2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

HIT SMALL BUMP ON EXPRESSWAY CAUSING 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY LIKE THE WHEELS WERE LOOSE. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY GET OFF THE EXPRESSWAY TO CHECK WHEELS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BY THE INITIAL REACTION IS TO SLOW DOWN AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION (CRASH). AFTER INSPECTING VEHICLE SHAKING HAD STOPPED. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT CLOCK SPRING CODE RECALLED IN 2007 MODELS AND RIGHT HAND DRIVE MODELS BUT NOT 2008 LEFT HAND DRIVE MODELS. ITS A COMMON JEEP ERROR AND A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR ALL MALFUNCTIONING MODELS. *TR

ON THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE 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. *TR

AIRBAG, ABS AND ESC LIGHTS ALL COME ON AND WON'T TURN OFF. MEANING AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY IF IN ACCIDENT AND ABS MAY FAIL WHEN BRAKING. ESC HAS BEEN RANDOMLY KICKING IN WHICH CUTS POWER TO MY POWERTRAIN AND CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN IN TRAFFIC AND MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWS AND CANNOT MAINTAIN SPEED. RECALLS HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE RIGHT HAND DRIVE MODELS FROM 2008-2011, AND THE LEFT HAND DRIVE MODEL FOR 2007. THIS APPEARS TO BE SAME ISSUE (CLOCKSPRING) AS THE RECALLS AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT THE DEALER IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR. *TR

AIR BAG INDICATOR AND CHIME GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. I'VE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE CLOCKSPRING WIRING ASSEMBLE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE 2008 - 2012 JEEP WRANGLER. MEANING I DO NOT HAVE RELIABLE AIRBAG PROTECTION DUE TO A FAULTY PART. CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL FOR ALL RHD WRANGLERS IN THESE YEARS, BUT DID NOTHING FOR THE DRIVERS OF THE LEFT HAND DRIVE VERSIONS. *TR

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I PULLED OVER. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST A ONE TIME THING BUT I TRAVELED OVER 1000 MILES WITH IT DINGING EVERY LITTLE WHILE. WHEN I GOT TO MY DESTINATION THE LIGHT WAS STILL COMING ON AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A SPRING AND WOULD COST 400.00 TO 500.00 TO FIX. I FEEL THAT IT IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. BUT NOT ONLY THAT I ALSO HAD TO GET THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED, BOTH UPPER AND LOWER WHICH COST OVER 1000.00. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT JEEP DOES NOT PUT GREASE FITTINGS ON THEM SO THAT THEY EVENTUALLY GO OUT. THIS COULD CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND THESE ISSUES NEED TO BE RESOLVED BY THE COMPANY BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT OR WORSE KILLED. I LOVE MY JEEP BUT ALL THESE ISSUES ARE REALLY DISTURBING. ONE OTHER ISSUE I NOTICED IS I AM ALWAYS HAVING TO CHECK THE OIL WHICH IS USUALLY LOW. NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS BUT I KNOW OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS. *TR

FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER MY JEEP TURN ON THE ESP BAS LIGHT ALSO WITH THE ESP OFF LIGHT SO I THOUGHT THAT I HAD BAD ALIGNMENT ON MY TIRES SO THEN I WENT TO THE DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING INSIDE MY STEERING WHEEL... I WAS READING THAT A LOT OF JEEP JK OWNERS ARE SUFFERING THIS ALSO JEEP ALREADY MADE A RECALL FOR RIGHT HAND DRIVERS BUT LEFT HAND DRIVERS ARE SUFFERING THE SAME. *TR

AT 65 MPH AFTER HITTING A COUPLE OF NORMAL BUMPS WHERE BRIDGE SURFACE MEETS THE INTERSTATE, THE FRONT END SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT FELT LIKE BODY WOULD SEPARATE FROM THE FRAME. THIS IS NO SUBTLE "SHIMMY OR VIBRATION" IT MAKES YOU JUMP ON THE BRAKES AND HOPE THAT THE 18 WHEELER BEHIND YOU DOES NOT RUN OVER YOU. I THINK THE CENTER LANE COULD BE DEADLY WHEN IT OCCURS, BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT FIND THE BERM FAST ENOUGH. IT GOES AWAY UNTIL THE NEXT TIME. HAD STEERING STABILIZER UP SIZED, BUT TO NO AVAIL. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE ON HIGHWAY SINCE FIRST INCIDENT. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL WE HEAR ABOUT FATALITIES. I AM LOOKING INTO LARGER SHOCK ABSORBERS AS MY MECHANIC SAYS THEY ARE PROBABLY UNDER SIZED FOR THE TIRES. I AM GRATEFUL MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT DRIVING IT AT THE TIME. AS A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER IT TAKES A LOT TO IMPRESS ME WHEN IT COMES TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY TAKEN LIVES. *TR

IN DECEMBER, MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION 2008 JEEP WRANGLER BEGAN JUMPING OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE CHANCES OF THIS HAPPENING INCREASE WITH HIGHER RPMS, SO A QUICK ACCELERATION OR ACCELERATING UP A HILL MAKE IT WORSE. IT'S INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AS IT USUALLY PUTS ME CLOSE TO A STOP AS I'M TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP SIGN OR WHEN A TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNS GREEN. POTENTIAL FOR REAR-ENDING IS HIGH. *TR

JEEP 2008 WRANGLER HAD AIRBAG INDICATOR GOING OFF, SO CODES WERE CHECKED. CLOCK SPRING FAILURE CODE. THIS IS A LIABILITY AND SAFETY ISSUE. *TR