2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND AN AUDIBLE CHIME WENT OFF EACH TIME THE LIGHT FLASHED. THE LIGHT AND CHIME WOULD APPEAR ABOUT EVERY 5 MINUTES. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON RHD VEHICLES OF THIS SAME MODEL FOR THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM FOR LHD VEHICLES WITH NO RECALL. ARE THEY ONLY RECALLING THE RHD VEHICLES BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DRIVEN BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AND THEY EXPECT EVERYONE ELSE TO PAY $600 TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED? *TR

WHEN TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I GOT OUT AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE FLUID HOSE HAS BEEN RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRE - THE HOSE WAS WORN FLAT AND THRU ON ONE SIDE. I HAVE NOT COMPLETED ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE TIRES - I HAVE THE SAME SIZE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE JEEP ORIGINALLY. THE OTHER RECALL FOR THE FENDER RUB HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

MY JEEP HAS JUMPED OUT OF 1ST GEAR FROM A START OF ROLL UNLIMITED TIMES CAUSING AT TIMES NEAR TO FATAL CRASHES BECAUSE OF THIS. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVES AND DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGERS NUMEROUS TIMES AND ALL WILL NOT FIX DUE TO POWERTRAIN COVERAGE IS NON-TRANSFERABLE AND THEY CLAIM THIS IS NOT A JEEP PROBLEM. THERE IS NUMEROUS FORUMS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS WHO CLAIM THE SAME PROBLEM YET JEEP WILL NOT FIX. PLEASE HELP. *TR

CLOCK SPRING FAIL AT 52000. NO AIRBAG AT AN OUT IF POCKET COST OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. CAN'T FIX. *TR

THE FIRST PROBLEMS TO START WERE THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF AND ON WHEN THE CAR WAS OFF. THE INSIDE DOME LIGHTS ALSO GO ON AND OFF WHEN THE CAR IS NOT RUNNING. 2ND CAME THE BATTERY. IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS DEAD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT NOW. IF YOU WAIT A BIT OR JUMP IT, IT STARTS RIGHT UP. ALSO WHEN IN THIS STATE ALL OF THE OTHER BATTERY OPERATED COMPONENTS WORK FINE, LIKE LIGHTS RADIO, ETC. THEN CAME THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND ALARM. THIS WILL COME ON FOR ABOUT A MINUTE THAN GO OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN BACK ON. VERY ANNOYING. FROM WHAT I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS IS THE CLOCK SPRING MODULE OR THE TIPM. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WIT THE DEALER THIS WEEKEND. 11/8/2014. *TR

POWER LOCKS QUIT WORKING, WHILE REPLACING THE FUSE, ALL ELECTRICAL CEASED, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE. TOWED TO AUTO ELECTRIC REPAIR WITH THE DETERMINATION THAT THE TIPM WAS BAD, AND AT ANY GIVEN TIME THE LIGHTS, WIPERS, ETC COULD JUST QUIT WORKING. *TR

IN REFERENCE TO TIPM RECALL. WHILE DRIVING, THE HORN WILL BLOW NONSTOP, AS WELL AS WINDSHIELD WIPERS ENGAGE, FLUID SPRAYS NONSTOP ONTO WINDSHIELD, A/C WILL NOT BLOW, ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF SPONTANEOUSLY WHICH CAUSED A TRUCK TO LIGHTLY BUMP ME IN AN INTERSECTION. SELLING DEALERSHIP (HEBERT'S TOWN AND COUNTRY SHREVEPORT, LA) WILL NOT FIX. HTTP://YOUTU.BE/RYJXVNG4C8I. *TR

THE JEEP JUMPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING FROM A FULL STOP. THE STICK SHIFT VIOLENTLY JUMPS BACK INTO NEUTRAL AND OCCURS UNPREDICTABLY. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN THIS HAPPENS WHEN I'M TURNING INTO TRAFFIC (RISK OF BEING T-BONED) OR ELSE FROM DEAD STOPS WHEN SOMEBODY IS BEHIND ME (RISK OF BEING REAR-ENDED). I HAVE EVEN HELT THE STICKSHIFT IN FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP AND IT HAS JUMPED OUT HURTING MY WRIST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRINGS THAT WAS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE AIR BAG SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

I WAS GOING OUT TO MY JEEP TO GET SOMETHING OUT AND PRESSED UNLOCK ON KEYPAD AND THEN HORN, WIPERS BOTH FRONT AND REAR WERE GOING AND WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID ALL STARTED TO WORK WITHOUT THE JEEP TURNED ON. SO I HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY TO STOP THIS. I'VE SEEN ONLINE MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES I'M HAVING WITH THIS JEEP. IT ALSO HAPPENED TWO WEEKS PRIOR WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED JEEP OFF BUT STILL WAS DOING THE SAME ISSUES HORN BLASTING, WIPERS RUNNING, FLUID SPRAYING. NOW STUCK WITH A HUGE REPAIR BILL THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY A RECALL! ! ! *TR