2010 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,300...UPDATED 09-24-14 *BF UPDATED 02/25/2015*JS

INITIALLY, AFTER MODERATE ACCELERATION FROM A STOP TO 35 MPH, ENGINE ELICITS A NEW LOUD RATTLING SOUND. THIS SOUND DIRECTLY CORRESPONDS TO ENGINE RPM DRAMATICALLY INCREASING WITH RPM OVER 2000. WHEN DECELERATING FROM A HIGHER RPM, THE SOUND INCREASES UNTIL MODERATE ACCELERATION IS AGAIN APPLIED. THE SOUND EMANATES FROM THE UPPER RIGHT ENGINE AREA AT ALL TIMES DURING ENGINE OPERATION. THIS SOUND FIRST OCCURRED WITHIN ONE WEEK OF A DEALER OIL CHANGE AND CONTINUES UNCHANGED AFTER 1400 MILES. THERE IS NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN VEHICLE PERFORMANCE. GAS MILEAGE EFFICIENCY HAS DECREASED BY ONE TO TWO MILES PER GALLON. *TR

9/26/2011 (32975 MILES): AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATED AND CHIME ALARM SOUNDED EVERY FEW MINUTES WHILE DRIVING. DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. 10/31/2011 (35283 MILES): HORN WOULD NOT SOUND WHEN BUTTON PUSHED ON STEERING WHEEL. DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. 7/29/2014 (63000 MILES) AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATED AND CHIME ALARM SOUNDED EVERY FEW MINUTES WHILE DRIVING. DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING DIAGNOSED. *TR

MY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS ILLUMINATING ON OFF EVERY FEW SECONDS WHICH INDICATES MY AIRBAGS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. *TR

AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, STOPPING AND PLACING JEEP IN DRIVE, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE IN REVERSE. DASH DISPLAY CONTINUED TO INDICATE CAR WAS IN REVERSE. VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE IGNITION TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. TRIED DISCONNECTING BATTERY BUT DID NOT RESET. ALSO TRIED THE MANUAL OVERRIDE, WHICH DID ALLOW SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL, HOWEVER VEHICLE WOULD STILL NOT START. DISPLAY CONTINUED TO SHOW VEHICLE IN REVERSE REGARDLESS OF SHIFTING TO DIFFERENT GEARS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DANGEROUS SITUATION, WITH POTENTIAL FOR INJURIES TO THOSE IN THE PARKING LOT. ALSO, COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT HAD IT OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION OR OTHER LOCATION. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL? THIS SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING IN MANY JEEP/CHRYSLER PRODUCTS BASED ON VEHICLE FORUMS. *TR

THE 'AIR BAG' LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME AND A DODGE TECHNICIAN CONFIRMED IT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY "CLOCKSPRING" I HAD READ ABOUT AS BEING A DEFECT IN ONLINE FORUMS. THE REPAIR WILL COST ME 500.00 AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT EVEN PAID OFF; ADDITIONALLY, THE DEALER/TECH TOLD ME THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY WITHOUT THE REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED DURING THE ENGINEERING PHASE AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS OF THE JEEP SPORADICALLY GO OFF. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY WILL WORK. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU START THE CAR UP THEY WON'T WORK, BUT THE MOST DANGEROUS IS WHEN THEY GO OFF WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY HAVE SHUT OFF. THE HIGH BEAMS WON'T WORK WHEN THIS HAPPENS, BUT THE PARKING AND FOG LIGHTS CAN BE USED AS SOME KIND OF BACK UP. *TR

WHEN FILLING UP MY GAS TANK WITH FUEL ON MY 2010 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED, THE TANK HAS OVERFLOWED. THE TANK CUTS OFF AT 17.5 GALLONS AND UPON CUTTING UP IT SPEWS FUEL FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK. THIS HAS CAUSE FUEL TO SPILL ONTO ME AND ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE STAINING THE GAS CAP AND SIDE FENDERS. THERE IS ALSO GREAT RISK TO THE PAINT ON THE VEHICLE WITH CONTINUED FUEL EXPOSURE. THERE IS GREAT SAFETY CONCERN FOR GAS SPILLING OUT AT A GAS STATION. THIS COULD LEAD TO FIRE OR GAS SPILLING ON MY SMALL CHILDREN IF THEY WERE TO BE STANDING WITH ME. *TR

BACK IN 2011, MY JEEP STARTED SPITTING GAS WHEN FILLING IT UP. AFTER THE GAS PUMP AUTO FILL STOPPED PUMPING GAS, IT SPIT FUEL BACK OUT AT ME. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING WITH JEEP DEALERS FREQUENTLY THINKING THAT A CHRYSLER RECALL WOULD COME OUT. THE LATEST TIME WAS THIS WEEK AND NO RECALL. I DECIDED TO SEARCH THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS SITE AND DECIDED TO REPORT THE FAULTY GAS TANK. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I TURN RIGHT IT GOES OUT. AS I STRAIGHTEN OUT IT COMES BACK ON. RESEARCH SAYS IT'S A CLOCK SPRING SENSOR OR MODULE BASED ON HOW IT GOES ON AND OFF WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED. CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE AND THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND $400 FOR THE PART AND LABOR. THIS IS A DEVICE THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON MANY OTHER JK JEEPS, YET THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE 2010. ADDITIONALLY I HAVE A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED WARRANTY AND THEY SAID IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER THAT WARRANTY EITHER. THIS IS CRAZY. *TR