NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Jeep Commander Recalls
The 2006 Jeep Commander has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Jeep Commander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 1,635
- Crashes reported
- 70
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Jeep Commander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2006 Jeep Commander
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 14V438000
- Reported
- July 21, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 649,353
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Commander, 1 other model
Power train: transfer case (4-wheel drive)
- Campaign
- 13V175000
- Reported
- May 7, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 295,345
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2010 Commander, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 08V203000
- Reported
- May 6, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24,461
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Jeep Commander
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 07V434000
- Reported
- September 14, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,550
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Commander, 3 other models
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 06V037000
- Reported
- February 9, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24,058
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Jeep Commander
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Commander, 2 other models
2006 Jeep Commander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,635 owner complaints about the 2006 Jeep Commander, the newest on April 25, 2026. Of these, 70 describe a crash (4%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 51 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Jeep Commander, the component group named most often is the electrical system (42%), followed by the power train (18%) and the engine and engine cooling (15%).
1 of the 2006 Jeep Commander's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2006 Jeep Commander owners gave the mileage (1,251 complaints), the median was 74,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System687
- Power Train295
- Engine And Engine Cooling247
- Engine203
- Structure189
- Unknown Or Other87
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 51 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 186 | |
| 2008 | 73 | |
| 2009 | 44 | |
| 2010 | 62 | |
| 2011 | 124 | |
| 2012 | 119 | |
| 2013 | 135 | |
| 2014 | 221 | |
| 2015 | 353 | |
| 2016 | 90 | |
| 2017 | 37 | |
| 2018 | 49 | |
| 2019 | 34 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Jeep Commander peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 353. 22% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 1,635 complaints about the 2006 Jeep Commander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Commander by model year
Other 2006 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: April 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted