Jeep Wrangler Complaints

18,838 consumer complaints on file.

#10051874December 22, 2003
PARKING BRAKE
WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS ON A SLIGHT DECLINING RAMP. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING INTO A TREE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050868December 21, 2003
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10050657December 17, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2003 WRANGLER WITH A 5-SPEED TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. IT IS EITHER HARD TO GET INTO GEAR OR IT GRINDS AS IT GOES IN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND HAS FOUND NO PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 14,000 MILES ON IT AND IT NOW SEEMS TO BE WORSE DURING COLDER WEATHER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051610December 16, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE VEHICLE'S INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRING GROUND ATTACHMENT SCREWS BECAME LOOSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049533December 10, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
2000 WRANGLER SPORT, 4.0 LITER, 5-SPEED TRANSMISSION - LOUD TRANSMISSION NOISES AT IDLE WITH CLUTCH OUT. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER (EARNHARDT'S JEEP IN TEMPE) TWICE WHEN VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH ONCE, WHICH RESOLVED PROBLEM WITH GEAR STICKING BUT NOT NOISE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID NOISE PROBLEM COMMON TO THAT YEAR AND NO FIX AS YET, BUT SAID I WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR FIX WHEN FACTORY DEVELOPED ONE. WENT TO TATE'S IN HOLBROOK YESTERDAY. THEY SHOWED ME ON COMPUTER THAT THERE IS NOW A FACTORY IDENTIFIED FIX INVOLVING REPLACING A SHAFT AND BUSHING OR BEARING IN THE TRANSFER CASE, BUT SAID THEY WON'T FIX MINE SINCE OUT OF WARRANTY. WROTE A LETTER TO EARNHARDT'S BUT HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET. FIX IS 21-001-01 DATED FEBRUARY, 2001. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049541December 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
FIRST HEARD A PROBLEM WITH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM JUST PRIOR TO THE EASTER HOLIDAY 2002 AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INVESTIGATED AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I WAS TOLD THE WAS A CRACK IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONE DAY OUT OF WARRANTY (DUE TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND). AFTER CONSIDERABLE DEBATE, THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR A $150.00 DEDUCTIBLE. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE EXACT SAME ISSUE HAS ARISEN AND THE FACTORY REPAIR IS ONLY WARRANTED FOR 12 MONTHS/12,000 MILES. AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF 4 EMAILS WITH DAIMLER/CHRYSLER THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND I AM LIABLE FOR THE FULL REPAIR COST. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049203December 4, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
POOR GAS MILEAGE. STICKER CLAIMS 16 MPG CITY AND 19 MPG HIGHWAY AND I STRUGGLE TO GET 11 OR 12 IN THE CITY DRIVING CONSERVATIVELY AND USING QUALITY MID GRADE GASOLINE. MY LAST TANK I GOT 10.86 MPG. WITH CITY AND HIGHWAY COMBINED I STRUGGLE TO GET 13 OR 14. I FIGURE THIS WILL COST ME AROUND $1000 OVER THE COURSE OF MY 4 YEAR LEASE. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER WRANGLER OWNERS AND THEY EXPERIENCE THE SAME POOR MILEAGE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER JEEP PRODUCT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049208December 4, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I HAVE A 97 JEEP WRANGLER. I HAVE A PROBLEM EVERYTIME I START MY JEEP AFTER IT SITS FOR 20 MIN. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WANTS TO SHUT DOWN AND AFTER PRESSING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR IT FINALLY KICKS IN AND TAKES OFF. I LOSE POWER ALOT AND IT BACKFIRES . I HAVE HAD THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD /CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED AND A BROKEN STUD IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO HEAD ASSEMBLY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 3 YEARS AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL DIFFERNT JEEP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. ALL THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS CAN TELL ME IS THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BUT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME TO PAY FOR . I'M STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND NOW IT'S GETTING WORSE . WHAT CAN I DO? PLEASE HELP. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049221December 4, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EACH TIME THE CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE WHEN BACKING OUT OF GARAGE OR PARKING LOT, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD ABRUPTLY JUMP INTO REVERSE GEAR WITH A VERY LOUD AND ABRUPT MOTION. IF YOU DID NOT HAVE YOUR FOOT ON BRAKE WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR, CAR WOULD LEAP BACKWARDS. DEALER FOUND A LEAKING VALVE BASE GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH HE REPLACED. CAR HAS BEEN FINE SINCE, WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049092December 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
5TH GEAR WENT OUT - IN FEBRUARY 2001 I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AS THE 5TH GEAR QUIT WORKING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN FOR AN EXIT RAMP THE GEAR SHIFT POPPED OUT OF 5TH GEAR AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO 5TH GEAR. YOU COULD ACTUALLY SHIFT INTO 5TH POSITION BUT WAS LIKE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT THAT TIME BUT IT RECENTLY DID THE SAME THING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO SLOW DUE TO A TRAFFIC JAM, THE SHIFT POPPED OUT OF 5TH GEAR AND 5TH GEAR NO LONGER WORKED. I WAS IN THE HOV LANE AND IT WAS VERY SCARY AS TRAFFIC WAS VERY HEAVY AND I COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO GEAR. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049149December 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MANY JEEP WRANGLERS BUILT BEFORE 2001 HAVE A DEFECTIVE MANIFOLD THAT CRACKS, CAUSING EXHAUST PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE REASON JEEP COMPLETELY REDESIGNED THE MANIFOLD IN THE NEWER MODELS. THEY HAVE YET TO SEND OUT A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE LOUD NOISE RESULTING FROM THE CRACKED MANIFOLD, MY CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 37,000 MILES ON IT. NOT HIGH MILEAGE BY ANY MEANS. THE MAIN CONCERN I HAVE WITH THIS PROBLEM IS THE HEALTH HAZARD IT POSES TO THE DRIVER. THE SECTION OF THE WRANGLER WHERE THE CRACKED MANIFOLD IS LOCATED IS UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE CAR, WHERE EXHAUST FUMES LEAKING FROM IT SEEP UP INTO THE CABIN VERY EASILY, ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPED AT LIGHTS OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURERS OF JEEP ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT DON'T CARE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042800December 3, 2003
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THE VEHICLE CRASHED WITH INTO A LARGE TREE. *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10046318December 2, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), SEATS, VISIBILITY
WHEN DRIVING ON ICE OR SNOW THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE KICKS OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK AND POTENTIALLY SLID. NO IMPACT HAD BEEN REPORTED. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT FELT AS IF THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED OUT. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE STOPPED TO GET BACK INTO 4WD. THE LEVER WAS HELD TIGHTLY AND POPPED OUT AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN IN 2WD FOR SEVERAL MILES THEN WAS ABLE TO BE PLACED BACK INTO 4WD AND STAYED. ALSO, THE UPHOLSTERY HAD STARTED TO TEAR ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE GASKETS ON BOTH MIRRORS DETERIORATED. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048896November 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
SMALL CRACK DEVELOPED IN EXHUST MANIFOLD, CAUSING TICKING NOISE AND LOWERED FUEL ECONOMY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048724November 26, 2003
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AXLE BROKE. THE AXLE WAS REPLACED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044271November 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THERE WAS AN EXHAUST SMELL ENTERING THE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE MANIFOLD. *AK THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT STATE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS COMPONENT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047217November 20, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
1997 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT 4.0 LITER EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACK NOTED AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. MECHANIC STATED IT APPEARED TO BE WELDED, NO ONE HAD PREVIOUSLY WELDED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IN THIS YEAR TENDS TO CRACK. IS THERE A RECALL BY THE JEEP DEALERSHIP? IF SO, I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO THE THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR AS WELL AS O2 SENSOR EFFECTED AT THIS TIME. VEHICLE NOW HAS 81,000 MILES RUNS POORLY HAS VISUAL CRACK AT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS. THE ONLY RECALL I HAVE READ ABOUT IS THE AIR BAG BUT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM JEEP EAGLE OR THE CHRYSLER COMPANY. CAN YOU HELP ME? WHO DO I CONTACT, AND IF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS COMMONLY KNOWN TO CRACK - WITHOUT CAUSE WHY WASN'T I OR POSSIBLY OTHERS NOTIFIED? WHO CAN I CONTACT? THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ACCORDING TO OTHERS IS MORE PROMINENT THAN THE AIR BAG RECALL. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048426November 20, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, SOMEHOW THE VEHICLE HIT THE REAR OF A SCHOOL BUS. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER'S CHEST HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THE PASSENGER'S HEAD HIT THE DASHBOARD. NO ONE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10047183November 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEADERS HAVE CRACKED IN TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS. THE FIRST CRACK IS LOCATED AT A BEND IN THE HEADER AND THE SECOND CRACK IS NEAR THE WELD AT THE FLANGE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE EXHAUST PIPE. THIS LOCATION HAS CRACKED COMPLETELY AROUND THE PIPE, MOSTLY AT THE WELD BUT UPWARDS 1/2" INTO THE MANIFOLD ITSELF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046886November 13, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION STICKS AND GRINDS WHEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR; DEALER CHANGED TRANSMISSION FLUID, BUT STILL STICKS AND GRINDS; SHIFTING INTO 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH GEARS IT SEEMS LIKE SYNCHRONIZERS AREN'T WORKING PROPERLY. THIS VEHICLE WAS A USED VEHICLE WHICH I RECENTLY PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND IT SEEMS LIKE DEALER DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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