Jeep Wrangler Complaints (2008)

1,904 consumer complaints on file.

#11376093November 24, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE HORN BLOWS ON ITS ON, THE WIPERS AND WASHERS COME ON BY THERE SELF, LIGHTS COME ON BY THERE SELF, AND THE ONLY WAY TO TURN THEM OFF IS DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. IT HAPPENS MOVING OR STATIONARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11376026November 23, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
GASOLINE SPLASH BACK WHEN FILLING GAS TANK. THE JEEP WAS IN PARK AND LEVEL. GASOLINE BURPED OUT OF FUEL FILLER TANK TUBE. ALL OVER THE JEEP AND GROUND. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK. ALSO GETS ON CLOTHES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11375823November 22, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE DASHBLIGHTS STARTED ACTING POSSESSED WHILE DRIVING AND WINSHIELD WHIPERA CAME ON WITHOUT BEING ACTIVATED BY SWITCH. NOW THE GUAGES ARE STUCK STRAIGHT UP AND IT WONT SHIFT OUT OF PARK..THE RADIO AND WINDOWS STILL WORK AND THE LIGHTS CONE ON WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11374843November 16, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING UP WITH GAS AT THE GAS STATION EVEN IF I MANUALLY STOP THE GAS FLOW EARLY THE GAS OVERFLOWS OUT ON TO THE BUMPER AND GROUND. MAJOR GAS SPITBACK!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11373675November 8, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VISIBILITY/WIPER
2008 JEEP WRANGLER HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH TIPM. WIPERS WILL COME ON, HORN WILL SOUND, WASHER FLUID SPRAYS, AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT (WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND THIS HAPPENS) INTERMITTENTLY AND WILL SOMETIMES CREATE A NO CRANK/NO START CONDITION AFTER THE MALFUNCTION HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. DEFECT HAS BEEN TRACED BACK TO TIPM AND TIPM WAS REPLACED WITH AN AFTERMARKET REMANUFACTURED TIPM. PROBLEM RESOLVED AND NOW HAS REAPPEARED WITH ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS, SUCH AS WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN REVERSE WIPERS WILL GO OFF AND ENGINE WILL REV TO HIGHER RPMS THAN NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR ACCELERATION. THE TIPM DEFECT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD WHEN IT INTERFERES WITH THE SHIFTING, ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE. MOST RECENT ISSUE WAS 11/09/2020; ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 06/2019.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366504October 26, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN I FILL UP THE VEHICLE, GAS FLOWS BACKWARDS OUT OF THE FILLER NECK AND POURS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. THE FUEL ALSO SPLASHES ONTO ME AS WELL. I HAVE THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY OFF KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND IN PARK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364585October 15, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FUELING IT OVERFLOWS INSTEAD OF STOPPING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11362724October 5, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS MY JEEP HAS HAD STARTING ISSUES. EVERYTHING IS RUNNING FINE, GO OUTSIDE AND IT WON'T CRANK. SOMETIMES IT WILL TURN OVER OTHER TIMES, NOTHING AT ALL. I'VE HAD IT TOWED, PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY, HAD THE STARTER, ALTERNATOR, ETC. CHECKED AND ALL GOOD. JEEP RUNS GOOD FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND THEN AGAIN THIS MORNING I'M STRANDED. THIS IS GETTING OLD!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11359924September 19, 2020
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
ALRIGHT I HAVE A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA JK. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2DOOR SOFT TOP. AND I HAVE NOTICED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN THERE IS WET CONDITIONS ON ANY CURVY ROAD THAT WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO TAKE A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL ON THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWN SHIFT AND CAUSE THE BACK TIRES TO SPIN AND LOSE TRACTION WHICH INTURN SENDS THE [XXX] END SIDEWAYS. AND IT DOES IT BOTH UP AND DOWN HILL AND PRETTY MUCH ONLY ON RIGHT TURNS THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH PUTS THE DRIVER SIDE REAR END INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE A LITTLE. AND I TRULY BELIEVE IF IT WAS A YOUNG DRIVER OR ANYONE THAT HASN'T DROVE ANYTHING WILDLY BEFORE IN THERE LIFE IT COULD CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. BUT IF YOU TURN THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF IT DON'T DO IT IS BAD IF AT ALL. WHICH MAKES ME THINK IT'S WIRING OR THE COMPUTER AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN ON BACK ROADS AND MT ROADS EVEN TURN ON THE INTERSTATE RAMP. ANY ROAD WHERE YOU REMAIN IN MOTION WITH A DECENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT. ALOT ON THIS WINDING MT ROAD OVER THE RIDGE TO THE NEXT TOWN. IT'S CALLED JOPPA MOUNTAIN. AND IT SIDESTEPS WITH YOU THERE LIKE IT HAS ME QUITE A FEW TIMES, AND YOU ARE NOT ON YOUR GAME IT COULD GET REAL BAD REAL FAST BECAUSE THAT ROAD WINDS BACK AND FORTH ALL THE WAY UP AND BACK DOWN WITH STRAP DROP OFFS THAT YOU WOULD BE PRAYING FOR A TREE TO STOP YOU. ALWAYS WHEN TURNING RIGHT AND SLOWING DOWN WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL ON. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11355062September 15, 2020
STEERING
DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND OUT OF NOWHERE THE JEEP STARTED TO DEATH WOBBLE UNTIL I SLOWED TO A STOP THAN WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11349530August 15, 2020
STEERING
I'VE EXPERIENCED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AROUND SEVEN TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, MAINLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. I TOOK IT TO TWO LOCAL MECHANICS WHO FOUND NO ISSUES. IT HAD YET TO HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEEDS UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS ON INTERSTATE 81 (WHICH I DRIVE DAILY-SPEED LIMIT 70) AND HIT THE BEGINNING OF A BRIDGE AND THE JEEP SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD TO PULL INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND TURN MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AT THIS POINT. I FEAR NOT ONLY MY SAFETY, BUT THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AROUND ME. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS COMMON AND WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A MANUFACTURING FAULT AND THAT RECALLS WERE BEING ISSUED, BUT WHEN I SEARCHED MY VIN NUMBER, NO RECALLS WERE FOUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348565August 11, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF, DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK WHILE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING, KEYS ARE NO WHERE NEAR VEHICLE. BATTERY COMPLETELY DEAD. REPLACED BATTERY. NOT MADE AWARE OF TIPM ISSUE. NEW BATTERY COMPLETELY DRAINED. HAD TOWED TO MECHANIC. STARTER, ALTERNATOR, TRANSMISSION, ETC ALL CHECKED AND NO ISSUES. HAD TO DROVE SEVERAL HOURS TO DEALERSHIP TO CONFIRM/FIX TIPM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11343671August 6, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SINCE I PURCHASED THIS JEEP I HAVE HAD STARTING ISSUES WHERE THE JEEP JUST CLICKS AND WON'T TURN OVER. HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, STARTER AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. SOMETIMES TAKES 5 - 8 ATTEMPTS AND SOMETIMES IT STARTS OTHER TIMES NOTHING. HAVE GOTTEN IT TOWED AND GOTTEN IT TO THE MECHANIC AND IT STARTS WHEN ARRIVED AT MECHANIC. THIS IS FRUSTRATING ON ALL ACCOUNTS AND TO ALL INVOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341600July 27, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION, THE FUEL PUMP WILL KICK OFF AND A SECOND LATER GAS COMES FLYING OUT OF THE TANK AND HITS ME, MY JEEP AND GOES ALL OVER THE GROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11331894July 1, 2020
ENGINE
HOT OIL WARNING STARTED FLASHING AND DINGING. WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. SOME ONLINE SEARCHES INDICATED THAT SOMETIMES ITS JUST A BAD SENSOR BUT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT OCCURRED BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER WENT ABOVE HALF WAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11329125June 16, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED INDEPENDENTLY, WITH THE HORN BLARING AND HEADLAMPS FLASHING WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING, OR DRIVER INPUT. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT TO PREVENT THE FAILURE, THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11328533June 12, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WITH VEHICLE EITHER NOT RUNNING OR RUNNING. RANDOM EVENTS WHERE HORN BLASTS CONTINUOUSLY, WIPERS TURN ON, WASHER FLUID SPRAYS. OPENING DOOR HAS CAUSED HORN TO SOUND, WITH ENGINE OFF.*DT*JB*DT CONSUMER STATED DEALERSHIP DID NOT GIVE FAULTY TIPM DIAGNOSIS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323399May 5, 2020
AIR BAGS
I WAS TRAVELING AT AROUND 45MPH REAR ENDED A STOPPED VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY AND MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I FRACTURED MY HAND. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11322796April 30, 2020
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE "POPS" OUT OF 1ST GEAR CONSTANTLY. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES POSTED IN FORUMS WHERE THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MANY OF THESE MODELS. ITS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO START FROM A STANDSTILL WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND YOU AND YOU CAN'T EVEN USE FIRST GEAR TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. I'VE HAD PEOPLE ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE OF THIS!!..AGAIN, THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED...AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST ME....BUT AFTER DOING HOURS OF RESEARCH (HUNDREDS OF POSTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON LINE) AND EVEN HAVING OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE MY VEHICLE, WE ALL AGREE SOMETHING IS WRONG..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11319787March 31, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT FUEL PUMP WITH THE FUEL TANK HALF FULL. BEGAN REFUELING AND HAD AN IMMEDIATE BACK SPLASH /SPEWING OF FUEL. ESTIMATE AT LEAST A HALF GALLON WAS SPILLED ONTO THE VEHICLE, THE GROUND AND ON MY PERSON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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