2014 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

I TOOK IT TO BIG O TIRE TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED AS I KNEW THAT SINCE I HAVE OVER SIZE TIRES AND A LIFT KIT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE BEEN SMELLING OIL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND CHECKED IT WHEN I LEFT WINSLOW AZ. TO GO HOME TO KINGMAN AZ. AND IT WAS JUST A BIT LOW. SO WHEN I PICKED IT UP FROM BIG O TIRE FOR THE BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT THEY TOLD ME IT WAS 3 QUARTS LOW ON OIL (THAT'S A 186 MILE TRIP) AND THEY FILLED IT, I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO MARTIN SWANTY CHRYSLER JEEP IN KINGMAN AZ. WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE. THEY LOOKED IT OVER AND TOLD ME IT WAS A SPILL FROM WHEN I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT OIL CAN HENRY'S. THEY CLEANED IT UP A BIT AND CHARGED ME 72.00 AND TOLD ME I WAS GOOD TO GO. I TOOK IT TO THE CAR WASH AND FLUSHED THE ENGINE VALLEY OUT REALLY GOOD AND DROVE IT HOME. I LOOKED IN THE ENGINE VALLEY AND VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS ONLY WATER IN THE VALLEY AROUND THE OIL FILTER, BUT WHEN I GOT HOME IT WAS FULL OF OIL AGAIN, SO I GOGGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THIS ON HTTP://WWW.WRANGLERFORUM.COM/F274/2014-CRACKED-OIL-COOLER-HOUSINGS-LOOKS-LIKE-A-SERIOUS-ISSUE-698297-13.HTML WRANGLER FORUM AND SEARCHED FOR 2014 JKU OIL LEAK AND FOUND IT TO BE A OIL COOLER LEAK THAT LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMMON ON THE 2014 MODELS AND MOST DEALERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT ???? THIS IS FRIDAY 09-12-2014, THIS IS MY WORK VEHICLE AS I WORK PIPELINE. I WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER MONDAY. *TR

I HAVE A TWO MONTH OLD JEEP WRANGLER 2014, 4 DOOR WITH 1898 MILES ON IT AND IT WOULDN'T START. IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. WE TRIED TO JUMP START IT AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED. TOWED IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WERE PERPLEXED AND NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THEY WERE NOT GETTING POWER TO ANYTHING AT ALL AND HADN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. AFTER KEEPING IT FOR A DAY THEY SAID IT WAS THE PDC BATTERY MAIN POWER CABLE THAT WAS NOT ELECTRICALLY TIGHT. THE INTERESTING THING IS IT STILL HESITATES TO START ON OCCASION AND IT IS A BRAND NEW CAR. THIS IS VERY TROUBLING TO ME AS I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES AND WORRY IT COULD JUST STOP WORKING WHILE I AM DRIVING IT. *TR

WAS TRAVELING IN OUR 3 WEEK OLD 2014 JEEP WRANGLER 2 DOOR AUTOMATIC IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. HEADING WEST ON A REMOTE TWO LANE HIGHWAY IN APPROX. 84 DEGREE DRY CONDITIONS. SPEED LIMIT IN THIS AREA IS 55. I CAME UPON A FARM TRUCK WHO WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 45-50 MPH. WHEN CONDITIONS WERE SAFE, I PULLED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE AND PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE VERY HARD TO PASS THE FARM VEHICLE IN A SAFE DISTANCE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON BUT WAS CURRENTLY NOT IN USE. AS I WAS ALMOST AROUND THE FARM VEHICLE I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT FULL THROTTLE. I FIRST VIEWED THE ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO SEE IF IT WAS CLEAR WHILE AT THE SAME TIME I STOMPED ON THE BRAKE. I ALSO TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL COMPLETELY OFF. AN ERROR MESSAGE FLASHED ON THE DASH HOWEVER DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES I DID NOT SEE WHAT IT INDICATED. THE BRAKING HELPED BUT AS SOON AS I TOOK THE FOOT OFF THE BRAKE IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT FULL THROTTLE. I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THE JEEP REACHED A SPEED OF 100 WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I THEN PREPARED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL BUT FIRST REACHED AND GRABBED THE FLOOR MAT AND YANKED IT AS HARD AS I COULD TO PULL IT AWAY FROM THE GAS PEDAL AS I WAS STILL UNSURE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE ISSUE FELT MORE LIKE AN ELECTRONIC ISSUE THEN A GAS PEDAL CAUGHT ON A FLOOR MAT. HOWEVER THIS DID SEEM TO STOP THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. ONCE HOME I VERIFIED THAT I COULD NOT SEE IN ANY WAY HOW THE FLOOR MAT WOULD HOLD DOWN THE GAS PEDAL AS THE GAS PEDAL SNAPS BACK WITH QUITE A BIT OF FORCE WHEN PUSHING THE FLOOR MAT IN FRONT OF THE PEDAL. THIS VERY WELL MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE FLOOR MAT HOWEVER I WOULD LIKE TO DOCUMENT WHAT HAPPENED. *TR

ON JULY 3, 2014, THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING DURING A 150-MILE ROAD TRIP. UPON COASTING FOR A SHORT DISTANCE, ENGINE POWER RESTORED, AND I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND CONTINUE DRIVING WITHOUT FURTHER TROUBLE THAT DAY. I DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR BECAUSE I ASSUMED IT WAS AN ISOLATED EPISODE. HOWEVER, ON JULY 22, 2014, I AGAIN HAD TROUBLE WHILE ON ANOTHER 300-MILE ROUND-TRIP ROAD TRIP. DURING THE RETURN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER AT LEAST SIX TIMES BOTH ON THE INTERSTATE AND ON LOCAL ROADS. EACH TIME, I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SO AS TO NOT BLOCK THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. AFTER A SHORT TIME, ABOUT 30 SECONDS, ENGINE POWER RESTORED, AND I WAS AGAIN ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND CONTINUE ON WITH MY TRIP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER ON JULY 23, 2014, WHERE IT WAS KEPT UNTIL JULY 28, 2014. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE, AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. SOFTWARE UPDATES WERE RUN IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I AGAIN HAD TROUBLE WITH THE VEHICLE ON AUGUST 18, 2014, WHEN DRIVING A 400-MILE ROUND-TRIP ROAD TRIP. DURING THE DRIVE, THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER FIVE TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE, AT SPEEDS UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR. UPON THE FIFTH EPISODE THAT DAY, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CLOSEST DEALER FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, AS I FEARED I WOULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BY LOSING ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE, BUT THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HE SAW SIGNS OF THE PROBLEM I DESCRIBED DURING HIS EVALUATIVE DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO ME AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE USUAL DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A MORE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION. UPON DRIVING IT FOR OVER 100 MILES, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND, THUS, AGAIN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY AND REPAIR THE ISSUE. *TR

AT APPROX 50 MILES PER HOUR, VEHICLE BREAKS INTO A EXTREMELY SEVERE SHAKING RENDERING IT UNCONTROLLABLE. CONDITION HAPPENS 2 OR 3 TIMES PER DAY. DEALER HAS REVIEWED 4 TIMES AND REPLACED COMPONENTS TO NO AVAIL. FINALLY TELLING ME TO BUY NEW TIRES. WEB RESEARCH SHOWS THIS AFFLICTION HAS BEEN NAMED "DEATH WOBBLE" DEALERS LAST ADJUSTMENT OF TOW IN SEEMED TO CURE TEMPORARILY. NOW THAT IT IS IN THE 50 DEGREE RANGE AGAIN IT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON SNOW OR ICE, I DON'T THINK I COULD CONTROL IT AT ALL. *TR

3RD TIME AT THIS POINT. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY THE WIPERS TURN ON AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS BEGIN TO FLASH FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF BY ITSELF. ONCE THE VEHICLE DIES IT WILL NOT RESTART. 1ST TRIP TO DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE. 5 HOURS LATER VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING AND WAS TOWED BACK TO DEALER-DEALER ABLE TO REPLICATE AND REPLACED TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). 3 DAYS LATER PROBLEM RETURNED WITH VEHICLE FAILING TO START WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. GOING BACK TO DEALER THIS MORNING. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY AND RANDOMLY DIES WHILE IN MOTION AND IN TRAFFIC. *TR

PURCHASED A NEW 2014 JEEP WRANGLER WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN SEPTEMBER 2013. ON JULY 21,2014 I WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE AND PULLED ON THE PARKING BRAKE AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED AND WILL NOW NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE IN PLACE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A JEEP DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE PART FIXED ON JULY 23, 2014 AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE "PARKING LEVER" WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS ON "BACKORDER" AND THE DEALER COULD NOT GIVE ME ANY TIMELINE ON WHEN THE PART WOULD BE REPLACED. CONSIDERING THIS IS A MANUAL VEHICLE, THE PARKING BRAKE IS NEEDED TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED JEEP CORPORATE REGARDING MY ISSUE AND HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. UPON DOING FURTHER RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THIS ISSUE IS COMMON WITH JEEP WRANGLERS AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE THEIR JEEP HAS ROLLED AWAY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN AN INJURY OR FATALITY. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE OPERATING MY JEEP WRANGLER UNTIL JEEP TAKES ACTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

I TOOK MY JEEP IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION. THEY FOUND MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL LEAKING, BUT NOT FROM THE OIL PAN. MY CAR WAS BOUGHT IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013 NEW. THEY HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR 5 DAYS. IT APPEARS FROM READING THE OTHER POSTINGS THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH 2014 JEEP WRANGLERS. *JS

I PURCHASED A 2014 JEEP WRANGLER, UNLIMITED FREEDOM EDITION ON FEBRUARY 21, 2014. ON JUNE 28, 2014, I WAS DRIVING THE ABOVE NAMED JEEP ON AN INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH. THE JEEP HAS A "SOFT" TOP. (I HAVE NEVER TOUCHED THE TOP BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PERFORM THE TASK OF RETRACTING THE TOP TO FOLD DOWN OR FOLD IT UP TO REATTACH THE TOP. I DECIDED THAT WHEN I WANTED TO RETRACT THE TOP THAT I'D HAVE TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE JEEP OWNER'S GUIDE AND THEN PERFORM THE TASK. I'VE HAD THE JEEP FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS. I DON'T DRIVE IT MUCH, THEREFORE I HAD NOT DECIDED TO TRY AND PERFORM THAT TASK YET.) AS I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THE TOP ON THE JEEP UNPREDICTABLY FLEW OPEN AND BACKWARD. THE JEEP TOP, AFTER THE INCIDENT, WAS HANGING ON THE JEEP ABOUT 1/4 PARTS ON THE REAR TOP OF THE JEEP. THE REMAINDER OF THE JEEP TOP HAD BROKEN AND DETACHED FROM THE BODY STRUCTURE OF THE JEEP FROM THE UPPER FRONT TOP TO ABOUT 3/4 PARTS OF THE WAY BACKWARD, TOWARD THE REAR OF THE JEEP. I WAS SO AFRAID AND IN HORRIFIC SHOCK! I PULLED OVER OFF THE INTERSTATE AND TURNED THE JEEP OFF. I WAS SHAKING OUT OF FEAR AND SHOCK FROM THIS INCIDENT. ALL I COULD THINK AT THAT MOMENT WAS..."WHAT IF THAT TOP HAD FLOWN ALL THE WAY OFF OF THE JEEP AND CAUSED ANOTHER PERSON IN A VEHICLE NEAR ME, ON THE INTERSTATE, TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND PERHAPS BEEN KILLED". I AM HORRIFIED!!! I, PERSONALLY, WOULD CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT! *TR

I JUST DROVE MY VEHICLE AND THEN PARKED IT AT MY HOME ON A DRIVEWAY THAT HAS A SLIGHT INCLINE. I PARKED VEHICLE IN 1ST GEAR (6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION), AND APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER I WAS IN MY YARD AND HEARD A MUFFLED POP NOISE AND THEN A CLICKING SOUND THAT RESEMBLED A ROLLER COASTER RIDE WHEN THE CARS ARE BEING PULLED UP A STEEP HILL. I TURNED AROUND AND SAW MY VEHICLE GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. IT COLLIDED WITH MY WIFE'S VEHICLE THEN HIT A TREE. THE VEHICLE HAS 2800 MILES ON IT. WHEN I GOT IN VEHICLE THE SHIFT WAS IN 1ST GEAR, AND BRAKE APPLIED. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND LET OFF THE CLUTCH AND THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD, INDICATING THAT IT WAS IN FACT IN FIRST GEAR STILL. I DUPLICATED WHERE I PARKED IT AGAIN AND IT MOVED BACKWARDS AGAIN. AFTER MULTIPLE REENACTMENTS THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE UNTIL 3-5 MIN LATER IT WOULD MAKE A SUDDEN MOVEMENT IN REVERSE FOR ABOUT 6-12 INCHES. *TR