Jeep Commander Brakes Problems
75 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2006. Best year: 2010.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
I WAS DRIVING MY SON TO HOCKEY AND THERE WAS TRAFFIC STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME I WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WAS HARD I KEPT STOMPING ON THE PEDAL AND NOTHING I ENDED UP REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE MY JEEP WAS OFF AFTER THE CRASH A...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FIL...
2006 JEEP COMMANDER WITH 93000. I HAVE HAD SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER BRAKES AND SUSPENSION. BRAKES WILL JUST GRIND WHEN TRYING TO STOP AT TIMES. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. EVERY MECHANIC HAS SAID EVERYTHING LO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A SECOND VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL TO FRACTURE AND DETACH. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND THE BRAKES FA...
IN MARCH OF 2012, I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 JEEP COMMANDER V8 ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY.AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, I HAD BEEN DECREASING SPEED, WHEN THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES. HOWEVER, WHEN I PRESSED DOWN HARD ON...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO AVOID A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRAS...
MY JEEP COMMANDER TURNED OFF, CAUSING MY BRAKES TO FAIL ALONG WITH STEERING AND AIRBAGS TO FAIL. I CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF SOMEONE TOWING A PONTOON BOAT. THE TOTAL COST OF DAMAGE WAS OVER $7,000. MY INSURANCE HAD TO COVER IT. THIS IS BE...
DRIVING TO WORK AT THE NORMAL SPEED, MY VEHICLE JUST TURNED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAR BEHIND ME HITTING ME. I AM DEATHLY AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. WHEN I WENT TO CHRYSLER & CALLED SEVERAL TIMES, I WAS TOLD...