2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED TO GO ON AND OFF INCLUDING A WARNING SOUND AROUND 40,000 MILES. IT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR A WHILE AND THEN GOES OFF AND COMES BACK ON. BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO THE CLOCKSPRING.

SO I OWN AN '08 JEEP WRANGLER X. MY PROBLEM HAPPENS TO BE WITH THE FACTORY TIMP ON MY VEHICLE. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE CAR DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO BLARE THE HORN NON STOP AS WELL AS FLASH LIGHTS AND UTILIZE ITS WINDSHIELD WHIPPERS AND FLUID. TODAY, 11/20/215, WAS THE LONGEST AND MOST FRUSTRATING EPISODE. USUALLY THE HORN WOULD START BUT THEN SUBSIDE AFTER 20-30 SECONDS. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AND AT 5AM THE HORN, LIGHTS, AND WHIPPERS STARTED GOING OFF AND DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I HAD TO PULL THE FUSES FOR THE HORN. AFTER THAT EVERYTHING STOPPED AND I ONLY HAD TO REMOVE THE TWO HORN FUSES. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THE HEATER DID NOT WORK UNTIL AFTER THIS ENTIRE EPISODE AS I WAS IN FACT DRIVING WHILE THIS ALL OCCURRED. IN ADDITION TO THIS ISSUE I HAVE EXPERIENCED GAS SPIT BACK ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE FILLING UP. I HAVE RESEARCHED BOTH ISSUES AND IT SEEMS AS THESE ARE BOTH RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE TIMP. I HAVE ALSO READ THERE CURRENTLY ISN'T A RECALL AND THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER NATION WIDE. I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR ISSUE YET.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. HORN WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND CRUISE CONTROL UNEXPECTEDLY TURNING OFF.ALL ISSUES SEEM TO BE HAPPENING WHILE MOVING AND TURNING.

MY CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT IN INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTING AND CHIMING. AFTER SOME RESEARCH THE PROBLEM MATCHES EXACTLY WITH A CLOCK SPRING PROBLEM THAT WAS ISSUED RECALLS FOR THE 2007 MODEL AND THE 2008 RIGHT-HAND DRIVE MODELS. MINE IS A 2008 LEFT HAND DRIVE WITH NO RECALL ON THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND PART AS THE OTHERS.

THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER AND OTHER JEEPS HAVE A PROBLEM OF NOT STARTING. IT SOUNDS A IF THE BATTERY, STARTER, BATTERY TERMINALS, IGNITION, SHIFT LEVER, OR A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS ARE THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS NO ONE CAN PIN POINT THE PROBLEM, AND PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE PAYING MONEY TO CHANGE OUT PARTS THAT ARE NOT BAD. IF YOU SEARCH THE WEB THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT COVERS ALL OR A LOT OF JEEPS, AND CHRYSLER HAS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND WHEN IT COME TO TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEIR SOLUTION IS JUST KEEP CHANGING OUT PARTS UNTIL YOU ARE BROKE OR TRADE THE CAR IN, AND PASS THE PROBLEM ON. IN MY CASE I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY THE STARTER BATTERY TERMINALS TOOK OUT THE SECURITY SYSTEM. THE TROUBLE SHOOTING I HAVE DONE IS UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE IT HAPPENS ONLY WHEN IT WANTS TO FAIL. YOU CAN START IT IN PARK SOMETIMES, BUT IF IT FAILS YOU CAN MOVE THE SHIFT TO NEURAL AND IT WILL START. YOU CAN START IT A HUNDRED TIME BUT IT WILL FAIL.

TIPM FAILURE. HORN, WIPERS, WINDSHIELD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING, WOULD NOT STOP EVEN WITH VEHICLE OFF. HAVE TO PULL BATTERY CABLE. WOULD ALSO GO OFF BY JUST OPENING DOOR, KEY NOT IN IGNITION. AUTO TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS, A/C FAN STOPPED WORKING.

SAND CASTINGS IN THE HEATER CORE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND JEEP HAS AT LEAST ONE TSB BULLETIN ABOUT IT. THE SYMPTOM IS "NO HEAT TO DRIVER SIDE" DOCUMENTED FIXES ARE DOING A FULL FLUSH AND REPLACEMENT OF THE HEATER CORE. THERE ARE COUNTLESS CASE NUMBERS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND DINGS EVERY 30 SECS, THE HORN DOESN'T WORK. I MADE AN APT WITH THE DEALERSHIP THERE WAS NO SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET ME IN, DROPPED IT OFF ON A FRIDAY TO BE TOLD TO BRING IT BACK TODAY. THEY QUICKLY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING WIRING FAILURE AND EXPLAINED IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS A $420.00 FIX TO REPAIR A SAFETY ISSUE, AND LUCKY FOR ME THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE THE PART JUST LAYING AROUND. SOUNDS TO ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEP. JEEP HAS A RECALL FOR RIGHT HAND DRIVE VEHICLES BUT NOT FOR THE LEFT LIKE I HAVE.

WINDSHEILD WIPERS TURN ON AUTOMATICALLY WON'T STOP SIMULTANEOUSLY HORN HONKS, LIGHTS FLASH - HAPPENS WHEN STATIONARY AND WHEN DRIVING. FAULTY TIPM.

CLOCKSPRING FAILURE RESULTING IN AIRBAG LIGHT/ALARM GOING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING.