2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER X STARTED TO EXPERIENCE AN EXTREME WOBBLE THAT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN IT HAPPENS THE WHOLE FRONT END STARTS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. YESTERDAY THE ISSUE OCCURRED SO BADLY THAT I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY (IT WAS QUITE DANGEROUS AND I'M LUCKY THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT). I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A JEEP DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THIS ISSUE. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE AWARE OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS WITH OTHER JEEPS (OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE") BUT THEY SAID THAT SINCE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, THEY HAVE NO CLEAR FIX TO DATE. GOING ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION, I HAD THE TIRES REBALANCED AND THEY WENT THROUGH AND RETIGHTENED THE TRACKBAR LINKAGE, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE DEALERSHIP IS PROVIDING ME NO FURTHER RESOLUTION AND, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, I AM STILL EXPERIENCING INSTANCES OF EXTREME FRONT-END WOBBLE. I AM AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS RESOLVED AS IT PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN. *TR

2008 4DR JEEP WRANGLER SPILLS GAS WHEN FILLING UP USING AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF NOZZLES. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3X OVER THE LAST YEAR. *TR

I OWN A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4 DOOR. I HAVE HAD THE JEEP PRETTY MUCH DEFECT FREE UP UNTIL ABOUT 35000 MILES. ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE JEEP STARTED TO GET A SHIMMY. I HAD THE WHEELS/ TIRES REBALANCED TO TRY AND FIX IT. I DID NOT HAVE AN ISSUE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK. THEN ON DAY WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 50 MPH. I DROVE OVER A SMALL TRANSITION IN THE ROAD. THIS CAUSE MY WHEEL TO SHAKE VERY VIOLENTLY AND I HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANE CHANGE TO PULL OVER TO STOP THE VIOLENT SHAKING. THIS IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE" BECAUSE ANYONE IN THE CAR THINKS THEY ARE ABOUT TO DIE BECAUSE THE TWO FRONT WHEELS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. I VISUALLY CHECKED UNDER THAT CAR AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE IN WORKING ORDER SO I CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD. A DAY LATER THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. AS I THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MY CAR I TOOK IT INTO MY DEALER TO HAVE THEM FIX IT. THEY SAID THAT I NEEDED A NEW STEERING STABALIZER/ SHOCK. I REPLACED THAT HOPING THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM, IT DID NOT AS IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I TOOK IT TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC AFTER THAT AND HE DISCOVERED THAT THE TRACK BAR BUSHING WAS PREMATURELY WORN OUT AND IT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND ALSO CAUSING OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE STEERING TO BE BECOME WORN ALSO. AFTER REPLACING THE TRACK BAR I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED BY A RECALL OR PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE TRACK BAR AT REGULAR INTERVALS. ALSO THIS CAN BE CAUSED BY A LOOSE TRACK BAR BOLT SO THERE MUST BE A MORE RELIABLE WAY TO SECURE THE TRACK BAR TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. *TR

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER JK 4DR IS JUST OVER 20K MILES, AND EVERYTIME I GO TO FILL UP, THE GAS TANK OVERFLOWS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PUMP SHUTS OFF. I AM NOT TOPPING OFF, OR TRYING TO GET A COUPLE MORE CENTS INTO THE TANK. I SET THE HANDLE AND SIT BACK IN MY JEEP TO LET THE GAS PUMP. WHEN THE TANK IS FULL, THE PUMP HANDLE CLICKS AND STOPS THE GAS FLOW, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, GAS SHOOTS OUT OF THE TANK. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME I FILL UP, SO NOW I HAVE TO STAND AND HOLD THE HANDLE, MAKING SURE I DON'T LET THE GAS GET TOO HIGH IN MY TANK. I WOULD ESTIMATE 2-4 CUPS OF GASOLINE SPILL EVERYTIME THIS HAPPENED, RESULTING IN DISCOLORATION TO THE SIDE OF MY JEEP (PAINT AND FENDERS). VERY UPSET THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS, AS I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR WRANGLERS. *TR

FUEL SPILLS OUT OF THE FILLER PORT DURING THE REFUELING PROCESS. I CANNOT FILL TANK COMPLETELY. *TR

STOCK 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X. NO MODIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER. DEATH WOBBLE. DEALER MASKED IT BY REPLACING THE STEERING STABILIZER. DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME FOR INSPECTING THE FRONT END TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND MIGHT CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIRS. DEATH WOBBLE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE FACTORY FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED BEGAN TO HAVE STARTING PROBLEMS. AT FIRST IT WAS VERY INTERMITTENT AND I ASSUMED IT WAS DUE TO A WORN BATTERY SO I REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A NEW ONE AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WITHOUT REPETITIVE TURNING ON AND OFF OF THE IGNITION UNTIL IT WOULD FINALLY START. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED EVERY FEW DAYS. FINALLY ON THE MORNING OF 8-23-2010 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE KEY WAS TURNED. AFTER ABOUT 50 ATTEMPTS IT FINALLY TURNED OVER AND I DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM INVESTIGATED. THAT AFTERNOON I RECEIVED A CALL TELLING ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS COMMON AMONGST 2007 AND 2008 WRANGLERS. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT WHICH CAUSES A POOR GROUNDING BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE STARTER. HE SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN INSTALLING A NEW GROUNDING STRAP BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE STARTER AND THAT IT WAS $177.00 AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KNOWN DESIGN DEFECT. UPON GETTING MY JEEP BACK FROM THE SHOP I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD TO SEE THIS $177.00 GROUNDING CABLE AND IT IS SIMPLY A $10 BATTERY CABLE ATTACHED TO THE NEGATIVE POST ON THE BATTERY AND RUN OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE, DOWN ALONG THE FIREWALL, AND ATTACHED SOMEWHERE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE ENGINE. REALLY, IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT JEEP HAS A POOR DESIGN AND THEN CHARGES OWNERS TO REPAIR IT. FROM WHAT THE DEALER TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED HAS THE PROBLEM OF RANDOMLY NOT WANTING TO START. IT GIVES ME AN INITIAL CLICK THEN NOTHING. I ALWAYS END UP GETTING IT TO START BY LETTING IT ROLL BACK A FOOT THEN START IT. IT SEEMS TO WORK. OTHER TIMES IT JUST RANDOMLY STARTS AFTER NUMEROUS TIMES. DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS COINCIDENCE OR NOT. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW. ALSO HAVE THE PROBLEM OF THE GAS TANK NOT SHUTTING OFF, AND GAS OVER FLOWS OVER AND OUTSIDE THE TANK. NEVER WILL BUY ANOTHER JEEP! I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THEM FOR 13 YEARS AND THIS IS MY LAST! *TR

MY 2008 4 DOOR JEEP WRANGLER XL HAS THIS DEAL WOBBLE. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 4 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. IT YOU HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE AT AROUND 40-50 MPH IT GOES INTO THIS DEATH SHAKE. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS COMING APART. YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN IT DOES THIS AND IS A DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. *TR

WHEN PUMPING FUEL, THE FUEL TANK AND ASSEMBLY DOES NOT ALLOW THE FUEL NOZZLE TO SHUT OFF. THIS RESULTS IN LOSS OF FUEL ONTO THE GROUND. USUALLY, ONCE IT STARTS OVERFLOWING, THE FUEL NOZZLE WILL STOP PUMPING, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ONLY MY VEHICLE, BUT IT TURNS OUT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS. THE DEALERSHIP DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM, AND SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. *TR