general problems of the 2007 Jeep Commander

Car in motion. Incident happened at marker 173 northport FL fumes were detected while driving as I looked over there appeared to be smoke on the floor of the front passenger side. I noticed the passenger seat was warm in one spot so I moved my purse. My purse was completely melted as I picked it up smoke came billowing out from the seat. I was inhaling some sort of terrible smelling smoke. I opened windows so I could breathe. The smoke was getting thicker. Could not see from windows to get over to right side of road. Also as driving the odometer and speedometer needles were going back and forth but I was driving normally. I pulled over shut car off. Car seat continued to burn and smoke. Called 911 and fire department had to cut battery terminal and spray car to put fire out. Huge hole in seat where fire was. Seat warmers were not on. There were no passengers just myself. It is unknown as to what caused this to happen.

3rd row seating, when you fold down seats the seat belt does not fold down with the seats and gets jammed, the seats get freyed and torn. The seat belts do not work.

After coming home from work around 8:30 pm, I was awakened 3 hours later to the lights of a fire engine and the sound of my vehicle's alarm because of a fire in my front seat . The fire department's report stated that there was indeed a malfunction of the heated seats. I contacted my insurance company, and they determined it a total loss. I contacted the manufacturer's claims group, and upon their investigation, stated that is was not their fault or mine and it was nothing they are responsible for.

Fabric is defective. Seats stain by just plain water. Looks disgusting and manufacturer wont do anything about it. They say I have to bring in and have it shampooed. I've done that and it doesn't fix the problem. They say since there are no recalls they can't replace fabric until there is a recall issued by NHTSA. I thought my car was under warranty. There are tons of complaints by other Jeep owners with the same problem. We are all being told there is no problem.

I purchased a 2007 Jeep Commander in October of 2006. At about 2,000 miles, I experienced an electrical failure that caused many gauges to come on or go off. I did lose my headlights & the transmission downshifted. I pulled over, powered off the vehicle & restarted. The vehicle has done this same or similar problem 4 times now. I've filed the lemon law in indiana, but it was denied. The last time I experienced the electrical fault, my seat starting moving forward for a few seconds while I was driving the car. The vehicle has registered fault codes every time that I saved. Each time, the dealer can not duplicate & performs computer flash updates in hopes of correcting problem. In my opinion, the vehicle is dangerous to operate.