2008 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X2. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH AND MAKING A SLIGHT BEND TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERED A SLIGHT BUMP AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THIS TRIP. THE VEHICLE WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ONCE THE SHAKING STARTED. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WOULD JUST SHAKE APART. THERE IS ALSO A CLICKING FEELING THAT CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING ONCE THE VEHICLE WARMS UP AND IS DRIVEN BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MILES. THE STEERING ACTUALLY FEELS MORE LOOSE ONCE THIS WARMED UP CONDITION IS MET. THE CLICK IS FELT GOING OVER ANY TYPE OF BUMP IN THE ROAD OR EVEN WHEN SITTING STILL AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED BACK AND FORTH, (LEFT TO RIGHT). *TR

CAR IS DEAD. BATTERY IS NOT THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ORIGINATING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. MECHANIC THINKS IT IS THE CLOCKSPRING. HE SAYS HE HAS HAD TO REPAIR MORE THAN 100 OF THEM. THAT IS JUST ONE MECHANIC. INTERESTING SINCE JEEP HAS NOT REPORTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THAT MANY PROBLEMS. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND MORE THAN 400 COMPLAINTS IN JUST 2 JEEP FORUMS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A REAL ISSUE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. IT IS NOT JUST A RHD ISSUE THAT WAS RECALLED. THINKING BACK IT EXPLAINS THE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU LEARN TO LIVE WITH LIKE WIPERS GOING ON AND OFF RANDOMLY, FOG LIGHT AND TAIL LIGHT ISSUES, AIRBAG WARNING SOUNDS AND LIGHT ETC.. NTSB REALLY SHOULD TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. AIRBAGS ARE A BIG ISSUE. THIS IS CAUSING FIRES AS WELL. STEERING IS GOING OUT. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MORE CLOSELY. REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION. THIS IS HAPPENING TO 1000S OF JEEP OWNERS. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW. WHILE DRIVING YESTERDAY, I HEARD A NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A SCRAPING SOUND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED. *TR

ON AUGUST 10TH ON A TRIP TO TULSA WHILE I HAD MY CRUISE SET ON OR ABOUT 70MPH I RECEIVED AN AIRBAG ALERT ON MY DASH. SINCE THAT ALERT IT HAS CONTINUED TO ALERT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3-5 MIN WHILE YOU DRIVE. TODAY I WAS INFORMED BY MY DEALER THAT IS WAS A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE THE AIRBAG NOT TO DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY WITHOUT PROVOCATION. UPON RESEARCH THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL JEEP AND CLEARLY IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THERE SHOULD BE A FORCED SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PART. *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. 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

WARNING LIGHT GOES ON...........HORN DOES NOT WORK.......CRUISE CONTROL WON'T WORK PROPERLY........A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX OR RECALL. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND KEPT SWITCHING ON AND OFF FOR MORE THAN 500 MILES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS WEEK AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CLOCKSPRING. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THEY SEE THEM COMING BACK "ALL THE TIME" AND HE JUST HAD ONE THE PREVIOUS DAY ON THE 2008 WRANGLER. I SEE THAT OTHER YEARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED - BUT AS OF YET JEEP HAS NOT RECALLED THIS SPECIFIC YEAR (THEY EVEN RECALLED RIGHT HAND DRIVE VERSIONS FOR THIS YEAR BUT NOT FOR LEFT HAND DRIVES). I PAID FOR THE REPAIR AS IT SEEMS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH A FAULTY AIRBAG. *TR

MANUAL TRANS POPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING OFF FROM STOP. DID NOT HAPPEN OFTEN AT FIRST. OVER COURSE OF TIME IT HAPPENED MORE AND MORE. TOOK TO DEALER 5/8/2013 WITH 76800 MILES AS IT WAS HAPPENING ALMOST DAILY. THEY FIXED IT BY ADJUSTING SHIFTER BOOT ( I THINK THERE IS A CHRYSLER TSB ON PROBLEM) AND IT WAS OKAY FOR ABOUT 90 DAYS AND IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. DEALER HAS BEEN WONDERFUL BUT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED.THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

DURING STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION LOCAL GARAGE DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE HAD BEEN WORN THROUGH FROM THE FRONT TIRE RUBBING ON IT WHEN WHEELS TURNED TO THE LEFT. GARAGE SUGGESTED CHECKING WITH JEEP DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF A RECALL WAS IN AFFECT. TOOK VEHICLE TO JEEP DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND SERVICE MANAGER SAID NO RECALL WAS IN AFFECT HOWEVER JEEP HAD PUBLISHED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS ISSUE AND RE-DESIGNED THE BRAKE LINES AFFECTED. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE ISSUE WAS FROM ROAD MOISTURE/DEBRIS SEEPING THROUGH THE RUBBER BOOTS COVERING THE BRAKE LINE FITTINGS WHICH CAUSED EXCESS CORROSION TO BUILD WITHIN THE RUBBER BOOTS TRIGGERING THE BOOTS TO "SWELL" CAUSING THE CONTACT WITH THE TIRE. THERE WAS AN INFERENCE MADE BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE VEHICLE'S TIRES MAY HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS FROM THEIR TREAD DESIGN HOWEVER THE TIRE SIZE MATCHES THE MANUFACTURER SPECS ON THE LABEL INSIDE THE DOOR JAM. APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER BRAKE LINES. *TR