28 of the
696 complaints filed about the Jeep Commander 4X4
are about the glass, mirrors and wipers —
4% of everything owners reported.
The worst model year for it is 2007.
28
Complaints
4%
Share of all complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers complaints by model year
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. WHEN IT RAINED, WATER ENTERED THE FLOOR PANEL OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE AMPLIFIER TO FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE SUN ROOF TUBES NEEDED TO BE CLEARED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, BUT THE REMEDY FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.
NHTSA complaint #10968152 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THIRD ROW REAR SEAT IN THE VEHICLE HAD BECAME INOPERABLE AND UNABLE TO CLOSE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE UNABLE TO VIEW OUT OF THE REAR WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE MECHANISM THAT CONTROLS THE SEATS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
NHTSA complaint #10762549 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THIS JEEP HAS TWO PROBLEMS. AS I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY, THE JEEP SHUT ITSELF OFF. IT HAPPENED ONLY ONCE, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A REPEATED ISSUE.REPORT RECEIPT DATE FEBRUARY 6, 2008, NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER #08V059000.. THE SECOND PROBLEM I AM HAVING WHICH IS ON RECALL, IS THE IGNITION. ONCE I PLACE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, AFTER PARKING THE JEEP, THE JEEP WILL GO TO THE OFF POSITION, BUT THE KEY CAN NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. REPORT RECEIPT DATE SEPTEMBER 17, 2014, NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER#14V56700. I OWN A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER, VIN # [XXX]. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM BY CALLING CHRYSLER, WHO DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, BUT NEVER GOT BACK TO ME, AND I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE JEEP, BUT BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER DOESN'T MATCH THE RECALL LIST, THEY REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
NHTSA complaint #10712933 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
1/15 STARTED AND DROVE TRUCK FOR 20 MIN. SHUT OFF FOR 30 MIN WHEN RESTARTED HEADLIGHTS WIPERS WIPER FLUID BLINKERS CRUISE CONTROL HAZARDS HORN DASH LIGHTS ECT WOULD NOT WORK. WAS FORCED TO DRIVE HOME IN SNOW STORM STOPPING TO WIPE WINDSHIELD WITH HAND.
NHTSA complaint #10670599 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE ENGINE STALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW. I HAD IT TESTED, AND THEY SAID IT WAS AN IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE. THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE DOES NOT EXIST ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT YET ITS THE ONLY CODE THAT IT IS GIVING OFF. I'M STILL HAVING STALLING ISSUES WHICH ARE DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT OF INTERSECTIONS. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IS ONGOING THAT I'M HAVING, IS THE SUNROOF LEAKING. I HAVE LITERALLY 2 GALLONS OF WATER THAT WILL BE ON MY FLOOR BOARD WHEN IT RAINS. YOU CAN HEAR WATER SLOSHING ABOVE YOUR HEAD BEFORE IT HITS THE WIRING IN THE DOOR PANELS AND THEN COLLECTS ON THE FLOOR BOARDS.
NHTSA complaint #10668040 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SUNROOF WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUN ROOF NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,081.
NHTSA complaint #10639391 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUNROOF/WINDOWS LEAK AND CAUSE WATER TO FLOOD INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AREA. UP TO AN INCH OF STANDING WATER ACCUMULATES IN PASSENGER FLOOR AREA DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
NHTSA complaint #10619557 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUNROOF LEAKS AND WINDOWS LEAK CAUSE WATER TO FLOOD INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND REAR OF THE TRUCK. ALSO CAUSE A SHORTAGE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND SHUTS OFF THE RADIO. DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MODULE HAS A SHORTAGE WHEN LOWERING AND RAISING WINDOWS THE LIGHTS FLASH AND RADIO GOES IN AND OUT.
NHTSA complaint #10614794 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
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.
NHTSA complaint #10453558 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DRIVING MY 2008 JEEP COMMANDER ON THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 55MPH AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM POWER WENT OUT. HAD TO PULL OVER TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, PULL THE KEY OUT, AND RESTART. VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *TR I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2008 WHERE MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, AND ONE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE WHERE THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, BUT ON THOSE OCCURRENCES THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE 2008 AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE SYMPTOMS I WAS EXPERIENCING. INVESTIGATED ON NHTSA.GOV AND NOTICED THE ISSUE, CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V059000. THIS CAMPAIGN ALMOST EXACTLY DESCRIBES THE ISSUE I AM EXPERIENCING. HOWEVER IT STATES THAT THEY ONLY RECALLED 1338 VEHICLES IN 2008, AND MINE WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT ONE OF THEM. THE DEALER SHOULD ATLEAST KNOW OF THE ISSUE AND/OR I SHOULD BE NOTIFIED BY CHRYSLER, WHICH I WAS NOT.
NHTSA complaint #10362446 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PASSENGER SIDE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FRONT DEFOGGER WAS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS AWAITING A RETURN CALL. HE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. UPDATED 05/11/10.
NHTSA complaint #10322595 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
2007 JEEP COMMANDER WINDSHIELD EASILY CHIPPED TWICE DURING THE YEAR OF 2008. NOT CRACKED YET, BUT WILL HAVE TO REPLACE EVENTUALLY. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT OTHER COMMANDER OWNERS HAD EXPERIENCED SAME UNTIL READING ONLINE FORUM. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW.
NHTSA complaint #10317027 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
APPLIED DEFROSTER TO WINDSHIELD DURING COLD WEATHER <10 DEG F, AND WINDSHIELD INTERIOR GLASS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE AREAS. ALL CRACKS STARTED FROM BASE OF WINDOW.
NHTSA complaint #10303773 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I HAVE A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. I LIVE IN VIRGINIA. THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN IN THE 30'S. WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE (NO ROCK HITTING OR ANYTHING), MY WINDSHIELD STARTED WITH A TINY HAIRLINE CRACK (BOTTOM MIDDLE) AND IN A COUPLE DAYS, THE CRACKED LINE BECAME "L-SHAPED" AND MOVING LEFT. IT WAS ABOUT 8 INCHES IN LENGTH. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE WINDSHIELD SINCE NOTHING HAPPENED OTHER THAN THE COLD TEMPERATURE AND MY PERHAPS MY USE OF THE VEHICLE'S DEFROST.
NHTSA complaint #10297733 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
IN AUGUST 2009 A TRUCK DROPPED A ROCK FROM ITS LOAD A BROKE (CRACKED) MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. WE HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AND WITH IN WEEKS A CRACK APPEARED ON THE TOP OF DRIVER"S SIDE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT STRUCK BY ANYTHING. THAT CRACKED WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AND IN NOVEMBER THAT WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AGAIN NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD. ON DEC. 1, 2009 THIRD WINDSHIELD WAS INSTALLED. LATE IN DECEMBER, 2009 THAT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AGAIN NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD TO CAUSE THE CRACK. THE AUTO GLASS COMPANY STATES THAT THIS IS UNUSUAL BUT NOTHING THEY ARE DOING DURING THE INSTALLATION WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES. WE DROVE THE CAR FOR TWO YEARS, 2007 TO 2009 WITHOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD. ONLY AFTER A REPLACEMENT WAS INSTALLED DID THE CRACKS START APPEARING. THE CRACKS IN THE REPLACEMENT WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DO CAUSE VISIBILITY AND SAFETY ISSUES.
NHTSA complaint #10297391 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
CRACKED WINDSHIELD -- MY WIFE'S 2008 JEEP COMMANDER HAS EXPERIENCED THREE CHIPS IN THE WINDSHIELD; ONE WAS REPAIRED, ONE DEVELOPED INTO A CRACK AND THE THIRD HAS REMAINED A "STAR." IN ADDITION, A CRACK DEVELOPED BELOW THE ONE CAUSE BY A PEBBLE. WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED RUST STAINS ON THE THIRD ROW SEATS WHERE THE SEAT FOLD-DOWN HINGES ARE RUSTING THROUGH THE LEATHER SEAT COVERINGS.
NHTSA complaint #10293066 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
2007 JEEP COMMANDER WINDSHIELDS ARE FLAWED, AND CRACK EASILY. SPREADING ACROSS THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED ONCE SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT IN APRIL 08, AND 1/2 YEAR LATER BOTH SIDES HAVE CRACKS IN IT. I BELIEVE THE DESIGN OR CURVE MAY BE TOO 'FRAGILE' FOR SAFETY, NOT TO MENTION MY BUDGET!
NHTSA complaint #10259500 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
HVAC AND DEFROST DIRECTS COLD AIR ONTO WINDSHIELD WHILE SENDING 175 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT HOT AIR TO BOTTOM VENTS AIR IS NOT MIXING PROPERLY. JEEP DEALER WILL NOT MAKE REPAIR, SAYING "THIS IS HOW HVAC WORKS". DUE TO COLD AIR BLOWING FROM THE DEFROSTER ON WINDSHIELD, WINDSHIELD BUILDS UP WITH ICE AND SNOW, AND DOES NOT DEFROST PROPERLY.
NHTSA complaint #10248813 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
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.
NHTSA complaint #10244209 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.