2010 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

THIS JEEP HAS NEVER BEEN USED FOR ANY TYPE OF OFF ROADING, YET IT HAS A BURNT SMELL COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CHECKED HOWEVER THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE BURNT SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAS NOW BEEN CHECKED A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHERE ONLY AN TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED BECAUSE THEY NEVER FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM. I CAN ONLY HOPE I DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC, BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS FOUND. *TR

AFTER TRAVERSING A NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE ROAD LEAVES COLLECTED BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION SKID PLATE AND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS I WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY ANOTHER CAR TO INFORM ME THAT SPARKS WERE COMING FROM UNDER MY JEEP. LUCKILY THIS WAS AT NIGHT WHEN THE SPARKS COULD BE SEEN. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY DISCHARGED MY FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON THE LEAVES. THIS ONLY SLOWED THE FIRE... COLD WATER FROM A ICE CHEST FINALLY FULLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE DEBRIS WAS REMOVED AND THE AREA WAS INSPECTED WITH NO DAMAGE NOTED. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON MY TRIP. *TR

THE RECENT RECALL BY JEEP ON THE 2010 WRANGLERS DOES NOT FIT THE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING. SEVERAL OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SPONTANEOUS FIRES, AND WERE NOT IN ANY OFF-ROAD SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE CAUSE DEBRIS TO COLLECT ON OR NEAR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THEY WERE SIMPLY DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, OR ON THE HIGHWAY. ONE OWNER, WHO CONTACTED ME, HAD 16 MILES ON IT (2012 MODEL), AND HAD JUST PICKED IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE ON HIS WAY HOME. ANOTHER OWNER HAD 600 MILES ON IT (ANOTHER 2012 MODEL) AND IT WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF HIS HOME. NUMEROUS HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE 2010 MODELS EITHER. THE DEBRIS THAT "COLLECTED" UNDER MY VEHICLE WAS NOT BURNED UP IN THE FIRE, AND NOT EVEN IN THAT SAME LOCATION. I BELIEVE THAT THIS "RECALL" IS JEEP'S ATTEMPT TO BANDAGE A LARGER ISSUE THEY ARE HIDING FROM THE PUBLIC. VIDEO FROM MY FIRE CLEARLY SHOWS A LIQUID (TRANNY FLUID OR FUEL) POURING FROM THE VEHICLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FIRE. MY FEELING IS THAT IT'S A TRANNY COOLER OVERFLOW PROBLEM, OR A BAD FUEL LINE CONNECTION. HERE IS A LINK TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT I CREATED FOR OTHERS TO POST THEIR EXPERIENCES. HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/JEEPWRANGLERSTHATCAUGHTONFIRE. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE 2010 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SPORT AT 40MPH AND HIT A BUMP THE JEEP VIBRATES AND MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS IS TO HIT THE BRAKES AND HOPE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STEER THE CAR SINCE YOU CANNOT WHEN THIS OCCURS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD A NAME FOR THIS PROBLEM WHICH IS "DEATH WOBBLE". I ALSO NOTICED THAT MY TIRES WEAR MUCH QUICKER IN THE FRONT THEN THE REAR OF THE JEEP. *TR

I TRIED TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I HAD ABOUT 150 TO 200 FEET TO THE BACK OF THE NEXT VEHICLE. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES WERE PULSATING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND I RELEASE AND PRESSED THE BRAKES AGAIN. THE VEHICLE NEVER STOPPED AND CONTINUED TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE POLICE WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE IT AWAY FROM THE SCENE, THE DEALER INSISTED THAT I PAY A TOW TRUCK TO BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND AFTER THE SECOND DAY I HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION OR ANY HOPE OF ANY? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT FAILED, CAN OR WILL THEY FIX IT AND WHAT CAN I DO TO GET TO WORK NOW? I BOUGHT IT NEW IN OCT 2010 AND IT HAS 35286 MILES ON IT. WELL WITHIN WARRENTY.

AROUND 1,500 MILES MY BRAND NEW 2010 JEEP WRANGLER "SPORT" WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION POPPED OUT OF 1ST GEAR VERY VIOLENTLY - THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING. ABOUT EVERY 100 MILES OR SO AFTER THAT INCIDENT, IT WILL POP OUT OF 1ST GEAR INTO NEUTRAL - OR - GRIND GEARS. IT WAS HAPPENING SO OFTEN, I CONTACTED MY DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT WASN'T "A PROBLEM OF CHRYSLER" MAYBE I WASN'T DRIVING IT CORRECTLY. I STARTED TO "PUSH" IT INTO 1ST GEAR WITH MORE ATTENTION, HOLDING MY HAND ON THE SHIFTER, THIS SEEMED TO WORK OKAY, UNTIL ONE DAY, AFTER I PUSHED IT INTO 1ST GEAR, IT POPPED OUT SO HARD IT ALMOST BROKE MY WRIST! IT SEEMS TO POP OUT OF 1ST SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK NOW, DRIVING AROUND TOWN (STOP AND GO TRAFFIC); ONCE IT POPPED OUT OF 1ST SO HARD IT WENT RIGHT INTO 2ND GEAR! ITS EXTRA SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS AT A RED LIGHT INTERSECTION AND WHEN I START TO PROCEED, IT WILL POP OUT LEAVING ME WITHOUT POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, WITH PEOPLE BEHIND ME - I HAVE TO QUICKLY THROW IT INTO 2ND BECAUSE IT WON'T GO BACK INTO 1ST. I HAVE 23,000 MILES ON MY JEEP NOW. I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY IT HAS HAPPENED OVER A 1,000 TIMES!! I HAVE STARTED TO "FEEL" WHEN IT MIGHT HAPPEN, WHILE MY HAND IS ON THE SHIFTER, IT SEEMS TO START TO WOBBLE - AS IF SOMETHING ISN'T CONNECTED RIGHT. I HAVE TRIED PULLING IT OUT OF 1ST GEAR WHEN I STOP, RE-SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR/1ST GEAR - DOESN'T FIX IT. I HAVE TRIED TO BABY IT, SHIFTING SOFTER, AND EVEN REV THE ENGINE AND "PEEL" OUT - IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT I DO. I'M TAKING IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER THIS AFTERNOON, MAYBE THEY WILL LISTEN TO MY PLIGHT. I WILL HAPPILY TESTIFY TO A GRAND JURY THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 JEEP WRANGLER 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. *TR

THE 2010 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND FOR THE TEN MINUTES PRIOR TO THE STOP AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DRIVER STOPPED AT A CONVENIENCE STORE FOR 5 MINUTES, PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, AND APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER THE JEEP HAD FLAMES SHOOTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT BEFORE THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WITH NO SUCCESS. THE JEEP WAS A COMPLETE LOSS AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES. THE ONLY UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR NOTED BEFORE THE FIRE WAS THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE ON 2 OCCASIONS. THE JEEP WAS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BUT THEN BURNED TO THE GROUND. INVESTIGATION FROM THE CHRYSLER REP AND THE INSURANCE REP DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS DUE TO "DEBRIS AROUND THE TRANSMISSION". *TR

MY 2010 JEEP WAS PARKED BUT RUNNING WHEN A FRIEND YELLED THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE SO I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AND FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE GRILL AND COMING OUT OF THE WHEEL WELL, WITHIN 2 MIN THE WHOLE JEEP WAS IN FLAMES AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED BUT WAS TOO LATE, THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAID IT MOST LIKELY CAME FROM THE TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE AS THERE WAS PROBLEMS REPORTED LATELY. *JS

ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. TRIED PUMPING BUT NOTHING. ENDED UP RUNNING THE RED LIGHT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP UNTIL I HAD CROSSED THROUGH ALL THE LANES TO THE OTHER SIDE. BRAKES STARTED WORKING AFTER CROSSING THE STREET AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL TAKEN BACK TO JEEP SERVICE. THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE FLUID. FOUND INTERNAL FAILURE OF BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, INSTALLED NEW ONE AND BLEED MASTER CYLINDER. EVIDENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2010 MASTER CYLINDERS BUT MY JEEP DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE. HOW DO I KNOW THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW TYPE AND NOT THE SAME STYLE MASTER CYLINDER THAT FAILED. *JS *TR

WHEN REFUELING FUEL SPILLS OUT OF FILLING PORT ON VEHICLE. FUEL SPURTS OUT POTENTIALLY ONTO PERSON REFUELING VEHICLE OR ONTO VEHICLE AND GROUND. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS DURING DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES AND REFUELING CONDITIONS. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED AT MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS. *TR