carb850
09-25-2011, 10:08 AM
I picked up an '08 certified used commander with 32K miles this spring. Since then, we have had a number of small problems.
Bad Key
On the way home we went to switch drivers and found the 2nd key didn't work. Took it to my local dealer and tests concluded the key had died. Dealer we purchased the Jeep from paid for the replacement. Took 2 trips one to diagnose and another to program the key.
Faulty Lift Gate Sensor
At some point later the power lift gate quit working. Trip to the dealer found a bad sensor. I don't recall for certain, but I think it cost us about $75.
Bad Button Panel and HVAC door broke
The blower on the AC ran and we can hear it getting louder as you turned it up, but still hardly no air would come through the vents. Trip to the dealer found a flapper door inside the dash broke. While we were at the dealer, we mentioned we couldn't get the rear AC to work. The button panel that has the rear air, tow/haul, etc apparently was faulty. Parts had to be ordered so we made a second trip and this was covered under warranty, still paid $150 deductible.
Bad Button Panel
The very day we picked it up from repair, my wife was trying the rear air button. Once she pushed it in, it would not return back out. They ordered another replacement and this was no cost to us. Still another 2 trips to the dealer.
Random Shutdown
A couple days ago, I went to leave the house. I began to start the vehicle and right after it started cranking I lost all power. No lights of any sort, no starter, nothing, completely dead. I figured it was the battery or computer. An hour later when my ride stopped by I tried starting it again this time it started fine and showing no warning or error lights. To be safe I wanted the dealer to check it out. No codes were showing and the battery tested fine. He did say one battery cable was a little loose and they went ahead and updated the PCM. Total cost $34. I'm hoping the power down was either a one time fluke or a result of that loose cable.
This is my wifes DD and we both love it. We like the looks, all of the features, the power, and how it drives. However, we have already had more problems out of this Jeep than our previous Honda and Subaru combined. We owned both about 6 years and had about 70K miles on them. We want to keep this but if we keep having problems who knows, we might lose our love.
I guess I"m wondering how common the above problems are and are there any others that I should expect to deal with? Knowing how many features this Overland has we did purchase the extended warranty which will shield us from any huge repair bills but we can still get nickel and dimed to death.
Bad Key
On the way home we went to switch drivers and found the 2nd key didn't work. Took it to my local dealer and tests concluded the key had died. Dealer we purchased the Jeep from paid for the replacement. Took 2 trips one to diagnose and another to program the key.
Faulty Lift Gate Sensor
At some point later the power lift gate quit working. Trip to the dealer found a bad sensor. I don't recall for certain, but I think it cost us about $75.
Bad Button Panel and HVAC door broke
The blower on the AC ran and we can hear it getting louder as you turned it up, but still hardly no air would come through the vents. Trip to the dealer found a flapper door inside the dash broke. While we were at the dealer, we mentioned we couldn't get the rear AC to work. The button panel that has the rear air, tow/haul, etc apparently was faulty. Parts had to be ordered so we made a second trip and this was covered under warranty, still paid $150 deductible.
Bad Button Panel
The very day we picked it up from repair, my wife was trying the rear air button. Once she pushed it in, it would not return back out. They ordered another replacement and this was no cost to us. Still another 2 trips to the dealer.
Random Shutdown
A couple days ago, I went to leave the house. I began to start the vehicle and right after it started cranking I lost all power. No lights of any sort, no starter, nothing, completely dead. I figured it was the battery or computer. An hour later when my ride stopped by I tried starting it again this time it started fine and showing no warning or error lights. To be safe I wanted the dealer to check it out. No codes were showing and the battery tested fine. He did say one battery cable was a little loose and they went ahead and updated the PCM. Total cost $34. I'm hoping the power down was either a one time fluke or a result of that loose cable.
This is my wifes DD and we both love it. We like the looks, all of the features, the power, and how it drives. However, we have already had more problems out of this Jeep than our previous Honda and Subaru combined. We owned both about 6 years and had about 70K miles on them. We want to keep this but if we keep having problems who knows, we might lose our love.
I guess I"m wondering how common the above problems are and are there any others that I should expect to deal with? Knowing how many features this Overland has we did purchase the extended warranty which will shield us from any huge repair bills but we can still get nickel and dimed to death.