2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND CHIME COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND THE FAULT READS DRIVERS SQUIB. IT IS RELATED TO A CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. JEEP HAS RECALLED THE 2007 MODEL YEAR WRANGLERS AND 2008 RHD WRANGLERS BUT NOT THE LHD. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THIS IS WHAT CONTROLS THE DRIVERS AIRBAG IN A CRASH. JEEP NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND MAKE THE NEEDED REPAIRS. IF YOU LOOK ON DIFFERENT WEB SITES THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. AMERICA WHAT HAPPENED TO BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS, LETS PASS THE BUCK SOME MORE AND PLAY THE BLAME GAME. ENOUGH JEEP STAND UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AFTER ALL YOUR BRAND NAME IS ON THE PRODUCT. *TR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED CODES. CODE FOR AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING. JEEP RECALLED 2007 MODEL WRANGLERS FOR THIS PROBLEM. SAME PART NUMBERS AS NEWER JEEP CLOCKSPRINGS. WHY HASN'T JEEP EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE NEWER JEEP MODELS.SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SLOT OR JEEP WRANGLERS ARE EXPERIENCING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT END STABILIZER BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. MA 10/2 UPDATED 12/28/2015 *JS

I BOUGHT AN 08 WRANGLER THE END OF MAY 2015 AND EXPERIENCED THE GAS SPILL AT FILL UP ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I CALLED ARMORY JEEP HERE IN ALBANY NY ABOUT THE ISSUE AND CHRYSLERS (JEEP) TSB #14-003-12 WHICH "SHOULD" COVER THE REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE. WELL AFTER GIVING MY VIN# I WAS TOLD JEEP WOULD NOT COVER MY REPAIR BECAUSE MY PARTICULAR JK WAS MANUFACTURED FOR CANADA. SO I WENT TO JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO AGAIN DENIED ME THE REPAIR. IN THE END THE CAR DEALER WITH WHOM I BOUGHT FROM, OFFERED TO DO THE REPAIR. GREAT! THE DEALER GOT THE MOPAR FUEL FILLER TUBE #52059821AQ AND INSTALLED JULY 20TH (AGAIN FREE OF CHARGE - SOMETHING JEEP SHOULD BE COVERING). FILLED UP TONIGHT, JULY 22ND...AND GUESS WHAT? SAME SPILLAGE.

I WAS ON 75 SOUTH BOUND GOING 70 MPH. I HAD JUST GOTTEN ON THE INTERSTATE FROM THE BRUCE B DOWNS ENTRANCE. AFTER THE RIGHT LANE ENDED I SWITCHED TO THE MIDDLE LANE. COMING UP TO FLETCHER EXIT, THE GEARS CHANGED. ALMOST LIKE THE CAR GAVE OUT. I LOOKED DOWN, I DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. ON MY WAY TO LOOK BACK UP I SEE SMOKE FROM THE HOOD AND SMOKE THROUGH THE RARE VIEW MIRROR. GREY SMOKE IN THE FRONT AND BLACK IN THE BACK. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE GAGES AND IT WAS OVER HEATING. LOOKED TO MY LEFT, NO CARS, PULLED OVER TO THE LEFT EMERGENCY LANE. AS I OPENED MY DOOR, THE FIRE WAS ALREADY SPITTING OUT FROM THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. I GRABBED MY PHONE. AS I'M WALKING AWAY, THE FIRE WAS GROWING ENGULFING THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WITHIN MINUTES, LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WE WATCHED THE WHOLE VEHICLE GO UP IN FLAMES. AT FIRST 2 FIRE TRUCKS PUT OUT THE FIRE. ONCE THEY LEFT AND WE WERE WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE, IT CAUGHT FIRE AGAIN. THE STATE TROOPER HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK OUT. BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED, THERE WASN'T A NOISE OR A LIGHT BLINKING TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE FELT THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS DID. EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENED FAST AND ALL AT ONCE. I NEVER GOT ANY RECALL NOTICES. I HAD THE JEEP FOR 2 MONTHS. INSURANCE COMPANY NEVER DID AN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO INVESTIGATE. I NEVER CALLED CHRYSLER BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE PROOF WHO WAS AT FAULT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE WITH JEEPS UNTIL I BOUGHT MY NEW CAR AND THE SALES REP LOOKED ME IN THE EYES TOLD ME IT WAS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT HAPPENED TO 2 OF HIS FORMER CLIENTS. TOLD ME CHRYSLER WON'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE PROVEN.

2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA HAS HAD ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE ISSUES INCLUDING STALLING OUT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AS WELL AS NOT STARTING. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE HAD ISSUES SUCH AS ALL THE LIGHTS, BUTTONS, ALERT/WARNING LIGHTS GOING OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SHUT-OFF REQUIRING TOW-SERVICE TO DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. AFTER THAT I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE STALLS AND NON-STARTS AND THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN SAYS I NEED A NEW BATTERY. I HAVE HAD THREE BATTERIES IN THREE YEARS. THE HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING AROUND 50,000 MILES. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE MY STEERING WHEEL AND COMPLETE STEERING COLUMN. I DECIDED I COULD LIVE WITHOUT A HORN FOR A SHORT WHILE. THE NEXT TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY REPORTED THAT I NEED A NEW CLOCKSPRING WHICH ALSO CONTROLS MY AIRBAGS WHICH "MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT STILL BE FUNCTIONAL." SEEING AS I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BEFORE, INCLUDING MALFUNCTIONS IN THE ALERT/WARNING LIGHTS, THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT TELL FOR SURE IF MY AIRBAGS WORK OR NOT. THE LOCKS TO MY JEEP HAVE STOPPED WORKING FROM BOTH THE INSIDE DOOR SWITCH AND THE KEY FOB. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THIS AS A "TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE" (TIPM) MALFUNCTION RESULTING IN LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS A BACK-ORDER ON TIPM PIECES NATIONWIDE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN I COULD GET MINE REPLACED. WHEN ASKED HOW THE TIPM COULD BREAK, THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO ONE WAY AND THAT IT "JUST HAPPENS." MY DOORS CURRENTLY ONLY LOCK/UNLOCK BY HAND, AND SOMETIMES WHEN I LOCK THEM BY HAND AND RETURN TO MY JEEP, THE DOORS ARE UNLOCKED. FURTHERMORE, THE AUTOMATIC SECURITY LOCK FEATURE WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTS MOVING DOES NOT WORK EITHER.

MY JEEP'S HORN BEGAN HONKING, WIPERS CAME ON, DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. NOTHING STOPPED UNTIL I GOT HOME AND MY HUSBAND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. HE CONNECTED IT SEVERAL HOURS LATER AND IT WAS FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME NOTHING COULD BE DONE AS THE PROBLEM HAD STOPPED. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING OCCURRED ALONG WITH THE A/C SHUTTING OFF. WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME STEPS; DISCONNECT BATTERY, RECONNECT AND TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. AGAIN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY REALLY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE BECAUSE NOTHING WAS HAPPENING AT THAT POINT. LAST NIGHT MY JEEP BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND SCARED ME AS I COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL. I HAD TO SLOW AND PULL OVER SO IT COULD STOP. MY HUSBAND CAME TO GET ME AND WAS FOLLOWING ME WHEN IN ADDITION TO THE PAST THINGS HAPPENING (I CALL IT POSSESSED), THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON; BRAKE, ENGINE, ABS, BATTERY, ETC. IT THEN STALLED AS I WAS TURNING. LUCKILY THE WOMAN COMING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SLOWED AND WENT AROUND OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. MY HUSBAND TOWED THE JEEP TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT THERE, AND TOLD THEM TO FIX IT AS IT IS A REAL ROAD HAZARD. IN READING ABOUT JEEP COMPLAINTS, I'M ASSUMING IT IS A "TIPM" PROBLEM AND SOMETHING CALLED A "DEATH WOBBLE". I AM ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN RECALLED.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, BLINKING INTERMITTENTLY, INDICATING A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIRBAG CIRCUIT., ISSUE APPEARS TO BE A BAD AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY. JEEP HAS RECALLED RHD VEHICLES OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT LHD.

"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."

PLEASE HAVE CHRYSLER/JEEP FIX THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE AT THEIR EXPENSE. THEY SAY IT IS BECAUSE OWNERS OF JEEP WRANGLERS MODIFY THEIR JEEPS FOR OFF ROAD DRIVING AND THAT CAUSES THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. I HAVE NOT MODIFIED MY JEEP AND IT SCARES ME TO DEATH WHEN IT WOBBLES. THIS IS CHRYSLERS PROBLEM NOT MINE.