2014 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

ONE DAY AFTER LEAVING MY 9 HOUR SHIFT AT WORK, I WALKED UP TO MY JEEP AND COULD SEE THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED AT SOME POINT DURING THE DAY. NOT KNOWING MUCH ABOUT AIRBAGS I WALKED AROUND THE JEEP TO SEE IF IT BEEN HIT, NO DAMAGE OF ANY KIND. I'VE SINCE LEARNED THAT AIRBAGS DON'T DEPLOY ON PARKED VEHICLES UNLESS THEY ARE RUNNING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED (NEW) MY JEEP. THEY TOLD ME TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SHOP AND THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE. AFTER ASKING ME IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN HIT, THEY SAID MAYBE A RABBIT OR SOME OTHER RODENT ATE THROUGH SOME WIRING. THEIR INVESTIGATION DID NOT UNCOVER ANYTHING (NO WIRING ISSUE, NO CODES, NOTHING) AND THEY WANTED TO CALL IN CHRYSLER ENGINEERING AND POSSIBLY AN INSPECTOR DUE TO THEIR ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES. AFTER I ASKED FOR A LOANER VEHICLE SINCE THIS WAS NOW GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL DAYS, THEY CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THEY HAD PERMISSION TO REPLACE THE "NOW DEEMED DEFECTIVE AIRBAG". THE 2014 MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE TAKATA RECALLS, NOR WAS THE ISSUE SIMILAR TO THE TAKATA RECALL OR THE COIL SPRING RECALL. THANK GOD I WASN'T GOING 75 DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE AIRBAG DECIDED TO SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOY. ITS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET OVER THE FEAR OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AFTER THE AIRBAG IS REPLACED AND THIS POSSIBLY HAPPENING AGAIN SINCE THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. 2014 WRANGLER UNLIMITED RUBICON 25,620 MILES VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY (PARKED) NOT RUNNING FOR THE PREVIOUS 9 HOURS AT A SECURE FACILITY WITH 24 HOUR VIDEO MONITORING.

WHEN CAR WAS 3 MONTHS OLD, I WAS PUTTING GEAR SHIFT INTO PARK AND IT POP BACK OUT AND I ALMOST WAS RAN OVER BY VEHICLE. LUCKILY, HAVE OF MY BODY WAS STILL IN CAR BUT IT HAPPENED SO FAST THAT I WAS PARKED NEXT TO A BRICK WALL AND IT HIT EXACTLY WHEN I PUT FOOT ON BRAKE. I DO HAVE REPAIR FORMS FROM RON LEWIS JEEP AND INSURANCE REPORT. SINCE THEN I HAD TWO MINOR PAINT PEEL ISSUES.

OIL COOLING HOUSING BROKE AND OIL SPRAYED ALL OVER THE HOT ENGINE. THE SMOKE WAS PRETTY INTENSE AND USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN CASE THE OIL FLASHED OFF

OIL COOLER KEEPS CRACKING CAUSING OIL TO LEAK DOWN MY ENGINE, POTENTIALLY DRAINING ENGINE OF OIL WHILE DRIVING AND CATCHING FIRE. CHRYSLER CORPORATE OFFICE IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE YET WILL NOT RECALL THE PART. DOES IT TAKE SOMEONE GETTING INJURED OR A DEATH TO OCCUR IN ORDER TO RECALL A FAULTY PART? I'VE ALREADY HAD A JEEP DEALER REPLACE THE OIL COOLER AND IT SEEMS THAT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO CRACK AND LEAK OIL EVERYWHERE DOWN MY ENGINE. THE FLASH POINT OF MOTOR OIL IS 232 DEGREES AND MY ENGINE GETS AS HOT AS 230 DEGREES WHEN PULLING A TRAILER ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS IS BEYOND FRIGHTENING TO THINK MY ENGINE COULD CATCH FIRE WHILE MY FAMILY AND I ARE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE DUE TO JEEPS FAULTY PART.

JEEPS HAVE SOMETHING KNOWN AS "DEATH SHUTTERS" WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND GOING OVER A BUMP. THE FRONT END OF THE JEEP WILL SHUTTER AND THERE IS A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE

DURING THE HURRICANE IRMA I WAS GETTING THE REST OF MY SUPPLIES AND RETURNED HOME WHEN I FOUND OUT THE STORM STRENGTHENED I WENT TO MY CAR TO MOVE IT TO A SAFER LOCATION AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER THE STORM AAA WAS ALLOWED TO TOW MY JEEP TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS THE TIPM MODULE SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS AND WHEN I LOOKED IT UP REALIZED THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM FOR YEARS ON THIS WHICH MY MOTHERS CAR A CHRYSLER 300C 2007 WAS APART OF THIS AND WHEN THE CHRYSLER STALLED TWICE THAT I CAN REALLY REMEMBER BEING ON THE OPEN ROAD WITH MY MOTHER IN THE CAR WHO IS 91 JUST SHUT OFF ONCE AT A RED LIGHT AND ONCE WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN. THIS IS NOT A RECALL ITEM AND MY JEEP IS UNDER WARRANTY I ASKED THEM ABOUT THE CHRYSLER AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY I REPORTED THIS CAR EARLIER AND REPORTING MY JEEP NOW PLZ MAKE THIS A RECALL ITEM FOR I'M ON FIXED INCOME AND HANDICAPPED AND MY MOTHER CAN NOT GET IN OR OUT OF MY JEEP WITH MANY DIFFICULTIES I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CHRYSLER ON I75 NOW BECAUSE I'M AFRAID IT WILL SHUTDOWN AND MY MOTHER MAYBE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME SHE WAS BOTH TIMES BEFORE THAT'S WHY I REMEMBER THAT WHEN I WAS BY MYSELF AND IT HAPPENED I WASN'T TOO CONCERNED BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY ME WORRIED BUT AT LEAST SHE WASN'T IN THE CAR PLZ ONCE AGAIN MAKE THIS A RECALL ITEM BEFORE SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS I'M GLAD NO DAMAGE TO THE JEEP FROM THE HURRICANE BUT WAS WORRIED BECAUSE I COULDN'T MOVE IT THANK YOU

VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER REGULAR SERVICE AT THE DEALER. RETURNED TO HAVE IT CHECKED, WAS TOLD THAT THE ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY OIL PRESSURE SENSOR. THE LOCATION OF THE SENSOR REQUIRES REMOVAL OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, FUEL INJECTOR'S AND RAILS, ETC., RESULTING IN APPROX. 4 HOURS OF LABOR AT THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE "SEEN THOUSANDS OF THESE SENSOR'S FAIL ON THE 3.6 ENGINE". THERE IS A TSB; 18-034-14 REV. A, DOCUMENTING COMPLAINTS. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS 41K MILES ON IT, THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FACT THERE APPARENTLY IS NO RECALL ON THIS DEFECTIVE ITEM. I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD DO NOTHING, EXCEPT FOR PUT IN A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DEALER. I TOLD THEM THAT THE DEALER IS NOT THE PROBLEM, IT IS THE MANUFACTURER WHO REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL DESPITE THE FACT THERE ARE NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF THIS PART FAILING ACROSS THEIR PRODUCT LINE. WAS TOLD TO COMPLAIN TO NHTSA.

TPMS LIGHT STAYING ON TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED HAD DISCOUNT CHECK IT OUT WAS TOLD . PROBLEM WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE THEY RESET TPMS BUT LIGHT CAME BACK ON EVEN THOUGH TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHILE RAINING AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK ON LOW OR HIGH. UNABLE TO GET PARTS FROM JEEP. WIPER SWITCH IS ON BACK ORDER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE IF THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN.

WHILE DRIVING MY JEEP ON THE ROAD I NOTICED SMOKE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED ASIDE AND SEEN NOTOR OIL LEAK. APPAREANTLY JEEP CRYSLER K OW ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH OIL COOLER HOUSING LEAKING. THEY HAD A BACK ORDER ON THE PART AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS PARTICULAR JEEP MODEL AND YEAR ACCORDING TO MANY JEEP FORUMS ONLINE. LUCKLY I NOTICED SMOKE OTHERWISE COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE OR COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE JEEP ONLY HAS 37K MILES AND THIS SEEMS TO BE WHEN OTHERS HAD ISSUES.