The interior door handles of my vehicle have all developed hairline fractures and then they end up shattering upon normal use. All 4 of my interior door handles are now completely broken and the driver door takes time and care to open it from the inside. I am afraid that if there is an auto accident I am involved in, I will not be able to get out of my vehicle or get my three very young children out either.

- Black Diamond, WA, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that the all four interior door handles fractured while the contact or a passenger was trying to exit the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised that all door panels needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage 52,000.

- Houston , TX, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that the interior door handles failed while trying to exit the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 96,000.

- Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Apparently there is/was a defect in either the design or production of the door handle assembly in the 2006 Jeep Commanders. The plastic housing which contains the door opening mechanism becomes too brittle and cracks rendering the opening mechanism inoperable. On my Commander all but one door is affected. At the moment, only two out of the four doors work, the front-side passenger and the driver-side rear. If this vehicle was in an accident in which there was a need to exit quickly (fire or water), the lives of my family would be in extreme jeopardy. I posted a video on youtube, and have heard from many other with the same issue. Chrysler Jeep produced approximately 80,000 of these vehicles in 2006. I truly believe there are thousands of there Jeep Commanders on the road with this same issue. In fact the condition is so prevalent; one company is producing an after-market repair kit. Please see my video at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?V=ffq0oki7zjy.

- Orlando, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that all four interior door handles failed and trapped the passengers. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis where the contact was informed that all four door panels needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 70,300.

- Holly Hill, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that the interior plastic door handles for the front driver, front passenger and rear driver's side doors handles became fractured. As a result, sharp plastic shards were exposed. The doors had to be opened using only the exterior door handles. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 71,000. Updated 08/15/13 the consumer was informed it would cost $2,000 to replace the door handles. Updated 08/20/13

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

My 2006 Jeep Commander along with many other owners are experiencing cracking of the interior door panel which houses the interior door handles. This results in the interior door handle breaking off, making it impossible to leave the vehicle from the inside. This is a safety concern and Jeep is totally not doing the right thing. Their solution is to replace the entire door panel at a cost of around $750 per door. The plastic used around the door handle is very thin and obviously a poor design. This should be recalled before someone gets killed.

- Brooklyn, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that the interior door handles were dry rotting. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised that all four door panels would need replacing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.

- Sara Land, AL, USA

Jeep Commanders share a faulty interior door handle assembly problem. The shape of the handle may be different in each model, however the problem is with the incorrect resin mix which results in a brittle and crumbling material causing failure just the same. This is obviously a manufacturer"S defect, however it?S a fault that is not covered under Jeep?S warranty. There"S no recall or service bulletin. Until recently, the only fix was replacing the entire door panels. Chrysler designed the interior door panels on the Jeep Commander in such a way that the entire door panel had to be replaced rather than just the door handle. The interior door handle is plastic welded at certain points from the backside of the door panel.

- Sterling, VA, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that all four of the door handles fractured and detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they advised that the door handles needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 85,000.

- Jupiter, FL, USA

Passenger door handle faulty/weak. Handle broken and cannot open door. All other door handles showing fatigue.

- Revere, MA, USA

Door handles, interior, are cheaper plastic than for child's toy car. Three out of four have shattered during normal use, the fourth is almost completely cracked. Vehicle cannot be opened to exit from inside. Imagine trying to get out in water, or other emergency situation. Have spoken to dealer, and Chrysler takes no responsibility for this defect. Serious and common issue.

- West Palm Beach, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that the front driver and passenger's side door handles failed. In addition, the instrument panel failed and the contact was not able to determine what speed he was traveling or the amount of gasoline fuel in the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised the contact that the instrument cluster needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 57,000.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

The door handle is cheap the plastic piece on three doors has fallen apart. This is a known problem - you are herein notified that failure to mandate a recall will put NHTSA as a liable party to any suit. Door will not open caused by inferior faulty design.

- Cape Coral, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that the driver's side door handle failed. The entire door panel had to be replaced. The rear door handles also failed but was not replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and denied assistance with the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 97,000 and the current mileage was 100,000.

- Lamesa , CA, USA

I own a 2006 Jeep Commander with 78K miles and the driver front and passanger rear doors have shattered behind the handle causing the handle to become usless from the inside. I feel this is a safty issue as no one can exit the vehicle from those door in the event of an emergency. After doing a little research I have found that this problem is not a one time occurance and is happening more and more often. The cost to replace the whole door panel is well over $600 each and that from my understanding is the only fix to this little cheap piece of plastic breaking. Lets hope this is fixed before some one is hurt or killed.

- Leander, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Commander. The contact stated that after exiting the vehicle, the front driver side exterior door handle detached from the door. The contact stated that the remaining exterior door handles became detached on separate occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was repaired but the VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were unknown.

- West Palm Beach, FL, USA

How many specific incident reports does the NHTSA need before they require Chrysler to explain their faulty/defective interior door handles? please review the high number of complaints that point to failure of the 2006 Jeep Commander's interior door handles and begin the process to require a safety recall. This is not a cosmetic issue. This is a safety issue. The plastic housing that holds the interior door handles is brittle, causing the handle to break, which renders the handle inoperable (from the inside). Occupants report having to roll down their window to unlatch the door from the outside. The shear number of complaints (both in your website and on various Jeep on-line forums) indicates that this is a major issue that can not be attributed to rough handling.

- Niceville, FL, USA

Safety issue concerning inoperable interior door handles on 2006 Jeep Commander. Over the past three months, all four interior door handle casings have broken making doors difficult or impossible to open from inside the vehicle.

- Venice, FL, USA

Interior door panels(both front doors) at door handles the plastic around handles has cracked and fallen out making the door handle sometimes unstable to open the door. Concerned from a safety standpoint that at some point the doors will not be able to be open from the inside and could be trapped inside in case of an emergency and the option of powering down the window is not possible.

- Salisbury, NC, USA