2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKS AFTER 30,000 MILES HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IT 2 TIMES NOW AND JEEP ONLY HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT.. *TR

ON THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS.THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE HOSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,300.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF IN ROUGHLY 1-3 MIN. INTERVALS. BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE AND IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I READ MANY JEEP FORUMS AND HAVE FOUND THAT THE CLOCKSPRING IS FAILING ON MANY MANY JEEPS AND COULD CAUSE PREMATURE DETONATION OF AIRBAG CAUSE FATAL ACCIDENTS OR NOT DETONATING WHEN REALLY NEEDED. I WAS ASTONISHED THAT JEEP WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS. I WILL END UP SPENDING $200-$350 MYSELF JUST TO FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY JEEP. IF IT BECOMES A RECALL, I WILL BE SEEKING MY MONEY BACK. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM STARTING THE CAR. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, YOU TURN THE KEY AND YOU JUST HEAR A DULL CLICK. THE ENGINE DOES NOT CRANK. AFTER 2 OR 3 TRIES, IT WILL START. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIME IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THE STARTER RELAY SWITCH HAS BEEN CHANGED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. A NEW STARTER WAS PUT IN BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. SO FAR $350 HAS BEEN SPENT BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN RESOLVED. *TR

DRIVER AIRBAG LAMP TURNS ON-OFF. LOSES CRUISE CONTROL SPEED WHEN SET. AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS OFF ON RIGHT TURN AND TURNS ON WITH CHIME WHEN STRAIGHT. CONFIRMED BY CHRYSLER DEALER AS CLOCK SPRING FAULT. DRIVER SQUIB #2 OPEN CORRODED. DEALER STATES NO RECALL OR WARRANTY FOR REPAIR. DEALER REPAIR COST QUOTE $480.21. DEALER STATES WHEN AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AIRBAG WILL NOT OPERATOR. BELIEVE DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING CONTROLLING SAFETY DEVICE AIRBAG IS SAME CONCERN AS THE SEATBELTS ON MY JEEP WHICH WOULD NOT RELEASE FOR USE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE SEATBELT. SO WHY WILL DEALER NOT REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY THE CLOCKSPRING? I WILL CALL CHRYSLER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR APPROVAL. *TR

HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND THE FRONT END STARTING SHAKING VERY BADLY. HAD TO COME TO A STOP FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. THE FAMOUS JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY ACTED LIKE THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE. AFTER SEEING THESE COMPLAINTS I REALIZE ITS A COMMON PROBLEM AND JEEP SHOULD OF FIXED IT. IT COST ME $400.00 TO FIX IT. ALSO SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FUNNY. THEY KEEP TELLING ME THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS AND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE CONTACT STARTED LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, IN WHICH THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS UNDER THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,975 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,998.

AFTER 3 YR, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER 3 DAYS THE CAR STARTED AND NOW INTERMITTENT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHY. *TR

"ON THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS.THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING." *TR