I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP COMMANDER HOME FROM WORK. I TURNED THE CORNER AND THE JEEP ABRUPTLY STOPPED MOVING. IT FELT LIKE I HIT A CEMENT BLOCK. THE JEEP WOULD NOT MOVE BACKWARD OR FORWARD. I GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, AND TO MY AMAZEMENT I SAW THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS POSITIONED, IT HAD NOT CHANGED THE HEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK PULLED IT ONTO THE FLATBED, THE TIRE DISLODGED AND THE FRONT END CRASHED TO THE GROUND, SMASHING IT. IN THE MORNING I DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINT BROKE AND THE TIRE CAME OFF THE AXEL. I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BECAUSE I DRIVE ALL DAY FOR WORK AND COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY. MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING. WE ARE AFRAID THAT EVEN IF WE GET THIS REPAIRED THAT MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE WITH ONLY 70K MILES AND A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED BY A JEEP DEALER. *TR
2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED SUCH AS SLOWING TO STOP OR TAKING OFF FROM A DEAD STOP THE TRUCK STALLS AND HAS TO BE PUT IN PARK AND RESTARTED. THIS HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK ALSO STALLS OR HAS A POWER FAILURE WHERE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT ITS A GOVERNED SPEED AND THE ENGINE WON'T LET YOU SPEED UP. THE COMPUTER NOW IS HAVING ISSUES SAYING THAT THE ENGINE COOLANT IS TOO COLD, THOUGHT THE THERMOSTAT IS WORKING FINE AS WELL AS THE GAUGES INSIDE THE TRUCK. THE COMPUTER IS ALSO GIVING A CODE OF AN ERROR WITH THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
