2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

WHEN PUMPING FUEL WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY THE FUEL OVERFLOWS. MUST PUMP IN SMALL AMOUNTS SLOWLY TO KEEP OVERFLOW TO A MINIMUM; HOWEVER, OVERFLOW STILL OCCURS ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF PUMPING WHEN THE TANK IS FULL. OVERFLOW SQUIRTS OUT AND SOUNDS LIKE GARGLING WHEN FILLING WITH FUEL.

SO I OWN AN '08 JEEP WRANGLER X. MY PROBLEM HAPPENS TO BE WITH THE FACTORY TIMP ON MY VEHICLE. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE CAR DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO BLARE THE HORN NON STOP AS WELL AS FLASH LIGHTS AND UTILIZE ITS WINDSHIELD WHIPPERS AND FLUID. TODAY, 11/20/215, WAS THE LONGEST AND MOST FRUSTRATING EPISODE. USUALLY THE HORN WOULD START BUT THEN SUBSIDE AFTER 20-30 SECONDS. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AND AT 5AM THE HORN, LIGHTS, AND WHIPPERS STARTED GOING OFF AND DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I HAD TO PULL THE FUSES FOR THE HORN. AFTER THAT EVERYTHING STOPPED AND I ONLY HAD TO REMOVE THE TWO HORN FUSES. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THE HEATER DID NOT WORK UNTIL AFTER THIS ENTIRE EPISODE AS I WAS IN FACT DRIVING WHILE THIS ALL OCCURRED. IN ADDITION TO THIS ISSUE I HAVE EXPERIENCED GAS SPIT BACK ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE FILLING UP. I HAVE RESEARCHED BOTH ISSUES AND IT SEEMS AS THESE ARE BOTH RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE TIMP. I HAVE ALSO READ THERE CURRENTLY ISN'T A RECALL AND THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER NATION WIDE. I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR ISSUE YET.

HORN GOES ON & STAYS ON, WIPERS GO CONTINUOUSLY, WIPER FLUID FLOWS CONSTANTLY, BACK UP LIGHTS GO ON, HEATER FAN GOES OFF & ON, THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO RUN WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE LAST TIME THE ABS CAME ON WHILE I WAS DELIVERING MAIL AND MY BRAKES LOCKED UP. ONCE IT HAPPENED WHILE PARKED ( THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WITHOUT KEYS), ALL OTHER TIMES I WAS DRIVING ON RURAL ROADS AND IN DEVELOPMENTS, BOTH DRIVING HOME & DELIVERING MAIL. I HAVE VIDEO ON MY PHONE OF THE OCCURRENCE TWO SEPARATE TIMES.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. HORN WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND CRUISE CONTROL UNEXPECTEDLY TURNING OFF.ALL ISSUES SEEM TO BE HAPPENING WHILE MOVING AND TURNING.

WITHOUT WARNING ... HORN STARTS BLOWING, WINDSHIELD WASHER COMES ON, LIGHTS FLASH, DOOR LOCKS WON'T WORK, KEY SWITCH OFF DOESN'T STOP THE PROBLEM, SO FAR HAVE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND OPEN THE HOOD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. RECONNECTING THE BATTERY SOMETIMES WORKS BUT THE HEATER/AC STOPS WORKING... THIS SITUATION IS A REAL ROAD HAZARD!!! AFTER AWHILE THINGS WORK OK UNTIL IT REPEATS. VERY DANGEROUS CAR TO BE ON THE ROAD. JEEP SERVICE PEOPLE RESPOND BY SAYING THAT THAT THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG! WELL SURE, THE EVENT IS OVER WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO BE "FIXED"! BASIS FOR A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR SURE! VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY AND STATIONARY WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED.

MY CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT IN INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTING AND CHIMING. AFTER SOME RESEARCH THE PROBLEM MATCHES EXACTLY WITH A CLOCK SPRING PROBLEM THAT WAS ISSUED RECALLS FOR THE 2007 MODEL AND THE 2008 RIGHT-HAND DRIVE MODELS. MINE IS A 2008 LEFT HAND DRIVE WITH NO RECALL ON THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND PART AS THE OTHERS.

ANOTHER JEEP SAME YEAR AND MODEL HAD TO HAVE ALL THEIR FRONT END PARTS REPLACED TOO AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP. SECOND WATER PUMP IN TWO YEARS EGR VALVE REPLACED BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON MAINTENANCE WAS DONE BY THE MANUAL WITH THIS JEEP

THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER AND OTHER JEEPS HAVE A PROBLEM OF NOT STARTING. IT SOUNDS A IF THE BATTERY, STARTER, BATTERY TERMINALS, IGNITION, SHIFT LEVER, OR A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS ARE THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS NO ONE CAN PIN POINT THE PROBLEM, AND PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE PAYING MONEY TO CHANGE OUT PARTS THAT ARE NOT BAD. IF YOU SEARCH THE WEB THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT COVERS ALL OR A LOT OF JEEPS, AND CHRYSLER HAS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND WHEN IT COME TO TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEIR SOLUTION IS JUST KEEP CHANGING OUT PARTS UNTIL YOU ARE BROKE OR TRADE THE CAR IN, AND PASS THE PROBLEM ON. IN MY CASE I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY THE STARTER BATTERY TERMINALS TOOK OUT THE SECURITY SYSTEM. THE TROUBLE SHOOTING I HAVE DONE IS UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE IT HAPPENS ONLY WHEN IT WANTS TO FAIL. YOU CAN START IT IN PARK SOMETIMES, BUT IF IT FAILS YOU CAN MOVE THE SHIFT TO NEURAL AND IT WILL START. YOU CAN START IT A HUNDRED TIME BUT IT WILL FAIL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL SPEWED OUT OF THE FILLER NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ODOMETER WILL NOT FUNCTION. COMES ON FOR AWHILE, SOMETIMES BLINKS AND OTHER TIMES WILL NOT WORK. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND INDICATED INTERNAL FAILURE NEED TO ORDER CLUSTER AND REPLACE.