New here. Hoping for some advice. I have a 07 Jeep Commander V8. A few months back I noticed it would slow down on hills while driving on Interstate or elsewhere.
I live on a steep hill that you have to make a sharp right turn to start up. Usually going no more than 10 mph. Just as I start up the hill, the Jeep just bogs down.
Took it to the dealership and they did a tune up which it did need. That solved the slowing on the hills on interstate.
But, same old thing on my private road. Today I let it pull the hill without taking my foot off the gas and giving it gas again. Just let it go to see if it would make it. Went 5 mph and the tach was at 2 all the way.
Some have suggested partially plugged cat converter but dealer says no. I did detect metal bouncing in the cat but dealer said no and now I do not detect that.
Scheduled to go back to dealership but want advice. Help!
67 Views and no answers? Did I post in the wrong thread? Here is a new question. What if the service manager updated my vehicle 2007 with a TSB for a 2006 model Commander. That was how he tried to fix the problem.
Also wanted to add that back in the late summer when it was very hot and humid I noticed something else happening. When I pulled into the garage I noticed the water that normally drains from the AC was super hot. I would see droplets actually sizzling as they hit the floor.
Never happened before but I just thought it was due to how hot it was.
So I am new here. Maybe I posted my thread in the wrong area? I posted in the dealership area and I have 67 views and no answers. Can someone please look at my thread and help?
You might need a firmware update to the computer system in your jeep. Check for recalls. It would be free at any jeep dealership if this were the case.
If this is not your issue, I would think it might be exhaust related... Take it to any mechanic and ask them to check your exhaust system.
67 Views and no answers? Did I post in the wrong thread? Here is a new question. What if the service manager updated my vehicle 2007 with a TSB for a 2006 model Commander. That was how he tried to fix the problem.
I really need some help here.
No, you didn't post in the wrong forum. Most likely no one that has read this has an answer for you. I know I don't and I've been here for almost 7 years.
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So when going up your driveway, did you manually put the trans in first gear for the heck of it to see if for some reason it was starting in 2nd? Sounds like either a backpressure issue or a transmission issue.. My V-6 does a strange thing on hills, it upshifts even though it's struggling.. I put the peddle right to the iron and it downshifts.. This mercedes transmission shifts smoothly but it doesn't work right IMO.. Seems to be a programming issue I would think, someday I'll have the dealer hook it up..
This commander has run smoothly until the last few weeks when it started this on the hill. I've lived here 15 years. It just bogs down starting up the hill and only way to fix it is to release gas, then give it more gas. Trying to figure out what the issue is because the dealership is getting no codes. They did a TSB update but I found out it was not even for my year vehicle.
Today the transmission seems to be clunking into several gears. Around 35 to 40 and then at 55 it really doesn't want to shift. Tachs up to 3,000 before it will shift. I'm thinking now that this issue with my hill is the beginning of the transmission messing up.
Does anyone know if it hurts the vehicle if a update for a 2006 commander is applied to a 2007 model Commander? Would that affect the transmission. It was TSB 18-049-07 or 18-014-09. One of them superceded the other, can't remember which one.
Going back to the dealership on Wednesday of this week to continue the fight. Why are their favorite words "We can't replicate the problem".
Chrysler told them to find a hill similar to mine and test drive it with me.
Any thoughts?
Also, the issue I posted about with the droplets from the AC actually being hot enough that they were sizzling. Any thoughts as to what that could be? Maybe transmission getting too hot when I was thinking catalytic converter getting too hot?
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