2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. 3.8L, HAS HAD A TIPM ISSUE FOR YEARS,I VE HAD IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE ISSUE, BUT THROUGH RESEARCH I HAVE SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES, HORN BLOWING AND WONT STOP,WASHER AND WIPERS COME ON AND WONT STOP UNTIL BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED,DOOR LOCK WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO,A/C BLOWER WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO..ALL OF WHICH RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY AND THEN RE-CONNECTING, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY...BUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT I WORRY ABOUT IT GOING CRAZY...TODAY IT SHUT OFF COMPLETELY ON ME GOING 70MPH ON A BUSY FREEWAY,ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, AGAIN AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY(ON THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY FREEWAY)IT RETURNED TO NORMAL AND I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AGAIN..CHRYSLER KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE, I WILL PAY TO HAVE IT REPLACED MYSELF ($1200)AND HOPE THAT'S THE WHOLE ISSUE,BUT THIS ISSUE IS MUCH LARGER IF YOU WATCH YOU TUBE VIDEOS AND READ THE JEEP FORUMS...THIS WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS OR WORSE.....CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THESE AS THEY HAVE OTHERS.....

CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON AND BEEPING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. TOOK JEEP TO DEALERSHIP, WAS ADVISED CLOCKSPRING (IN STEERING COLUMN) WAS FAULTY WITH SQUIB 1 CIRCUIT OPEN. HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR ALL REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH JEEP HAS A CURRENT RECALL ON THIS ISSUE (S33 CLOCKSPRING) FOR SAME MODEL YEAR AND OTHERS. NO RESOLUTION WHEN SPEAKING WITH JEEP CUSTOMER CARE WHO CLAIMED MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE CURRENT RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY. A RECALL WAS ISSUED BUT NOT FOR THIS VIN.

AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON AND OFF CONSTANTLY AND WHEN THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS AN ISSUE WITH THE CLOCKSPRING AND ORDERED THE PART, IT HAD TO BE SPECIAL ORDERED BECAUSE IT WAS ON SPECIAL BACK ORDER AND I WAS TOLD I WAS 503 ON THE WAITING LIST! IT IS APPARENTLY A SAFETY ISSUE AS I'M TOLD I HAVE TO REPLACE IT OR THE AIRBAG IS NOT WORKING WHEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS OVER $530.

I HAVE A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING. THERE IS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS: S33. NHTSA CAMPAIGN #: 16V290000. THE FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS EFFECTING THE AIRBAGS, STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS. FOR SOME REASON MY VEHICLE IS NOT BEING COVERED BY THE RECALL.

THREE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON: TWO STABILITY AND ONE AIRBAG. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACT STRANGE AND WON'T TURN OFF. THE CLOCKSPRING NEEDS REPLACED.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND OFF AND SOUNDING A CHIME AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. NOW IT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE CLOCKSPRING BUT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO MY VEHICLE WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND AS IT OBVIOUSLY HAS THE PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND MY AIRBAG WON'T WORK IN THIS CONDITION AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

JEEP DEATH WOBBLE - NOTED ON MANY JEEP FORUMS, WRANGLERS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THIS. DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROX. 70 MPH, ACCELERATING SWIFTLY WHEN ENTERING A FREEWAY ON-RAMP, ON SURFACE STREETS WITH POTHOLES AND/OR BUMPY RIDE - THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY AND LOUDLY. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND AS WELL AS THE WHOLE FRONT DASH - LITERALLY FEELS LIKE YOUR VEHICLE WILL BREAK IN HALF. THE ONLY WAY TO STABILIZE IS TO BRING SPEED DOWN TO 20-30 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY HAZARDS ON AT 30 MPH ON THE FREEWAY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

SECOND TIME THE CLOCK SPRING HAS GONE DEFECTIVE. AIRBAG LIGHT ON. DEALERSHIP CHARGING FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. CHECK ALL THE JEEP GROUPS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER.

ON THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS.THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING.