2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

I HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, WHEN ACCELERATING IN FIRST GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS RUSTY. THEN I ATTRIBUTED IT TO NOT HAVING THE GEAR IN FAR ENOUGH. BASED ON SEEING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT DEFINITELY GIVES ME PAUSE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC, AND HAS BEEN VERY INTIMIDATING TO MY 17 YEAR OLD NEW DRIVER. BY THE TIME I REALIZED IT WASN'T JUST ME THE JEEP WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JS

MY LEFT HAND DRIVE JEEP WRANGLER AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ITS EVIDENT THAT THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THESE CLOCK SPRINGS IN OUR JEEPS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE COVERING FOR FREE! *TR

CAR IS DEAD. BATTERY IS NOT THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ORIGINATING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. MECHANIC THINKS IT IS THE CLOCKSPRING. HE SAYS HE HAS HAD TO REPAIR MORE THAN 100 OF THEM. THAT IS JUST ONE MECHANIC. INTERESTING SINCE JEEP HAS NOT REPORTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THAT MANY PROBLEMS. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND MORE THAN 400 COMPLAINTS IN JUST 2 JEEP FORUMS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A REAL ISSUE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. IT IS NOT JUST A RHD ISSUE THAT WAS RECALLED. THINKING BACK IT EXPLAINS THE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU LEARN TO LIVE WITH LIKE WIPERS GOING ON AND OFF RANDOMLY, FOG LIGHT AND TAIL LIGHT ISSUES, AIRBAG WARNING SOUNDS AND LIGHT ETC.. NTSB REALLY SHOULD TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. AIRBAGS ARE A BIG ISSUE. THIS IS CAUSING FIRES AS WELL. STEERING IS GOING OUT. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MORE CLOSELY. REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION. THIS IS HAPPENING TO 1000S OF JEEP OWNERS. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND KEPT SWITCHING ON AND OFF FOR MORE THAN 500 MILES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS WEEK AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CLOCKSPRING. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THEY SEE THEM COMING BACK "ALL THE TIME" AND HE JUST HAD ONE THE PREVIOUS DAY ON THE 2008 WRANGLER. I SEE THAT OTHER YEARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED - BUT AS OF YET JEEP HAS NOT RECALLED THIS SPECIFIC YEAR (THEY EVEN RECALLED RIGHT HAND DRIVE VERSIONS FOR THIS YEAR BUT NOT FOR LEFT HAND DRIVES). I PAID FOR THE REPAIR AS IT SEEMS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH A FAULTY AIRBAG. *TR

I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED 4 DOOR THAT I PURCHASE AT DEALERSHIP. WHILE DRIVING HOME AT APPROX. 25 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON I RAN OVER A REFLECTOR PROBABLY ON MORE THAN 1 INCH HIGH ON THE ROAD. THE CAR BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND SCARE MY WIFE AND GRANDCHILDREN. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKED SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE, ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, TO STOP THE SHAKING. I FEEL I HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF FROM CHRYSLER MOTOR COMPANY, I SPENT 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A VEHICLE THAT MAY KILL ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. AN IMMEDIATE RECALL SHOULD BE SENT OUT TO ALL OWNERS OF JEEP WRANGLER JK UNLIMITED 4 DOORS. ALSO THE NEWS MEDIA SHOULD BE INFORMED AND BROADCAST THE RECALL AND WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. CHRYSLER CORP.MUST IMMEDIATELY FIX THIS DANGEROUS "DEATH WOOBLE" AT THEIR EXPENSE WITH NO COST TO THE OWNERS OF SUCH VEHICLES. THERE SHOULD BE NO EXCEPTIONS. . LOOKS LIKE CHRYSLER CORPORATION IS PUTING PROFITS OVER VEHICLE SAFETY. FORCE CHRYSLER TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND FIX THE "DEATH WOOBLE". *TR

WAS DRIVING IN SUBDIVISION, AND AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON WITH CHIME. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, (AFTER CALLING CHRYSLER) THEY INDICATED THAT THIS ISSUE WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY, OR SPECIAL RE-CALL. IN TALKING TO THE MECHANIC AND ASKING IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING, OR REASON, HE INDICATED THAT AS LONG AS THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON, AND THERE IS AN ERROR CODE, THE AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY EVEN IF NEEDED. I FEEL THAT THIS FAULTY CLOCK SPRING IS, (AND OR SHOULD BE) RECALLED FOR A SAFETY ISSUE, AS I HAVE READ MANY FORUMS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES... I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART ALONE, WAS $300.00, AND THE ADDITIONAL LABOR IS $213.00 FOR INSTALLATION.. CHRYSLER HAS PLACED THEIR VEHICLE OWNERS IN A FINANCIAL BIND, FORCING THEIR CUSTOMERS TO PAY ADDITIONAL FEES OVER AND ABOVE THE COST OF THE VEHICLE FOR SIMPLE VEHICLE SAFETY. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND AVAILABLE TO ALL JEEP WRANGLER VEHICLE OWNERS TO RECTIFY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE FROM NON- DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS IF NEEDED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

EVERYTIME REFUEL JEEP, IT OVERFLOWS; WHETHER STOP PUMP MANUALLY OR WAIT FOR CLICK. EVEN IF LEAVE JEEP ON AND WATCH FUEL GAUGE, IF FILL IS ABOVE 3/4 OF A TANK, IT WILL BURP A LOT OF FUEL AFTER STOPPING PUMP, AND STILL ONLY HAVE 3/4 OF TANK; NOT FULL. *TR

STARTED ENGINE WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. FRONT LEFT BRAKE LINE CAME UNCRIMPED FROM CALIPER. BRAKE FLUID POURED OUT OF LINE AND BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE. FORTUNATELY NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME. NO PRIOR PROBLEM UNTIL THIS INCIDENT. *TR

"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." *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF AS I DRIVE. APPEARS TO BE A BAD CLOCK SPRING. *TR