2014 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

CLOCKSPRING RECALL (NHTSA RECALL # 16V-288) ( MANUF RECALL # S40) AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE AIRBAG BUT.. ALSO....."CAUSES A NON WORKING HORN". NO HORN IS A SAFETY HAZARD BY NOT HAVING IT WORKING AT ANY TIME WHILE OPERATING (STOPPED OR DRIVING) THE JEEP. JEEP DEALERS HAVE "NO" EST OF WHEN REPAIR PART WILL BE AVAILABLE???? ""NOT ACCEPTABLE ON THE PART OF JEEP/CHRYSLER!!!!!''' THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING WHEEL WIRES, ENGINE ROCKERS, FRONT U JOINTS, ENGINE HARNESS AND FUEL INJECTOR HARNESS, FRONT DRIVE SHAFT ADN SUSPENSION ALL FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING. THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BRACKET HAD BROKEN.

ACCELERATING INTO A HIGHWAY THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK I HAD TO PULL IT UP WITH MY FOOT

THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT CYCLES ON AND OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY SPECIFIC FACTORS. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IDLING IN PARK, TURNING EITHER DIRECTION, OR DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT RANDOM SPEEDS.

I PURCHASED MY JEEP WRANGLER SPORT 2014 WITH LESS THAN 9000 MILES ON IT, DROVE FROM FL TO CO TWICE. SECOND TIME I GOT TO CO, CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL AND HASN'T STOPPED SINCE (6+ MONTHS). ALSO, WHEN I ACCELERATE SOMETHING SMELLS LIKE IT'S BURNING. OIL LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF.

ON 6/23/16, I WAS DRIVING MY 2014 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. I ACCELERATED TO MERGE INTO THE LEFT LANE AND THEN, AFTER LETTING UP ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT THE SAME RATE OF SPEED. I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED AS EXPECTED BUT I HEARD A DISTINCT "POPPING" NOISE, SEEMINGLY AS IF THE GAS PEDAL HAD POPPED BACK INTO PLACE. JUST A FEW MILES LATER, WHILE DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE, I ACCELERATED A BIT TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. THE ACCELERATOR "STUCK" A SECOND TIME, AND SO I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE RESPONDED AGAIN BY SLOWING BUT THIS TIME, WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE AGAIN TO KEEP PACE WITH TRAFFIC, THE GAS PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY NON-RESPONSIVE (I.E., THE PEDAL HAD SEEMED TO FALL TO THE FLOOR AND PRESSING IT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY FURTHER ACCELERATION). I PULLED ONTO THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP VERBALLY TOLD ME COMPUTER FAULT CODE READ AS "ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN CORRELATION" AND SAID THE GAS PEDAL MODULE WAS READING INCORRECTLY. SERVICE ADVISOR ADMITTED TO HAVING SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. WHEN PICKING UP VEHICLE, SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE DIRT ON/BEHIND THE GAS PEDAL. THERE IS NO WAY IT WAS CAUSED BY THIS, AS JEEP HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN OFF-ROAD, NO ONE DRIVES IT WITH MUDDY SHOES, ETC. ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND PCM WAS UPDATED TO THE MOST CURRENT SOFTWARE LEVEL. PREVIOUSLY ON THIS VEHICLE, THE SENTRY KEY WAS REPLACED AS WAS THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, AS WAS THE FRONT STABILIZER/SWAY BAR. NOT SURE IF THE STUCK ACCELERATOR IS DUE TO A COMPUTER/SOFTWARE GLITCH OR A MECHANICAL FAILURE. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED THAT ISSUES WITH "STUCK" ACCELERATORS ON THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR VEHICLE ARE NOT UNCOMMON. INVOICE ATTACHED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

COOLANT LEAK FROM RADIATOR, PASSENGER SIDE TOP CORNER UNDER SHROUD. I HAVE TWO 2014 JEEPS WITH THE SAME LEAK. SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS THERE ARE MANY THREADS ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME ISSUE. MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED BUT THESE ARE ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD NOT BE FAILING LIKE THIS.

BRAKES LOCKED UP IN DRIVEWAY AFTER STARTING VECHICLE. BRAKE PEDAL WAS FULLY DEPRESSED WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM DRIVER. VECHICLE TAKE TO DEALER AND PROBABLE CAUSE WAS BRAKE CONTROLLER IN REAR FLOOR AREA GETTING WET. CAUSE OF WATER IN VECHICLE IS CLOGGED AIR CONDITIONER DRAIN. THE CLOGGING OF THIS DRAIN IS AN ONGOING SITUATION WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE SAFETY PROBLEM IS THAT THE VECHICLE IS TOWED BEHIND A MOTORHOME AND THIS REQUIRES A BRAKE CONTROLLER TO BE INSTALLED. THE INSTALLATION ON THIS VECHICLE IS ON THE REAR FLOOR BEHIND THE DRIVER. IF THE UNIT WERE TO GET WET AND THE BRAKES LOCK UP IT COULD CAUSE THE MOTOR HOME OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL AND/OR CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE MOTORHOME OR TOWED VECHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE DRAIN PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED NO SAFETY WARNING REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE CONTROLLER. THE VECHICLE IN QUESTION IS A FAVORITE TOW VECHICLE OF MANY RV OWNERS.

ON 5/6/16 I WENT TO START MY 2014 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED RUBICON AND THE ENGINE DID NOT MAKE A NOISE BUT THE DASH LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. THE WINDOWS HAD POWER AND RADIO WORKED BUT THE DOOR LOCK OR ALARM DID NOT WORK. I TOWED IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WAS CALLED THE "TIPM MODULE" WHICH IS BASICALLY THE ENTIRE FUSE BOX AND PART OF THE COMPUTER. I WAS STUCK THERE IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM MARYLAND FOR FOUR EXRA DAYS. NOW AFTER GETTING BACK HOME TO MARYLAND ON 6/5/16 I GO TO TRY AND ACCELORATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM A RAMP AND THE TRANSMISSION REVS TO 5,500 RPM BUT THE JEEP WILL NOT ACCELERATE. I HAVE TO EASE OFF THE GAS AND LET IT ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY. THANK GOD NO TRUCKS WERE COMING OR IT COULD HAVE BEED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION CONSIDERING IT WAS INTERSTATE 95 BY 175 WHERE SEMI TRUCKS GO TO THE TA TRUCK STOP.

THE TPMS LIGHT IS ALWAYS ILLUMINATED AND THE TIRE PRESSURE IS CORRECT. I FOUND A RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN 14V632000) (CHRYSLER #P63) FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT WAS TOLD BY BOTH CHRYSLER AND THE NHTSA THAT MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. IT SEEMS VERY COINCIDENTAL THAT THE EXACT YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE SHOWS UP ON THE RECALL LIST, BUT NOT MY VEHICLE WHICH IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT THE RECALL WAS ISSUED REGARDING.

I WAS DRIVING ON I-65 ON A SLIGHTLY RAINY DAY. I STOPPED TO FILL WITH GAS AND WHEN I ENTERED THE INTERSTATE I NOTICED THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO FISHTAIL BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE I HIT A SLICK SPOT. IN A SHORT TIME I GOT BEHIND A SLOW TRUCK AND WHEN THE TRAFFIC CLEARED I STARTED TO GO AROUND THE TRUCK ACCELERATING NORMALLY AND THE VEHICLE FISH TAILED SO DRASTICALLY THE TRUCK DRIVER ACTUALLY MOVED PARTIALLY ONTO THE SHOULDER. I SLOWED AND PULLED OFF THE ROAD THINKING I MAY HAVE A TIRE GOING FLAT. UPON CHECKING THE TIRES I FOUND NO PROBLEM. I STARTED BACK ON MY TRIP BUT COULD TELL MY JEEP WAS NOT FEELING AS IT SHOULD WHEN ACCELERATING. WHEN NO VEHICLES WERE IN SIGHT I INTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED AND THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN FISH TAILED. SOON I CAME UPON SLOW TRAFFIC AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP AND SLIDE. WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO AN EXIT I STOPPED AND AND STILL COULD FIND NO PROBLEM BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE (MISTAKE). I CONTINUED ON TO MY DESTINATION VERY CAUTIOUSLY. IT WAS LATE AND AFTER THE VEHICLE SAT OVERNIGHT IT SEEMED TO BE FINE AND HAS NOT HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM SINCE. THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY A DEALER WHEN I RETURNED HOME AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND AND I REALLY FELT THEY DID NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SAYING. THEY KEPT IT OVERNIGHT AND CHEKED IT ON A RAINY DAY.