1998 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE, VEHICLE WILL LOSE CONTROL DUE TO A FAULTY SWAY BAR HOLDER OR THE TIE ROD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

THE CONSUMER STATE THE HIS SON HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION STAYING IN GEAR. THE CONSUMER(S) ARE REQUESTING TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. SCC

GEN3 SEATBELTS IN MY 1998 JEEP WRANGLER DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. EITHER THEY DON'T RETRACT ENOUGH, CAUSING THEM TO BE CAUGHT IN THE DOOR (THUS FRAYING THE BELT), OR THEY RETRACT TOO MUCH AND WON'T RELEASE, PREVENTING ME FROM USING THE BELT. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHICH I HAVE NOTICED FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE.

WIRING HARNESS FOR DASH, BOTH HAZARD-BLINKER-HEADLIGHTS, BURNING PLASTIC SMELL, COULD NOT LOCATE, ENDED WITH SMOKE ROLLING OUT OF STEERING COLUMN WHEN WHEN WE STARTED THE ENGINE, LUCKILY, WE PULLED THE FUSE THAT POWERED IT OUT OF FUSE BOX TO ENABLE US TO RETURN HOME--70 MILES AWAY, WITH NO LIGHTS, BLINKERS, ETC. CALLED DEALER, WANTED $400.00+ TO LOOK AT IT, AND ASKED ABOUT THE ERRATIC DASH ODOMETER ACTIVITY. WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD HAVE DAMAGED THE COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN DASH HAD WE NOT REMOVED THE POWER TO THE HARNESS. MELTED HARNESS NEARLY COMPLETELY. ERRATIC GAUGE OPERATION STILL A PROBLEM, IF YOU HIT A BUMP THEY COME BACK ON. THEY STILL WANT 400+ DOLLARS TO LOOK AT IT AT THE DEALER. THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY PROBLEMS (CONVERTER REPLACED BY DEALER 2 TIMES ALREADY IN 1 AND HALF YEAR, BRAKES DON'T ENGAGE PROPERLY-HAD BRAKE LINES CHECKED REPEATEDLY, ETC). TS

CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE CRACK COULD HAVE RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. REPAIR FACILITY REPORTED THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE IN 1997 AND 1998 JEEP WRANGLERS. MANUFACURER PAID FOR PARTS. DT

PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION STAYING IN GEAR---FINALLY THE JEEP JUST STOPPED---REPLACED TRANSMISSION

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *MR *JB

1998 JEEP WRANGLER. *PH *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**767939

THE MANNIFOLD HAS CRACKED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME, JEEP FIXED IT, STATING THERE WAS A "DESIGN FLAW". NOW, APPROX. TWO YEARS LATER, AND ANOTHER 32,000 MILES(ROUGHLY) THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME, THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT, DUE TO MILEAGE. HOWEVER, I FEEL AS IF THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW, AND THIS HAPPENS EVERY 30,000 MILES OR SO, SOMEONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT. I JUST HAD IT FIXED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND THE COST WAS $600.00. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HIT A METAL POLE TO AVOID A BYSTANDER. CONSUMER STATES NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB