NHTSA complaint: 2006 JEEP COMMANDER — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN ALL THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS CAME ON. I THOUGHT IT HAD STALLED! WHEN I LOOKED DOWN, THE OB DATA SCREEN SAID AWD SYSTEM FAILED. I PUT IT IN PARK TURNED OFF THE KEY AND TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT WOULD NOT. THAT'S WHEN I LOOKED UP AND NOTICED A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR! WITHIN A SECOND IT TURNED TO BLACK SMOKE! I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. I HURRIED UP AND GOT MY SON AND I OUT OF THE JEEP AND BACKED AWAY, AND WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THERE WAS A POP AND THE JEEP ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE. WE CALLED 911. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation