2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

2007 JEEP WRANGER UNLIMITED X 4 DOOR ENGINE STALL. 5 OCCURRENCES TOTAL, 4 PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF TIPM REPROGRAM AS PART OF NHTSA AND CHRYSTLER RECALL G25 IN JULY 2007 1 ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCE IN AUGUST 2007. *TR

LONG CRANK/START AND LOW ENGINE IDLE (NEAR STALLING). DEALER SAID THEY FIXED (AT 300 MILES, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS AFTER BEING IN SHOP ONE WEEK AGO (TOTAL OF 900 MILES). CHRYSLER CORP IS NOT INTERESTED IN TELLING CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS BEFORE YOU BUY. THEY SELL YOU THE VEHICLE AND GET YOUR MONEY, THEN TRY TO FIX, BUT THEY HAVE MY MONEY NOW AND COULD CARE LESS. *JB

WHEN DRIVING MY 2007 JEEP, IT HAS 2X, COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE GOING ABOUT 70 MPH IN TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO BONDY'S JEEP DOTHAN, LOOKED AT BY SERVICE DEPART. AND GIVEN BACK - NOTHING WRONG. THE SECOND TIME, RETURNED TO BONDY'S, SOME WIRING HARNESSES WERE REPLACED. THEN RECALL WAS ISSUED, TOOK IT BACK-THEY FIXED RECALL. CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES, BEEN TO BONDY'S EIGHT TIMES. IT HAS NOT SHUT COMPLETELY OFF AGAIN THAT WAS PRETTY SCARY - BUT THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP WITH ERRORS AND I LOSE POWER EVERYTHING (AIR CONDITIONER, SIGNALS, RADIO, ENTIRE CONTROL PANEL, ETC?). THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN IT SHUT OFF COMPLETELY, SO MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IF I WERE TO PULL OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY, THAT COULD BE IT. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT ACTION I NEED TO TAKE. FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANYONE FROM JEEP TO CALL ME TO HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAVE ONLY BEEN WORKING THIRD PARTY WITH MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER, WHO HAS BEEN GREAT, BUT HAS NOT YET SOLVED ANY ISSUES. 4/14/2007 JEEP CUTS COMPLETELY OFF WHILE GOING 70 MPH ON HWY 431 ALL CLUSTER LIGHTS LIT UP. 4/15/2007 JEEP CUTS OFF COMPLETELY AGAIN PULLING OUT OF THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. 4/17/2007 TOOK IT TO BONDY'S. GOT IT BACK ON 4/19/2007. SERVICE DEPT STATED IT WAS FIXED. 4/26/2007 ALL CLUSTERS LIT UP LIKE BEFORE BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF. NO AIR CONDITIONER, RADIO, NOTHING ELECTRIC WORKED. TOOK TO BONDY'S. 7/11/2007 SAME THING 7/12/2007 RECALL RECEIVED BY MAIL, TOOK TO BONDY'S. 8/2/2007 IT HAPPENED AGAIN. 8/3/2007 TOOK TO BONDY'S LEFT IT WITH THE SERVICE DEPT. DO NOT HAVE IT BACK YET. IT HAS BEEN AT BONDY'S 39 DAYS TOTAL SINCE TIME OF PURCHASE, IN THE SERVICE DEPT. *TR

2007 JEEP WRANGLER INTERMITTENTLY STALLS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND AT IDLE. RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED TO REPROGRAM PCM BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *JB

WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE IN WINDY CONDITIONS OR WHEN PASSING TRUCKS ON THE HIGHWAY EITHER FROM THE FRONT OR REAR, THE HOOD WILL MOVE UP AND SLAM AGAINST THE STOP. IT IS SO HARD YOU CAN SEE THE MOVEMENT AND HEAR THE HOOD HIT THE SAFETY CATCH. IT WILL DO THIS ANYTIME THERE IS A BUFFETING WIND FROM THE FRONT OR SIDE. I AM CONCERNED THE THE HOOD WILL FAIL AND COME OFF AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD WITH A DISASTROUS FORCE. *TR

MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING UP AN OFF ROAD TRAIL OUT OF TELLURIDE, COLORADO, WHEN THE JEEP SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER, MANY DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED THE VEHICLE ACTED LIKE THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE ENGINE, HOWEVER, WAS STILL IDLING AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 RPM'S, HOWEVER WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED, THE RPM'S WOULD NOT RISE, THE ENGINE'S RPMS WOULD NOT AUDIBLY INCREASE AND NO POWER WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WHEELS. THIS CAUSED THE JEEP TO CEASE ANY FORWARD MOVEMENT AND FORCE ME TO ROLL BACKWARD TO A SMALL PULL OUT ON THE SINGLE LANE, MOUNTAIN-SIDE ROAD. I PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE WITH THE KEYED IGNITION, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINTUTES AND RESTARTED THE JEEP. UPON RESTART, THE JEEP REGAINED ALL NORMAL FUNCTION, ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ILLUMINATED (MINUS THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT) HAD SHUT OFF. THE JEEP WAS TURNED AROUND EVENTUALLY AND DRIVEN BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. HAD THIS FAILURE HAPPENED ON A DIFFERENT PASS--ONE MUCH STEEPER AND WITH NO CUTOUTS SUCH AS "BLACK BEAR PASS" (WHICH IS NEARBY AND WHERE WERE HEADING), THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. IT IS THIS AUTHOR'S OPINION THIS "STALL BUG", AT LEAST ON MY VEHICLE, IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE TRANSFER CASE AND/OR TRANSMISSION HEATING UP. THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THESE FACTS: A SMELL WAS NOTICED JUST A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE QUIT. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS IN "4HI" (FOUR WHEEL DRIVE - HIGH RANGE) PRIOR TO THE ENGINE QUITTING. AFTER THE ENGINE STALLED, THE TRANSFER CASE WAS PUT IN "4LO" (FOUR WHEEL DRIVE - LOW RANGE) AND THE PROBLEMS CEASED. SINCE THIS STALL, ALL OFF ROAD EXCURSIONS HAVE BEEN IN "4LO" AND THE STALL BUG HAS NOT RE-APPEARED, DESPITE THE FACT THAT STEEPER HILLS IN MORE INHOSPITABLE TERRAIN IN THE SAME WEATHER HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OVER WITH NO REPEAT OF THE STALL BUG. FURTHER, THE DISTINCT SMELL WHICH WAS NOTICED JUST PRIOR TO THE STALL BUG OCCURING HAS NOT BEEN NOTICED SINCE THEN (WHEN UTILIZING 4LO). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE ODOMETER DISCLOSURE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 84 MILES AND THAT THE CONTACT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ODOMETER DISCLOSURE WAS 10 MILES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,019 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS INAPPLICABLE.

ON FOUR OCCASIONS SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ENGINE HAS STALLED AND ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS LOST POWER FOR ABOUT 1.5 TO 2 SECONDS. EVERYTHING THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. WHEN THIS OCCURS, ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON AS THOUGH THE IGNITION KEY WAS IN THE "ON" POSITION, AS IT IS JUST BEFORE STARTING THE CAR, THEN ALL RETURNED TO NORMAL. THIS IS A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SHOULD A DRIVER BE IN THE MIDST OF AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER DURING ONE OF THESE OCCURRENCES, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT CAN HAPPEN. THIS FIRST HAPPENED IN DECEMBER , AND THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES, THE LAST BEING THE DATE LISTED ON THIS COMPLAINT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HAS INFORMED ME THAT HE NOTED ALL FOUR REPORTED INCIDENTS IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE ENGINE STALLING. THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT DATE SHE COULD SCHEDULE IS FOR JULY 23, 2007. SHE FELT THAT THE WAIT TIME WAS UNREASONABLE. NO FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. THE NHTSA RECALL # WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 383 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS INAPPLICABLE.

THE 2007 FOUR DOOR JEEP WRANGLER 4X4 EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHUDDERING IN THE FRONT END WHEN TRAVELLING OVER BUMPS AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH. THE SHUDDERING WA SSO VIOLENT THAT THE VEHICLE GOT PULLED TO THE SIDE, FORCING ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE DEALER CHECKED THE VEHICLE, AND NOTED NO PROBLEMS, HOWEVER, THIS ISSUE PERSISTED. I WAS CONVINCED THEREWAS SOME KIND OF ENGINEERING FLAW. *AK