2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, FLAMES COULD BE SEEN UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. ..UPDATED 07/21/17 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED A REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSUMED THE GAS LINE RUPTURED. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT IN POSSESSION OF THE REPORT. UPDATED 08/09/2017*JS

UNDERSTAND FROM THE JEEP WEB APP, FIAT CHRYSLER HAS PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG RECALL S43. BUT, I CANNOT GET A DEALER SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL SINCE FIAT CHRYSLER IS LIMITING DEALERS FROM ORDERING THE AVAILABLE PARTS. I MUST WAIT UNTIL THE DEALER USES THEIR INVENTORY BUT A NEW SHIPMENT CAN BE RECEIVED. AT THIS TIME ALL ARE MARKED FOR VEHICLES. SEEMS FIAT CHRYSLER DOE NOT THINK SAFETY IS A CONCERN AND MAY BE EVEN FIGHTING THE NHTSA ORDERED RECALL. IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE. GOTTEN ANSWERS FROM PARTS ARE STILL BEING MANUFACTORED TO IN THE WAREHOUSE WHAT A SHAME THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY IS HELD IN SUCH A LOW REGUARD.

VEHICLE STATIONARY AND IN MOTION A SINGLE DING WILL GO OFF EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES, MORE OFTEN AT SLOWER SPEEDS. NO DASH LIGHT ON NO INDICATION AS TO WHY IT IS DINGING. ALSO PARKED ON HILL WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BEGIN GOING INTO MOTION THE VEHICLE SHAKES AT AN UNSETTLING FEELING UNTIL I GET TO FLAT GROUND AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE.

TAKATARECALL ON 10/24/2014 I TOOK MY JEEP WRANGLER TO LANDMARK DODGE TO BE WORKED ON DO TO MY JEEP AIR BAG DASH LIGHT HAVE BEEN ON FOR TWO WEEKS. I WAS TOLD THAT MY AIR BAG STEERING RACK AND PINIONS SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE THE COST WOULD BE $905.57 CASH I PAID.

WHILE DRIVING APPROX 60 MPH I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD...CAR STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY..STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING ..HAD TO SLOW IMMEDIATELY...WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON HIGHWAY...LUCKILY THE PERSON BEHIND ME WASN'T TOO CLOSE AND ABLE TO SLOW TO A STOP...THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND JEEP IS CLAIMING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG...MY CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW AND IS TOTALLY STOCK...I READ THAT ITS DESCRIBED AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". IS JEEP WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM?

DEATH WOBBLE********************************* (MAIN CONCERN) I HAVE ALMOST DIED A 1000XS DUE TO THIS DEATH WOBBLE. I WENT THROUGH HELL WITH THE PREVIOUS DEALER DEALERSHIP . IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS BRINGING THE JEEP IN TO GARAGES AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. I HAD TO DELIVER A PART 77 MILES TO AND BACK AND HAD TO STOP OVER A MILLION TIMES WITH MYHEART POUNDING. I AM SICK OF WORRYING ABOUT DYING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SERIOUS ISSUE GOD FORBID PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONTHE FREEWAY AND LOCAL ROADS. VERY CLOSE DEADLY SITUATIONS. I AM TIRED OF NOONE BELIEVING THIS! THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH JEEP AND NOONE HEARS IT! HOW ARE THEY NOT LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE ???THIS IS THE WORST-FEELING IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MANY GARAGES AND NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING IS WRONG. THERE IS SERIOUS ISSUES AND I AM GOING TO DIE! PLEASE HELP! PLEASE! THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THIS OVERHEATING AND ELECTRICAL...RADIO HASN'T WORKED IN MONTHS ONCE IN A WHILE IT COMES ON INTERMEDIATELY...SEATBELT LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS HAS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM FROM MANY GARAGES AND THEY ALSO CAN NOT FIND WHERE OR WHY....THIS IS THE WORST VEHICLE! THE DEATH WOBBLE IS THE MAIN CONCERN BECAUSE IT WILL KILL ME AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS HAVING THIS ISSUE. ITS JUST HORRIBLE. THIS VEHICLE TOOK ME OVER A YEAR TO GET INSPECTED BECAUSE OF THIS ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER ISSUE!

AFTER MY VEHICLE SITTING OUTSIDE OF MY JOB FOR 8 HOURS RUNNING WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE I THEN COME OUT TO A DEAD JEEP!, I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TIPM WHY WASN'T THIS RECALLED AND WHY IS THE DEALERSHIP MAKING ME RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING I HAD MY JEEP 1 MONTH! SAD TO SAY JEEP IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS THAT MY VEHICLE CAN STAY ON AND CUT OFF WHEN EVER IT WANTS TOO!

CAR AT RANDOM WILL NOT START, LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK OR RADIO WILL STOP WORKING ... CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON WITHOUT ANY ENGINE ISSUES ... TO PUMP FUEL IT TAKES 20 MINUTES TO FILL IT UP YOU CAN'T WALK AWAY OR IT WILL OVER FLOW ... JEEP LEFT ME SIT THE OTHER DAY AND NO GARAGE CAN TELL ME WHATS WRONG WITH IT... ITS NOT THE STARTER ...

THE FIRST OF MANY TIMES HAPPENED ONE MORNING AS I WAS GETTING INTO VEHICLE. THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS . THE WIPERS SPRAYED ALL THE FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR. I COULD NOT TURN THESE OFF. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK FOR SOME TIME AND THE HORN NO LONGER WORKED. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY HORN AND REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING, HORN AND A FUSE. A FEW WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING, THE HORN, WIPERS AND LIGHTS ALL CAME ON AND I COULD NOT TURN THESE OFF! EVEN AFTER REMOVING THE KEY, THE ENGINE AND ALL THE ABOVE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF! ONCE AGAIN, I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO SHUT THESE COMPONENTS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE! THE DEALERSHIP IS NOW SAYING THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE TIPM. BUT, IN THE MEANTIME, IS THIS VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE? TODAY, I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD DOCUMENT THIS. NOT GOOD ENOUGH! IN THE MEANTIME.......I AM SOMEWHAT FEARFUL OF DRIVING MY JEEP FOR THE SIMPLE REASON OF THE UNKNOWN. NOT TO MENTION THE EMBARRASSMENT THAT THIS BRINGS WHEN STOPPED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND MY HORN AND WIPERS START BLARING UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS MUST BE STOPPED AND CHRYSLER SHOULD DECLARE A RECALL! PLEASE HELP MY JEEP IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND I'M VERY SCARED OF DRIVING IT AS I'M SCARED OF THE UNKNOWN THAT'D IT STALL OR POSSIBLY GO CRAZY ON ME AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ROUGHLY ABOUT 18 TIMES IN THE SPAN OF 2 MONTHS

GOT INTO THE JEEP, STARTED AND PLACED INTO REVERSE, SUDDENLY, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND RANDOMLY THE HORN STARTS GOING OFF, WIPER FLUID SHOOTING OUT AND THE WIPERS GOING LIKE CRAZY, AIR CONDITIONER NOT WORKING AND RADIO BLASTING AND GOING QUIET. . NOTHING YOU CAN DO WILL MAKE IT STOP, THIS WILL BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSSUE IF IT HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS MAKES IT A PROBLEM TO BE DRIVING THIS CAR, AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE WIPERS AND HORN WILL START GOING CRAZY. I HAVE READ MANY POSTS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN BOTH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL??? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE JEEP CONCEDE THIS IS A PROBLEM?