2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE UNABLE TO BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REMOVE THEIR CHILD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, ENROUTE HOME, AND MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED JUST LOST POWER WHICH I STEERED IT ONTO THE SHOULDER. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NOR EQUIPMENT FAILURE INDICATOR WAS ON MY DASHBOARD. MY VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING HEAVILY UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I HAD TO TOW MY VEHICLE TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP, FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON THE CAUSE. I'M AWAITING FOR THEIR FINDINGS ON THE CAUSE. *TR

PARKING BRAKE LEVER SPRING BROKE, VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHILE PARKED. IT THEN ROLLED OVER A BLOCK DOWN THE STREET AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER PARKED CAR. LUCKILY ALL THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ALREADY BOARDED THE SCHOOL BUS, AS IT ROLLED THROUGH THE BUS STOP! *TR

ON MY 2008 JEEP JK WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, WHICH INDICATES 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. *TR

I OWN TWO JEEPS, ONE A 2007 WRANGLER UNLIMITED AND THE OTHER 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO CLOCK SPRINGS IN THE 2007 WRANGLER AND RECENTLY THE SECOND REPLACED CLOCK SPRING IN THE 2008 WRANGLER WENT OUT. THIS IS A TOTAL OF 4 CLOCK SPRING FAILURES IN TWO JEEPS. I HAD RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE 2007 WRANGLER AND WAS REIMBURSED. BUT NOT THE 2008 WRANGLER. CHRYSLER DID GIVE ME A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT ON THE FIRST CLOCK SPRING THAT FAILED IN THE 2008. ON THIS SECOND ONE, THEY ARE SAYING THEY WILL OFFER ME ANOTHER REIMBURSEMENT BUT AGAIN ONLY PARTIAL. THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TO CONFIRM IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING. BEING THAT I AM NOW ON MY 4TH CLOCK SPRING IN TWO JEEPS I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER CLOCK SPRING AND GO THROUGH THE PAIN OF ANOTHER REIMBURSEMENT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. CURRENTLY MY AIRBAGS ARE NOT WORKING WHILE I FIGHT THIS ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH, MY AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH AND THEN IT STOPPED. IT BEGAN TO FLASH ON AND OFF EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND RINGING. AFTER I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE, IT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING. THERE IS A 2007 RECALL AND A 2008 RECALL FOR RIGHT SIDE DRIVING VEHICLES. BUT NOTHING FOR 2008 JEEP WRANGLER LEFT SIDE DRIVING VEHICLES. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND HAD TO FILE A COMPLAINT DUE TO THEM NOT FIXING THE ISSUE UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE REPAIR IS $500+. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AIR BAG ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND CHIME IS GOING OFF. ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU ARE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. AFTER WAITING A WEEK FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY CLOSEST DEALER AND MORE THAN A HOUR FOR THEM TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THEM PROBLEM. THEY TELL ME IT IS NOT THE AIRBAG BUT THE CLOCK SPRING AND THAT I OWE THEM $75 DOLLARS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I ASK THEM IF IT IS COVERED AND THEY TELL ME THE PART COSTS APPROXIMATELY $300 OR MORE. I CHECKED THE COMPUTER IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THIS VEHICLE BUT CHRYSLER JEEP REFUSES TO ADDRESS IT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR IT BUT ONLY IN RIGHT HAND DRIVEN VEHICLES. BEING THAT I AM A MOTHER OF 4 I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE WITH THIS LIGHT ON BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I REALLY DON'T KNOWN WHAT TO DO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE KEY WAS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS FINE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE NOT ANY WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS A ELECTRICAL WIRING MALFUNCTION THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE IGNITION. ANOTHER MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE COULD BE A IGNITION MALFUNCTION, HOWEVER BOTH MECHANICS WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE A SOLUTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 ....UPDATED 09-03-14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD START IN NEUTRAL, BUT NOT PARK UPDATED 09/09/14

HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON TO GO TO CHURCH AT 10:30 SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3. ONCE AGAIN, THE HORN WOULDN'T STOP, WASHER FLUID WAS SHOOTING ALL OVER, LOCKS WERE GOING LIKE CRAZY, WIPERS MOVING, ETC. NO MATTER WHAT I DID, IT WOULDN'T STOP. THIS HAS BECOME A REGULARLY OCCURRING PROBLEM AND CONSIDERING THE HEADLIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF I WOULD THINK (AS AN EMT INSTRUCTOR AND A POLICE EMPLOYEE) THAT THIS WOULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN AND WOULD BE DEALT WITH THROUGH A RECALL ASAP. NOT FORCING ME TO PAY "AROUND $600" FOR A PART ON NATIONWIDE BACKORDER. ON JULY 27 I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM AT 6:10AM, I AM SURE MY NEIGHBORS LOVED THAT. AND ON AUG 1, WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE HORN HONKED AND WASHER FLUID SHOT OUT. MY SISTER SAID IT WAS LIKE MY JEEP SNEEZED DUE TO HOW QUICKLY/SUDDENLY IT HAPPENED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE HORN ALSO DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC TO HAVE THE HORN FIXED, AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS A BAD CLOCK-SPRING. CHRYSLER HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THE RH 2008 WRANGLERS AND ALL 2007 WRANGLERS, BUT THE WARRANTY FOR THE LH 2008 WRANGLERS, LIKE MINE, HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS THE HORN DOES NOT WORK, AND I AM UNSURE IF MY AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY, IF NEEDED. THERE IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE AS THERE ARE A FLOOD OF COMPLAINTS. IT IS TIME FOR THE NHTSA TO STEP IN AND GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY $500.00 TO HAVE THE CLOCK-SPRING FIXED WHEN IT IS AN OBVIOUS ISSUE ACROSS THE LINE IN THE 2007 AND 2008 MODELS. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WHICH IS WHAT WAS THE INITIAL ISSUE WHICH HAD ME TAKE THE JEEP INTO THE SHOP. OVER THIS PAST YEAR, THE JEEP WOULD JUST START SHAKING VIOLENTLY AT ABOUT 55 MPH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THIS LAST TIME, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE JEEP AND TRIED AGAIN, ONLY TO HAVE IT START SHAKING VIOLENTLY AGAIN. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT NEEDS ADDRESSED. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AS THERE WERE VEHICLES ON THE FREEWAY ALL AROUND ME. I COULD BARELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE TO PULL IT OFF THE ROAD. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER, THE CALIPERS, AND THE ROTORS TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. INTERESTINGLY, WHEN I WALKED IN TO TALK TO THEM, THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AS THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS THAT NEEDED REPAIRS FOR THE SAME VEHICLE AND PROBLEM FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS. THIS WAS A $350.00 REPAIR. I POINT THIS SECOND ISSUE OUT SO OTHER JEEP OWNERS WILL KNOW WHAT TO HAVE REPAIRED IF CHRYSLER DOES NOTHING. *TR