Jeep Wrangler Complaints

18,838 consumer complaints on file.

#538090July 23, 1998
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
STRONG WIND CAUSED HOOD LATCH TO BREAK/FLY UP. (QCAW)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#538396July 16, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
REAR BRAKE BACKING PLATES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537931July 14, 1998
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
LUGS NUT WERE STRIPPED AND HAD TO BE CUT OFF TO PERFORM RECALL WORK ON ROTORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825320July 13, 1998
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING THE JEEP THE CLUTCH WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE DRIVER COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. JEEP WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A REGULAR PROBLEM. *AKTHE JEEP HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#605844July 10, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
ENGINE/TRANSMISSION CASE BROKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825185July 9, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHIFTING GEARS, THE GEAR SHIFT CAME OFF IN DRIVER'S HAND, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. OWNER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM 3 OTHER TIMES. ALL TIMES THE PART WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537841July 8, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ELECTRICAL SHORT STARTED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DESTROYED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825005July 6, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE GAS PEDAL ARE WITHIN ONE INCH OF EACH OTHER, WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKE PEDAL PASSES THE GAS PEDAL AND CAUSES CONSUMERS FOOT TO CATCH THE SIDE OF THE GAS PEDAL WHICH OVERRIDES THE BRAKE. THIS CONDITION CAUSED A CRASH IN JULY OF 97. DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP. PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. *AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536386July 1, 1998
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR AND FROM THIRD TO FOURTH. THE NOISE IS MOST PREVALENT WHEN FIRST SHIFTED AND DISAPPEARS AS THE SPEED INCREASES. IT SOUNDS LIKE VIBRATING TIN. ANOTHER NOISE OCCURS WHEN SLOWING DOWN, A WHIRLING SOUND LIKE A WHISTLE. THE NOISES ARE NOT RANDOM. THEY HAPPEN EVERY TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824803June 29, 1998
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
CONSUMER WAS TURNING ON TO A SIDE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY5 MPH WHEN STEERING WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537053June 24, 1998
AIR BAGS
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTING IN DEATH, PRIOR RECALL WORK PERFORMED ON AIR BAG UNIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#824646June 24, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN THE RAIN ENGINE BLEW OUT, THROWING A ROD THROUGH OIL PAN. DEALER NOTED CAUSE OF PROBLEM WAS RAIN IN ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824670June 24, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER COMPLAINING OF VEHICLE STALLING CONTINUALLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP FROM SEPTEMBER OF 1997 UNTIL PRESENT. SAME CONDITION STILL OCCURS. DEALER HAD VEHICLE IN SHOP MORE THEN FIVE TIMES . THIS CONDITION HAS ENDANGERED THE CONSUMER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537451June 23, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT FULLY WHEN RELEASED, ALLOWING THEM TO BE CAUGHT IN DOOR LATCH. VISIBLE DAMAGE TO BELTS - THREAD SEPARATIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#823050June 22, 1998
AIR BAGS
RECALL 97V080000., AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DEALER CAN'T REMEDY THE RECALL. PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824510June 22, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTED INTO GEAR IT WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO GEAR. ALSO, THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE, THE GEARS MESH TOGETHER IMPROPERLY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. OWNER HAS NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537161June 21, 1998
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537173June 21, 1998
AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY
I WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE DOT TO HAVE A PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SWITCH PUT IN AND MY DEALER WONT INSTALL IT. COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I COULD GET THIS DONE?.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#823531June 17, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERSLEAVE A BLACK RESIDUE ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. THE DEALER/ MANUFACTURER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536682June 6, 1998
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WATER LEAKS INTO VEHICLE THROUGH THE RADIO AREA ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. CHRYSLER BODY SHOP INDICATED THAT VEHICLE MAY HAVE A BREAK IN SEAM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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