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2007 Jeep Commander problems

Owners filed 1,035 complaints about the 2007 Jeep Commander with NHTSA between Jan 2007 and Aug 2026. The most-cited component is electrical system (517).

Complaints
1,035
Filed with NHTSA
Crashes
25
Reported by owners
Fires
13
Reported by owners
Injuries
19
People reported injured
Deaths
3
Reported to NHTSA
01 —By component

Complaints by component

One complaint can cite several components
  1. Electrical system517
  2. Engine227
  3. Power train218
  4. Engine and engine cooling137
  5. Vehicle speed control61
  6. Steering45
  7. Structure30
  8. Seat belts28
  9. Electronic stability control (esc)28
  10. Air bags24
  11. Service brakes20
  12. Visibility20
  13. Fuel/propulsion system15
  14. Exterior lighting14

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API · synced Nov 7, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Trend

When complaints were filed

Does it get worse with age? Complaints per calendar year filed
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Model yearComplaints filed per calendar year
200739
200849
200928
201084
201184
2012101
201389
2014125
2015251
201663
201730
201829
201931
202011
20217
20228
20233
20241
20251
20261

Mileage at failure isn’t a structured field in NHTSA complaint data, so we don’t chart it. Some owners mention it in their reports below.

03 —Owner reports

Top problems in owners’ words

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first

Electrical system

517 reports13 crashes5 fires1 related recall
“ABS SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE, AND I NEED IT TO BE REPLACED. IT APPEARS MY CAR GAD A RECALL. BUT OTHER OWNERS NEVER FELT THE NEED TO HAVE FIXED? EITHER WAY I NEED CAR FIXED FOR MY OWN WELL-BEING. THE CAR HAS SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR ARE RECALLS FOR THAT ISSUE TO? I NEED TO GET CAR SMOG CERTIFICATE, BUT NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CAR IDLED BY THIS ABS ISSUE. NO ACCIDENT, GOT REPORT FROM AUTO ZONE. IT SHOWED ME EXACTLY THE CARS, CONDITION. BECAUSE LIGHTS IN DASHBOARD STAY ON. I'M SURE MANY, OTHER JEEP DRIVERS. HAVE THE SAME, ISSUE WITH THE ABS MODULE. IS DEFECTION, FROM MANUFACTURER. SO AGAIN THIS CAR NEVER HAD THE RECALL WORK ON IT. SO I INHERITED, A PRE-EXISTING, CONDITION LEMON. NO ACCIDENT OF INCIDENT.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Aug 24, 2026Electrical system, Unknown or other, Service brakesODI 11759195

Engine

227 reports3 crashes2 fires
“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.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jul 11, 2024EngineODI 11601285

Power train

218 reports4 crashes1 fire1 related recall
“The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Commander. The contact stated while driving 55-60 MPH, the engine revved, and the vehicle began to lose motive power. The contact veered to the side of the road. The contact stated that he shifted from drive (D) to park (P) and from park to neutral (N) and then drive (D) several times until the vehicle responded as needed. The contact stated that the failure recurred several times while driving. The vehicle was taken to two transmission specialists, where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be rebuilt. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the transmission specialist, where it was diagnosed that the transfer case was unintendedly shifting into neutral(N), and the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 13V175000 (Power Train, Electrical System). The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 175,000.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Aug 28, 2023Power trainODI 11541162

Engine and engine cooling

137 reports1 crash
“I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN REGARDING AN ENGINE PROBLEM WITH MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER, THAT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL, AND ALL POWER TO SHUT DOWN AND THE ENGINE TO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. WHILE AT FIRST THIS PROBLEM WAS SIMPLY AN INCONVENIENCE, I SOON LEARNED HOW DANGEROUS THIS PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS. I WAS ON A HIGHWAY AND I WENT TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, MID-PASS MY ENGINE STALLED AND I LOST ALL POWER WITH ANOTHER CAR COMING AT ME HEAD-ON. THANKFULLY THE OTHER CAR WAS ABLE TO STOP AND WE AVOIDED A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT HIGHWAY SPEED, BUT THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. THE STALLING HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MY JEEP NOW FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, WITH NO RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM IN SIGHT. I HAVE FOLLOWED ALL SUGGESTIONS LIKE NOT HAVING A KEY CHAIN AND ONLY USING HE KEY IN MY IGNITION WITH NO CHANGE IN THE FREQUENCY OF THE STALLING. IT SEEMS A BIT RIDICULOUS THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO SOLUTION TO THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. A CASE WAS OPENED BY CHRYSLER IN JANUARY REGARDING MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER STALLING WITHOUT WARNING. THE STALLING CONTINUES TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE PROBLEM FOR ME. IN MY LAST COMMUNICATION I WAS ASSURED THAT MY JEEP…”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Aug 21, 2015Steering, Engine and engine cooling, Electrical systemODI 10759481

Vehicle speed control

61 reports3 crashes
“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 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.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled May 10, 2022Vehicle speed control, Engine, Forward collision avoidanceODI 11463994

Steering

45 reports4 crashes
“VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON FREEWAY DUE TO RECALL CAUSING ANXIETY, FEAR OF LIFE AND POTENTIAL ACCIDENT ON MAJOR HIGHWAY. THE IGNITION SWITCH ON YOUR VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE AN UNINTENDED CHANGE IN IGNITION SWITCH POSITION WHILE DRIVING. THIS MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, POWER STEERING ASSIST, POWER BRAKE ASSIST OR DISABLE THE AIRBAG FUNCTION. DISABLING ONE OR MORE OF THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY FEATURES COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF VEHICLE OCCUPANT INJURY DURING A CRASH AND/OR CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 25, 2017Steering, Vehicle speed control, EngineODI 11039782
Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 7, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.