2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

THERE IS AN OVERFLOW AND EXPULSION OF EXCESS GAS FROM THE FILLER NECK WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK UP ALL THE WAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GAS PUMP SHUTS OFF. THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN THE OFF POSITION WHEN THIS OCCURS. MY GUESS IS THAT APPROXIMATELY 1 PINT TO 1 QUART OF LIQUID IS SPILLED DOWN THE SIDE OF THE JEEP AND ONTO THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE JEEP.

STARTED JEEP, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT STOP, HAD NO DASH INDICATORS, NO BLINKERS, WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STILL REMAINS. CHRYSLER CAN NOT GET PART UNTIL 03-28-16. THEY WANT ME TO GO 3 MONTHS WITHOUT A VEHICLE THAT I AM STILL PAYING FOR!!!

THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING IN MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER HAS STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AFTER NOTICING THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON AND HE SAID THE CLOCK SPRING HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING, AND IF I WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT IT WOULD NOT DEPLOY AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE KILLED. CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE FIX BECAUSE THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR MY YEAR. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO BE THE ONE TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE AIRBAGS ARE NOT A WEAR AND TEAR PART AND SHOULD BE MADE PROPERLY

ON THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING. UPDATED WITH MORE INFO FROM COMPLAINT # 10818674

AT 35 MPH IN CITY TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE TACH ROSE AS IF I WERE IN NEUTRAL, I LET OFF ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD AS IF IT WENT BACK INTO GEAR. AS VEHICLE STARTED GAINING SPEED I STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR AND IT SEEMED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN AND THE TACH ONCE AGAIN ROSE. I PULLED OVER TO CURB IN CITY AND TURNED ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND EXITED VEHICLE. I NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER VEHICLE AND REACHED BACK IN AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF. I OPENED HOOD AND FLAMES CAME UP FROM THE CENTER OF VEHICLE BEHIND ENGINE, I WENT TO REAR OF VEHICLE AND GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND TRIED TO PUT FIRE OUT BUT COULDN'T. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR GAUGES GAVE ADVANCE NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THERE WAS A TRAIL OF FLUID THAT STARTED AT LEAST 300' DOWN THE MIDDLE OF MY LANE BEHIND MY VEHICLE AND ENDED UNDER MY TRANSMISSION. THE ONLY PHOTO IS A VIDEO I POSTED ON FACEBOOK, I TOOK THE VIDEO WHILE WAITING FOR FIRETRUCKS AND POLICE.

WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE VEHICLE. THE WIPERS START GOING, WINDSHIELD WASHERS START AND STOP, HORN STARTS BLOWING, LIGHTS START FLASHING OFF AND ON, ALL DASH INSTRUMENTS GO OFF AND ON AND THE HORN BLOWS INTERMITTENTLY. THE DOOR LOCKS ENGAGE WHEN THE CAR IS SITTING WITH THE MOTOR OFF AND NO ONE IN THE CAR.

WHILE STARTING IN 1ST GEAR FROM A STOPPED POSITION OR DOWN SHIFTING WHILE MOVING THE SYNCHRONIZER WILL MAKE THE SHIFTER SLAM OUT OF GEAR, EVEN WHEN YOU HOLD THE SHIFTER IN FIRST , IT WILL SLAM YOUR HAND BACK. WILL DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AFTER YOU START MOVING IN 1ST GEAR OR TRYING TO PUT IT IN 1ST GEAR. HAS HAD PROBLEM SINCE FIRST RECEIVED THE VEHICLE BUT EACH TIME THE DEALER LOOKED AT IT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE VEHICLE GETS HIT FROM THIS MECHANICAL ISSUE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL IT. THERE ARE OTHER JEEPS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. HAPPENS SPORADICALLY.

HORN DOES NOT WORK WHEN PUSHED, BUT HORN SOUNDS OFF WHEN LOCKING OR ALARM, AS IT SHOULD. ASKED DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT SOON AFTER WE BOUGHT AND THEY WOULD NOT. DIDN'T THINK DEALERSHIP COULD SELL DEFECTIVE CAR. TOOK JEEP TO GET CHECKED AND MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. MECHANIC RECOMMENDED REPLACING PART FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $600.00.

THE SECURITY SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITHOUT CAUSE. I REMOVED THE KEY, TRIED LOCKING THE DOOR AND UNLOCKING, INSERTING THE KEY IN THE DOOR TO TURN IT OFF. NOTHING WORKED. I TO HAD TO PULL THE FUSE FOR THE LIGHTS AND HORN SO MY NEIGHBORS COULD GET SOME SLEEP. I TOOK ANOTHER VEHICLE TO WORK. IT HAS NOT ACTED UP SINCE. THE WEEK BEFORE THE ALARM SYSTEM ACTIVATING THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON WITHOUT CAUSE AS WELL. WE WERE SITTING IN THE HOUSE AND THE LIGHTS WOULD GO AND OFF FOR NO REASON. WE TOOK THE BATTERIES OUT OF THE KEY THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERIES GOING BAD. THIS DID NOT FIX THE INTERMITTENT LIGHTS ISSUE. I HAD THE TIPM REPLACED JULY 2015 BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS STAYED ON ALL THE TIME THEN WOULD FLASH FROM TIME TO TIME. THE WIPERS WOULD GO ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. THE HORN BLARED WHEN IT FELT LIKE IT. ALL THESE SYMPTOMS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID THE UNIT WAS BAD. SURELY AN $800 PART WITHOUT LABOR IS SUPPOSE TO LAST MORE THAN 5 MONTHS!!!!

LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY THE WIPERS, WASHERS AND HORN CAME ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. TODAY IT WAS RAINING & THE WIPER WOULD TURN ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE ITS RAINING. SO DANGEROUS IT WAS REALLY SCARY. YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ANY PART OF THE ELECTRONIC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM & YOU PUTTING YOURSELF AND OTHER TO DANGER & CAN CAUSE SOME SERIOUS ACCIDENT