1999 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

THE VEHICLE'S INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRING GROUND ATTACHMENT SCREWS BECAME LOOSE. *JB

FIRST HEARD A PROBLEM WITH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM JUST PRIOR TO THE EASTER HOLIDAY 2002 AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INVESTIGATED AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I WAS TOLD THE WAS A CRACK IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONE DAY OUT OF WARRANTY (DUE TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND). AFTER CONSIDERABLE DEBATE, THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR A $150.00 DEDUCTIBLE. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE EXACT SAME ISSUE HAS ARISEN AND THE FACTORY REPAIR IS ONLY WARRANTED FOR 12 MONTHS/12,000 MILES. AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF 4 EMAILS WITH DAIMLER/CHRYSLER THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND I AM LIABLE FOR THE FULL REPAIR COST. *LA

MANY JEEP WRANGLERS BUILT BEFORE 2001 HAVE A DEFECTIVE MANIFOLD THAT CRACKS, CAUSING EXHAUST PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE REASON JEEP COMPLETELY REDESIGNED THE MANIFOLD IN THE NEWER MODELS. THEY HAVE YET TO SEND OUT A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE LOUD NOISE RESULTING FROM THE CRACKED MANIFOLD, MY CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 37,000 MILES ON IT. NOT HIGH MILEAGE BY ANY MEANS. THE MAIN CONCERN I HAVE WITH THIS PROBLEM IS THE HEALTH HAZARD IT POSES TO THE DRIVER. THE SECTION OF THE WRANGLER WHERE THE CRACKED MANIFOLD IS LOCATED IS UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE CAR, WHERE EXHAUST FUMES LEAKING FROM IT SEEP UP INTO THE CABIN VERY EASILY, ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPED AT LIGHTS OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURERS OF JEEP ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT DON'T CARE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NLM

SMALL CRACK DEVELOPED IN EXHUST MANIFOLD, CAUSING TICKING NOISE AND LOWERED FUEL ECONOMY.*AK

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEADERS HAVE CRACKED IN TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS. THE FIRST CRACK IS LOCATED AT A BEND IN THE HEADER AND THE SECOND CRACK IS NEAR THE WELD AT THE FLANGE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE EXHAUST PIPE. THIS LOCATION HAS CRACKED COMPLETELY AROUND THE PIPE, MOSTLY AT THE WELD BUT UPWARDS 1/2" INTO THE MANIFOLD ITSELF.*AK

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MISFIRE AND STALL. AN INDEPENDENT SHOP STATED THAT THE MANIFOLD CRACKED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *NLM *JB *NLM

THE VEHICLES FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED AND AS A RESULT IT DID NOT PROVIDE AN ACTUAL FUEL READING. THIS PROBLEM WAS PREVENTING THE DRIVER FROM KNOWING THE CORRECT FUEL READING. CONSUMER HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IS, BUT AT AROUND 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO LOSE CONTROL AND THEN GAINS IT AGAIN AS IT SPEEDS UP. POSSIBLY SOME SORT OF RESONANCE FOUND AT THAT SPEED, BUT IT HAS BEGUN TO BE A SEVERE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IF I HIT THAT SPEED ON THE WRONG SECTION, THE CAR BEINGS TO PRACTICALLY BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. THIS DOESN'T SEEM SAFE OR RIGHT TO ME.*JB

EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. POOR DESIGN DUE TO THE INABILITY TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT DUE TO THERMAL EXPANSION (IN AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD!!!). EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING CABIN WHILE DRIVING.*JB

I HAVE A 1999 JEEP WRANGLER. THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MINE BUT AFTER SOME DISCUSSION WITH OTHERS I FOUND THIS IS COMMON. DID NOT HAVE IT FIXED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE AT FIRST IT WAS NOT BAD. I ONLY DISCOVERED IT AFTER IT BECAME VERY LOUD. HOT EXHAUST BLOWS ON OTHER ENGINE COMPONENTS