2007 JEEP COMMANDER — Complaint #836440
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NHTSA Complaint about SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER filed January 12, 2011
NHTSA complaint #836440 (ODI reference 10376434) concerns a 2007 JEEP COMMANDER and was filed on January 12, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 20, 2010. The vehicle had 102,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seats:front assembly:recliner, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same JEEP COMMANDER cohort independently describe similar seats:front assembly:recliner failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 JEEP COMMANDER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART BY TURNING THE KEY BACK AND STARTING THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE DRIVER'S SEAT TILTS BACKWARD ON ITS OWN. THE REMOTE UNLOCK AND LOCK BUTTONS ONLY WORKED ON OCCASION AND FINALLY WATER WOULD ENTER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT RAINED. UPDATED 03/09/11 UPDATED 06/16/11 *BF UPDATED 06/23/11
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 836440 |
| ODI Number | 10376434 |
| Date Filed | January 12, 2011 |
| Failure Date | December 20, 2010 |
| VIN | 1J8HG58227C |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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