Jeep Wrangler Complaints

18,838 consumer complaints on file.

#763903July 7, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
HAVE REPLACE PARKING BRAKE ASSY TWICE SINCE PURCHASED. CRASH WAS INTO MY HOUSE WHEN PARKING BRAKE DISENGAGED IN DRIVEWAY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763865July 6, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
EXHAUST HEADER SPLIT OPEN AT HEAT EFFECTED ZONE OF WELD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013255July 3, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS EMERGENCY BRAKES AS IN RECALL 02 V 041 000, BUT MANUFACTURE AND DEALER ARE DENYING THAT THERE IS A RECALL.*JB *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763740July 2, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CHRYSLER FILE NO. 10175031. THIS ALSO RELATES TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NO. 94V106000. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE FUEL TANK GASKET CRACKED OR BROKE CAUSING FUEL AND FUEL VAPOR LEAKS WHICH IS MOST PROBABLY RELATED TO THE FUEL TANK LINING SEPARATION WHICH CHRYSLER "JUST DISCOVERED" ON MY VEHICLE. CHRYSLER HAS REJECTED MY CLAIM TO REPLACE AT NO CHARGE THE FUEL TANK IN WHICH THE LINING HAS SEPARATED. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A MOVING PART AND IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT IN DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, OR ASSEMBLY. I ALSO REQUEST A COPY OF CHRYSLER'S FILE(S) IN THESE COMPLAINTS. I ALSO REQUEST A COPY OF ALL TECHNICAL AND SERVICE BULLETINS RELATING TO THESE COMPLAINTS AND THE GAS TANK AND FUEL SYSTEM. CHRYSLER IS ADVISED THAT I WILL NOT BE SPENDING OVER $600 TO REPLACE THIS FUEL TANK AND ANY AND ALL RESULTING DAMAGES WILL BE SQUARELY CHRYSLER'S LIABLITY. THERE IS PREMATURE RUST AND RESULTING STRUCTRUAL FAILURE CAUSED BY CHRYSLER SAVING MONEY BY NOT APPLYING A CLEAR COAT TOP COAT OVER THE PAINT ON THIS VEHICLE. THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS FOLD IN AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS AND CANNOT BE TIGHTENED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013063July 1, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
A DEFECTIVE SIGHT GLASS FOR MASTER CYLINDER. SIGHT GLASS HAS BROKEN AND FLUID LEAKED OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013052July 1, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO 50MPH AND THE TREAD BLEW OUT ON REAR PASSENGERS TIRE. TIRE SHOWED WHITE DISCOLORATION BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDEWALL. WRANGLER SRA, SIZE P245/70R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, JEEP, GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 30,000 MILES. GOODYEAR WILL BE CONTACTED.*AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012987June 28, 2002
PARKING BRAKE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE TOOK OFF ON ITS ON . DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012756June 27, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMER SAW SMOKE UNDER HOOD. LIFTED HOOD AND SAW A FIRE ON TOP OF ENGINE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED .MECHANIC KEPT VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS; HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012828June 27, 2002
PARKING BRAKE
CONSUMER STATES PARKING BRAKE HAS POPPED OFF WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO A BRICK WALL.*YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012829June 27, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS VIBRATION THROUGHOUT VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763548June 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MANIFOLD CRACKED IN TWO PLACES! I HAVE NEVER EVEN TAKEN IT 4-WHEELING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763436June 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
TRANSMISSION MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN IN NEUTRAL AND CLUTCH LET OUT. DEALER CHECKED FOR RUNNING ROUGH AND FOUND THAT FLASH FOR COMPUTER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ONCE FLASH WAS AVAILABLE, BROUGHT IN JEEP FOR FLASH AND MANUFACTURER REPLACED TRANSFER CASE SHIFT ROD, PER TSB. GRINDING NOISE WAS NOT FIXED, POINTED IT OUT AND DEALER TOLD ME THAT WAS HOW THIS MODEL AND YEAR SOUNDS. BROUGHT IT BACK AROUND 13,000 MILES AND DEALER DETERMINED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. ORDERED AND REPLACED STANDARD 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION. SEEMED TO FIX PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL JUST A SLIGHT SOUND WHICH DEALER SAID WAS NORMAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012319June 21, 2002
SUSPENSION
AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE WOBBLES VIOLENTLY, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED FOUR TIRES; HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012331June 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE. ALSO, WHEN TURNING VEHICLE OFF IT WENT INTO REVERSE, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN INTO STREET, AND STOPPED WHEN CONSUMER JUMPED IN AND APPLI ED BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012222June 20, 2002
AIR BAGS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND KNOCKED OUT DIGITAL CONSOLE READINGS. BOTH DOORS BULKED IN HALF DUE TO COLD WEATHER, FAILING TO LATCH SHUT. STEERING BOX IS LEAKING DUE TO A CRACK. LAST ITEM WAS REPLACED THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO RECURRING FAILURE. *AK TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER WERE REPAIRED DUE TO LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012275June 20, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
NHTSA RECALL 02 V 075 000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL B07 CONCERNING/IGNITION SWITCH: DEALER IS UNINTERESTED IN RECALL, AND DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN PARTS WOULD BE IN. DAVID O"NEAL CHRYSLER IN RALEIGH, NC; PHONE 19/872-5500. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012305June 20, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
PARKING EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND ROLLED INTO THE STREET. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012005June 18, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN PUTTING ON EMERGENCY BRAKE,IT RELEASES ON ITS OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012098June 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AFTER TAKING CAR IN FOR SERVICE WAS NOTIFIED OF 2 OUTSTANDING RECALLS 92V148000 AND 98V005000 CONCERNING BRAKES. DEALERSHIP CONTACTED MAUFACTURER FOR PART. MAUFACTURER REPLIED THAT PARTS WERE DISCONTINUED, AND IF ORDERED IT WILL BE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763128June 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED IN TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS. AT 69000 MILES I HAD A MAJOR SERVICE (PAID $450 FOR IT) DONE ON MY VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT SAY ANYTHING. I TRUSTED THEM NO BRINGING IT UP. AT 73000 MILES I TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, ASKED ABOUT THE SOUND. THEY SAID IT WAS A CRACKED MANIFOLD. I HAD TO CALL JEEP TO FIND OUT IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY, THE WARRANTY ENDED AT 70000 MILES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES FOR ESTIMATES AND INFORMTION. NONE SAID THAT THE CRACKS, TWO AT TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS, COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN 4000 MILES. ONE IS LOCATED ON A TIGHT BEND ON THE PIPE. I ASKED THE MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP WHAT COULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM, HE SAID THAT TEMPETURE CHANGES. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO NEVER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS TWO CRACKS. JUST SAID THERE WAS ONE. THEY ALSO SAID THEY DID NOT DETECT IT THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE MAYBE IT WAS NOT AS ABVIOUS. THE LOCATIONS OF ONE OF THE CRACKS CAN EASILY BE SEEN IF ONE CHANGES THE OIL, THE OTHER CAN BE SEEN BY LIGTING THE HOOD AND LOOKING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEF THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT COMPLETE A MAJOR CHECK OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE MAJOR SERVICE. AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TELLING ME THAT TEMPERATURE CHANGES ARE THE CAUSE AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF THESE CRACKS, LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE PART COULD EASILY BE A DEFECTED ONE. I'VE DONE ALL MAJOR AND MINOR SERVICES RECOMENDED BY THE VEHICLES MANUAL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS OFFERED A DISCOUNT FOR THE LABOR, BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A PART THAT WAS MADE TO HANDLE SO MUCH HEAT WOULD CRAK BECAUSE OF TEMPETURE CHANGES OR IN TWO SPOTS IN 3000 MILES. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND EFFORTS ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, LESTHER NUNEZ. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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