2006 Jeep Commander electronic stability control (esc) problems

“THE PROBLEM STARTED IN JANUARY 2019. THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING IDLING ISSUES, COLD START IN MORNING IDLES AROUND 900, WHEN PUT IN REVERSE IT DIPS TO AROUND 500 AND WOBBLES BACK AND FORTH WHILE BACKING UP, PUT IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD BE OK BUT WOULD STALL SOMETIMES AT STOP SIGN- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I HAD THROTTLE BODY CLEANED AND FUEL SYSTEM SERVICE DONE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SAME DAY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR RECALLS AND THEY REPLACED THROTTLE BODY ALSO. IT DROVE OK FOR A DAY AND I HAVE THE UNSTABLE IDLE BACK AND THE RPM JUMPS UP WHILE IN DRIVE BUT STOPPED AT A LIGHT. ABOUT A WEEK AGO I AM SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A LIGHT AHEAD AND IT STARTS VIBRATING LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL AND THE ETC AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON AND I SHUT IT OFF AND IT CRANKED RIGHT BACK UP AND DROVE IT THE REST OF THE DAY WITH NO ISSUE. ETC LIGHT WILL COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE NO ISSUES OTHER THAN THE UNSTABLE IDLE. TODAY-5-10-19, COMING HOME AND START TO TURN LEFT AND ETC AND TCS LIGHT COME ON AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS IN LIMP MODE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER AND ETC LIGHT IS NOW BLINKING, SO I PULL IN A PARKING LOT, CUT IT OFF FOR FIVE MINUTES AND IT CRANKS RIGHT…”

“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.”

“TRANSMISSION STOP SHIFTING PROPERLY AND SHUTTERING IN MOTION..TOOK IT TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, THEY SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. GOT NEW TRANSMISSION, STILL HAD SAME PROBLEM. TOOK IT BACK TO SHOP, THEY DID A SECOND REPAIR AND CHARGED ME $2959.50. THEY DIDNT DESCRIBED WHAT THEY DID THE SECOND TIME. I HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE..SO FAR.”

“WHILE RAINING WATER DRAINS INTO VEHICLE FROM SUNROOF CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. LIGHTS CONSTANTLY FLICKERING, DASHBOARD LIGHTS CONSTANTLY TURNING ON AND OFF, INTERIOR WATER DAMAGE, RUSTING INSIDE COMPONENTS. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY FORCING ME TO KEEP HEADLIGHTS ON HIGH BEAM AT ALL TIMES WHILE THE CAR IS STATIONARY AS WELL AS IN MOTION ON STREETS AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES UNNECESSARY PROBLEMS BEING THAT WHILE THE CAR IS GOING THROUGH THIS THE TURNING SIGNALS, WIPER BLADES, AIR CONDITIONING TURN OFF AND ON. EVEN THOUGH MY CAR WAS SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY FOR REAR SEATBELTS THE BELTS ARE CONSTANTLY JAMMING KEEPING MY CHILDREN CAPTIVE AND AT SOME POINTS IT WILL NOT SUCCESSFULLY LATCH.”

“2006 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED 4WD. 179,000 MILES. TRACTION ASSIST IS ACTIVATING WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON DRY PAVEMENT CAUSING UNEXPECTED DECELERATION POWER LOSS. WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT DRY PAVED HIGHWAY, AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STUMBLE AND LOSE POWER. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS BLINKING DURING THIS TIME. DURING WHICH TIME, WHEN I TURN OFF THE TRACTION ASSIST VIA THE BUTTON, THE EFFECT DISAPPEARED. NO FAULT CODES WERE STORED OR SET. THIS ISSUE HAS JUST BEGUN TO OCCUR PERIODICALLY AND HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES. HAVE ALMOST HAD A CRASH EVENT OCCUR WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, AND HAD TO TURN OFF THE TRACTION ASSIST VIA THE BUTTON ON THE CENTER CONSOLE.”

“FIRST ANNOYANCE WAS THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. IT FAILED TO OPEN THE DOOR AT AROUND 45,000 MILES. THEN THE REAR PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLE JUST CRUMBLED OUT OF NOWHERE AROUND 47,000 MILES. THEN AROUND 50,000 MILES THE BRAKES 'FELT DIFFERENT' WHEN BRAKING AND IT FELT TO HARD TO PRESS DOWN ON THE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT HARD AS A ROCK THEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND AFTER A DIAGNOSIS I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHENEVER WE WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER ON A TURN THE JEEPS STEERING WOULD LOCK UP AND JUST KEPT MOVING FORWARD & NOT TURNING.”