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2008 Jeep Commander Service and Repair Manual
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Covers all 2008 Commander trims — Limited Sport Utility 4-Door, Overland Sport Utility 4-Door, Limited Premium Sport Utility 4-Door +1 more ·
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2008 Jeep Commander Service and Repair Manual
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The 2008 Jeep Commander was offered with three engines and four trims, listed below. This service and repair manual is specific to the 2008 model year, so it reflects the equipment and the documented issues for your exact vehicle rather than a generic Commander.
Engines
- 3.7L V6 (226 cu in), SOHC
- 4.7L V8 (287 cu in), SOHC
- 5.7L V8 (345 cu in), OHV
Trims
- Limited
- Limited Premium
- Overland
- Sport
Known issues on the 2008 Commander. Two recalls are on federal record for this model year: a suspension fault that can cause a loss of effective lift and lowering of the vehicle, and a four-wheel-drive transfer case that can shift into neutral and let the vehicle roll away (crash risk). Owners have filed 458 complaints and Jeep has issued 26 technical service bulletins for the year.
Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2008 Chrysler 300 vehicles manufactured May 31, 2007, to May 12, 2008, Dodge Magnum vehicles manufactured May 23, 2007, to May 12, 2008, Dodge Charger vehicles manufactured May 24, 2007, to May 12, 2008, Jeep Commander vehicles manufactured April 3, 2007, to May 12, 2008, and Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured March 21, 2007, to May 12, 2008. In the affected vehicles, the ignition key (FOBIK) may not return to the "ON" position after being rotated to the "START" position, instead sticking between the two positions. Potentially, while the vehicle is being driven, the ignition may inadvertently move through the "RUN" posit
Consequence
If the ignition stays between "START" and "ON" positions it could cause loss of certain electrical functions. If the ignition key inadvertently moves into the "OFF" or "ACCESSORY" position, the engine will turn off, which will then depower various key safety systems including but not limited to air bags, power steering, and power braking. Loss of functionality of these systems may increase the risk of crash and/or increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition switch and key FOBs, free of charge. The recall began August 19, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P57.
Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured February 11, 2004, through March 9, 2010; and 2006-2010 Jeep Commander vehicles manufactured January 31, 2005, through March 10, 2010. A transfer case electrical failure may result in an unintentional shifting of the transfer case into the neutral position.
Consequence
If the vehicle shifts into neutral, it may roll away increasing the risk of a crash or personal injury.
Remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the final drive controller which governs the transfer case, with new software, free of charge. The recall began on August 15, 2013. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is N23.
CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 1,338 MY 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND COMMANDER VEHICLES. THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY MANUFACTURED.
Consequence
THIS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING OR NOT TO START AND/OR CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. ENGINE STALLING OR INOPERATIVE WIPERS COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Remedy
DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE MODULE AND REPLACE IT IF NECESSARY. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 18, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
ROCK KRAWLER IS RECALLING 44 PERFORMANCE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS SOLD AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON THE VEHICLE LISTED ABOVE. THESE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS WERE PRODUCED WITH GRADE 2 CARRIAGE BOLTS INSTEAD OF THE PROPER GRADE 5 CARRIAGE BOLTS. THE IMPROPER GRADE 2 CARRIAGE BOLTS COULD EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF CLAMPING FORCE FOR THE BOTTOM STRUT FORK.
Consequence
THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF EFFECTIVE LIFT AND LOWERING OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLE, POSSIBLY CREATING THE DRIVER TO PANIC WHICH COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH.
Remedy
ROCK KRAWLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 15. 2008. ALL THE AFFECTED UNTITS HAVE BEEN REMEDIED. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ROCK KRAWLER AT 1-518-270-9822.
ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS IN A CERTAIN LOT MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED FROM GRAY IRON INSTEAD OF DUCTILE IRON AS DESIGNED AND COULD FRACTURE WITHOUT WARNING.
Consequence
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE VEHICLE'S STOPPING DISTANCE AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH.
Remedy
DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS TO SEE IF THEY FALL INTO THIS LOT AND, IF SO, WILL REPLACE THEM FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 22, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
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Connector kit Before ordering this connector repair kit 68018957A$, check it in the Mopar Connector Repair Kit Website to confirm part number and applicability. There is an error with the wiring diagrams in Service Library that is causing t
Connector kit Before ordering this connector repair kit 68018957A$, check it in the Mopar Connector Repair Kit Website to confirm part number and applicability. There is an error with the wiring diagrams in Service Library that is causing t
Exterior Mirror The latest version of these exterior mirrors have had their glass removed to be serviced separatly. To install, connect the electrial connector (if equipped) and snap the glass onto the mirror housing.
Transmission Kit with Torque Converter 1. All Promaster (VF) 3.6L/62TE equipped vehicles. If the transmission bracket to the transmission case fasteners are removed during servicing, the fasteners (Part Number 06511385A$) are one-time usage
NAG1 Transmission Before installing the transmission with the engine, check for dowel pins (2) for alignment. If the pins are missing request to add the dowel pin first and then install the transmission
Mechanical rocker arm, intake, 1.7 ratio.
Mechanical rocker arm, intake, 1.7 ratio.
Showing the 8 most recent of 56 technical service bulletins on file with NHTSA.
SEVERE COLLISION WITH THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR AHEAD SUDDENLY STOPPED. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND SKIDDED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE'S REAR END. FROM THE SKID MARKS STARTING AT THE POINT OF CONTACT MY VEHICLE TOOK APPROX ANOTHER 35 FEET TO STOP. I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE'S SPEED WAS 30 MPH. IT WAS A SOLID HIT AS MY VEHICLE NOSE DIVED AND HIT BUMPER TO BUMPER. THE REAR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE'S BUMPER WAS FORCED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND GOUGED THE PAVEMENT. MY VEHIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE TWO INJURIES SUSTAINED THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 230,000.
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND A CAR CAME OUT IN FRONT OF HER FROM THE LEFT SIDE AND THEY HIT. THE OTHER CAR'S AIR BAGS ALL WENT OFF. MY JEEP NOT ONE AIR BAG WENT OFF AFTER TOTALING THE FRONT END GOING THROUGH A DITCH HITTING A GUARD RAIL ETC. POLICE BUT ON REPORT THEY WENT OFF JUST TOOK IT AS THEY SHOULD OF BECAUSE OF HOW BAD SHE WAS HIT. MY DAUGHTER HAS BACK PROBLEMS THE OTHER PERSON CRACKED HIP HAD TO HAVE BACK SURGERY. MY DAUGHTER HAS TO HAVE SURGERY TO BUT THEY WOULDN'T OK IT AT T
TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEED RATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SEAT SUSTAINED AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE LEVEL OF IMPACT INVOLVED. THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED. THE REAR VEHICLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE ANKLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. T
I WAS INVOLDVED IN A 2MV/PD ACCIDENT WHERE I "T-BONED" A VEHICLE THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. I AFTER I TRUCK THE VEHICLE I FORCED BOTH VEHICLES THROUGH A DEEP DITCH AND INTO A FIELD. I DONT RECALL ANY OF THE ACCIDENT BUT AT SOME POINT AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION MY 2008 JEEP COMMANDER ROLLED AT LEAST ONCE LANDING ON ITS WHEELS. MY VEHICLE ROOF MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND JUST ABOVE THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND ALSO WHERE THE WINDSHIELD AND ROOF MEET ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPIT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE IGNITION RUNNING AND THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO A WATERWAY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A SWOLLEN ANKLE AS A RESULT. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE WATER AND TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BUT WAS DEEMED AS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN AT 5 MPH INTO AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AND CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED; HOWEVER, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE NECK THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY T
OUR 2008 JEEP COMMANDER WAS HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE COMMANDER TO FLIP LANDING ON THE DRIVER SIDE ROOF AND THEN ROLLING ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHERE IT SLID INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE IMPACT FROM HITTING THE ROOF AND SIDE OF THE CAR RESULTED IN THE CAR BEING TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE PERSON AT FAULT. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE CAR ROLLED ONTO IT'S SIDE. PER PAGE 52 OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL "THE WINDOW BAG ON THE CRASH SIDE OF THE V
AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE A MAN RAN INTO THE BACK OF MY 2008 JEEP COMMANDER DUE TO THE VEHICLE STALLED ON A STREET AND THEN SHUT OFF. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE FOR YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT. HOWEVER HERE LATELY THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AND THEN SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-55MPH. I HAVE HAD 2 TYPES OF RECALL WORK DONE. HOWEVER THAT HAS NOT CO
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE KEY WOULD SUDDENLY MOVE TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION AND THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT GAUGES WOULD STOP OPERATING. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, THE IGNITION KEY MOVED TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION AND THE BACKUP CAMERA SHUT OFF CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BACK INTO A TREE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLU
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL TO FRACTURE AND DETACH. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS SKIDDING OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE CURB. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT AND DROVE INTO A DITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 8,000. UPDATED 08/14/09. *LJ UPDATED 08/17/0
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR BRAKE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 38,000. UPDATED 12/20/10 *BF
AS I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE CAR WAS COASTING SLOWLY INTO THE SPOT. I BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BEGIN STOPPING WHEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED OVER THE CURB INTO THE BUILDING. THE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT NEAR THE ACCELERATOR DURING THIS TIME, THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE ACCELERATOR OR
1. I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY VEHICLE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER. MOST OF THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE THAT WAS REAR-ENDED IS A TOTAL LOSS. 2. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT I WAS WEARING MY SAFETY BELT BUT IT DID NOT LOCK CAUSING MY UPPER BODY TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH GREAT FORCE. ALSO NONE OF MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. 3. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE FAILURES. AT THIS TIME, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THESE PROB
Showing the 15 most serious of 436 complaints filed with NHTSA.