Jeep Wrangler Complaints

18,838 consumer complaints on file.

#749243July 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749258July 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED 6/21/01, LOCAL JEEP DEALER HAD NO RECALL, NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING A BETTER AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD WHEN ON 7/19/01,WHILE STOPPED W/ ENGINE RUNNING, THE PLASTIC HYDRAULIC LINE FOR THE CLUTCH MELTED FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT, AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893142July 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON NUNE 25, AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON JUNE 26. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CATALYTIC CONVERTER PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATED THAT ON JUNE 28, ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785530July 23, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS NO LONGER WORKS CAUSING THE BELTS NOT TO LOCK. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748872July 21, 2001
TIRES
BLOWOUT OF THE TIRE - CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO SPINS AND OFF THE ROAD - LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD - NO TREAD LEFT ON TIRE - TREAD FLEW UP AND ALSO BROKE DRIVER MIRROR AND LEFT REAR TAILIGHT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD60AXC306 TIRESIZE: 31X10.50R1)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748756July 19, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS A WELDED TUBULAR HEADER. AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES THE WELD AT THE COLLECTOR CRACKS. I DON'T KNOW IF I AM AT RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW AND IT IS APPROXIMATELY A 600.00 REPAIR. IN TALKING TO THE REPAIR DEPT. AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TWICE TO MY FATHER'S 1997 JEEP WRANGLER ALSO.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748667July 18, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
FAILURE OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (DEALER SAYS DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN OF HARNESS. MANUFACTURER HAS NOTICED AND REDESIGNED FOR NEW VEHICLES, SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, SINCE MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRENTY (>3YRS OWNERSHIP) I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT OF WIRING HARNESS (DESPITE FACT THAT MANUFACTURER HAS ADMITTED HARNESS FAILURE WAS DUE TO IMPROPER DESIGN) - I AM NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS AND INTEND TO FOLLOW-UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892873July 16, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER WAS PUMPING GAS INTO VEHICLE AND VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE WENT DOWN AN INCLINE, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES EVEN WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785525July 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE TRANSFER CASE IS BROKEN. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892794July 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION WHEN GEAR SWITCHED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT GARAGE. CONSUMER HAD TO BE TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR INJURIES TO KNEE/ EYE AND EARS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#748296July 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON WHILE MOVING. DEALER KEEPS REPAIRING. KEEPS HAPPENING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892371July 10, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
A PIPE THAT COMES FROM ENGINE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED. WHEN DRIVING IT MAKES A LOUD NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748165July 9, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747864July 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION MAKES LOUD NOISE WHEN IN NEUTRAL OR WHEN CLUTCH IS RELEASED, ALSO 1ST OR 2ND GEAR IS HARD, SOMETIME IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT WHICH NEARLY CAUSE ACCIDENTS. SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747789July 4, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OUT OF TOWN BUSINESS TRIP. STRANDED.....DRIVING AT 65MPH, LOUD METAL TO METAL THUD UNDER HOOD. OIL GAUGE DROPPED TO 0, ENGINE DIED, WOULDN'T START. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR GAUGE ACTIVITY PRIOR. TOWED TO OUT OF TOWN DEALER. STATED OIL PUMP FAILURE, CAUSED ROD TO GO THROUGH BLOCK. HAD TOWED BACK TO PURCHASE POINT DEALERSHIP, CONFIRMED OIL PUMP FAILURE. OIL CHANGED 1 WEEK PRIOR AS PART OF USUAL MAINTENANCE. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE CHRYSLER WARRANTY AS ENGINE WAS MORE THAN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. PRIOR PROBLEMS, DASH CLUSTER, EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACED DO TO FAILURE. (EXHAUST REPLACED WEEK PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE) DEALERSHIP BELIEVES DIAMLER-CHRYSLER SHOULD WARRANTY ENGINE. DIAMLER-CHRYSLER DECLINES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747817July 4, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON 09/07/99 AS MY JEEP WRANGLER WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY BANK IT PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, ACROSS A BUSY STREET, AND INTO A CANAL ( DITCH). IT LANDED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE AND WAS SUBMERSED. IT TOOK TWO TOW TRUCKS AND 3 HOURS TO PULL IT OUT. ONCE AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP THEY INVESTIGATED TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS THE GEAR SHIFT ( WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE PARKED POSITION) BUT NEVER GAVE ANY SPECIFICS. MY INSURANCE AND I ENDED UP PAYING A TOTAL OF ABOUT $9,000 DOLLARS. THE REPAIRS TOOK A MONTH AND A HALF, IN WHICH MY INSURANCE PAID FOR A RENTAL CAR. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT HAVING THE POWERTRAIN INVESTIGATED BY AN OUTSIDE MECHANIC THEY OFFERED TO "SELL" IT TO ME FOR $1000 DOLLARS. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AND NEVER TO THIS DAY HAVE RECEIVED A REPLY. AFTER READING THE ARTCILE IN THE NEWSPAPER TODAY ABOUT THE DEFECTS IN THE GRAND CHEROKEES IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT MY JEEP AND WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. THE SITUATIONS WITH OTHERS WAS EXACTLY LIKE MY EXPERIENCE EXCEPT THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE WRANGLERS YEARS 1995-1999 ALSO FOR SIMILAR ACCIDENTS. THAT JEEP WAS MY FIRST VECHICLE AFTER GRADUATING COLLEGE, I HAD ALWAYS WANTED ONE. IT WAS THE FIRST AND WILL BE THE LAST JEEP I EVER OWN AFTER THAT HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. I AM JUST SO THANKFUL THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561834July 1, 2001
PARKING BRAKE
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD RELEASED AND THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED INTO A CONCRETE WALL, CONSUMER STATES THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891606June 28, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULDN'T LOCK. DEALERSHIP ORDERED A NEW LATCH FOR DOOR. LATCH WAS THE WRONG PART. CURRENTLY, SHE COULDN'T OPEN THE DOOR AT ALL. THEN, THEY REPLACEDIT AGAIN, AND SHE COULD OPEN DOOR FROM OUTSIDE. THIRD TIME DOOR WAS COMPLETLY BROKEN. DOOR DIDN'T OPEN AT ALL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747515June 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
BOUGHT THIS JEEP WITH 18,000 MILES AND VEHICLE HAS JUMPPED OUT OF 1ST GEAR WHEN SHIFTING AT LEAST TWICE DAILY. ALSO WHEN JEEP IS PARKED ON HILL AND PARKING BRAKE SET ALONG WITH TRANS. IN 1ST GEAR THE JEEP WILL SLOWLY INCH IT'S WAY DOWN THE HILL. BOTH DEFECTS HAVE COME CLOSE TO CAUSING INJURY. LOCAL DEALER NOTIFIED AND AFTER DUPLICATING PROBLEM THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHATS WRONG AND HAVE REFUSED TO FIX IT. JEEP HOME OFFICE NOTIFIED COMPANY UNCONCERNED!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561776June 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP FAILED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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