2007 Jeep Commander 4X4

Typical pattern

5.7% of complaints about the 2007 Jeep Commander 4X4 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2007 vehicle — around the middle of the 268 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is electrical system (147 complaints), typically at 7.3 yr or about 69,970 miles.

Complaints: 513
Median age at failure: 6.3 yr
Median mileage: 67,522 n=436
Crash / fire / tow: 2.9% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Electrical system

147 reports · 69,970 mi

7.3 yr

Power train

87 reports · 63,000 mi

5.9 yr

1.1%

Engine

73 reports · 86,000 mi

7.8 yr

2.7%

Engine cooling

50 reports · 35,900 mi

3.3 yr

Speed control

28 reports · 71,465 mi

6.6 yr

7.1%

Visibility

16 reports · 19,000 mi

2.2 yr

Other

15 reports · 115,000 mi

10.3 yr

In owners’ own words

Visibility mileage not reported 7 mo in service

A NEW VEHICLE, THE JEEP COMMANDER, ON A WET HIGHWAY, IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR ANYONE BEHIND. REASON, HORRIBLE DESIGN RESULTS IN MORE SPRAY AND MIST KICKED UP THAN AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER. THIS HORRIBLY DESIGNED, UNAERODYNAMIC PILE OF JUNK IS A MAJOR MENACE THAT TURNS A WET HIGHWAY INTO A MOVING CLOUD AND THEY WILL BE THE CAUSE OF A MAJOR PILE-UPS. ALL SHOULD BE BOUGHT BACK AND SCRAPPED. TEST ONE ON A VERY WET ASPHALT HIGHWAY AND MY COMPLAINT WILL BE OBVIOUS TO ALL. BAN THIS VEHICLE BEFORE IT KILLS SOMEONE. *JB

Visibility mileage not reported 11 mo in service

WINDSHIELD STARTED CRACKING FROM TOP EDGE ON PASSENGER SIDE, ABOUT 5 INCHES FROM THE SIDE, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. NO EVIDENCE OF A CHIP AND NO ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD AS FAR AS WE KNOW. THIS HAPPENED ON A RENTAL CAR SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE CRACK WAS ALREADY STARTED WHEN WE PICKED UP THE CAR AND WE DIDN'T SEE IT - THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE GLASS THAT IS BLACK AT THE TOP SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE CRACK IN THIS AREA IF IT WAS ALREADY THERE. THE CRACK SPREAD DOWN A COUPLE OF INCHES FROM THE BLACK AREA AND THEN STARTED ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

Visibility mileage not reported 1.2 yr in service

VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 3,000 MILES ON IT AND ALREADY HAVE A ROCK CHIP IN FRONT WINDSHIELD. HAPPENED WHEN ROADS WERE CLEAR AND NO GRAVEL ON ROAD. HAVE SEEN MESSAGE BOARDS OF OTHER OWNERS WHO STATE THEIR FRONT WINDSHIELDS ARE PRONE TO CHIPS AS WELL. *TR

Electrical system 15,000 mi 1.4 yr in service

IGNITION KEY IS LOCATED IN A DANGEROUS LOCATION WHEREAS THE DRIVER'S KNEE CAN BUMP INTO THE KEY WHILE DRIVING, WHICH THEN STALLS THE VEHICLE AND LOCKS THE STEERING WHEEL, CREATING AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE CAR WHILE ON THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC. *TR

Other Commander 4X4 model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.