Which parts fail
Components named in complaints (engine, cooling system, oil leaks, timing chain, exhaust).
Mileage when the problem started
Owner reports
Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2007 Jeep Commander owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).
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 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 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.
I purchased my Jeep in April of this year. The 1st week I had it, it seemed to be be loosing power so I put it in the shop to have it repaired. This went on for several months. The Jeep stopped several times while I would be driving on the highway with my children. Despite the many advances of putting it in the shop, the problem never seemed to get fixed. About 3 weeks ago, I was on the highway with my 3 year old daughter and my boyfriend when it lost power to the point it shut off again. Thank god we all were able to safely make it out the Jeep without beimg injured. I had it towed to the repair shop were I was told my motor locked up. When I asked the mechanic how was that possible he said he had never seen anything like this happen before. It had oil and it wasn't running hot at all. It never ran hot at any point actually. …
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, 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. …
While driving the car would just shut off at random losing brakes, steering and engine power as well as other comfort features. It has happened on at least 6 occasions, usually you could just shift to neutral while driving and restart the car fixing the issues. Today however it happened will switching lanes to the center turn lane. Upon applying the brakes to wait to turn left the pedal went to the floor, then on the second depress it was super stiff and very little braking force applied. This caused the Jeep to rear end the 2 other cars waiting to turn left. The airbags didn't deploy either.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed as an exhaust failure. The vehicle was taken to the delaer, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. While operating the vehicle at 35 MPH, it became filled with smoke. Upon inspection, the contact noticed smoke seeping through underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was pulled over and evacuated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 118,000.
I was driving home from picking up my daughter from a school event when suddenly my car slowed down on its own down to 10 MPH. Then the car completely stopped. On the control console it only read "service park assist" and the drive position controls where all highlighted and boxed out (drnp). I lost all control of the vehicle other than turning the wheel. I tried to accelerate by pressing the gas and it just revved the engine and did nothing else. I swerved off the road and hit a median that took out the tire and left damage to the left of the car under carriage. I had to shift the gear into park and back to drive in order for the car to start up again. …
I have owned this vehicle since new and have been experiencing infrequent and usually momentary engine stalls while driving at highway speeds for years. Each time there was a slight clunk sound and lurch forward - as if the cruise control had just disconnected, and within a second or so everything would be back to normal. But on a recent trip I had three incidents over two days which were much worse, perhaps because they all occurred at temperatures around 0 degrees f.or below. In two incidents, while driving on an interstate at a steady 75mph, instead of the engine immediately recovering, it took long enough that the vehicle had slowed down to 30-35mph before the engine restarted itself. In one incident also while driving at a steady 75mph on an interstate the engine did not recover and I had to pull off onto the shoulder and come to a complete stop with no power. …
It is the second time this happens to us when on a highway. The first time my husband was driving and we have our child with us. We thought it was a part of the latest recall we received in the mail regarding the key ignition. This time I was driving on a highway, going about 60-65 MPH when the engine light came on, I starting losing power, tachometer starting going down and the accelerator pedal was completely unresponsive and significantly hard to push down on it, the speed continued to go down as I was trying to get to the shoulder as fast as I could but with an unresponsive engine it was very difficult. It was also difficult to move the steering wheel as this got harden. I managed to pull over on the shoulder and had to turn the engine off. After waiting 10-15 minutes, I turned the engine back on and was able to get to my destination which was not far from where I had to pull over. …
I have own this car for 5 years and it did shut down on me due to I did hit the ingestion switch with my knee as we were going down the interstate. A couple years go after that with no issue. Now my 17 year old girl drives it now with no issue. Got recall littler ignition switch replacement. Got switch replaced and one for a re-flash on the power train. Now after that it has stalled out on my daughter 2 times a mouth apart when stop to make a turn going to school. Took to the dealer and they said it was a faulty front control module and only going off of stored codes b211e & b211a and don't know how many counts or how old they are. The service writer could not tell me that is a fix and the tech said that is what it need . I took the car home and I can not find these codes anywhere online. …
Engine complaints in other Commander years
Frequently asked questions
How common are engine problems on the 2007 Jeep Commander?
NHTSA has 363 complaints about the engine & cooling of the 2007 Jeep Commander, 35% of the model year's 1,035 complaints. The component named most often is engine (35 mentions).
Is there a recall for 2007 Jeep Commander engine problems?
No. NHTSA lists no engine & cooling recall for the 2007 Jeep Commander, though it has 5 recalls for other components. If the problem is widespread, a repair may still be covered by an extended warranty or a manufacturer service bulletin — ask a dealer.
At what mileage do 2007 Jeep Commander engine problems start?
Half of the complaints with a recorded mileage happened before about 71,000 miles, and 14% before 25,000 miles.
Is it dangerous?
Owners linked 4 crashes, 2 fires and 4 injuries and 3 deaths to engine & cooling problems on this model year. If you notice symptoms, have the car checked before driving further.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) — owner complaints through October 20, 2026, recalls and defect investigations; fuel economy from the EPA. Complaints are unverified reports and are not proof of a defect. How we rate model years.