2012 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

JEEP WAS STALLING. HEAD WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. ONE MONTH LATER JEEP STILL RANDOMLY STALLS AT IDLE / STOP LIGHTS. NOW IT IS STARTING TO CUT OUT AT ROAD SPEEDS.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR A WEEK. BY THE TIME I HAD DECIDED TO TAKE MY JEEP IN FOR SERVICE THE LIGHT NO LONGER COMES ON. I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED IT WAS A CLOCKSPRING PROBLEM BUT SINCE THERE IS NO ERROR LIGHT ON NOW, I CANNOT TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIR. HOW DO I KNOW MY AIRBAGS ARE WORKING? MY BLOWER ALSO CUTS OFF OCCASIONALLY AND THEN COMES BACK ON. IT DOES THIS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT NOTED PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY OR MOVING. INSPECTION BY DEALER FOUND THE CLOCKSPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG.

2012 RIGHT HAND DRIVE JEEP EXHIBITING ALL THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN RECALL OF OF OTHER 2012 MODELS WITH AIRBAG CLOCK PROBLEM, BUT VIN NUMBER DOES NOT APPEAR IN RECALLS. AIRBAG LIGHT IS NO LONGER INTERMITTENT BUT RATHER IS NOW ON CONTINUOUSLY.

I JUST LEFT WORK AND HAD TRAVELED LESS THAN A MILE WHEN MY ENGINE SHUT OFF. I WAS ONLY TRAVELING 20MPH AND COASTED INTO THE FIRST OPEN DRIVEWAY I COULD FIND. I OPENED THE HOOD TO A LOT OF SMOKE AND A SMALL FIRE FROM MY WIRING HARNESS. MY 2012 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT IS COMPLETELY STOCK AND ALWAYS MAINTAINED THROUGH MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP. THE OFFICIAL WORD FROM JEEP WAS THAT MY STARTER SHORTED OUT WHICH CAUSED MY WIRING HARNESS TO OVERHEAT AND CATCH FIRE.

THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF TURN SIGNALS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HEADLIGHTS, TAILLIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND ALL CONTROLS ON THE TWO STALKS AND THE STEERING WHEEL. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED AND REALIZED IT WHEN I NOTICED THE LACK OF SOUND AND BLINKING DASH LIGHT ON USING THE TURN SIGNAL. NO FUSES WERE BLOWN.I DO NOT DRIVE IN THE DARK MUCH.I AM HAVING IT REPAIRED TODAY. THE SERVICE WRITER SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER. HOW CAN JEEP TIE SO MANY ESSENTIAL CONTROLS TOGETHER? IF IT HAD OCCURRED AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. PERHAPS IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO SOMEONE.

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN A LOCAL CITY STREET. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING RENDERING THE AIR BAG INOPERABLE. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT NHTSA ALREADY HAS 2 RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM BUT FOR RIGHT HAND DRIVE WRANGLERS ONLY. MY JEEP HAS THE SAME PROBLEM, CONCERNING THE SAME PARTS, FOR THE SAME REASONS THE RIGHT HAND DRIVE AIR BAG FAILURES OCCURRED. JEEP REFUSES TO COVER MY JEEP UNDER THESE RECALLS. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V176000 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V528000

I WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION, WITH "MULTIPLE FRONT END IMPACTS" AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH, WHEN THE VEHICLE JERKED TO THE RIGHT I HYDROPLANED (THIS IS MY BEST GUESS AND VEERED TO THE SHOULDER. THE STREET IS NARROW, WITH ONLY A VERY THIN SHOULDER. THE JEEP THEN WENT OFF THE ROAD, DROVE THROUGH A DEEP RAIN-FILLED DITCH, HIT THE FRONT END OF THAT DITCH, LAUNCHING THE JEEP AIRBORNE. DURING THAT IMPACT, THE FRONT AXLE WAS RIPPED OFF. I THEN LANDED IN ANOTHER DITCH (A CULVERT WITH 2 CEMENT WALLS), WHERE THE JEEP BOUNCED TWICE ON THE CEMENT WALL, CRACKING THE FRAME EACH TIME, THEN LANDED IN THE DITCH, WHERE I KEPT GOING UNTIL I HIT A SMALL CONSTRUCTION POLE. MY JEEP HAD THE ADDITIONAL SIDE AIRBAG PACKAGE. DESPITE THE SEVERITY OF THE CRASH, MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND MY SEAT BELT NEVER TIGHTENED. THIS RESULTED IN ME BEING THROWN FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS MULTIPLE TIMES (AT LEAST 3 THAT I RECALL). I SUFFERED A TBI, AND MISSED 2.5 MONTHS OF WORK. I HAD TO QUIT MY SECOND JOB. I HAVE ALSO HAD ONGOING NECK PAIN, INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE MUSCULAR. AN MRI RECENTLY COMPLETED SHOWS DISK HERNIATION OF C3-C6.

THE TIPM UNIT WENT OUT, CAUSING LOTS OF ISSUES. THE ISSUES WE'RE AWARE OF ARE: THE DOORS WOULDN'T LOCK, SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN PARK, RADIO/CD/BLUETOOTH WOULDN'T WORK, AND THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS WOULDN'T TURN OFF LEADING TO A COMPLETE DRAIN OF THE BATTERY. THANKFULLY, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IT (IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF IT DID). IT COST US $1100.00 TO REPLACE THE TIPM UNIT, WHICH WAS A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON US, BUT EVEN WORSE WAS THAT WE HAD TO GO WITHOUT THE JEEP (ONE OF OUR MAIN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION) FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS BECAUSE THERE'S A WAITING LIST FOR THE REPLACEMENT PART. WE CHECKED WITH 3 DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS JUST TO BE SURE, AND ALL SAID THE SAME THING: 1.) THAT THERE'S A WAITING LIST AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE LONG FOR THIS TIPM UNIT, AND 2.) THAT THEY'VE BEEN SEEING JEEP WRANGLERS LEFT & RIGHT FOR THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM, AND THERE'S A WAITING LIST BECAUSE THE PART CAN'T EVEN BE MANUFACTURED QUICKLY ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. I KNOW THE TIPM UNIT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR JEEP CHEROKEES, BUT WHY NOT JEEP WRANGLER WHEN THIS IS CLEARLY A MAJOR ISSUE FOR IT AS WELL??

THE CLOCK SPRING HAS WAS REPLACED ONCE AT PARTIAL COST TO ME. IT IS NOW OUT AGAIN. NOW THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON, AND IT AFFECTS THE WAY I'M DRIVING.