2008 JEEP WRANGLER 2-DR 4X4 Complaints

A BROKEN CLOCKSPRING LED TO AN AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATION AS WELL AS FAILURE IN THE ESP AND BAS SYSTEMS. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON 99% OF THE TIME. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN THE NHTSA ACTION # PE11019. MAKE: JEEP MODEL: WRANGLER MODEL YEAR: 2008 MANUFACTURER: CHRYSLER GROUP LLCMFR'S REPORT DATE: NOV 01, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V528000 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE11019 COMPONENT: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL SUMMARY: CHRYSLER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2012 RIGHT HAND DRIVE (RHD) JEEP WRANGLER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2007, THROUGH OCTOBER 10, 2011. SOME VEHICLES MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH DRIVER'S AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLIES THAT COULD EXPERIENCE A COMPROMISED AIRBAG CIRCUIT RESULTING IN AN AIRBAG LAMP ILLUMINATION, WHICH INDICATES THAT THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY. CONSEQUENCE: A BROKEN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IN THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING WIRING ASSEMBLY CAN LEAD TO NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER FRONTAL AIRBAG AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT THE DRIVER IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES. REMEDY: CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REMEDY THE VEHICLES AS NECESSARY FREE OF CHARGE. CHRYSLER WILL MAIL TO OWNERS AN INTERIM NOTIFICATION DURING DECEMBER 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403. NOTES: CHRYSLER'S RECALL NUMBER IS L37. OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV . MY VEHICLE IS A LEFT HAND DRIVE NOT A RIGHT HAND DRIVE AS COVERED BY THE RECALL. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER HELP LINE AND THEY WERE OF NO HELP. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDED BY CHYSLER AND THEY NEED TO RECALL MY VEHICLE ALSO. N *TT

ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 I PURCHASED A NEW 2008 JEEP WRANGLER FROM MY LOCAL DEALER. IT HAS HAD MODEST USE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 18,500 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, EXCEPT A MONTH AGO I STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS SHOOTING OUT OF THE TANK NEAR THE END OF FILLING UP. I COULD AVOID THE PROBLEM ONLY IF I SHUT OFF THE GAS AS IT NEARED THE TOP (BEFORE THE POINT WHEN IT IS SHUT OFF BY THE NOZZLE??S OWN MECHANISM). HOWEVER IF I FILLED THE TANK ON THE JEEP AS I DO ON OUR OTHER CAR (AND AS I DID ON THE JEEP PRIOR TO LAST MONTH), THE GAS WOULD SHOOT OUT OF THE TANK, SPILLING ON THE SIDE AND ON MY FINGERS, AND ON ONE OCCASION, ON MY PANT LEG. I CONSIDER THIS PROBLEM OF GAS SPILLING OUTSIDE THE CAR A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION WHICH NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. I HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY RECALL OR SERVICE ACTION NOTICES FROM THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SO I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD ISSUED A RECALL FOR 2007 AND 2008 WRANGLERS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN MARCH 2007-MARCH 2008. I CHECKED MY VEHICLE AND DETERMINED IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN MAY 2008. HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM COMPLAINED ABOUT AND WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE RECALL. I THEREFORE CONTACTED MY DEALER AND WAS EVENTUALLY ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AS AN EMISSION PROBLEM COVERED BY A LIFETIME WARRANTY. I WOULD CERTAINLY THINK IT ADVISABLE FOR THE MANUFACTURER BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ITS OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM AND/OR ISSUE A RECALL OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. PLEASE NOTE THAT ISSUES RELATING TO VEHICLE DEFECTS AND RECALLS IS NOT PART OF MY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS MATTER OTHER THAN BEING A SINGLE JEEP OWNER. *TR

WHEN FILLING WITH GAS, BEFORE THE TANK APPROACHES FULL, GASOLINE SPEWS OUT AROUND THE FILLER NOZZLE ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE JEEP. NOW THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS STARTED, IT OCCURS EVERY TIME I FILL UP. I HAVE HAD THE JEEP FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL RECENTLY. CHRYSLER HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR JEEPS WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR JEEPS MADE BETWEEN MARCH 2007 AND MARCH 2008. MY JEEP WAS MADE IN MAY OF 2008 SO IT IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE READ ON THE NET THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE HAVE HAD THE GAS TANK REPLACED AND IT HAS SOLVED THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. *TR

I CONTACTED JEEP CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AFTER I WAS RESEARCHING THIS WEB SITE AND SAW RECALL #L37. NHTSA ACTION # PE11019. I OWN A RIGHT HAND DRIVE JEEP AND THIS RECALL VERY SPECIFICALLY SAID 2008-2012 RIGHT HAND DRIVE JEEPS WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CLOCK SPRING. I CONTACTED JEEP SEVERAL TIMES, I WENT AHEAD AND HAD THIS REPAIR DONE ON MY OWN IN FEAR OF BEING IN AN ACCIDENT AND NOT HAVING AN AIR BAG TO DEPLOY IF NEEDED, (I'M ON THE HIGHWAY 5-6 HOURS PER DAY) ALSO MY HORN WOULD NOT BLOW, IT IS NEEDED AT TIMES TO ALERT OTHER DRIVERS ETC.. DEC. 15TH I CALLED AND REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS RECALL WAS VERY VIN SPECIFIC, AND MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED, I LET THEM KNOW I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS REALLY TROUBLED ME SO I CONTACTED JEEP AGAIN BY EMAIL, THEY INFORMED ME AGAIN THAT MY JEEP WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE VIN SPECIFIC RECALL. WHAT CAN I DO TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND GET REIMBURSED FOR A RECALL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON MY VEHICLE AS WELL??? I WAS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES AS THE ONES THAT WERE RECALLED, AND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEMS FOR ME AS WELL AS THE JEEPS THAT WERE SO VIN SPECIFIC. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM TO HAVING A VEHICLE RECALLED IF IT COULD HINDER THE AIR BAG FROM DEPLOYING AND RISKING THE LIVES OF ANYONE. *TR

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER STARTED HAVING AN AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COME ON OCCASIONALLY, OVER THE LAST MONTH IT HAS GOTTEN MORE FREQUENT. I HAVE DONE A BUNCH OF RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. THE ISSUE IS A DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING, ABOUT A $500 FIX THROUGH THE DEALER. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL FOR RIGHT HAND DRIVE JEEPS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT HONOR THAT FOR THE LEFT HAND DRIVE JEEPS. I HAVE TRIED TALKING TO MY DEALER, AND CHRYSLER DIRECT WITH NO LUCK. I AM CONFUSED AS TO HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH REFUSING TO FIX A KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM, NOT TO MENTION MORALLY. I KNOW THEY ARE A CORPORATION AND MORALS ARE NOT HIGH ON THEIR PRIORITIES, HOWEVER SELLING MORE OF THEIR PRODUCT SHOULD BE. I LOVE MY JEEP, AND PLANNED ON GIVING THIS ONE TO MY SON IN A FEW YEARS WHEN HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE AND BUYING A NEW ONE FOR MYSELF. NOT SO SURE I WANT TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM A MANUFACTURE WHO WONT STAND BEHIND A SAFETY ISSUE. IF THIS WAS AN ISSUE OVER SOMETHING LIKE A RADIO OR OTHER "LUXURY" I WOULD HAVE NO ISSUE. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THERE IS A COMMON SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY REFUSE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND MAKE IT RIGHT. I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVEN TOYOTA'S AND NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEM STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS. PERHAPS CHRYSLER COULD USE TO LOOK AT OTHER COMPANIES AND TAKE A BIT OF ETHICAL ADVISE FROM THEM. *TR

UPON OPENING THE DOOR, THE HORN AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO OPERATE INCESSANTLY AND ELECTRICAL ARCING COULD BE HEARD UNDER THE HOOD. THE ENGINE STARTED AND I TAPPED THE TIPM AND EVERYTHING STOPPED, INCLUDING THE ENGINE. WHEN I RESTARTED THE ENGINE, I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN OR WIPERS, BUT THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ON. THE JEEP DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY TIPM WHICH WILL COST AROUND $200 AND TWO HOURS OF LABOR TO INSTALL AND PROGRAM. HE SAID THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 OF THESE MODULES BACKORDERED ACROSS THE NATION AND COULDN'T TELL US WHETHER IT WOULD BE DAYS OR WEEKS UNTIL IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. WHEN I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER IF THE VEHICLE WOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE, HE SAID THAT WE COULD LOSE TOTAL CONTROL AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. CONSIDERING THIS AND THE ELECTRICAL ARCING WE HEARD UNDER THE HOOD, I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD CONSTITUTE A SAFETY RECALL. OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AT HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/. *TR

AS I WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND PLACED THE JEEP IN REVERSE THE HORN HONKED A COUPLE TIMES. AFTER I PUT IT IN PARK TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OK I REVERSED AGAIN AND THEN THE HORN STARTED HONKING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED GOING AND IT STARTED SPRAYING WASHER FLUID. AFTER TAKING THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS FINE ON THE DRIVE TO WORK BUT ONCE I PARKED AND WALKED IN THE DOOR IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE IT (2 DAYS LATER) I NOTICED MY HEAT WOULDN'T WORK, TRIED THE A/C, AND STILL NOTHING. ONCE I WAS MOVING I TRIED AGAIN AND IT WAS WORKING, BUT ONCE I STOPPED AT A LIGHT IT STOPPED AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE SEALER THAT AFTERNOON AND THEY SUSPECT THE TIPM NEEDS REPLACING BUT THERE ARE 178 ON BACK ORDER. THIS IS CONCERNING SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A LARGE PROBLEM AND THE FORUMS ARE COVERED IN STORIES OF THE SAME THING. THAT NIGHT DRIVING HOME MY JEEP STARTED HONKING, SPAYING WASHER FLUID AND WIPING WHILE DRIVING. ONCE THAT STOPPED MY A/C WENT OUT AGAIN AFTER THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY FIXED IT BECAUSE IT'S CHARGE WAS APPARENTLY LOW. MY HEAT AND A/C HAVE SINCE STOPPED WORKING MOST OF THE TIME, OCCASIONALLY WILL WORK. LAST NIGHT WHILE DRIVING HOME MY HORN, WIPERS, WASHER FLUID AND DOOR LOCKS WERE ALL GOING FOR ABOUT 3, MINUTES. I HAD PEOPLE PULLING OVER OUT OF MY WAY BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS HONKING AT THEM. I HAVE SINCE UNPLUGGED THE HORN AND SEE THIS AS A HAZARD. IT WAS DARK AND SPRAYING WASHER FLUID INTERMITTENTLY FOR 3 OR SO MINUTES WAS VERY DISTRACTING AND KEEP INTERFERING WITH MY VISIBILITY. TODAY MY DOOR LOCKS KEEP CLICKING AS I DRIVE. I HAVE HAD ISSUES PERIODICALLY DURING THE DAY WHEN THE I CAN HEAR THE HORN HONKING WHEN THE KEY IS NOT IN THE IGNITION. *TR

JUST PURCHASED A 2008 RUBICON AND WHEN I GO TO FILL UP THE GAS TANK, THERE IS ALWAYS OVERFLOW AFTER THE PUMP SHUTS OFF DUE TO BEING FULL. THE GAS SPLASHED OUT ALL OVER MY PANTS LEG THE FIRST TIME AND STILL OVERFLOWS ONTO THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND PAVEMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V528000 (AIR BAG) BUT THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE REPAIRS ON THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.