2006 Jeep Commander
Complaints about this year name amount time far more often than the model's other years — 11% of them, about 27× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,782 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 58 |
| Involving a crash | 74 |
| Involving a fire | 12 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- panel — 10.3% of this year's complaints, against 3.3% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: panel, instrument, instrument panel.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- door — 13% of complaints, 8× usual
- door handles — 7% of complaints, 18× usual
- time recall — 10% of complaints, 6× usual
What owners wrote
2006 JEEP COMMANDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THREE DOOR HANDLES BROKE WITHIN A PERIOD OF A MONTH. *SMD.
THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES FAILED WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V438000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 13V175000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 09E039000 SUSPENSION
- 08V203000 POWER TRAIN
- 06V037000 SEAT BELTS
- 07V434000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Jeep Commander was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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