminated. The vehicle was diagnosed however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure because the check engine warning light was not illuminated. The key was replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11343932
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred while the engine was idling and at after start-up on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to bosak jeep (3111 w. Lincoln hwy merrillville, in 46410) and an unknown relay switch was replaced however, the failure continued. The mechanic then informed the contact that the crankshaft sensor, camshaft sensor, and power train control module were defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 133,700.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 11338246
Engine & cooling

Upon starting the engine reads a high idle, drive the jeep down the road and a red lightning bolt appears and then across the dash reads check gauges. At this point the coolant gauge quits working. If shut off and restarted the jeep sometimes won't start and will say transmission overheating even when it's not. It will sound like the starter is stuck and keep trying to start until the key is removed. After about 20 minutes of it sitting it will now start and the gauges will work properly and no warning lights. Already replaced thermostat and temperature sensor.

Filed Incident Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11318653
Engine & cooling

We have been having issues with our jeep just suddenly turning off. Very dangerous situation specially since we have our kids in the jeep with us when it happens. We could be driving on the freeway and the jeep will just shut off and will not show no problem codes. This happens at any speed and no speed. We turn the jeep on a let it warm up. About 2 minutes later it shuts off. We have to turn it back on. Then we would be driving at speed below 30 mph and turns off. And most dangerously on the freeway when it just turns off and we have to pull over and this is hard specially because the steering wheel is so stiff. Hopefully jeep/chrysler can do something about it.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11302534
Engine & cooling

I bought this jeep 10-4-19. Since I've owned the vehicle it has stalled multiple time while going down the road. The first time it happen was with my 18 year old daughter. I first thought she just did something wrong and didn't think much of the issue. Until I was taking my son to a baseball camp in ut knoxville. It died on us twice while going down the interstate. Luckily, I was able to pull off the side of the road. It took us about 5-10 minutes and it finally would start back up and run normal. On the...

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trip home it ran fine until we crossed over the georgia state line and it died one more time. I have replaced the battery. I read somewhere that it was a grounding issue so I pulled the ground wires off to make sure they are touching metal. This hasn't helped and the vehicle will still stall while driving or at stop lights. I bought this for my kids to drive but like everyone else I've read about. I'm afraid to let my kids or wife drive this car. I don't have the money to buy another vehicle. Any help would be greatly appreciated considering this seems to be a known issue. I've started documenting the times it stalls to see if there is a pattern. 11/7/19 8 Pm in traffic, 11/12/19 8 am in traffic, 11/20/19 lows parking lot, 12/2/19 10:17 pm at red light - then again 10:29 at another red light down the road. Also the speeds were from 35 mph to 75 mph doesn't matter.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11286538
Electrical systemAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

While driving straight in the fast lane on the highway at around 65 mph, my vehicle suddenly shut off with no warning and I noticed that all dashboard warning lights came on. Fortunately, there was a fast-lane shoulder that I was able to steer it on, or I might have been killed by oncoming traffic. Vehicle would not re-start so I disconnected the negative battery cable, waited a few minutes and re-connected it and then the vehicle re-started but ran very rough. I proceeded along the shoulder to try and get off...

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the highway, but the vehicle shut down again. I repeated the same process and it again re-started and I managed to drive home on back roads at 40 mph. This has happened on at least three other occasions, but the incidents occurred many months apart, which made me think it was a one-off situation. I have since researched this issue on the internet and have learned that many other people have had this happen to them. I think this is a tragedy in the making if chrysler does not address this deficiency by issuing an immediate recall. I also request that a chrysler dealership inspect my vehicle at no cost to me. Your prompt response to this urgent matter will be greatly appreciated.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11269918
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. While traveling on short trips, the engine emitted vapor fumes. The failure delayed the vehicle from being able to be restarted for an extended period of time. Performance chrysler jeep dodge ram georgesville (1130 auto mall dr, columbus, oh 43228, (614) 272-0000) tested the vehicle, but could not provide an exact diagnosis. An independent mechanic was able to remedy the failure by taping up the fuel line. The failure was remedied. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to nhtsa. The failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11257427
SteeringEngine & coolingFuel system

Having loss of gas fuel and oil constantly lose every week as I driving on the highway..

Filed Incident Steering · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11244156
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

This morning I was driving into work, when my car wasn't getting enough power to move. Each time I would give it gas, it would sputter at me. This has been a constant problem since I bought a year ago... I would like to know what the problem is so I can fix it

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11230340
Body, doors & structureEngine & coolingCrash

The vehicle shut off without warning while driving 65 mph. Lost control hit side truck try restart but won crank or anything head lights and everthing is normal just won crank again

Filed Incident Structure · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11192656
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. The contact stated that the vehicle shut off without warning while driving 65 mph. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road. The failure also occurred while the vehicle was at a red light. Gator chrysler dodge jeep ram (840 s harbor city blvd, melbourne, fl 32901, (877) 707-5664) was able to duplicate the failure, but could not determine the cause. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 75,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11189698
Engine & cooling

Engine does not start sometimes, have had recalled ignition put in already. Then it stalled on highway, had it towed to mechanic, couldn't get it jumped. He took off serpentine belt and showed us engine was locked up. It has a 5.7 Hemi in it. I get all fluids changed when I'm supposed to. Change oil and filter religiously with best oil and filter available . Mechanic even said all fluids looked great. He can't understand it. This vehicle has had numerous problems, from leaking weepholes in son roof to drivetrain, not wanting to start and stalling when ever to now a seized engine!

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11183606
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & coolingFuel system

Takata recall I was driving along as normal on the city street with minimal and my vehicle cut off on its own. It will not turn over or even try to turn over.

Filed Incident Power train · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11181047
Engine & cooling

Takata recall about a month ago I was traveling at 70mph on the interstate. When exiting the interstate my car just shut it's self off. No warning lights, sounds, etc. We tried for about 20 mins to get it to start back and stay running once running we took it straight to a mechanic who put it on a machine. No problems showed up on the machine at all and it's been fine ever since until today. This time my husband was driving and the exact same thing happened again.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11175998
Engine & coolingFuel system

The 2007 jeep commander I own is having a fuel pump relay issue.It will not start but continuously turns over also we have had the car stall out on the highway at high speeds making it a rather dangerous situation. Many of the vehicles from 07 and up had a recall for this exact reason but unfortunately mine was not covered under this recall. I am certain that this is my issue but the manufacturer has refused to do anything to fix the problem without paying an arm and a leg.

Filed Incident Unknown or other · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11165325
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

While driving at 60 mph on the highway, my jeep has jolted like it had lost power for a brief moment. The jolt was severe enough that it made my arms ache from it. This worries me as I have read many complaints about complete stalls at high speeds and this could cause a severe accident. My jeep has 150,000 miles on it. This issue needs to be investigated before there is a fatality.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11153143
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep commander. While driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle stalled and the oil pressure warning indicator illuminated. The contact switched into neutral and restarted the vehicle normally. The contact also stated that the failure occurred two other times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 113,900.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11152570

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