2010 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS. THE CONTACT OBSERVED GRASS AND MUD UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

ENGINE STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AT 54,200 MILES. NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR OIL PRESSURE INDICATORS. BROUGHT IN TO HAVE CHECKED & FOUND TO HAVE NO ENGINE OIL, LOW ENGINE COOLANT. THERE WAS ENOUGH DAMAGE DONE TO THE ENGINE THAT I'M HAVING TO HAVE AN ENTIRE NEW ENGINE INSTALLED AS IT WAS MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN REPLACING THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS. THE DEALERSHIP RECEIVED A NEW ENGINE & INSTALLED. THIS ONE WAS DEFFECTIVE & HAD TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER ONE TO BE RECEIVED & INSTALLED. THANKS,

PURCHASED CAR IN SEPT 2010, HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT HEAT AND DEFROST PROBLEMS SINCE THE GET GO. NO HEAT, HEAT ON ONE SIDE, LUKE WARM HEAT, NO DEFROSTER. BEEN TO THE DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM TO CHRYSLER CORP AS THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING CASTING SAND CLOGGING THE HVAC SYSTEM. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO RECALL THESES VEHICLES AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AT START AND WHEN THE ENGINE IS FULLY WARMED UP, NO DISCERNIBLE CHANGE IN CABIN TEMP.

TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A YEARLY INSPECTION AND GARAGE TOLD ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINES RUBBING ON THE TIRES WHEN THE WHEELS WERE TURNED ALL THE WAY. MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE WEAR AND ASKED IF I PUT ANY AFTER MARKET PARTS ON THE VIHICLE. I CONFIRMED EVERYTHING WAS STOCK. TOLD ME THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BEING THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WHERE THE BRAKE LINES WERE ROUTED TOO CLOSE TO THE TIRES AND ALMOST WORE THROUGH THE BRAKE LINES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE LINES REROUTED AND NO RECALLS WERE ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL JEEP FORUMS. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH PROBLEMS.

THE CASTING SAND FROM THE MOTOR HAS CLOGGED UP THE HEATER COIL. THE JEEP DEALER IN AUGUSTA, GA SAID I NEED TO SPEND OVER $3000 TO HAVE THE RADIATOR, HEATER COIL AND OTHER ITEMS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS HOT BUT THE DRIVERS SIDE BLOWS ICE COLD.

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK IT REGULARLY OVERFLOWS IF I DON'T MANUALLY STOP THE PUMP PRIOR TO THE AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF OCCURRING WHEN IT DETECTS A FULL TANK. THIS HAPPENED AT MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS OF MULTIPLE BRANDS SO IT'S NOT ISOLATED TO ONE STATION OR PUMP TYPE. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE FUEL SPILLS ALL OVER MY CAR AS WELL AS THE GROUND AT THE PUMP.

EVERY TIME I FILL THE GAS TANK IT OVERFLOWS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE.

FUEL TANK LEAK OUT OF EVAP LINE CONNECTION. PART IS PLASTIC AND NON-REPLACEABLE, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE FUEL TANK. APPEARS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM AS FUEL TANK IS ON SIGNIFICANT BACKORDER (I CAN AFFORD TO REPLACE TANK AT COST OF $1000.00 FOR A $1.00 PART FAILURE). WHILE FUEL TANK IS ON BACK ORDER, THE TANK CONTINUES TO LEAK FROM BROKEN, IRREPLACEABLE PLASTIC PART.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, MY HEATER STOPPED BLOWING HOT AIR ON THE DRIVER SIDE VENT AND THEN 20 MINUTES LATER MY HEATER CORE EXPLODED COOLANT ALL THROUGH MY PASSENGER FOOTWELL, AND STEAMED THE ENTIRE INTERIOR OF MY JEEP. LEAVING THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED OVER AND ME DANGEROUSLY PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON REOCCURRING MANUFACTURES DEFECT.

HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. TIPM. TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. A QUICK SEARCH AND IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET OF BEING A SAFETY ISSUE. $1000 REPAIR.