Ignition Module problems of the 2006 Jeep Cherokee

I was driving east on the pennsylvania turnpike from pittsburgh, PA to york, PA with my wife and 1 year old daughter on the Friday of memorial day weekend. I was driving between 70-75 mph in the left hand lane when I noticed I had lost acceleration, power steering, and all of my interior lights had turned off. The entire vehilce had shut off. This easily could have caused a horrific accident as there was a ton of traffic behind me and on the road. Fortunately, I was going down a hill and I was able to maintain speed for enough time to safely drift my car into the right lane and eventually over to the side of the road. Once pulled over, I had difficulty shifting my vehicle into park and turning off the ignition. After a few minutes of attempting to shut it off, I was able to get the key out of the ignition. I waitied about 5 or so minutes and was able to start the vehicle without a problem. I stayed in the right hand lane the rest of the trip and eventually made it to my destination safely. When I got home, I took the vehicle to three rivers Chrysler Jeep and Dodge in pittsburgh, PA. . I was told I needed to replace the ignition switch and the "wire control module". With all of the recalls in the news regarding Chrysler and gm ignition switches, I would not be surprised if this was a defect in Jeep as well. The experience I had was very frightening and I hope others do not have the same problems.

Ignition switch malfunctioning causing transmission to function improperly. Sometimes cannot start vehicle without 'jiggling' the ignition and shifter. Dealer kept vehicle for 23 days (8/31/07-9/22/07) replaced ignition module.