2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

AIRBAG, ABS AND ESC LIGHTS ALL COME ON AND WON'T TURN OFF. MEANING AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY IF IN ACCIDENT AND ABS MAY FAIL WHEN BRAKING. ESC HAS BEEN RANDOMLY KICKING IN WHICH CUTS POWER TO MY POWERTRAIN AND CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN IN TRAFFIC AND MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWS AND CANNOT MAINTAIN SPEED. RECALLS HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE RIGHT HAND DRIVE MODELS FROM 2008-2011, AND THE LEFT HAND DRIVE MODEL FOR 2007. THIS APPEARS TO BE SAME ISSUE (CLOCKSPRING) AS THE RECALLS AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT THE DEALER IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR. *TR

FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT WHAT IS CALLED A DEATH WOBBLE! CALLED CHRYSLER THEY HAVE NO RECALL BUT IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT BUT NOT RECALL THEY SAY! IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS ALTHOUGH THEY SAY NO DEATHS ARE REPORTED IT DEFINITELY AFFECTS YOUR STEERING AND COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS THEY HAVE COME ACROSS IT MANY TIMES AND TRIED FIXING MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BUT NO CONCLUSION HAS BEEN MADE PLEASE HELP! IT HAS NO AFTER MARKET ITEMS ADDED TO IT NOR BIG TIRES AS CHRYSLER SAYS CAN CAUSE IT! *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CLOCKSPRING BY A MECHANIC AT JEEP BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY JEEP . THERE HAS ONLY BEEN A RECALL ON " RIGHT HAND DRIVING" JEEPS FOR THIS PART. I HAVE TRIED TO ARGUE WITH CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASON THAT LIGHT WOULD GO ON. THE ARE REFUSING TO LOOK INTO IT MORE AND SEE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT OTHER UNITS HAVE THIS ISSUE AND REFUSE TO COVER IT BECAUSE MY CAR IS NOT A RIGHT HAND DRIVING UNIT. I AM VERY DISTURBED BY THIS EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON SIMILAR JEEPS. *TR

FREQUENT ISSUE WITH FUEL SPILLING BACK OUT DURING REFUELING. JEEP DEALER CONSIDERS THIS A NON ISSUE. *TR

IN JUNE OF 2011, MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) HAD TO BE SERVICED DUE TO THE ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG LIGHT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE CLOCKSPRING AND WAS REPLACED. AT THE TIME, MY JEEP HAD ABOUT 52000 MILES. I JUST ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND TOOK MY JEEP BACK IN TO THE DEALER. I AM NOW HAVING TO REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING A SECOND TIME AND MY VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 74500 MILES AS OF THIS MONTH (DECEMBER 2013). I AM VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES JEEP NOT COVER THESE MALFUNCTIONS (TWICE!), BUT IT IS ALSO A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY WITH A DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING/ILLUMINATED AIRBAG LIGHT. JEEP HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE PART FOR THE 2007 MODELS AND THE 2008-2012 (RHD) MODELS ONLY. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE OF US WITH DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRINGS IN OUR 2008-2012 LHD MODELS ARE FORCED TO PAY AN AVERAGE OF $500 FOR THE REPAIR OR BE FORCED TO DRIVE IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE WITH AN AIRBAG SYSTEM THAT WILL NOT DEPLOY. NOT ONLY HAS MINE GONE OUT ONCE, BUT TWICE! IN BOTH CASES, MY CLOCKSPRING HAS MALFUNCTIONED WITHOUT ANY KNOWN CAUSE. THIS WAS VERIFIED BY THE TECHNICIANS WHO REPLACED THE PARTS. THIS IS A CENTRAL SAFETY COMPONENT AND A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. THIS IS NOT A COMPONENT THAT SHOULD JUST WEAR OUT LIKE BRAKES AND TIRES. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE IT EVERY SO OFTEN LIKE GETTING AN OIL CHANGE. I CAN UNDERSTAND (PERHAPS) GETTING A FAULTY PART, CALL IT BAD LUCK, BUT NOT GETTING THE SAME FAULTY PART TWICE. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE, OR ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE NOT DIED (FORTUNATELY) FROM THE CLOCKSPRING, FOR JEEP TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE PART, BUT AT LEAST COVER INDIVIDUALS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS ESPECIALLY IF THE PART HAS FAILED TWICE. FOR JEEP TO NOT REPLACE THE PART IS POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY AND I. *TR

THE MUCH DOCUMENTED DEATH WOBBLE ASSOCIATED WITH JEEPS. I NEVER REALIZED UNTIL I GOOGLED IT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVEN'T FORCED JEEP TO DO A RECALL AND REPLACE THE TRACK BAR, STEERING KNUCKLE OR WHATEVER THE PARTS ARE THAT ARE NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T GET IT. I GUESS YOU HAVE NEVER DRIVEN A JEEP WHEN THIS HAPPENS GOING 65 MPH. THERE ARE SOME AFTERMARKET PARTS THAT ARE BEEFED UP THAT CONSUMERS SAY HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM..... SO JEEP CAN DO THE SAME. *TR

ON MY 2008 JEEP 4DR 4X4 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. *TR

EVERY TIME FUEL IS PLACED INTO THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL FILLER NECK WILL SPIT FUEL OUT ONTO THE DRIVER OR AROUND THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THIS STARTED OCCURRING IN SEPTEMBER 2013 AND HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH EVERY TIME FUEL IS PUT INTO THE VEHICLE. ONCE I BEGAN RESEARCHING THIS I FOUND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL JEEP WRANGLERS. I ALSO FOUND THAT CHRYSLER ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON 2007 AND 2008 JEEP WRANGLERS, UP TO MARCH 31, 2008. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN APRIL 2008 SO I DON'T QUALIFY FOR THIS WARRANTY WORK. THE FIX SEEMS TO BE A FUEL NECK WITH A CHECK VALVE IN IT. PART CNNNX321AC. MY JEEP EVEN THOUGH IS WAS MANUFACTURED AFTER THEIR WARRANTY DATE, STILL HAS THE OLD PART ON IT THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE. GOD FORBID ANYONE EVER GETS INJURED BY THIS. SHAME ON CHRYSLER AND SHAME ON NHTSA FOR NOT TAKING ANY ACTION. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING A ISSUE WITH THE CLOCKSPRING IN THE VEHICLE. MY AIRBAGS DO NOT WORK NOR DOES MY HORN AND SOMETIMES SIGNAL WILL NOT OPERATE OR STAY ON AND CANNOT SHUT THEM OFF AND EVEN MY HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT TURN ON, ALL TO ME MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. I HAVE CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY SAY THAT THE LIFETIME WARRANTY THAT I HAVE ON THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERING THIS PART CALLED A CLOCKSPRING FOR MY MAKE AND YEAR OF THIS JEEP, BUT ONLY IN A RIGHT HAND DRIVEN CONFIGURATION. AFTER HEARING FROM MANY WRANGLER OWNERS AND READING HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF ONLINE POST AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES FORM OTHERS OWNING THESE JEEPS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES AND JEEP WILL NOT REPLACE IT AT ALL UNTIL, AS TOLD TO ME FROM JEEP, THE NHTSA FORCES US TOO. THAT IS WHY I AM EMAILING/CONTACTING YOU ALL. 1000'S OF US JEEP OWNERS ARE TIRED OF PAYING $500 PLUS TO GET A PART REPLACED THAT EVEN JEEP HAS ACKNOWLEDGED IS BAD OR WILL GO BAD. I'M FURIOUS ABOUT THIS AND WANT SOME TYPE OF ACTION TAKEN. IF I WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT, I HAVE NO AIRBAG SAFETY PROTECTION, NOR ABLE TO USE MY HORN OR SIGNALS MANY OF TIMES. ALL MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME AND THE OTHER 1000'S OF JEEP OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR ME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. THEN WOULD EXTINGUISH AND THEN COME BACK ON WITH A CHIME. IT DOES THIS TO THIS DAY. LATER ON I FOUND OUT THAT THE HORN ALSO DOESN'T WORK. UPON SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT A LOT OF 2008 LEFT HAND DRIVE JEEP WRANGLERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE, AND THEY ALL POINT TO THE CLOCKSPRING. I ALSO FOUND OUT THE CHRYSLER HAS RECALLED ALL OF THE RIGHT HAND DRIVE 2008 JEEP WRANGLERS, BUT NONE OF THE LEFT HAND DRIVE. THEY ISSUED AN EXTENDED 10 YEAR 150,000 MILES WARRANTY FOR THE 2007 MODEL YEARS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR