2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

I OWN A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED. I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH FUEL SPITTING OUT OF THE GAS TANK EVERY TIME I FILL IT WITH GAS. I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO EXPLAINING THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND IF THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER IT WOULD BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. I TOOK MY JEEP TO A DEALER ON 6/29/11 AND ASKED THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS UNLESS THEY COULD INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE ISSUE. OF COURSE, THEY TOLD ME THAT WHEN THEY TOOK THE CAR TO THE GAS STATION IT DID NOT SPIT THE FUEL OUT AT THEM. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS NOT AN INCONVENIENCE ISSUE BUT A SAFETY ISSUE. NOT ONLY DOES THIS CAUSE ME TO SPILL GAS ONTO THE GROUND WHEN I FILL UP MY CAR, BUT THE PART THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM (THE INLET CHECK VALVE) IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PREVENTING A FUEL LEAK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER. THIS PUTS ME AT GREATER RISK OF BEING INVOLVED IN A CAR FIRE IF MY VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. IF I WERE ONE OF A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM I WOULD UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION. HOWEVER, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS IN MANY DIFFERENT MAKES AND MODELS FROM CHRYSLER. IF THEY KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO ISSUE THE BULLETIN AND EXTEND THE WARRANTY COVERAGE ON THE PART, THEY SHOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE THE REPAIRS TO THE CAR WITHOUT QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SAFETY IS COMPROMISED. UPDATED 08/24/11 *BF THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED ON AUGUST 8, 2011 UNDER WARRANTY. UPDATED IVOQ 08/31/11 *TR

VEHICLE SPILLS FAIRLY LARGE AMOUNT OF GAS WHEN FILING GAS TANK CONSTANTLY. GAS SPILLS ON VEHICLE, GROUND AND PERSON WHICH COULD BE A FIRE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE CHANGED THE FILLER NECK BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE FRONT END SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY THAT I ALMOST HIT THE CEMENT DIVIDED AND WAS ALMOST STRUCK FROM THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AS I SLOWED TO GAIN CONTROL. I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A BAD STEERING STABILIZER WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE AT MY OWN COST AND CHRYSLER KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT THERE WASN'T ANY RECALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED WITH 48,XXX MILES. MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING AND DINGING WHILE DRIVING. THE JEEP IS NO LONGER COVERED BY WARRANTY, BUT AFTER RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE CAUSE TO BE A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING. THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL DOCUMENTED CASES ON JK-FORUM.COM OF FAILED CLOCK SPRINGS. THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING THE SIGNAL TO THE AIRBAG FOR DEPLOYMENT IN THE CASE OF A ACCIDENT. THE JEEP HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT, FIRE OR ANY OTHER SORT OF DAMAGE. THE PROBLEM STARTED RANDOMLY ON 6-22-2011. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WITH A CHIME, THEN TURNED OFF A FEW MINUTES LATER. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME THING EVER SINCE. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE JEEP AS OF YET. *TR

CAR WILL NOT START SUCCESSFULLY DUE TO FAULTY ELECTRICAL GROUNDS NOT PRESENT. WHEN CAR IS IN PARK AT RANDOM TIMES THE CAR WILL NOT START. HOWEVER, IF YOU PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL GEAR WILL START SUCCESSFULLY. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR 3 YEARS NOW AND HAVE SPENT MONEY REPLACING THE BATTERY, STARTER. THESE REPAIRS DID NOT AND WILL NOT RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. BASED ON MY RESEARCH AND OTHER JEEP OWNERS THE WORK AROUND IS TO START THE CAR IN NEUTRAL WHEN THIS HAPPENS OR ADD GROUND WIRES FROM THE BATTERY TO THE ENGINE BLOCK AND FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO RESOLVE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FROM THE MANUFACTURE AND NOT A OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE TO THE OWNERS. *TT

I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 45K MILES ON MY 2008 JEEP JK AND THIS STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO. THE FIRST 1-2 TIMES I SORT OF CHALKED IT UP TO AN UNUSUAL ODDITY. BUT IT HAS NOW HAPPENED OVER A COUPLE OF DOZEN TIMES! IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE NOW. THIS IS A MANUAL 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION....THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED IN FIRST GEAR ONLY. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS FROM A STANDSTILL STOP. SO I AM STOPPED AND IN 1ST GEAR (I KNOW I AM CLEARLY AND DEFINITIVELY IN 1ST GEAR AS I AM VERY CONSCIENCE OF IT NOW!). I START GOING BY SLOWLY APPLYING THE GAS AS I EASE OFF THE CLUTCH...AND POP! THE TRANSMISSION SNAPS OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. IT IS A VERY VIOLENT EXPERIENCE. IT GIVES THE SENSATION OF BEING HIT FROM BEHIND (WHAT I THOUGHT THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED). I AM 47 YEARS OLD AND BEEN DRIVING A STANDARD TRANSMISSION SINCE I WAS 15. THIS IS THE FIRST EVER OF SUCH TYPE OF PROBLEM FOR ME. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AS OF YET FOR THIS PROBLEM . THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND AT A BUSY INTERSECTION COULD BE A POTENTIAL DEADLY ACCIDENT. I'VE READ ON MANY JEEP FORUMS THIS IS BECOMING A PROBLEM MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY GOING BACK TO 2008.. *TR

ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO WAS 1ST INCIDENT - INSERTED KEY, MOTOR CLICKED BUT WOULD NOT TURN OVER, 2ND TRY WORKED. THIS SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN EVERY COUPLE MONTHS OR SO THEN STARTED TAKING 3-4 TRIES BEFORE TURNING OVER. IN LAST 2 WEEKS IT WAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT 2-3 TIMES PER WEEK. TODAY IT WAS AT LEAST 10 TIMES - FINALLY I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO PARK THEN IT TURNED OVER. I'VE GOOGLED TO SEE IF OTHERS EXPERIENCING SAME, SEEMS IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. SOME SAY IT'S A PROBLEM WITH SHIFTER NOT BEING ALL THE WAY IN PARK, OTHERS SAY IT'S "BY A GROUND OFFSET THAT CAUSES THE PCM TO TURN OFF THE STARTER RELAY CONTROL CIRCUIT DO TO THE DOUBLE START OVERRIDE FEATURE OR A TRS INPUT STATE NOT VALID. IF THE CONCERN IS GONE, THEN ADD A 8 GAUGE OR LARGER WIRE BETWEEN ENGINE AND BATTERY NEGATIVE, FROM BODY TO ENGINE, AND ENGINE TO TRANS BELL HOUSING TO TIE THE GROUNDS TOGETHER. IT IS RECOMMEND TO CHECK THE EXISTING GROUNDS AND CABLES ON THE ENGINE AND FOR THE PCM. IF THERE IS A BOLT OR STUD, REMOVE IT AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CLEAN AND CORROSION/RUST FREE. CLEAN THE EFFECTED AREAS AND THE THREADS IF NEEDED. CHECK THE TRS CONNECTOR FOR SIGNS OF MOISTURE OR CORROSION AND CLEAN CONNECTIONS". THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO! *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (4 DOOR) ESTIMATED SPEED 45 MPH GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND ANOTHER CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME TO TURN, I HAD NO TIME TO BRAKE- HIT HIS SIDE/BACK OF HIS CAR AND THEN MY JEEP HIT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT POLE. (HEAD ONE) (THE OTHER DRIVER WAS TICKETED) NEEDLESS TO SAY, TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, HITTING ANOTHER CAR WITHOUT BRAKING AND THEN HITTING A POLE THAT AT LEAST ONE OF MY AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED- BUT NEITHER ONE OF THEM DEPLOYED. MY FACE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL (BROKEN NOSE, MILD CONCUSSION). *TR

2008 JEEP JK UNLIMITED RUBICON. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 25K MI., THE FUEL TANK WILL VIOLENTLY OVERFLOW WHEN FILLING. THE VEHICLE, GROUND AND PERSON ARE COVERED WITH GASOLINE CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT. I TURNED VEHICLE IN FOR A WARRANTY REPAIR BUT THE SAME RETURNED AFTER ONLY A FEW REFUELS. NOW VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. DAIMLER CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIX ALL VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS DEFECT, NOT JUST ONES THAT SEEM TO FALL UNDER A SOME VAGUE CATEGORY ON PAPER. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM, NOT TO MENTION ENVIRONMENTALLY UN-FRIENDLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X. I WAS DRIVING 70 MILES AN HOUR AND STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO A RIVER. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND CALLED MY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT BUT NOT RECALLED OR COVERED SINCE MY MFR WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT. WHEN I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER REP, THEY SAID THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND SINCE I CAN'T ORDER THE ORIGINAL PART FROM MFR BECAUSE THEY'VE REPLACED IT WITH A "SAFER" ONE. SO I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO PUT A SAFER PART ON MY JEEP SO IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS, BUT NOT HELPING AT ALL. *TR