2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

SOMETIMES WHEN I'M GOING TO TAKE OFF... AS I WOULD NORMALLY DO... MY SHIFTER SLAMS OUT OF FIRST GEAR... THE FIRST TIME I HEARD/FELT IT, I LITERALLY WAITED TO HEAR SOMETHING HIT THE PAVEMENT AFTERWARDS... AFTER MY HEART SLOWS BACK DOWN AND MY BODY ALLOWS ME TO REACT I PLACE IT BACK IN FIRST AND EVERYTHING GOES AS NORMAL... I'M NOT TRYING TO SPEED OFF RIDICULOUSLY... JUST SLOW EASY STARTS AS USUAL AND IT FREAKS ME OUT. THE THING THAT REALLY SCARES ME IS WHEN MY PREGNANT WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR AND HAS THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE FILLING UP MY VEHICLE THE AFTER THE GAS NOZZLE SHUT OFF GAS BEGAN TO SPEW OUT OF THE GAS TANK FILL SPOUT. THIS NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY VEHICLE. *TR

2008 JEEP WRANGLER 3.8L ENGINE WITH 2ND CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS. JEEP KNOWS THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM & DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD. JEEP HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM, THEY JUST KEEP SELLING THE SAME FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLDS THAT CRACK CONSTANTLY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IF THE VEHICLE HITS A BIG ENOUGH BUMP IT WILL BEGIN AN INCREASING WOBBLE IN THE SUSPENSION, KNOWN AROUND THE COMMUNITY AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE", IT WILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SLOWED TO A SPEED WHERE IT CAN RECOVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. NOT ONLY WHEN TRAVELING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BUT SOMETIMES 5 TO 10 MILES AND HOUR SLOWER, CAUSING A DISRUPT IN TRAFFIC. MADE SURE TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED, BALANCED AND THE FRONT END ALIGNED AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *TR

PURCHASED MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER FIVE WEEKS AGO. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE FILLED THE FUEL TANK 6 TIMES. EACH AND EVERY TIME THE FUEL TANK HAS OVERFLOWED OUT AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BODY, BUMPER AND POOLED ON THE GROUND. I HAVE TRIED SLOWING THE FILL RATE, GUESSING THE AMOUNT THAT THE TANK WILL FILL TO AND EVEN HOLDING THE RUBBER CAP ON THE GAS PUMP FILLER DOWN TIGHT. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. I'VE BEEN SPLASHED IN THE FACE, AND ON MY CLOTHES. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS ON ANY CAR I'VE OWNED IN THE PAST. I'M A PROFESSIONAL AUTO/TRUCK MECHANIC, THIS IS NOT USER ERROR, IT IS A DESIGN FAILURE OF THE PART. A REDESIGN AND RECALL IS IN ORDER. *TR

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X 4DR, HAS MAJOR WATER LEAKING ISSUES. I GOT THIS JEEP USED WITH 17,560MILES ON IT. IT RUNS GREAT. HOWEVER EVERY TIME IT RAINS, IT LEAKS. MY DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT GETS SO WET THAT YOU CAN WRING IT OUT. THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE BACKSEAT GETS SOAKED. I HAD TO USE A SHAMPOOER IN THE JEEP BECAUSE I COULDN'T SOAK UP ALL THE WATER FROM THE CARPET, AND IT SMELLED LIKE MILDEW. I PULLED UP THE CARPET TO BE SURE THAT THE PLUGS ARE IN CORRECTLY, WHICH THEY ARE, AND NOTICED WHAT LOOKED LIKE RUST. THE AREA WHERE MY SEATBELT ADJUSTS, AND AROUND THE BOLTS FOR THE SEATS IS RUSTING. MY JEEP ONLY HAS 49,226 MILES ON IT. MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS THAT YOU HAVE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE UNLIMITED X 4DR LEAKING WATER. WHY HASN'T ANYTHING BEEN DONE WITH THIS ISSUE? I DON'T NEED MY FLOOR BOARDS OR SEATBELT RUSTING OUT, IN MY OPINION SOMETHING NEEDS DONE BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE REFILLED THE FUEL TANK AS IT GOT FULL THE GAS SPRAYED OUT ONTO HIM. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A DEFECT AND REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THEY WOULD ASSIST IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK AFTER THE CONTACT PAID FOR A PORTION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

IT WOULD HIT A SMALL BUMP AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOOSE CONTROL HAD TO STOP COMPLETELY TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. *TR

DRIVING IN BEACH DUNE AREA IN OREGON (HAD ARRIVED MAYBE 10 MINUTES EARLIER). SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND CAR BURNED TO THE GROUND. NO OVERHEATING OF ENGINE COOLANT BUT HOT OIL AND OTHER LIGHTS FLICKERED BEFORE SHUTTING ENGINE OFF. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDER HOOD AND WIRE HARNESS ALONG FIREWALL WAS ON FIRE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THAT AND BETWEEN ENGINE AND FIREWALL. TRIED TO SUPPRESS FIRE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. CAR A TOTAL LOSS - BURNED TO THE GROUND. *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