2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

SINCE I PURCHASED THIS JEEP I HAVE HAD STARTING ISSUES WHERE THE JEEP JUST CLICKS AND WON'T TURN OVER. HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, STARTER AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. SOMETIMES TAKES 5 - 8 ATTEMPTS AND SOMETIMES IT STARTS OTHER TIMES NOTHING. HAVE GOTTEN IT TOWED AND GOTTEN IT TO THE MECHANIC AND IT STARTS WHEN ARRIVED AT MECHANIC. THIS IS FRUSTRATING ON ALL ACCOUNTS AND TO ALL INVOLVED.

WHEN FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION, THE FUEL PUMP WILL KICK OFF AND A SECOND LATER GAS COMES FLYING OUT OF THE TANK AND HITS ME, MY JEEP AND GOES ALL OVER THE GROUND.

HOT OIL WARNING STARTED FLASHING AND DINGING. WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. SOME ONLINE SEARCHES INDICATED THAT SOMETIMES ITS JUST A BAD SENSOR BUT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT OCCURRED BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER WENT ABOVE HALF WAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED INDEPENDENTLY, WITH THE HORN BLARING AND HEADLAMPS FLASHING WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING, OR DRIVER INPUT. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT TO PREVENT THE FAILURE, THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

WITH VEHICLE EITHER NOT RUNNING OR RUNNING. RANDOM EVENTS WHERE HORN BLASTS CONTINUOUSLY, WIPERS TURN ON, WASHER FLUID SPRAYS. OPENING DOOR HAS CAUSED HORN TO SOUND, WITH ENGINE OFF.*DT*JB*DT CONSUMER STATED DEALERSHIP DID NOT GIVE FAULTY TIPM DIAGNOSIS.*JB

I WAS TRAVELING AT AROUND 45MPH REAR ENDED A STOPPED VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY AND MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I FRACTURED MY HAND. *TR

THE VEHICLE "POPS" OUT OF 1ST GEAR CONSTANTLY. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES POSTED IN FORUMS WHERE THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MANY OF THESE MODELS. ITS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO START FROM A STANDSTILL WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND YOU AND YOU CAN'T EVEN USE FIRST GEAR TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. I'VE HAD PEOPLE ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE OF THIS!!..AGAIN, THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED...AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST ME....BUT AFTER DOING HOURS OF RESEARCH (HUNDREDS OF POSTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON LINE) AND EVEN HAVING OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE MY VEHICLE, WE ALL AGREE SOMETHING IS WRONG..

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT FUEL PUMP WITH THE FUEL TANK HALF FULL. BEGAN REFUELING AND HAD AN IMMEDIATE BACK SPLASH /SPEWING OF FUEL. ESTIMATE AT LEAST A HALF GALLON WAS SPILLED ONTO THE VEHICLE, THE GROUND AND ON MY PERSON.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BLACKTOP ROAD AND MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. THE AIRBAG WAS REPLACED IN NOV 2018. I NEVER HIT ANYTHING. MY INSURANCE COMPANY CAME OUT AND INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT

SINCE 2017, EVERY TIME I PUMP FUEL INTO THE CAR AT GAS STATION, THE PUMP OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR, THE GROUND AND THEN MY FEET AND HANDS BECAUSE I HAVE TO STEP IN THE PUDDLE AND PUT THE GAS CAP ON. I MOVED TO TN FROM CA IN 2016 AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING THAT IT THE SHELL GAS PUMPS HERE IN TN THAT WERE CAUSING IT...AS IF THEY WERE OLD OR NOT UP TO SOME SORT OF "CA STANDARD" OR SOMETHING. HOWEVER, AFTER THIS PROBLEM JUST HAPPENED TO MY PREGNANT WIFE WITH OUR 2 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR, I DECIDED TO CHECK A JEEP FORUM AND SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. LO AND BEHOLD, THIS APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE DATING BACK 10 YEARS TO A 2010 FORUM I FOUND. URL: HTTPS://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F176/HAVE-FUEL-SPILL-PROBLEMS-LIKE-MANY-US-SUBMIT-COMPLAINT-FORCE-RECALL-974337/ THIS VIDEO SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?TIME_CONTINUE=7&V=HAE5HT-_Y48&FEATURE=EMB_LOGO THIS IS A SERIOUS RISK OF FIRE AND SAFETY...FOR NOT JUST ME, BUT ANY PATRON AT A GAS STATION WHO IS EITHER THERE WITH ME OR DRIVES UP TO MY PUMP AFTER ME. THE FUMES ARE NOW ON OUR FEET AND THEN IN THE CAR...THEN WE GO HOME OR WHERE AND SPREAD THAT GASOLINE FUMES AROUND EVERYWHERE WE GO. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND I'M VERY CONCERNED WHY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS GIVEN THE EASE TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM WITH ONE SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH. I'M VERY CONCERNED...