2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I PUT THE JEEP IN REVERSE; THE HORN BLEW UNTIL IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF REVERSE. THE WIPERS CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR THE WHOLE TRIP INTO WORK (1 HOUR) THE WINDSHIELD WASHER MOTOR ALSO RAN. ENGINE LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. SINCE THAT TIME THERE ARE INTERMITTENT OCCURRENCES OF DOORS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ON THEIR OWN. WIPERS AND WASHER TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, HEADLIGHTS BOTH WENT OUT IN JULY HORN WOULDN'T SHUT OFF, THEN THE DOORS WOULDN'T UNLOCK AND WHEN THEY DID THE WIPERS TURNED ON. EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS THE JEEP WOULD LOSE POWER AND STALL. I HAVE ASKED SEVERAL ASE CERTIFIED MECHANICS THEIR OPINION AND ALL SAY THE SAME...TCIM

ON THE 2008+ JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON PERIODICALLY 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. THE DEALER SAY IS NOT IN WARRANTY BUT IN THE FILE COMPLAINT # PE11019 SAY 10 YEAR OR 150000 MILES. I WANT TO KNOW I CAN DO. *TR

UPON TURNING ON MY JEEP THE AIRBAG LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT AFTER THE START-UP LIGHT CHECK. WHEN RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT WENT OUT. WHILE DRIVING IT CAME BACK ON AND CHIMED, IT HAS CONTINUED TO COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE PARKED. THE ESP ALSO BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. THIS INTERMITTENT ISSUE HAS PERSISTED FOR OVER A YEAR. IN DOING RESEARCH BOTH ISSUES CAN POTENTIALLY BE RELATED BACK TO THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING. A RECALL EXISTS FOR RHD JEEP WRANGLERS OF MY SAME YEAR THAT USE THE SAME PART. WHEN CONTACTING A JEEP DEALER ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO RESOLVE IT UNLESS I PAID FOR ALL PARTS AND LABOR. IN CHECKING ONLINE FORUMS THIS IS APPARENTLY NOT AS RARE AS THE INITIAL RECALL STATES. THERE ARE EVEN ONLINE TUTORIALS ON HOW TO CHANGE IT YOURSELF SINCE THE MANUFACTURER DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THIS AS A PROBLEM ON LHD JEEPS. (HTTP://WWW.JK-FORUM.COM/FORUMS/JK-WRITE-UPS-39/CLOCKSPRING-REPLACEMENT-273201/) WHILE THIS HASN'T CAUSED A SAFETY PROBLEM YET, MY CONCERN IS IF I AM INVOLVED IN A COLLISION THAT I WILL NOT HAVE THE PROTECTION I AM SUPPOSED TO FROM A FAULTY MANUFACTURER PART. *TR

ON MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY MINUTE WITH A LOUD 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 2007+ 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 2007+ JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS ADMITTED THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MANY JEEP OWNERS WITH THE SAME FAULTY CLOCKSPRING, BUT THEY CHARGE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT FOR EVERY JEEP OWNER THAT TAKES THE TIME TO WRITE A COMPLAINT, THERE MUST BE MANY MORE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WHO NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE A COMPLAINT. I AM WRITING THIS WITH THE HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL NOTICE THE LARGE AMOUNT OF 2007+ JEEP WRANGLER OWNERS WHO ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE FAULTY CLOCKSPRING, AND INITIATE A RECALL THAT CAN HELP FIX THE CLOCKSPRING AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. *TR

MY 08 JEEP WRANGLER ONLY HAS 64.000 MILES ON IT AND MY SON DRIVES IT,THE HORN AND WIPERS WOULD GO OFF AT RANDOM,I AM JUST GLAD HE WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED,THAT COULD CAUSE ANYONE TO WRECK I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE TIPM WAS BAD,I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM PART WITH THIS MODEL,THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PART HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU CAN DO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. *TR

I WAS DROPPING MY KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL AND MY CAR WENT CRAZY MY HORN WENT OFF, ALARM WENT OFF AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS BOTH FRONT AND BACK SPRAYING THE FLUID ALL OVER PEOPLE NOT ON MY WINDOWS. I TOOK MY KEYS OUT OF THE CAR AND IT CONTINUED. THE PRINCIPLE WANDERED WHY I WAS HONKING AT THE OTHER CARS AND SPRAYING THE KIDS IT NOT ONLY WAS EMBARRASSING BUT THE FLUID COULD OF EASILY GOT IN KIDS EYES. *TR

GAS POURS OUT OF FILLER/NECK , GAS TANK WHEN FILLING THE VEHICLE UP. HAVE TRIED HOLDING NOZZLE AT DIFFERENT ANGLES, FILLING IT SLOWER ETC HOWEVER THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF! THEN WHILE THE MOTOR IS OFF THE HORN SOUNDS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHIPPING AND THE WINDSHIELD WASHER WIPER FLUIDLY STARTS FLOWING OUT. *TR

CLOCK SPRING HAS GONE BAD AGAIN. WAS REPLACED ONCE BY ORIGINAL OWNER NOW HAS GONE BAD AGAIN AND NO RECALL ISSUED...UPDATED 12/02/14 *BF *TR

UPON EXITING THE PARKING LOT OF MY EMPLOYER, THE AIRBAG SIGNAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SOUNDED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO A NEARBY PARKING SPOT AND TURNED THE CAR OFF IN HOPES OF RESETTING THE ALARM. THIS DID NOT WORK AND THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED EVER SINCE. AFTER SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I CAME ACROSS FORUMS FOR THE CLOCK SPRING FAILURE, HOWEVER, MY HORN AND TURN SIGNALS WORK PROPERLY AND THE AIRBAG FUSES ARE STILL FUNCTIONAL. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC FOR A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC, HOWEVER, NO CODES WERE GIVEN AND HE SAID "WELL, WE SHOULD START WITH THE CLOCK SPRING AND SEE IF THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM." I CALLED CHRYSLER/JEEP IN HOPES OF ATTAINING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TO MY DISMAY, THE WOMAN ON THE OTHER LINE INFORMED MY THAT I WAS OVER MY WARRANTY MILEAGE AND "NOTHING CAN REALLY BE DONE." I TRULY DON'T MIND THE LIGHT OR EVEN THE SPORADIC (EVERY 2 OR 3 MINUTE) DING THE LIGHT MAKES. WHAT I DO MIND IS THE FACT THAT MY VEHICLE, WITH DOORS AND A ROOF MAINLY TO PROTECT AGAINST THE ELEMENTS, HAS NON-FUNCTIONING AIRBAGS THAT CHRYSLER DOESN'T SEEM TO DESIRE TO REMEDY.