1999 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR BRAKES DON'T WORK PROPERLY. BRAKES DON'T STOP, KEEPS ROLLING CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLYED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL SHUT OFF, THE CONSUMER IS NOT AWARE OF THE SPEED OR HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF RECALL(99V-117). NLM *YD

THE INSURED WENT INTO A RESTUARANT AND WHEN HE CAME BACK OUT, THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. CLAIM NUMBER 35-W531-646. *YH

WHILE DRIVING, THE INSURED WAS INFORMED THAT HIS HEADLIGHTS WERE ON AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE DIMMER SWITCH, AND THE A/C CONTROL HEAD. CLAIM#04-1236-643 *YH

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTIONS, ALL GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CAN NOT BE READ PROPERLY, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER BUT PROBLEM STILL UNRESOLVED, CONSUMER STATES HE HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM BY TAKING OUT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND SPRAYING BATTERY CLEANER ON BACK WHERE CONNECTORS ARE BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL, CONSUMER STATES THE WIRES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CORROSION. *JG

HEN DRIVING ON WET AND SLIPERY SURFACES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. VEHICLE WILL SLIDE, AND FRONT WHEELS WILL LOCK UP WHILE REAR WHEELS WILL BE STILL BE SPINNING IN CIRCLES. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS MAKING A NOISE DUE TO A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN . *AK

VEHICLE HAD TIRES REPLACED AT APPROX. 40,000 MILES, AFTER SEVERAL FRONT END ALIGNMENTS AND TIRE ROTATIONS TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF UNEVEN WEAR. RECOMMENDED NEW TIRES BE COMPUTER BALANCED AND YET ANOTHER FRONT END ALIGNMENT. ON DEC 27, 2001, DRIVING ON RURAL RT 6A (CAPE COD MA) AT 35 MPH, UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL ON TWO CORNERS THEN FRONT RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF @ BALL-JOINT AND REMAINED CONNECTED TO VEHICLE BUT STRAYED UNDER THE CAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL 4 TIMESEND OVER END, COMING TO REST AFTER TAKING DOWN A PHONE POLE. ALL 4 WHEELS CAME OFF DURING ACCIDENT, DRIVER AND 1 PASS. TO HOSPITAL, VEHICLE TOTALED, CONSUMER PAYED FOR PHONE POLE. VEHICLE HAD JUST PASSED STATE SAFETY INSPECTION.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWET TO INSTRUMENT PANEL ON INTERMITTENT BASIS, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, CONSUMER STATED THAT A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK*YD

VEHICLE IN QUESTION WAS FITTED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BRAKE PEDAL WENT BELOW ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IF ONE WAS NOT VERY CAREFUL, THE ACCELERATOR WOULD ALSO BE DEPRESSED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. AFTER THE FACT, I REMEDIED THE SITUATION BY AFFIXING A ONE AND A HALF INCH BLOCK OF ALUMINUM TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. *AK