2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

I WAS ON 75 SOUTH BOUND GOING 70 MPH. I HAD JUST GOTTEN ON THE INTERSTATE FROM THE BRUCE B DOWNS ENTRANCE. AFTER THE RIGHT LANE ENDED I SWITCHED TO THE MIDDLE LANE. COMING UP TO FLETCHER EXIT, THE GEARS CHANGED. ALMOST LIKE THE CAR GAVE OUT. I LOOKED DOWN, I DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. ON MY WAY TO LOOK BACK UP I SEE SMOKE FROM THE HOOD AND SMOKE THROUGH THE RARE VIEW MIRROR. GREY SMOKE IN THE FRONT AND BLACK IN THE BACK. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE GAGES AND IT WAS OVER HEATING. LOOKED TO MY LEFT, NO CARS, PULLED OVER TO THE LEFT EMERGENCY LANE. AS I OPENED MY DOOR, THE FIRE WAS ALREADY SPITTING OUT FROM THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. I GRABBED MY PHONE. AS I'M WALKING AWAY, THE FIRE WAS GROWING ENGULFING THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WITHIN MINUTES, LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WE WATCHED THE WHOLE VEHICLE GO UP IN FLAMES. AT FIRST 2 FIRE TRUCKS PUT OUT THE FIRE. ONCE THEY LEFT AND WE WERE WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE, IT CAUGHT FIRE AGAIN. THE STATE TROOPER HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK OUT. BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED, THERE WASN'T A NOISE OR A LIGHT BLINKING TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE FELT THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS DID. EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENED FAST AND ALL AT ONCE. I NEVER GOT ANY RECALL NOTICES. I HAD THE JEEP FOR 2 MONTHS. INSURANCE COMPANY NEVER DID AN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO INVESTIGATE. I NEVER CALLED CHRYSLER BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE PROOF WHO WAS AT FAULT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE WITH JEEPS UNTIL I BOUGHT MY NEW CAR AND THE SALES REP LOOKED ME IN THE EYES TOLD ME IT WAS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT HAPPENED TO 2 OF HIS FORMER CLIENTS. TOLD ME CHRYSLER WON'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE PROVEN.

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAS CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE ASSOCIATED CHIME HAS SOUNDED SINCE THE FIRST TIME ON JULY 3, 2015. I FIRST THOUGH IT WAS SPEED SENSITIVE, BUT LATER DISCOVERED IT HAPPENS WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. I THEN TOO IT TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE DRIVERS SIDE CLOCK SPRING. ...UPDATED 09/22/15 *BF

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAS CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE ASSOCIATED CHIME HAS SOUNDED SINCE THE FIRST TIME ON JULY 3, 2015. I FIRST THOUGH IT WAS SPEED SENSITIVE, BUT LATER DISCOVERED IT HAPPENS WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. I THEN TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE DRIVERS SIDE CLOCK SPRING. ...UPDATED 09/22/15 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

BRAKES APPLY THEM SELF DIFFERENT WHEELS AT DIFFERENT TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS WHEELS GET HOT, SMOKE AND WEARS BRAKE SHOES OUT, DAMAGES ROTORS. WHEN YOU HIT GAS THE BRAKES APPLY. THIS IS DANGEROUS IF ANOTHER VEHICLE IS BEHIND YOU WHEN THE BAKES APPLY THEN YOU WILL BE HIT IN THE BACK.CAN NOT FIND ANYTHYING WRONG WHEN WE TAKE IT IN TO BE CHECKED. THEY APPLY AT ANYTIME YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN.

ON MAY 2ND MY SON WAS DRIVING MY CAR, HE STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED HE ACCELERATE AND MY CAR DID NOT RESPONDED AT THAT MOMENT HE SAID THAT HE HEARD A BIG NOISE LIKE SOMETHING JUST BROKE IN PIECES INSIDE OF MY CAR, SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, SO WE HAD TO CALL A FRIEND TO COME AN PULL MY CAR WITH HIS, THE I TOOK TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE GUY SAID THAT THIS IS VERY EXPENSIVE, THEN I LOOK IN MY CAR PAPERS AND I FOUND OUT THAT THIS CAR HAD A RECALL, FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SO THAT MEANS THIS IS A MANUFACTURED PROBLEM AND I WANT MY NEW TRANSMISSION BECAUSE I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AS YOU SEE IT HAS VERY LOW MILES. AND I HAVE ANOTHER COMPLAINT THAT THIS CAR I HAVE TO KEEP CHECKING THE MOTOR OIL WHICH IS CRAZY THAT EVERY TWO MONTHS OIL HAS TO BE ADDED, MY HUSBAND HAS A TOYOTA TRUCK AND NEVER HAS PROBLEMS WITH IT.

I WORK ON DRILLING RIGS IN THE NORTH EAST OFTEN IN REMOTE LOCATIONS. AFTER RETURNING TO THE RIG FROM A TRIP TO TOWN WITH NO ISSUES I LET THE VEHICLE SIT FOR TWO DAYS. UPON OPTING TO GO TO TOWN I WENT TO START THE VEHICLE. I TURNED THE IGNITION AND HAD ALL ELECTRICAL POWER BUT NOTHING TO CRANK THE ENGINE. I TESTED ALL COMPONENTS I COULD BEFORE COMING TO THE CONCLUSION IT WAS A COMPUTER RELATED ISSUE FOR A JEEP DEALER. I MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 40 MILE AWAY. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR A DAY ALONG WITH ALL MY FAULT FINDING DATA THE DEALER CALLED TO INFORM ME IT WAS THE TIPM. AFTER QUESTIONING THE REP AS TO THE CAUSES OF A FAILURE I WAS TOLD THAT IT UNKNOWN BUT A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. AFTER AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND 400 MILES POST REPAIR I HAVE HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES.

I STARTED MY WRANGLER AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND NEVER WENT OFF, IT HAS EFFECTED USE OF MY HORN AS WELL

I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND THE JEEP HADN'T HAVE HAD ANY ISSUES AND THE JEEP JUST RANDOMLY DIDN'T START. I FINALLY GOT IT TO START JUST TO FIND OUT IT WAS A KEY MODULE AND PROGRAM WIRELESS MODULE. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH THIS IS A REGULAR PROBLEM IN (07-08 MODELS).

2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA HAS HAD ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE ISSUES INCLUDING STALLING OUT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AS WELL AS NOT STARTING. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE HAD ISSUES SUCH AS ALL THE LIGHTS, BUTTONS, ALERT/WARNING LIGHTS GOING OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SHUT-OFF REQUIRING TOW-SERVICE TO DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. AFTER THAT I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE STALLS AND NON-STARTS AND THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN SAYS I NEED A NEW BATTERY. I HAVE HAD THREE BATTERIES IN THREE YEARS. THE HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING AROUND 50,000 MILES. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE MY STEERING WHEEL AND COMPLETE STEERING COLUMN. I DECIDED I COULD LIVE WITHOUT A HORN FOR A SHORT WHILE. THE NEXT TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY REPORTED THAT I NEED A NEW CLOCKSPRING WHICH ALSO CONTROLS MY AIRBAGS WHICH "MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT STILL BE FUNCTIONAL." SEEING AS I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BEFORE, INCLUDING MALFUNCTIONS IN THE ALERT/WARNING LIGHTS, THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT TELL FOR SURE IF MY AIRBAGS WORK OR NOT. THE LOCKS TO MY JEEP HAVE STOPPED WORKING FROM BOTH THE INSIDE DOOR SWITCH AND THE KEY FOB. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THIS AS A "TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE" (TIPM) MALFUNCTION RESULTING IN LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS A BACK-ORDER ON TIPM PIECES NATIONWIDE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN I COULD GET MINE REPLACED. WHEN ASKED HOW THE TIPM COULD BREAK, THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO ONE WAY AND THAT IT "JUST HAPPENS." MY DOORS CURRENTLY ONLY LOCK/UNLOCK BY HAND, AND SOMETIMES WHEN I LOCK THEM BY HAND AND RETURN TO MY JEEP, THE DOORS ARE UNLOCKED. FURTHERMORE, THE AUTOMATIC SECURITY LOCK FEATURE WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTS MOVING DOES NOT WORK EITHER.