Jeep Jeep Commander

[Stephen]

I've been seeing a few Jeep Commander's running around of late with mild lifts on them and they look pretty darn good. I know nothing about them other than they were here, and then they disappeared after just one generation. Anyone know anything about them? Good, bad, ugly. Just curious more than anything.

 

[The_Lobbster]

Friend of mine's friend has one, wheeled with him down in Moab. We took him through Fins and Things, and Hell's Revenge, and it did pretty awesome, he liked the ride and didn't break anything. Not sure what lift he has, but I believe it has 31's. If I recall correctly too they have some sort of LSD in the rear. He just daily's it around now as far as I know. Kinda reminds me of a bigger Cherokee XJ. Sorry my picture isn't the best, it's the only one I had from Moab, and I tried to turn up the brightness because it turned out kinda dark when I took it.

 

[Jay5.9L]

Friend has one with the weak V6, no low range, and a mild lift with ~31/32” tires. Not a bad rig and it did the white rim trail easily. Does suffer from Jeep questionable quality for that generation. I’d suggest the hemi and of course a low range

 

[Skylinerider]

I loved my 06 Commander. Like was mentioned, go for the hemi and low range and they are a great rig.

 

[Stephen]

I loved my 06 Commander. Like was mentioned, go for the hemi and low range and they are a great rig.

Did you have a lift or anything on yours, Curt?

 

[Skylinerider]

I had the Teraflex 2" budget boost on there for a couple months before I traded it in for my JKUR. It's just a spacer so it didn't really effect the ride at all.

 

[bryson]

Realistically, the Commanders are just Grand Cherokees with different bodies, so they should share similar strengths and weaknesses. For the right price, I think they could be a cool rig. I had one for a week or so (rental) several years ago, and it was comfy and seemed competent on the road in adverse winter weather. Expect typical Chrysler quality.

Really though @Stephen we all know you want one simply because it looks like what the Trooper would look like if it were still produced...

 

[Stephen]

Really though @Stephen we all know you want one simply because it looks like what the Trooper would look like if it were still produced...

You're not wrong.

 

[Houndoc]

I came close to buying one when I ended up with my Xterra instead.
Liked the idea of a more luxary rig (full leather etc) that with mild lift was going to be able to run 32s and I think the package I looked at had rear locker.
Went the direction I did for the better reliability of the Nissan, but for ride etc liked the Commander better.

 

[glockman]

I had an 07 mid grade model. Had the V6. I put the TF 2 or 3" boost on it and 255/75/17 JKU tires on it. It got low teens MPG as in 12-13 and was a gutless puke. Never took it off road much. The totally flat windshield was broken 2x by my dog in the front seat jumping at the window. She is a 40lb Australian Shepard, seemed like a design flaw to me.
It did ride well on the dirt roads I took it on and I thought it looked pretty cool.

 

[gertsch]

The programming for the Tcase had several recalls on them. Even after the 2 recalls it seemed to be hit or miss on whether it worked correctly after that.

 

[Gravy]

I had an 07 mid grade model. Had the V6. I put the TF 2 or 3" boost on it and 255/75/17 JKU tires on it. It got low teens MPG as in 12-13 and was a gutless puke. Never took it off road much. The totally flat windshield was broken 2x by my dog in the front seat jumping at the window. She is a 40lb Australian Shepard, seemed like a design flaw to me.
It did ride well on the dirt roads I took it on and I thought it looked pretty cool.

Sounds like the Australian Shepherd had a design flaw that made it bang its' dome into the windshield? :Haha:

 

[DAA]

Not all my dogs have been perfect with sit, stay, heel type stuff. But they all learned "hold on" real good .

- DAA