2007 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

THE 3.8 ENGINE USED IN THE JEEP WRANGLER LINE USES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. IT CAN USE UP TO 1 QUART EVERY 700-800 MILES. CHRYSLER HAS SAID ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THIS IS "NORMAL". THERE IS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS BOARDS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AS IT SEEMS TO AFFECT ALMOST ALL WRANGLERS. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SPENDING 35,000+ ON A VEHICLE THEY SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 70K MILES. *TR

I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT PREVIOUSLY REGARDING THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE OR TIPM AND HAVE BEEN WAITING ALMOST TWO MONTHS FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO GET ONE IN. I HAVE HEARD AND READ FURTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS MATTER AND I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON THE NHTSA FOR NOT CONDUCTING THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY. THEY FILED AN INVESTIGATION AND REOPENED THE INVESTIGATION ONLY TO RECALL THE VEHICLES FOR A TIPM REPROGRAM. WELL NOW ALL THOSE VEHICLES REPROGRAMMED ARE FACING A TIPM EQUIPMENT FAILURE AND THERE ARE NO MODULES IN PRODUCTION [ACCORDING TO JEEP DEALERSHIP] LAMPE DODGE AND JEEP VISALIA, CA. SO NHTSA REOPEN YOUR FAILED INVESTIGATION AND COMPLETE THE WORK BECAUSE JEEP DEALERS ARE CHARGING $ 700-1200 TO REPLACE THE TIPM MODULES. THIS IS RIDICULOUS HOW YOU HAVE ALLOWED THE JEEP MANUFACTURE TO CORRECT THIS ERROR. IN NOVEMBER, 2013 A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST CHRYSLER ACCUSING THEM OF EQUIPPING THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES WITH FAULTY TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULES (TIPM). YOU OWN OR LEASE A JEEP/DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLE AND ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH YOUR VEHICLE'S TIPM, OR IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CLASS ACTION AGAINST CHRYSLER, PLEASE CONTACT GIRARD GIBBS LLP AT 866-981-4800 OR BY EMAIL AT TIPM@[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN TRACED TO THE SOLID STATE RELAY ON THE TIPM PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD. THE LOW BEAM USUALLY OPERATES AFTER HAVING THE SELECTOR SET TO HIGH BEAM FOR 20-30 MINUTES. THE ONLY REMEDY IS REPLACING THE TIPM AT SUBSTANTIAL COST FOR A RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND VERY IMPORTANT, SAFETY RELATED VEHICLE FUNCTION. REPLACEMENT TIPM UNITS ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE, AND THERE IS NO TEMPORARY REPAIR POSSIBLE. THIS FAILURE EFFECTIVELY PRECLUDES LEGAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE COSTLY REPAIR CAN BE COMPLETED. *TR

FOR THE PAST TWO TIMES FILLING UP GAS IN MY WRANGLER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT FUEL OVERFLOW RIGHT AS THE AUTOMATIC RELEASE SOUNDS. I LOOKED IT UP TODAY AND SAW THAT THIS IS A COMMON MISHAP, THAT VARIES IN SEVERITY FROM JEEP TO JEEP, AND THAT SOMETIMES CHRYSLER WILL DENY THIS AS A PROBLEM, BLAME THE DRIVER FOR OVERFILLING, BLAME THE GAS PUMP WHICH DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. *TR

MY JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X HAS STALLED 3 TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE VEHICLE'S POWER GOES OUT FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE NO MORE THAN 2 SECONDS. THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS JEEP, BUT MOST HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE LIFETIME DRIVE-TRAIN WARRANTY. RE: QUESTION #2 I CAN NOT GIVE ANY DATES, SO I PUT TODAY'S DATE. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THE AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEM 3X'S AS IT IS AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. *TR

I WAS FUELING THE JEEP AND WENT BACK TO SIT IN JEEP, AND WHEN TANK WAS FULL, IT SPIT OUT GAS ALL OVER JEEP AND GROUND. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED SINCE I OWNED THE JEEP FOR A MONTH. *TR

MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER X IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PUTTING GAS IN THE TANK. IT CONSTANTLY OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS GAS ALL OVER THE SIDE. I'VE ALSO SEEN INCIDENTS WHERE GAS HAS BOUNCED OUT OF THE TANK NEAR THE NECK OF THE FUEL DOOR. *TR

ON FEBRUARY 26, 2015, DUE TO UNKNOWN EXHAUST NOISE, MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER WAS EVALUATED BY JIM AT DAVES AUTOMOTIVE IN VISALIA, CA. DURING THIS EVAL. JIM REPORTED BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS (STOCK) WERE CRACKED AND EMITTING EXHAUST. ADDITIONALLY JIM REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLDS THAT BOTH WERE MISSING BOLTS WHICH WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR LOCATION DUE TO THE FAULTY MANIFOLDS. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP LAMPE DODGE JEEP IN VISALIA, CA THEY INFORMED ME THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON AND THE REASON THEY KEPT THE MANIFOLDS IN STOCK. ADDITIONALLY, IN JANUARY WE HAD THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN REPAIRED AT LAMPE AND REQUESTED THEY EVALUATE THE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM WHICH ONLY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THEY REPORTED THEY KEEP THE TIPM MODULE IN STOCK TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM WHICH WAS COMMON IN THE JEEP WRANGLERS AND OTHER MODELS.

THE DOORS WILL NO LONGER LOCK OR UNLOCK, AT TIMES THE LOCKING OF THE DOORS IS INTERMITTENT. WE RECENTLY HAD THE CLOCK SPRING REPAIRED AT LAMPE DODGE AND THEN THE LOCKS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIPM MODULE. I AM RESEARCHING THIS OUT MYSELF DUE TO THE DEALERSHIP REPORTING THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT JEEP IS IGNORING. ADDITIONALLY I WILL BE FILING A REPORT ON THE 2007 WRANGLER EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE SAME REPAIR SHOP WAS LOOKING INTO THE EXHAUST NOISE COMING FROM THIS VEHICLE AND INFORMED ME OF TWO CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. ADDITIONALLY EXHAUST MANIFOLD 1 WAS MISSING 3 BOLTS AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD 2 WAS MISSING 2 BOLTS. AT THIS TIME THE MECHANIC BELIEVED THE BOLTS HAD BEEN FORCED OUT OF THEIR LOCATION BY FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLDS THAT WARPED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLY VEERED LEFT TO RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION, THE BRACKET DAMPER, THE STEERING DAMPER, THE NUT HEX FLANK, THE BOLT HEX FLANK, THE BAR FRONT, THE STEERING ADJUSTER, AND THE TIE ROD DRAGS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,142.