2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG AND TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE CLOCKSPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAS FAILED CAUSING THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT TO INTERMITTENTLY ALARM. THIS INDICATES THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THIS VEHICLE IS LEFT HAND DRIVE.

MY JEEP'S HORN BEGAN HONKING, WIPERS CAME ON, DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. NOTHING STOPPED UNTIL I GOT HOME AND MY HUSBAND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. HE CONNECTED IT SEVERAL HOURS LATER AND IT WAS FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME NOTHING COULD BE DONE AS THE PROBLEM HAD STOPPED. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING OCCURRED ALONG WITH THE A/C SHUTTING OFF. WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME STEPS; DISCONNECT BATTERY, RECONNECT AND TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. AGAIN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY REALLY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE BECAUSE NOTHING WAS HAPPENING AT THAT POINT. LAST NIGHT MY JEEP BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND SCARED ME AS I COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL. I HAD TO SLOW AND PULL OVER SO IT COULD STOP. MY HUSBAND CAME TO GET ME AND WAS FOLLOWING ME WHEN IN ADDITION TO THE PAST THINGS HAPPENING (I CALL IT POSSESSED), THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON; BRAKE, ENGINE, ABS, BATTERY, ETC. IT THEN STALLED AS I WAS TURNING. LUCKILY THE WOMAN COMING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SLOWED AND WENT AROUND OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. MY HUSBAND TOWED THE JEEP TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT THERE, AND TOLD THEM TO FIX IT AS IT IS A REAL ROAD HAZARD. IN READING ABOUT JEEP COMPLAINTS, I'M ASSUMING IT IS A "TIPM" PROBLEM AND SOMETHING CALLED A "DEATH WOBBLE". I AM ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN RECALLED.

THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IS NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING!!! I ACTUALLY OWN 3 2008'S AND ALL HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE!!! THIS IS A COMMONLY KNOWN PROBLEM WITH ALL JEEP JK'S, YET CHRYSLER IS SIMPLY IGNORING THIS ISSUE AFTER RECALLING 2007 AND 2008 RHD'S!! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I RECEIVED NO HELP FROM CHRYSLER OTHER THAN "WE WILL NOTIFY YOU IF A RECALL IS MADE". THEY COULD PROVIDE ME WITH ZERO INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD THIS EXACT ISSUE. HERE'S THEIR MAILING ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LET THEM KNOW YOU DISAGREE WITH THIS BLATANT LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR PART. IS THERE NOTHING MORE WE CAN DO UNTIL WE CAN CHECK THE FATALITY SQUARE?? THIS IS ABSURD. I'LL BE SENDING THEM A LETTER DAILY REMINDING THEM IN CASE THEY FORGET. CHRYSLER GROUP PO BOX 21-8004 AUBURN HILLS, MI 48321

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, BLINKING INTERMITTENTLY, INDICATING A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIRBAG CIRCUIT., ISSUE APPEARS TO BE A BAD AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY. JEEP HAS RECALLED RHD VEHICLES OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT LHD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRINGS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. MA 08/10/15

SEPTEMBER OF 2014 LAST YEAR I NOTICED THE AIRBAG MALFUNCTION LIGHT COME ON. I CALLED MY LOCAL JEEP CHRYSLER DEALER AND LEFT A FEW MESSAGES ABOUT RECALLS AND IF THIS MEANT A PROBLEM WITH MY AIRBAGS. NO ONE EVER CALLED ME BACK AFTER 2 WEEKS OF WAITING THE AIRBAG MALFUNCTION LIGHT WENT OFF AND IT WOULD STAY OFF FOR WEEKS AND MYSTERIOUSLY COME ON PERIODICALLY. SO AFTER A FEW MONTHS GO BY IN DECEMBER OF 2014 I WAS AT A SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT WITH MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN WHEN WE PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AMD THW HORN, LIGHTS, WIPERS AND DASH LIT UP. I QUICKLY DISCONNECTED THE NEG BATTERY AND RECONNECTED IT TWO OR THREE TIMES AND IT STOPPPED. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND DISCONMECTED THE HORN AMP VIA FUSEBOX. JUMPSTART TO FEB 2015 WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY THE HORN BLARES AND WIPERS GO OFF BUT THE VEHICLE TURNS OFF AND I GLIDED TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE WHILE OTHER CARS AVOIDED ME. 5/27/2015 MY WIFE OPENED THE JEEP DOOR AND IT TRIGGERED THE WIPERS, DASH LIGHTS AND WIPER FLUID TO SPRAY. WHEN YOU'RE ON A FIXED INCOME BRINGING YOUR VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS IS NOT ALWAYS FEASABLE. I TOOK THE JEEP TO AUTOZONE FREE DIAGNOSTIC AND GOT A CODE U0141. AFTER READING THE SIMILAR STORIES WE'RE GOING INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.

WENT OUT TO VEHICLE TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT AND WIPER FLUID WAS SPRAYING THEN WIPERS STARTED MOVING AND HORN STARTED BLOWING. THE KEYS WERE IN MY HAND NOT IN THE IGNITION. THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES NOTHING WE DID WOULD MAKE IT STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED 8 MORE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS DISCONNECT BATTERY. (WHICH WE FOUND THIS OUT AFTER THE 2ND TIME OF IT HAPPENING) THIS HAS HAPPENED GOING DOWN THE ROAD ALONG WITH JUST OPENING THE BACK GATE. IT ACTS LIKE IT HAS GREMLINS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD! WHEN THIS STARTS IT SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF YOU AND YOU HAVE TO FIND THE NEAREST PLACE TO PULL OFF TO DISCONNECT BATTERY TERMINALS.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO LIGHT UP AND BEEPS. I RESEARCHED IT AND IT SAYS THAT IT IS A AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. I CALLED AND CHRYSLER IS NOT WILLING TO HELP ME. HAD I KNOWN THIS I WOULD HAVE NOT PURCHASED THE $40,000 VEHICLE. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS VEHICLE TO NO ONE.

"ON THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS.THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING."