2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

2007 4 DOOR JEEP WRANGLER. NOTICED OIL LEAK IN FEBRUARY 20TH. AT FIRST APPEARANCE ASSUMED IT WAS FROM OIL CHANGE. AS OF NOW IT APPEARS IT IS A FRONT MAIN SEAL ON THE MOTOR... REALLY! A 4YR. OLD VEHICLE WITH 63,000 MILES?! SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING BY MY P.O.V... ALSO, POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED TO FUNCTION ON TWO OCCASIONS. AND, INTERIOR LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON WHEN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS OPENED. EITHER WAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A JEEP JK FOUR DOOR SAHARA WRANGLER.... 2007 MODEL. SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT I HAVE HAD IT SPIT/ HURL FUEL EVERY SINGLE TIME I FILL IT UP. ITS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT I NOW PURPOSELY HAVE TO WATCH IT AND CAN'T DO A COMPLETE FILLUP. *TR

WHENEVER MY 2007 JEEP HIS A BUMP AT SPEEDS OVER 45MPH, IT BEGINS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". IT SHAKES AS IF READY TO FALL APART. IT OCCURS MOSTLY ON THE HIGHWAY, WHERE I NEED TO HOLD ON TIGHT AND SLOW AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO A NEAR STOP. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I WILL NOT LET MY THREE TEENAGERS DRIVE THE CAR. APPARENTLY THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALL 2007 WRANGLERS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! *TR

FUEL BURP AROUND FUEL NOZZLE AFTER AUTO SHUTOFF, DOWN SIDE OF JEEP AND ONTO BUMPER. HAPPENING EVERY FILLUP AFTER ODOMETER HAS PASSED 50,000 MILES. *TR

GAS OVERFLOWS WHEN FILLING TANK. AFTER AUTOMATIC NOZZLE SHUTS OFF GAS BACKS UP IN FILL TUBE AND EXITS FROM FILL TUBE. GAS SPILLS OVER ONTO OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE DESTROYING PAINT AND FORMING PUDDLE ON GROUND. SOMETIMES GAS EXPELS SO FAST IT SHOTS OUT AND GETS ON PERSON PUMPING FUEL. THIS HAPPENS AT EVERY FULL FILL UP. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS EXCEPT FOR TRYING TO MANUALLY STOP PUMP BEFORE TANK IS FULL. *TR

IT STARTED WITH A SLIGHT KNOCK IN THE ENGINE AT FIRST START UP. IT WOULD GO AWAY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THAT LASTED ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS. UNTIL ONE START UP THE ENGINE WOULD NOT STOP TICKING, BY THE TIME I ARRIVED HOME THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING VIOLENTLY. OIL LEVELS WERE FINE. HAD THE JEEP TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE ENGINE INSPECTED, TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE TECH DID AN INSPECTION AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE SPUN 2 CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS, BENT 4 RODS, DAMAGED 4 PISTONS, DAMAGE TO CRANK, AND ALMOST ALL OIL PASSAGES IN ENGINE WERE CLOGGED BY METAL DEBRIS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE FACTORY SEAL ON THE ENGINE WAS OPENED. THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM THE SITUATION. I SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER MANY TIMES OVER THE MONTH SPAN THAT THE JEEP WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP,I ALSO HAD THE DEALERSHIP FAX ALMOST 20 OTHER CASES TO THE CLAIMS DEPT. THAT I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THE SAME SITUATION AND PROVIDED THE VEHICLE YEAR, MAKE, AND MILEAGE INCLUDING ALL OF MY SOURCES. CHRYSLER TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE ENGINE REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE AND THAT I WAS NOT THE FIRST OWNER OF THE VEHICLE,THE JEEP HAS 53K ON IT. NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP COULD TELL ME THE REASON WHY THIS HAPPENED, OR HOW I CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SELF DESTRUCT. I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT THE OIL PORTS INSIDE THE ENGINE GOING TO THE CRANK WERE DESIGNED TOO SMALL, AND THIS IS WHY THE CRANK BEARINGS WERE FAILING. I HAVE TAKEN THE JEEP TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, HE ADVISED THAT A NEW ENGINE SHOULD BE INSTALLED. HE TRIED TO ORDER A NEW ENGINE FROM HIS SUPPLIER, BUT WAS TOLD THEY ARE ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT A WEEK TO RECEIVE A NEW ONE. HE WAS TOLD THAT CHRYSLER IS VERY AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND HAS REFUSED TO TAKE ANY ACTION AS OF NOW. *TR

OVER THE PASS TWO MONTHS AS I FILL THE GAS TANK OF MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER ONCE THE TANK IS FULL AND THE PUMP STOPS THE FLOW OF GAS, GAS SPITS BACK OUT OF THE FUEL INLET WITH SOME FORCE BEHIND IT. OTHER THAN GAS COVERING MY HANDS AND LEGS NO INJURIES HAVE RESULTED FROM THIS BUT WITH THE FORCE THAT IT DOES COME OUT OF THE INLET IT COULD EASILY GET IN TO SOMEONE'S EYES, NOT TO MENTION THE EFFECT OF GAS COVERING MY HANDS EVERY TIME I FILL MY GAS TANK. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME I NEED TO REPLACE MY GAS TANK AS THERE IS A VENT THAT IS PART OF THE TANK THAT CAN NOT BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHANGING THE WHOLE TANK AT A COST OF 610.00 THIS SOUNDED ODD TO ME SO I STARTED LOOKING IN TO IT AND FOUND A LARGE NUMBER OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. THAT IN TURN LED ME TO YOUR WEB SITE AND THIS COMPLAINT FORM. I HAVE AN OPEN CASE FILE IN WITH JEEP BUT HAVE NOT GOT AN ANSWER AS I WRITE THIS. I HAVE READ THE INVESTIGATION YOU HAVE DONE INTO THIS AND MY ONLY COMMENT TO THAT IS JUST BECAUSE NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT YET DOES NOT MAKE IT SAFE. *TR

THE STEERING IS DEFECTIVE IT ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND YOU LOSE CONTROL. I ALMOST RAN INTO A CONCRETE WALL ALONG THE INTERSTATE. I WAS ACCELERATING UP AN ENTRANCE RAMP AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THE HOOD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE BODY I ESTIMATE AT LEAST 6" OFF SIDE TO SIDE SHAKE. I COULD NOT STEER, JUST TRY TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL STRAIGHT AND ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. THE BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD JOINTS, AND TRACK BAR MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE IS FILLED WITH GAS, GAS SPILLS OUT EVEN WHEN THE GAS PUMP HAS TURNED OFF. *TR

FUEL SPLASHES OUT OF FILLER NECK ON MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED AT FILL-UPS WHEN THE PUMP AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF. IT HAS OCCURRED IN WARM AND COLD WEATHER, AND AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT VAPOR RECOVERY TYPE NOZZLES. AN ESTIMATED 1-2 CUPS OF FUEL CAN SPLASH OUT, GETTING ALL OVER ME, THE VEHICLE AND THE GROUND. ORIGINALLY THE PROBLEM NEVER OCCURRED, BUT NOW HAPPENS 50% OR MORE OF THE TIME HAVING STARTED PERHAPS TWO YEARS AGO. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT JUST BE ME UNTIL I LEARNED RECENTLY NHTSA WAS LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE A POTENTIAL FIRE/EXPLOSION HAZARD, AS I OFTEN SEE IDIOTS SMOKING WHILE REFUELING THEIR VEHICLES. NOT TO MENTION OTHER POTENTIAL HEALTH AND INCONVENIENCE ISSUES DUE TO CONTACT WITH GASOLINE. *TR