2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND ABOVE, WHEN BRAKING OR HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE WHEELS WOBBLE, STEERING IS UNCONTROLLABLE AND YOU CANNOT ACCELERATE OR STOP COMPLETELY UNTIL THE WOBBLING SUBSIDES. I WAS PASSING A SEMI TRUCK WHEN A SLOWER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF ME, I GENTLY BRAKED TO SLOW DOWN AND THE WOBBLING WAS SO BAD I COULD NOT STEER, BRAKE FURTHER OR ACCELERATE TO STOP THE WOBBLING OR MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF CARS BEHIND ME. I ENDED UP IN THE MEDIAN SINCE I COULD NOT FOLLOW THE CURVE OF THE ROAD AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE HIT BY OTHER CARS OR THE SEMI-TRUCK.

JUST PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. TURNED RIGHT AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF. AND NOW CONTINUES TO GO OFF AND DING EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES.

WHEN DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION AT ANY SPEED THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT WHEN TURNING BUT WILL COME BACK ON WHEN THE WHEEL IS STRAIGHT AGAIN. ALSO THE HORN WILL NOT SOUND ( NO FUSE ARE BLOWN) PROBLEM BELIEVED TO BE CLOCK SPRING.

AIRBAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY ON AND DIGGING. HORN INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT WORK. HAPPENS RIGHT WHEN YOU TURN THE IGNITION ON AND START THE VEHICLE AND DOES NOT GO AWAY UNTIL IGNITION IS TURNED OFF.

I AM ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY AIRBAG LIGHT. COMPUTER CODE GIVES THE B1B06- CLOCK SPRING, WHICH JEEP HAS RECALLED FOR RHD BUT NOT LHD. THIS MAKES NO SENSE, SEEING AS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS AS WELL. I'VE CONTACTED JEEP NUMEROUS TIMES TO COMPLAIN. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE FIX, A FACTORY PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUE THAT JEEP SHOULD COVER! NOT ONLY IS THE CONSTANT WARNING SOUND A NUISANCE EVERY OTHER MINUTE, BUT WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON THE AIRBAG IS DISABLED. JEEP, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

POSSIBLE FAULTY CLOCK SPRING ISSUE AS SEEN IN MANY OTHER JEEP WRANGLERS MADE AFTER 2007. AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WITH AUDIBLE WARNING EVERY OTHER MINUTE AND SIGNALS THE DRIVER THAT THERE COULD BE A FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG OR EARLY DEPLOYMENT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY JEEP BUT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO ONLY PURSUE RIGHT HAND DRIVE RHD JEEPS EVEN THOUGH MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY LEFT HAND DRIVE LHD JEEP OWNERS AS WELL. JEEP ADMITTED THE ORIGINAL CLOCK SPRINGS WERE FAILING AND SAID THEY WERE WORKING ON A NEW ONE. I CALLED JEEP YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED, BUT THAT I SHOULD HANG ON TO MY BILLS IN CASE IT EVER BECOMES COVERED. I ONLY HAVE 30,500 MILES ON MY JEEP. MANY OWNERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS AND ONLY A FEW HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS A FACTORY PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY JEEP.

I AM HAVING CONTINUALLY INCREASING EPISODES WHERE MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4 DR 4X4 EXPERIENCES WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS AN ELECTRICAL "SPASM." ALL OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WASHER FLUID MANIFOLDS, DOOR LOCKS, & HORN ALL OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY, AND WILL NOT STOP UNLESS THE BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED. HOW CAN I BE SURE THAT THIS "UNKNOWN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM" ISN'T GOING TO GET WORSE, AND BY WORSE, I MEAN AFFECT SOMETHING CRUCIAL TO THE SAFE OPERATION OF MY VEHICLE WHEN I'M DRIVING IT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS? IF THIS VEHICLE HAS SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHILE I'M DRIVING IT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD BE SEVERELY INJURED DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS VEHICLE BECOMING UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR IS STOPPED/IDLING, WHILE IT IS DRIVING, AND NOW, AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I HAVE TAKEN IT DIRECTLY TO A JEEP DEALER IMMEDIATELY AFTER BOTH EPISODES. THE FIRST TIME, I HAD TO WAIT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN. THE 2ND TIME IT OCCURRED I DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO A JEEP DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AFTER SEVERAL DAYS. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD AT THE VERY LEAST, BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, AND REDESIGN WHICHEVER ELECTRICAL COMPONENT, OR SYSTEM, THAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I WOULD EVEN BE WILLING TO PURCHASE THE PART AT THE MANUFACTURER'S COST, IF IT GOT RID OF THE PROBLEM.

AIR BAG FAILURE. LIGHT COMES ON AND ALARM. DEALER SAID THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS IS EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I SEE RECALL FOR RIGHT HAND DRIVE BUT NO LEFT HAND DRIVE.

WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AS THEY DO ALL OF MY SERVICE AND OIL CHANGES, AND THE TECHNICIAN SAID IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. THEY SAID IT WAS THE LIFTERS IN THE ENGINE THAT ARE MAKING THE NOISE.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 40 MILES AS I DO EVERY DAY. THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME ON THE HIGHWAY HAD STOPPED TO TURN AND AS I STOPPED TO WAIT ON THEN, I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A SAFE PLACE AND OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT MY JEEP WAS ON FIRE BEHIND THE ENGINE. I CALLED MY WIFE AND THEN SHE CALLED 911 WHILE I GRABBED MY WORK STUFF OUT OF THE BACK. WITHIN MINUTES THE JEEP WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.