2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND OFTEN- EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. IT'S ACCOMPANIED BY A DISTRACTING CHIME. THE FAILURE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY THE CLOCKSPRING. I UNDERSTAND THAT 2007 WRANGLERS HAVE BEEN GRANTED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS COMPONENT, AND I'VE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 2008 AND 2009 MODEL YEAR WRANGLERS AS WELL. *TR

2008 JEEP WRANGLER...WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON RANDOMLY. EVER SINCE, THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF AT RANDOM TIMES. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON, THE AIRBAG WILL NOT WORK. CLOCK SPRING WAS THE ISSUE AND NEEDS REPLACED ($490). HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND IN MOST CASES IS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN THE SAME VEHICLE. OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME PART NUMBER HAVE BEEN RECALLED OR WARRANTY EXTENDED BUT NOT THIS ONE. I CAN'T GET AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY. CHRYSLER REFUSED ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE. TOLD ME TO "WAIT AND SEE" ABOUT A RECALL! *TR

WHEN FILLING GAS INTO THE VEHICLE, A LARGE QUANTITY OF GASOLINE SPURTED OUT AT THE END OF THE FILLING PROCESS. APPROXIMATELY A HALF GALLON OF GAS SPURTED ALL OVER MY VEHICLE AND ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. *KB

WAS DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED ON CA HWY 24 AND HIT MINOR BUMP DUE TO CHANGE IN ROAD TYPE AND VEHICLE FRONT END BEGAN TO SHIMMY AS IF I HAD BLOWN A TIRE. I MOVED TO FAR RIGHT LANE AND BEGAN TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE MY SPEED DROPPED BELOW 40 MPH SHIMMY STOPPED SUDDENLY. I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE'S A SERVICE ADVISORY ABOUT THIS AND THEY WOULD LIKELY REPLACE STEERING DAMPENER. THEY DID. PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED A YEAR LATER AT 28K MILES, AND JEEP DEALER SAYS MY FRONT END APPEARS FINE AS DO MY TIRES AND ALIGNMENT. THEY ESCALATED TO JEEP CORPORATE, WHO SAID REPLIED THAT I SHOULD BUY NEW TIRES, EVEN THOUGH MY TIRES APPEAR FINE, AND THAT THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED ON A SINGLE AXLE VEHICLE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE, AND FIND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE KNOWN AS 'DEATH WOBBLE', AND THAT IS PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED MOSTLY IN JEEPS WITH A MODIFIED SUSPENSION OR LIFT KIT. BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF NHTSA COMPLAINTS ON FILE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS NOW A KNOWN ISSUE SINCE THE 2007 SUSPENSION REDESIGN AND ADDITION OF THE 4DR WRANGLER TO THE LINE UP. JEEP COMPLETELY REDESIGNED THE SUSPENSION ON THE WRANGLER IN 2011, AND THOSE OF US WITH 2007 TO 2010 MODEL YEAR JEEPS ARE LEFT DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES. THIS WAS MARKETED TO ME AS A FAMILY CAR AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, AND JEEP DID NOT DISCLOSE THAT DEATH WOBBLE WAS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN A SINGLE AXLE VEHICLE AND WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF FRONT END PARTS THAT SHOW NO WEAR BEYOND THE NORMAL USE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, SINCE I USE THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT MY FAMILY, AND JEEP SEEMS TO THINK THIS IS A KNOWN ENOUGH PROBLEM TO EXPECT ME TO PAY FOR REPAIRS RELATED TO POOR UNSAFE DESIGN BY THEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. HOW MANY FATALITIES NEED TO OCCUR BEFORE NHTSA TAKE NOTICE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW? MORE INFO ON DW: HTTP://ANSWERS.EDMUNDS.COM/QUESTION-CLASS-ACTION-SUITS-FOR-POOR-DESIGN-JEEP-WRANGLER-DEATH-WOBBLE-16258.ASPX *TT

WHEN FILLING THE JEEP WRANGLER 2008 (BUILD DATE 6/08), GAS COMES SHOOTING OUT THE FILLER TUBE RIGHT AFTER THE GAS PUMP SHUTS OFF. I'M GUESSING APPROX. 12 OZ. OF GAS COMES OUT. CHRYSLER EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR WRANGLERS WITH A BUILD DATE OF MARCH 1, 2007 TO MARCH 31, 2008. MY BUILD DATE IS JUNE, 2008 AND HAS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I READ THAT THIS WAS INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA AND THEY FOUND THIS NOT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE YET TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE PUMPING GAS IS? THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I OWNED A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED, IN 2010 THE JEEP STARTED NOT WANTING TO CRANK OFF AND ON, OF COURSE WHEN IT WAS IN THE SHOP IT WOULD CRANK EVERYTIME, EXCEPT THE LAST VISIT IT HAD AND WAS THERE ALMOST 2 WEEKS THEN THEY WERE DOING THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION STILL NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. I CONTACTED CHRYLSER'S CORP. OFFICE MANY TIMES, THEY EVEN PROVIDED ME A RENTAL CAR ON ONE OF THE TIMES THE JEEP WAS IN THE SHOP, THIS JEEP STAYED IN THE SHOP MORE THEN IN MY YARD IN 2010. THE LAST VISIT WAS ALL I COULD HANDLE, CHRYLSER CORP WAS NOT GOING TO HELP ME ANYMORE, THEY SIMPLE DID NOT CARE, THE SERVICE DEPT.'S THAT THE JEEP WAS AT THEY TRIED EVERYTHING THEY THOUGHT POSSIBLE, BATTERY WAS GOOD, SO THEY CHANGED OUT THE BATTERY CABLES SAID IT WAS FIXED, WITHIN A WEEK SAME THING HAPPENS, I TAKE IT BACK, THEY REPLACE THE STARTER SAID THAT WAS THE ISSUE, NEEDLESS TO SAY WITHIN 2 WEEKS I WAS BACK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THE LAST TIME THEY SAID THIS MIGHT FIX THE JEEP, IF NOT, BRING IT BACK WE WILL TRY SOMETHING ELSE, EXPERIMENT I GUESS. I ONCE AGAIN CONTACTED CHRYLSER CORP. OFFICE WAS TREATED AS THOUGH I WAS A PROBLEM TO THEM, I TOLD THEM I WAS JUST GIVING UP AND TRADING THE JEEP IN, WHICH WAS ONE OF THTE HARDEST DECISIONS THAT I HAVE MADE, I LOVED MY JEEP, BUT THE LEMON THAT I HAD WAS JUST TOO MUCH TO KEEP PAYING FOR AND CATCHING RIDES TO WORK SINCE THE JEEP WAS IN THE SHOP ALL THOSE TIMES EXCEPT THE ONE TIME THEY PAID FOR RENTAL. I HAVE TRADED THE JEEP BUT I STILL FOLLOW THE CONCERNS AND SEE NOW, I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, TOO LATE MY JEEP IS GONE NOW.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND TURNED RIGHT ONTO ANOTHER ROAD WHEN MY AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IT INTERMITTENTLY TURNS OFF WHEN I TURN MY WHEEL TO THE LEFT ABOUT 4 INCHES AND THEN IF I GO PAST THAT PART OR BACK TOWARD THE CENTER. IT WILL RE APPEAR AND A CHIME WILL SOUND. EVERY TIME I START MY VEHICLE THE AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON AND CHIMES. I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 15 MPH. THE CLOCK SPRING IS THE CULPRIT ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN ARE THE 2008 LHD JEEP WRANGLERS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CLOCK SPRING RECALL? *TR

MY JEEP WRANGLER IS EXPERIENCING A " DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN I TRAVEL BETWEEN 55-60MPH THE FRONT END OF MY JEEP SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS OCCURS WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP BUT ALSO SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING EVEN ON FLAT PAVEMENT. MY JEEP HAS STOCK PARTS AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROADED. I BELONG TO A JEEP COMMUNITY AND KNOW NUMEROUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM SOME DATING BACK TO THE 1990S. IT SEEMS AN ONGOING ISSUE LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE WARRANTED AN INVESTIGATION AND A PRODUCT RECALL ON THE FLAWED PARTS. *TR

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4 SPUN A BEARING DUE TO INFERIOR MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLY AND PARTS. I WAS TURNING A TRAFFIC CIRCLE CORNER AT APPROX 40MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF ONCE THE BEARING SPUN. AS A RESULT, I LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH 2007-2008 JEEP WRANGLERS. I THINK THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS AS ITS DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP AND INFERIOR PARTS. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX AND DANGEROUS SINCE THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS,HAVE DRIVEN IT LESS THAN 200 MILES,RIGHT REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT RELEASE,WHEN I GOT HOME WHEEL WAS HOTTER THAN FIRE AND SMOKING.I REPLACED REAR PADS,THEY HAD ABOUT 3/16 OF INCH PAD LEFT. PISTON IN CALIPER COMPRESSED EASY SO PUT PADS ON AND DROVE ABOUT 15 MILES AND CAME HOME ONLY TO FIND RT REAR SMOKING AGAIN. I AM ASSUMING NOW ITS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE,WHICH I HAVE NEVER USED BEING AN AUTOMATIC. *TR