Jeep Wrangler Complaints (1999)

217 consumer complaints on file.

#10154773April 7, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
1ST ISSUE: THE DASH GAUGES WILL GO OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE FOUGHT WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS NOW. THE DEALER OF COURSE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. NEVER HEARD OF IT. I HAVE COMPLETELY REMOVED THE DASH LOOKING FOR PROBLEMS. BAD GROUNDS? I CAN'T TELL WHERE. I SUSPECT THE PLUGS THE CLUSTER SLIPS INTO. I'VE TRIED TO PULL THE MOUNTS CLOSER FOR A BETTER CONNECTION. IT SEAMED TO WORK FOR A WHILE. THEN IT COMES BACK. A GOOD SOUND BEATING ON THE DASH BRINGS THEM BACK ON. AMAZING WHAT THAT PLASTIC WILL TAKE. ALL THIS STARTED AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. I REFUSE TO TAKE IT IN AND POUR MONEY AT IT TILL THEY FIGURE IT OUT. ALL I WANT IS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THE GAUGES. I'M ABOUT READY TO CUT THE WIRES AND SOLDER THEM DIRECTLY ON. 2ND ISSUE: I BEGAN SMELLING PLASTIC BURNING OR SOMETHING. LATER THE HEATER FAN QUIT WORKING. AFTER SOME READING OF THE SERVICE MANUAL, I CHECKED A LOT OF PARTS AND FOUND THE CONTROL/SELECTOR SWITCH UNIT HEATED UP AND PARTIALLY MELTED THE WIRE PLUGGING INTO IT AS WELL AS BURNT INSIDE THE UNIT. BOUGHT ANOTHER AND REPLACED IT. WORKS GREAT NOW. ALL THE FAN POSITIONS WORK AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151642March 2, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS THE ODOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER FAIL. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN THE NEEDLES DROP. THE PROBLEMS OCCUR AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 99V117000, REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRING. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151498March 1, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE GAUGES ON MY 1999 JEEP WRANGLER WORK ONLY OCCASIONALLY. I FOUND NHTSA RECALL NO. 99V117000 ON YOU WEB SITE STATING THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997 AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME AS MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED. MY VIN [XXX]. WHAT GIVES?. *JB UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148712January 23, 2006
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
1999 JEEP WRANGLER HAD MULTIPLE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES BEFORE 70K MILES. *TS *** NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE ORIGINAL DRIVE TRAIN WAS REBUILT USING ORIGINAL MOPAR PARTS. THE DRIVE TRAIN FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME AT 69000 MILE AFTER ONLY 11000 MILES OF USE. THIS TIME THE DEALER REFUSES TO PROVIDE ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER FAILURES WHICH INCLUDE WATER LEAKS, DRIVE TRAIN SEALS FAILURE, ELECTRICAL FAILURES, MULTIPLE ABS FAILURES, AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT PROBLEMS, AND THE PAINT WAS PEELING OFF THE VEHICLE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143610November 24, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
1999 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA WITH AIR CONDITIONING - HVAC ELECTRICAL ISSUE: SMELLED BURNING/MELTING PLASTIC, THEN HVAC CONTROLS QUIT WORKING. I DISASSEMBLED THE DASH TO FIND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON PASSENGER SIDE OF HVAC CONTROLS HAD MELTED. LOOKS LIKE IT COULD LEAD TO SHORT-CIRCUITS OR FIRE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142934November 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
FOUND CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BETWEEN THE #1 AND #2 PORTS AT AROUND 68,000 MILES, AFTER DISCUSSING THIS PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS I LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 AND OTHER YEARS BACK. MY COMPLAINT IS, IF DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND I AM SURE THEY ARE, WHY AREN'T THEY ADDRESSING IT. UNHAPPY WITH DEALER AND STOCK MANIFOLD, REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEADER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131622August 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I TOOK MY JEEP TO CHUCK NASH JEEP BECAUSE OF A POPPING SOUND. THEY SAID THE EXHAUST MAINFOLD WAS CRACKED, AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $750.00 TO REPLACE, I REFUSED THE REPAIR, THEY CHARGED ME $75.00 FOR THE EVALUATION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129859July 24, 2005
EQUIPMENT, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR, INTERIOR LIGHTING, STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
SAME ELECTRICAL CUT OFF PROBLEMS. CONSTANT BURNING WIRE SMELL. DEFROST KNOBS, AND HIGH MED LOW KNOB STAYS ON LOW OR HIGH, OR NOTHING. KNOBS AND MOTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 1 TIME. DIFFERENT DEALERS IN CHICAGOLAND AND CENTRAL IL SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG NOR ANY RECALLS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS. TIRED OF SPENDING MONEY. TOP OF VEHICLE IS VERY WORN, SEAMS ARE BUSTING OUT AND TOP IS BECOMING UNSAFE. DRIVERSIDE WINDOW ZIPPED FELL OFF. JEEP IS GARAGED DAILY AND TAKEN CARE OF BUT IS FALLING APART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117118March 30, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
RECALL CAMPAIGN 99V117000 CONCERNING INSTRUMENT PANEL SCREWS. OWNER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WERE TURNED ON. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114540March 23, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
HEARD EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE EXHAUST HEADER WAS CRACKED AT THE EXHAUST FLANGE CONNECTING THE CROSSOVER PIPE TO THE MANIFOLD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099092February 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INTERMITTENTLY THE GAUGES ON THE DASH GO TO ZERO. THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. THE ODOMETER DOES NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER SENT THE CONSUMER A BODY CONTROL MODULE. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER PREVIOUS VEHICLE OF THE SAME MAKE AN MODEL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108215January 29, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I HAVE A 1999 JEEP WRANGLER WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED IN OCT OF 1998. MY OEM EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD TWO CRACKS IN IT AS OF DECEMBER OF 2003, WITH THE MILAGE ON THE VEHICLE BEING ROUGHLY 42000. I REPLACED THE MANIFOLD WITH AN AFTERMARKET MANIFOLD PURCHASED FROM O'REILLY AUTO PARTS IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. ELEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE AFTERMARKET MANIFOLD CRACKED ALSO. THERE IS TOO MUCH HEAT AND PRESSURE IN THE 4.0 ENGINE FOR THE MANIFOLDS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE, CAUSING FAILURE. JEEP DEALERSHIPS REPLACE HUNDREDS DAILY, AND ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ENGINE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO THAT THE STOCK MANIFOLDS ARE MADE OUT OF WEAK MATERIALS. ANY MUFFLER SHOP OR TECH WILL AGREE WITH THIS, AS DID 8 JEEP ENGINEERS AT CAMP JEEP. I AM CURRENTLY GOING ON MY 3RD, AND PLAN ON CHANGING TO EITHER A BORLA OR BANKS HEADER TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HEADMAN HEDDERS HAS DISCONTINUED MAKING A REPLACEMENT FOR THE JEEPS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND BORLA AGREES, BUT CONTINUES TO WARRANTY EXCHANGE THOSE THAT COME BACK CRACKED. THE EXHAUST LEAKS PENETRATE THE CAB AND CAN CAUSE HEADACHES AND DROWSINESS AFTER LONG PERIODS OF EXPOSURE. GAS MILAGE IS GREATLY REDUCED BY THIS ISSUE. I AM LOOKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF MY AFTERMARKET HEADER IF JEEP IS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE OR RECALL THE MANIFOLDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108130January 28, 2005
SEAT BELTS:INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT
REAR SEATBELT FAILED WHILE HOLDING IN MY SON'S CAR SEAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108070January 27, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
NORMAL USE OF FAN SPEED CONTROL SWITCH OF 1999 JEEP WRANGLER. THE MALE TABS ON BACK OF SWITCH BREAK CAUSING SHORTS AND FAILURE. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY TWICE. THE SECOND TIME WAS IN NEW YORK ON VACATION AND THE SHORT CAUSED A DASH FIRE IN WHICH THE WIRING HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS HURT DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMATY OF DEALERSHIP. REPLACED A THIRD TIME MYSELF DUE TO REJECTION BY DEALER AND CHRYSLER TO COVER COST. THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST THREE AND MAYBE FOUR SWITCHES SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE NEW. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE. CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS IN WILMINGTON, NC AND GENEVA, NY WHERE FIRE OCCURED KEPT OLD PARTS. ALL PARTS REPLACED BRAND NEW AND STILL CONTINUE TO FAIL. MY FEAR IS THE SWITCH WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL AND CAUSE FURTHER FIRES AND POSSIBLY LOSS OF VEHICLE OR PERSONAL INJURY. WITH THE TROUBLE I AM HAVING, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THERE IS NOT A MORE WIDE SPREAD ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101296January 19, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED WHILE IDLING IN TRAFFIC WHILE THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN IN BACK OF A TRUCK. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE TO POWER TRAIN COMPUTER FROM THE 1998 SERVICE BULLETIN. THE BULLETIN STATED THAT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 103 CELSIUS IT COULD CAUSE HIGH RPM IN PARKING LOT MANEUVERS OR STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO ALL 99 MODELS. THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE. *TC *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106225January 12, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
EXPERIANCED HEADACHES, NAUSEA, AS WELL AS AUDIBLE KNOCKING FROM UNDER HOOD. MY 1999 4.0 LITER 6 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD, LEAKING HOT GASSES AND EXHAUST INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP AWARE THAT THERE IS PROBLEM WITH MANIFOLD, AS HAVE REDESIGNED IT AND REPLACEMENT COST IN EXCESS OF $500.00 CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND FILED COMPLAINT, TOLD THEY AREA AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT OR ISSUE RECALL. LOCAL EXHAUST SHOP ADVISED THEY DO SEVERAL PER MONTH WITH THIS DEFECTIVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BOTH WRANGLER AND CHEROKEE BETWEEN 1996 AND 2000 MODEL YEAR. EXHAUST WAS REVISED IN 2000 BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS, BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT DENYING THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT. CHYRSLER SHOULD WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM AS THEY DID WITH THE 2.5 LITER. MILAGE AT TIME WAS ONLY 39,000 WHEN CRACKED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100781November 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
1999 JEEP SAHARA: PRIL 2002 - GAUGES (ALL DASHBOARD GUAGES INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER) STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED WIRING CLUSTER CONNECTOR AT HAYNES JEEP, RICHMOND, VA.; PAID $108.33 FOR REPAIRS. *AK OCTOBER 2004 - GAUGES (ALL DASHBOARD GUAGES INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER) STOP WORKING AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. SAME PROBLEM. HAYNES JEEP ADVISED HAVE TO REPLACE THE WIRING CLUSTER CONNECTOR AGAIN. ASKED HAYNES JEEP TO REPLACE IT FOR FREE AS THIS WAS DONE IN 2002 BY THEM. THEY REFUSED. OCTOBER 21, 2004 - WROTE A LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO MR. RICHARD CARTER, GENERAL MANAGER, HAYNES JEEP. HE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE LETTER. THIS IS A HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING IN ANY VEHICLE, MUCH LESS HAPPEN AGAIN WITHIN 2 YEARS OF GETTING IT FIXED. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH JEEPS AND THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA. I DO NOT THINK THAT THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE MUST FORK OUT $100+ EVERY TWO YEARS JUST TO HAVE THE GUAGES WORK ON A $23,000 VEHICLE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100792November 30, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
1)THE VEHICLE FAILED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION - AND I WAS ADVISED THE REASON WAS "EXHAUST MANIFOLD". 2)I CALLED THE DEALER - WHO THOUGHT MY VEHICLE WAS A "2.5" WHICH ALREADY HAS A RECALL ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BUT I HAVE A "4.0" WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT. I ASKED WHAT HARM IS BEING DONE IF I DO NOT GET IT FIXED - AND WAS ADVISED THAT SINCE THERE IS A HOLE IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, EXHAUST FUMES ARE FILLING THE CAB (LIKE THE 2.5). I WAS AT THAT TIME ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART. AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, THE PART ON THE 2.5 IS A BOLT THAT ATTACHES TO THE MOTOR, AND WHEN IT BREAKS, LEAKS EXHAUST INTO THE CAB; AND ON THE 4.0 (WHICH I BELIEVE IS ALSO A COMMON PROBLEM), THAT THERE IS A BREAK IN THE BASE OF THE "Y" PIPE, WHICH ALSO LEAKS EXHAUST INTO THE CAB. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER LINE 800.992.1997, I ADVISED THAT I WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON A SIMILAR MODEL; I WAS TOLD THAT ALL THEY COULD DO WAS "REGISTER THE COMPLAINT". I ASKED "HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT A RECALL PROCESS" AND WAS TOLD IT WAS INVOLVED AND COMPLICATED, AND I WAS DIRECTED TO THIS SITE AFTER PRESSING FOR SATISFACTION. I THEN ASKED "HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU RECALL THIS PART?", AND THE REP ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE GIGGLED. I WENT ON TO ASK THAT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART WOULD I BE REIMBURSED FOR MY EXPENDITURE, AND I WAS ADVISED THAT "YES", I WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. 3)BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION, I AM HAVING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD REPLACED. I CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101088November 16, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY
RECALL 99V117000 CONCERNING INSTRUMENT PANEL SCREWS. ALL THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES ARE FAILING TO OPERATE. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098691November 11, 2004
AIR BAGS
RED AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IN GAUGE CLUSTER COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. STARTED WHEN VEHICLE WAS APPROX 2 YEARS OLD. CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON INTERMITTENTLY AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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