2012 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

FAULTY TIPM.. HAVING TROUBLE WITH VEHICLE NOT STARTING. THE STARTING ISSUE STARTED IN 10/2015 BUT WASN'T A REGULAR ISSUE TIL 01/2016. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP AS IS IS A NEWER MODEL WITH ONLY 27000 MILES ON IT. THEY REPLACED A SENTRY MODULE..PROBLEM PERSISTED. NOW BEING TOLD IT'S THE TIPM. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE AND WAS TOLD TO REPORT IT.. STILL WAITING TO SEE IF COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY..

2012 JEEP WRANGLER HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT TROUBLE FOR WELL OVER A YEAR. TURN CAR OFF AND HEADLIGHTS STAY ON. FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT IF I TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND ROLL FORWARD A LITTLE I CAN SOMETIMES TURN LIGHTS OFF. SAME PROBLEM TURNING THE HEADLIGHTS ON. ROLLING THE CAR A FEW INCHES USUALLY CORRECTED THE HEADLIGHTS. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL START ON THEIR OWN OR STOP DURING USE WITH NO WARNING. THIS BEGAN IN LATE 2014 BUT THE PROBLEM WAS SO INTERMITTANT WE COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT ON DEMAND UNTIL AUGUST 2015. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH AND WIRING HARNESS BUT BEFORE WE EVEN DROVE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT BOTH THE LIGHTS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE DOING THE SAME THING. THEY KEPT IT A FEW DAYS AND "SEALED THE CLUSTER". DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THE CAR IS NOW 700 MILES AWAY AT SCHOOL WITH DAUGHTER. AROUND SEPT 2015 INTERMITTENT ISSUES AGAIN BUT NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE AT DEALER. RECENTLY (JAN 2016) THE PROBLEMS ARE DAILY AND INCLUDE THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT EVERY TIME THE CAR MAKES A TURN AND THEN COME BACK ON A FEW SECONDS LATER. IN ADDITION THE TURN SIGNAL CUTS OFF. WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN BUT THE LIGHTS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS PROBLEM. NOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS CONSTANT IT'S GOING BACK TO A DEALER BUT BECAUSE THE CAR IS WITH DAUGHTER AWAY AT SCHOOL IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT DEALER. WE ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT TAIL LIGHTS BECAUSE THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND INTERMITTENTLY BUT THE HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNAL GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS HAS MADE THIS ISSUE A MAJOR ACCIDENT/INJURY RISK.

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON MY RESIDENTIAL STREET MY ENGINE STALLED AND I LOST ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE. I HAD NO POWER FOR LIGHTS, FLASHERS, TURN SIGNALS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, ETC. BASICALLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DEAD. I WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO PUSH THE JEEP TO MY RESIDENCE AND CHECKED THE BATTERY AND I HAD FULL VOLTAGE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY TIPM. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE DOING INTERSTATE SPEEDS AT NIGHT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V176000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,500.

VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND DRIVING 30 FEET FROM INITIAL PARKED LOCATION. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND EXPLOSION OCCURRED UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVER WAS STILL IN VEHICLE. NO PREVIOUS INDICATION THERE WAS ANY ISSUE WITH VEHICLE. UPON DRIVER EMERGENCY EXIT OF VEHICLE, FURTHER EXPLOSIONS AND LARGE FLAMES ENGULFED THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE WITHIN MINUTES.

RIGHT AFTER 36 MONTH MARK (BUT BELOW 30,000MI MARK), AN AIR BAG MALFUNCTION LIGHT WENT ON. IT WOULD STAY ON FOR THE DURATION OF A TRIP OR EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED WITH ENGINE IDLING. MY VEHICLE WAS NEVER IN COLLISIONS, FENDER-BENDERS, OR OTHERWISE EXPERIENCED ANY INSULTS TO THE AIR BAG SENSORS OR WIRING. I HAD 7YR/75,000MI WARRANTY FROM CHRYSLER THAT ALLEGEDLY COVERS ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS AND ELECTRONICS. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT COVER THE AIR BAGS. THAT IS, CHRYSLER THEREFORE DOES NOT CONSIDER AIR BAGS A MAJOR COMPONENT. AS A CONSUMER, SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS AND I IS A MAJOR ISSUE. THUS, I ENDED UP PAYING NEARLY $1,000 TO REPAIR THE ISSUE AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. I AM HEARING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM WRANGLER OWNERS. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.

FAULTY CLOCKSPRING AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS SPORADICALLY WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND I HAVE SOMEONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, NOTIFYING ME THAT THEIR AIRBAG IS DEACTIVATED. HORNS VOLUME IS WEAK. POSSIBLY A COINCIDENCE, BUT THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE ALERT APPEARS AT START-UP. ALL TIRES (GOODYEAR LT285/70R17) READ 45-50 PSI. THIS PART IS RECALLED IN 2007 AND 2008 JEEP WRANGLERS, BUT NOT FOR 2009-2016. IT IS THE EXACT SAME PART.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN SHUT OFF, WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD NOT PASS BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON. I HAVE READ THAT THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY YEAR VEHICLE, AND THAT THERE MAY BE AN INVESTIGATION IN REGARDS TO IT. THE PROBLEM THAT WAS DIAGNOSED WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN THE CLOCK SPRING/STEERING WHEEL. I HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING FOR A TOTAL OF $518.31 OUT-OF-POCKET

HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS ON MY WRANGLER AND MY WIFE'S 2012 WRANGLER. BOTH ARE RHD. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SHAME ON JEEP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AS THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,500.