2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ALL DASH LIGHTS TURN ON HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK WIPERS START WIPING AND WIPER WASHERS START SQUIRTING THE ENGINE STALLS AND WILL NOT START LOOKED INTO ISSUE AND TIPM IS BAD IN ALL 2007-2011 DODGE, CHRYSLER AND JEEP

WHILE IN MOTION CAR DIES AND LIGHTS BEGIN FLASHING, HORN GOES OFF AND ON, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND FLUID ARE ACTIVATED AND DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK.

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER HAD A SAFETY RECALL AFFECTING THE FRONT FENDER WELLS RUBBING THE HARD BRAKE LINES THREE YEARS AFTER PURCHASING THE JEEP NEW. THIS PAST WEEK (4/28/2018) AS I WAS TRAVELING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD MY BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND MY ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE. AFTER DOWN SHIFTING AND PULLING THE E-BRAKE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP I HAD NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE WHERE IT WAS CONTACTING THE "FIXED" FENDER WELL HAD RUSTED OUT AND BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING, SENDING BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND RESULTING IN MY JEEP BRAKES NOT WORKING. THE INITIAL "FIX" THAT JEEP USED TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM WAS CUTTING THE FENDER WELL WIDER TO NOT TOUCH THE BRAKE LINES BUT OBVIOUSLY THE THREE YEARS IT WAS MAKING CONTACT WAS ENOUGH TO DETERIORATE THE INTEGRITY OF THE LINE AND THEN OVER THE YEARS RUST HAD DEVELOPED AND WEAKENED THE METAL TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ONLY DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND AS APPOSED TO IN TRAFFIC ON A BUSY ROAD. BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT CORRODE AND FAIL IN UNDER 10 YEARS.

WHILE DRIVING THE HORN STARTS BLOWING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE WINDSHIELD WASHER ACTIVATES UNCONTROLLABILITY AND WINDSHIELD WIPER ACTIVITY. ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS SOMETIME WON'T LOCK. ELECTRIC WINDOWS SOMETIMES WON'T GO DOWN. THIS IS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE TIPM.

JEEP TIPM FAILURE NUMEROUS TIMES. HEADLIGHTS STOP WORKING COMPLETELY, AIRBAGS REPORTEDLY NON WORKING, WINSHIELD WIPERS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO, HORN BLOWS ON ITS OWN. DOOR LOCKS CYCLE ON THEIR OWN. ENGINE WONT SHUT OFF WITH THE KEY UNLESS UNHOOKING THE BATTERY.

TIPM- DOOR LOCKS SHORTED OUT, FUEL PUMP QUITS STRANDING THE VEHICLE ON THE STREET, WILL NOT RESTART WITHOUT PULLING AND RESETTING THE IOD FUSE, CAUSES AIRBAG LIGHT TO FLASH FAULT, REAR WIPER QUITS. THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE OR UNABLE TO BE USED. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WOULDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT THIS IF THROUGH RESEARCH I HAD NOT FOUND HOW MANY FAILURES EXPERIENCED BY MANY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THIS PARTS FAILURE RATE. PARKED THE VEHICLE AND WHEN WENT TO RESTART IT IT WOULD NOT RESART, THEN THE DOORS STARTED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING REPEATEDLY LOCKING ME OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE KEYS IN IT. I RESET THE IOD FUSE AND IT STARTED. THEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE WARNING LIGHTS IN THE DASH STARTED FLASHING, AIRBAG, TCS, ANTI THEFT, TIRE PRESSURE, ABS, STABILITY CONTROL ALL CAME ON THEN VEHICLE SHUT OFF. IT WOULD START THEN RUN FOR A FEW SECONDS AND DIE. THROUGH RESEARCH I FOUND THIS TO BE RELATED TO THE ANTI THEFT IN THE TIPM-. TRIED REPLACING THE DOOR LOCK FUSE AND IT STARTED ARCING AND SMOKING. VEHICLE IS PARKED NOW WITH A TIPM- ON ORDER. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, I BOUGHT THIS JEEP NEW AND IF IT WAS NOT SUCH A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH CHRYSLER PRODUCTS I WOUL NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT A PART FAILURE AT TEN YEARS.

ALL HEADLIGHTS GO OFF RANDOMLY. STARTED INTERMITTENT, THEN MORE OFTEN CAUSING SAFETY ISSUES AT NIGHT. CHECKED EVERYTHING MULTIPLE TIMES, NOW THEY COME ON AND BLINK 3 TIMES. TIPM MODEL WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS BUT NO CODES. LOOKS LIKE REPEATING ISSUE WITH CHRYSLER AND SHOULD BE RECALL

OUR 2008 JEEP WRANGLER, WHILE PARKED, WITH NO OUTSTANDING ISSUES, HAVING COME FROM THE CHRYSLER JEEP DEALERSHIP IN FREEHOLD NJ JUST 3 DAYS PRIOR, BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE PARKED. NO FUMES, OVERHEATING OR OTHER PROBLEMS OCCURRED DURING THE 1 HR TRIP TO THE PARKING SPOT. CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, ALL DOWN TO METAL. COMPLETELY LOST DUE TO FIRE/HEAT. FIREMEN WERE ON THE SCENE TO PUT OUT FLAMES BUT ALL WAS LOST. FIRE IS A MYSTERY TO US. ALWAYS SERVICED AT JEEP DEALERS, SO ALL RECALLS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED WHEN VIN INPUT FOR SERVICING...*BF *TR

THERE A FACTORY, MANUFACTUR PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP. WHENEVER I PUT GAS ON THE VEHICLE, IT SPITS OUT THE GAS IF I POUR TOO FAST. I WAS CHECKING ONLINE AND IT STATES THAT CHRYSLER WAS REPLACING GAS TANKS FREE OF CHARGE IF THEY HAD THIS ISSUE. I CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY STATED THEY COULDN'T CHANGE IT BECUASE IT DIDN'T APPEAR IN THE VIN NUMBER. IT IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE IS ADVISING ME THAT THERE IS A LEAK IN THE GAS TANK.

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED HAS BEGUN EXHIBITING VERY STRANGE BEHAVIOR: 1) THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER SPRAY DOES NOT WORK. THE REAR WIPER SPRAY WORKS FINE. VERY UNUSUAL SINCE BOTH FRONT AND REAR SPRAY USES THE SAME PUMP. THUS POSES A SAFETY ISSUE. 2) THE DOOR LOCKS NO LONGER LOCK WHEN THE LOCK BUTTON IS PRESSED ON THE KEY FOB. THIS IS TRUE FOR EITHER FOB, AND YES, I HAVE CHANGED THE BATTERIES. 3) THE CAR SOMETIMES DOES NOT START. THE ENGINE DOES NOT CRANK. THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM, AND CAN SOMETIMES BE RESOLVED BY REMOVING THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION, RE-INSERTING THEM AND TRYING AGAIN. SOMETIMES 5 OR MORE ATTEMPTS ARE REQUIRED TO GET THE CAR TO START. IN MY RESEARCH, ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS POINT TO A FAULTY TIPM MODULE.