1998 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE U BOLT THAT CAUSED THE I BEAM TO BREAK. DRIVER RAN INTO A TRUCK. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, WHERE THEY WERE DOING ROAD WORK, FRONT END VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY, EVEN LOST CONTROL AFTER DECELERATION. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

FIRST OFF, MY AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THEN THE GAUGES WOULD SHUT DOWN. I TOOK THE JEEP IN ONCE, THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS AND COULDN'T FIX IT IF THEY DIDN'T SEE IT. NEXT, I WAS DRIVING THE JEEP, HAD STOPPED TO GET GAS, THEN STARTED TO DRIVE AND SUDDENLY, THE JEEP NO LONGER WOULD MOVE. THERE WAS A HORRIBLE SMELL, AND I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AT 9 P.M, 6 HOURS FROM HOME. THE VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE SHOP, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'LL BE THROUGH WITH IT!!

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH STEERING COLUMN MAKING SCRAPING NOISS. VEHICLE BENN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE THEY REPLACED STEERING COLUMN. LESS THEN THREE MONTHS LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE DEALER WOULD REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE PART, AND IF SO, HOW LONG WOULD THEY DO THIS UNTIL WARRANTY RAN OUT. IF SO, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? ! CAN NHTSA HELP WITH THIS MATTER BEFORE THIS OCCUR AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

MY WIFE WAS SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND THE STICK SHIFT SEPARATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN OFF ROAD OR HARD. WHEN WE CALLED JIM MARSH JEEP MY WIFE TOLD THEM THE STICK SHIFT CAME OFF AND THE PERSON SAID "YOU MUST HAVE A WRANGLER". THIS HAS TO BE MORE THAN AN ISOLATED INCEDENT. HAD WE BEEN 4 WHEELING SOME WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BAD ACCIDENT.

CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE WATER LEAKAGE. WATER WILL LEAK INTO THE CAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN IT RAINS AND WHEN YOU WASH IT. ALSO THE AIR CONDITIONING IS LEAKING WATER UNDER THE CARPET ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I'M THINKING IT'S NOT DRAINING PROPERLY. CHRYSLER'S SERVICE DEPT. WANTS NOTHING TO DO TO HELP ME WITH THESE REPAIRS. IT HAS GONE TO THEM 4 TIMES FOR THE WATER LEAK AND IT WILL BE GOING BACK FOR A SECOND TIME FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE ONE DEALER I WENT WAS FIXED BY ANOTHER DEALER. THEY ARE QUICK TO SELL YOU THE NEW CAR BUT WILL NOT GO BY THEIR WARRANTY.

IN DAMP CONDITIONS, THIS CAR IS UNSAFE, WILL LOOSE POWER ON HIGHWAY AFTER RAIN AND EVEN FROM EVENING DAMPNESS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND GOING OVER A BUMP, THE STEERING WHEEL IS VIBRATING AND THERE IS SOME KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FEELS THE DESIGN OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN MECHANISM DOES NOT FIT CORRECTLY CAUSING LOOSE FITTING. AK

WHILE DRIVING ON RT 84 IN NEW YORK STATE STEERING WENT OUT CAUSEING THE JEEP TO BE THROWN ACROSS THREE LANES OF THE INTERSTATE.THE JEEP THEN ROLLED OVER DOWN THE MEDIUM STRIP. DRIVER WAS EJECTED FROM JEEP THE OTHER THREE PASSENGERS REMIANED IN JEEP SUSTIANING BRUISES. AIRGAGS NEVER DEPLOYED WHILE JEEP WAS ROLLING OVER.

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH, HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB HAD BLOWN UP UNDER VEHICLE. HEARD METAL AGAINST METAL RATTLING & THEN A LOUD BANG. VEHICLE STOPPED COMPLETELY ON HIGHWAY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THE DRIVETRAIN HAD EXPLODED. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPAIR DUE TO NOT BEING UNDER WARRANTY. *AK