Jeep Wrangler Complaints (2008)

1,904 consumer complaints on file.

#10319561March 14, 2010
AIR BAGS
MY RHD JEEP WRANGLER HAS EXPERIENCED A FAILURE IN THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON RANDOMLY. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. LOOKING INTO IT FURTHER ON VARIOUS ONLINE FORUMS, I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR JEEPS. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON, THE SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL AND LEAVES THE PASSENGERS WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF THE AIR BAGS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319406March 13, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHEN REFUELING, GAS OVERFLOWS FROM FILLER NECK WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN CONSIDERING GASOLINE SPRAYS NOT ONLY ON THE VEHICLE BUT ON MY FEET AND HANDS AS WELL. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE WEB TO FIND THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH JEEP OWNERS WITH A BROAD RANGE OF MODEL YEAR WRANGLERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318858March 11, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL OVERFLOWS DURING FILLUP CAUSES SPILLED GASOLINE ON THE VEHICLE AND ALSO ON THE GROUND. THIS HAPPENS AT MULTIPLE FUEL STATIONS RULING OUT GAS PUMP AS DEFECTIVE. THE FUEL SYSTEM APPEARS TO NOT SIGNAL THE PUMP TO STOP PUMPING GAS WHEN FULL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319028March 11, 2010
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION ONE WEEK AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRENCE. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318476March 10, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
1. EVERY TIME I GET GAS MY GAS TANK ON MY 08 JEEP WRANGLER OVERFLOWS. 2. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME I GET GAS. IT CAUSES ME TO SPILL GAS DOWN THE SIDE OF MY JEEP AND ON THE GROUND. 3. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE I AM 10K PAST MY WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318526March 10, 2010
SUSPENSION
2008 WRANGLER SPORT 4 DR. AFTER RUNNING OVER A SEAM IN THE CURVE OF AN OVERPASS THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE WHOLE CAR WAS BOUNCING. THIS SHAKING CONTINUED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE. THE INCIDENT WAS TERRIFYING AND I FELT AS IF I WOULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR AND MENTIONED IT TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318728March 10, 2010
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION INCONSISTENTLY SHIFTS FROM FIRST GEAR TO NEUTRAL FROM A STANDING STOP TO ACCELERATION. FORCE OF THE VEHICLE COMING OUT OF GEAR IS SO GREAT THAT IT FEELS AS IF A COLLISION HAS OCCURRED FROM BEHIND. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OF THESE OCCURRENCES THE VEHICLE HAS ENTERED INTO AN INTERSECTION CAUSING A DECELERATION AND SUBJECTING THE VEHICLE AND OCCUPANTS TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS WAS FIRST REPORTED TO THE DEALER IN DECEMBER OF 2009. DEALER REPORTED THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER ADDRESSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318734March 10, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL SPILLS OUT AFTER PUMP SHUTS OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318766March 10, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY 2008 4DR JEEP WRANGLER SPILLS FUEL ALMOST EVERY TIME I FILL IT UP. I HAVE TRIED FILLING SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY POSITIONING THE PUMP NOZZLE WITH NO CHANGE. I HAVE READ MANY JEEP FORUMS AND IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS COULD BECOME A FIRE HAZARD AT THE PUMP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318120March 9, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE FILLING UP MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA THE LAST THREE TIMES THE GASOLINE FORCEFULLY SPILLED OUT OF THE VEHICLE COVERING MYSELF, THE REAR FENDER AND BUMPER AND THE GROUND. I WAS NEXT TO MY VEHICLE THE ENTIRE TIME AND IT NEVER CLICKED OFF AUTOMATICALLY EVEN AFTER IT WAS SPLASHING EVERYWHERE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317652March 8, 2010
TRAILER HITCHES, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WAITING OVER 5 MONTHS TO REPAIR A RECALL NOTICE FORM JEEP. I CALLED THE DEALER MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER, THEY CALLED BACK 1ST WEEK IN DECEMBER, STATING PARTS WERE IN AND TO COME IN AND THEY WOULD FIX IT. WHEN I ARRIVED THEY STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE ALL THE PARTS AND I WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK. I AM STILL WAITING. IT IS THE TOWING SYSTEM, JEEP STATES THAT YOU SHOULD NOT TOW UNTIL IT IS REPLACE. I HAVE CHECK EACH MONTH AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME NO PARTS ARE BEING MADE YET AND THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS THEY GET THEM. NOW I HAVE A SECOND RECALL AND THIS ONE IS FOR THE TRASMISSION, WELL THIS ONE TAKE FOREVER TO REPAIR. [XXX] *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317853March 8, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2008 JK WRANGLER BOUGHT NEW, NO ACCIDENTS 45,000 MILES. EVERY TIME I FILL UP WITH GAS, GAS SPEWS OUT ALL OVER THE JEEP AND GROUND SEEMS I CANNOT FILL IT SLOW ENOUGH TO STOP THIS. IT HAPPENS 90% OF FILL UPS AT MULTIPLE PUMPS SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD. GASCAP LIGHT IS ON EVEN WITH THE CAP TIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317307March 6, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
GAS TANK OVER FLOW EVERY TIME THE TANK IS FILLED. THE GAS WILL CLICK OFF AND 2 SECONDS LATER FUEL WILL SHOOT BACK OUT OF THE TANK. HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU FILL UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317250March 5, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, WHILE GOING OVER A PATH, HE NOTICED A HOT FLUID SMELL. WHEN HE PULLED OVER HE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE OPENED THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE IT BURST INTO FLAMES, THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THERE WERE DAMAGES TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT IT WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THERE WERE REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13900 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314366March 3, 2010
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
2008 CHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER. CONSUMER STATES HE HAS NOT RECEIVED A REPLY TO HIS REQUEST FROM NOVEMBER 13, 2009 CONCERNING A PROBLEM OF HOOD FLUTTER OR HOOD BOUNCING. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THIS IS HIS THIRD REQUEST FOR A RESPONSE TO HIS COMPLAINT. UPDATED 06/21/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315464March 2, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON MU 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED HAS OVERHEATING ISSUES. THE VENT TUBE FOR WHEN THIS HAPPENS WAS PLACED BY THE FACTORY OVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CREATING A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD FOR WHEN THE OVERHEATING DOES HAPPEN. I HAD MY TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT ON MY WAY TO TIZER LAKES, MT AND IT IS IN A LARGE NATIONAL FOREST WITH MANY DEAD TREES BECAUSE OF THE PINE BEATLE. IF I HADN'T CAUGHT THE OVERHEATING EARLY SINCE THERE IS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR FOREST FIRE IN A NATIONAL FOREST WITH MANY PEOPLE RECREATING OVER A LABOR DAY WEEKEND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315151March 1, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ADDING FUEL TO THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FILLER NECK WOULD "SPIT" GASOLINE OUT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST FULL. HE NOTICED THE PROBLEM EVERY TIME HE ADDED FUEL TO THE TANK. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD ABOUT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS BUT THAT THEY WERE FOR VEHICLES UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315207March 1, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY 2008 JEEP JK RUBICON SPEWS GAS AND EJECTS THE GAS PUMP WHEN IT REACHES CAPACITY. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYTIME, BUT EVERY THIRD TIME. I NOW HAVE TO "GAUGE" HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK AND STOP IT BEFORE IT FILLS UP. WHEN IT OVERFLOWS, NEARLY A PINT TO TWO PINTS SPEW OUT ALL OVER MY JEEP, GAS STATION FLOOR AND SEVERAL TIMES OVER MYSELF. THIS IS A SERIOUS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. IMAGINE SOMEONE LIGHTING A CIGARETTE AFTER A FUEL UP FORGETTING HE JUST GOT GASOLINE ON HIM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314845February 27, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE SO MUCH NOISE, SHUT OFF CAR AND CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO WHITE PLAINS CHRYSLER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314865February 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED 2008 WITH GAS SPILLING OUT OF THE PUMP, OFTEN SPRAYING IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS. THIS STARTED AT AROUND 25,000 AND IS DAMAGING TO MY CLOTHING, MY HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS A LARGE VOLUME OF GAS THAT SPILLS OVER THE CAR AND ONTO THE GROUND. AT TIMES THE GAS MAY SPRAY UP TO EYE LEVEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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