Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||||
| 23-020-08 | 06/20/2008 | 10025187 | Freedom top - center seal - water leak in area of center console or dash. *nj | 07/16/2008 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 02/28/2013 | 88043 | ||
| I was proceeding down the highway at about 50 mph and hit a slight bump in the road. the vehicle began to shake violently. i had a very difficult time keeping control and pulling to the side of the highway. i started out again and it happened 3 more times in a ten mile span. each time, it began with a very slight uneven roadway and would not stop until i brought the vehicle to a stop. | |||
| 01/30/2013 | 80000 | ||
| Clock spring failure in my 2008 lhd jeep wrangler has caused my windshield wipers to randomly turn on, my turn signals and headlights to only function intermittently, and my gauge cluster flickers when any of the above trigger. | |||
| 02/01/2013 | 41000 | ||
| Everything is normal and working, you try to start the car and there is a click then nothing. i then move the shifter to neutral and start the car then move shifter back to park. there are no codes being registered if you plug in a diagnostic machine and i've had several competent mechanics check it out to no avail. this is happening .to many other people and isn't an isolated incident, which is why i'm reporting it. it appears to be an electrical issue, a grounding issue to be specific. | |||
| 01/30/2013 | 80000 | ||
| Clock spring failure in my 2008 lhd jeep wrangler has caused my windshield wipers to randomly turn on, my turn signals and headlights to only function intermittently, and my gauge cluster flickers when any of the above trigger. | |||
| 02/01/2013 | 41000 | ||
| Everything is normal and working, you try to start the car and there is a click then nothing. i then move the shifter to neutral and start the car then move shifter back to park. there are no codes being registered if you plug in a diagnostic machine and i've had several competent mechanics check it out to no avail. this is happening .to many other people and isn't an isolated incident, which is why i'm reporting it. it appears to be an electrical issue, a grounding issue to be specific. | |||
| 01/16/2013 | 50100 | ||
| I have a 2008 jeep wrangler sahara unlimited with 50,000 miles and purchased new. i have been experiencing death wobble or an uncontollable shaking in the front end of my vehicle intermittently but generally at speeds of 40 mph and higher. i took the vehicle to my mechanic who inspected the front end, tires, brakes and allignment which all were fine. i later went to the jeep dealership service center who said i had death wobble but could not give me a definitive cause or cost to repair. after researching this on-line, i discovered that this is a wide spread problem that jeep has known about for years http://www.jeepz.com/forum/suspension/29510-wrangler-death-wobble-what-causes-how-fix.html. my vehicle is completely stock with no modifications and i do not use it off-road. additionally it is very well maintained and i have had no accidents or major repairs. here is a video of my experience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pen1it91z0 i have read that congress addressed this with jeep and jeep has issued a technical bulletin http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/autosblogpost.aspx?post=bb1d0352-f579-4468-b24f-60869e95d02f but that is all. please advise as to what i can do to address this issue. i live in nys. does the lemon-law apply here? | |||
| 09/01/2012 | 30000 | ||
| Exhaust manifold cracks after 30,000 miles have had to replace it 2 times now and jeep only has 61,000 miles on it.. | |||
| 07/17/2012 | |||
| After 3 yr, the car would not start. battery was replaced and car would not start. after 3 days the car started and now intermittent the car would not start. dealer does not know why | |||
| 07/23/2012 | 73000 | ||
| Clock spring has failed, this has been recalled on the rhd models. horn no longer works and i am unsure if the airbag will deploy. why is it not in recall on the lhd vehicles as well? | |||
| 06/16/2010 | 15687 | ||
| I purchased a new 2008 jeep wrangler on october 31, 2008 from west-herr chysler jeep. i was driving to work on the morning of 6/16/2010, when all of a sudden my tire pressure monitoring system (tpms) light came on just moments before i was to enter highway 219. (i was passing through the town of orchard park on highway 20a. i thought it strange but knew it was very sensitive to even a slight change in pressure.) i proceeded to enter the 219, increasing speed to 60 mph, when i suddenly realized i had lost all pressure in my right rear tire. i managed to safely exit the highway and to call my husband to change the tire. while doing so, he noticed the entire valve stem was missing. there was just a hole where it had been. he assumed that the nut that holds the tpms had worked its way loose and that it was inside the tire. he took the tire to west-herr chrysler jeep and they reinserted the tpms and replaced the mounting nut. about a year later, the same thing happened again - instant deflation - while i was driving on i-190 (about 50 miles/hour), only this time it was my left rear tire. again, i managed to exit safely and to again call my husband. this time he couldn't get the tire off the hub so we called aaa. while waiting for them, a fellow jeep owner stopped to render assistance and he pointed out that the nut hold the tpms on the left front tire was corroded and needed to be replaced also. (my husband who has a ph.d. in chemistry from indiana u. noticed that most of the valve stem is aluminum and it is in contact with the steel wheel. he postulated that the two unlike metals acted as a cell and with the salt that is used on the roads here that led to very rapid corrosion.) the same problem happened again monday, 7/9/12, with my right front tire while i was going 40 mph. how can a vehicle be marketed with such an obviously dangerous design flaw? | |||
| 03/30/2012 | 25040 | ||
| Driving on the highway at approximately 65 miles per hour my front end began to shake and the steering became so erratic that i had to grip the steering wheel to keep the car from veering into another lane of traffic. i was able to slow the car down and pull over to the side of the road. once i began again there was no vibration. this is the second time this has happened within two month. there are many cases of this happening on the internet. it's called the death wobble and i don't feel safe in the car anymore. the dealership has told me that its a worn sway bar but 25k miles shouldn't wear out this type of part. | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 35000 | ||
| Known to many who have jeeps, the death wobble. when this first happened to my daughter's car, thankfully i was the one driving. it was on the interstate and i thought a tire had blown. the steering wheel vibrated uncontrollably and i pulled over. nothing looked wrong but i called a tow truck regardless. they looked at it at the station and could not find anything wrong. i had no idea this was a problem jeep created when they built the vehicle. it is a situation where the front axle begins oscillating with such violence that control of the jeep is difficult until slowed down, and the entire vehicle shakes to the point you feel it will come apart. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 43000 | ||
| The drivers side exhaust manifold is cracked, a well known and documented problem for several chrysler models. | |||
| 01/18/2011 | |||
| My jeep is experiencing what jeep owners refer to as the death wobble. violent, intense shaking of the front end after hitting the smallest of bumps. must slow down immediately to gain control of vehicle. | |||
| 05/12/2008 | 0 | ||
| Fuel overflows when refueling. overflow occurs even without filling the tank. parking brake doesn't work unless you pull it up very hard and still doesn't keep it from rolling. air conditioner doesn't cool. it has been in the service department several times for repair. blows smoke from vents. a loud knock sound when you turn the a/c on/off or when you crank the vehicle and the a/c control is on. soft top leaks over both doors when it rains. service department has confirmed proper top installation. sharp edges on the roll bars. roll bar covers have ripped as a result of putting the top up or down. dangerous wobble when you hit a small pothole, change uneven lanes, etc. hood lifts approx. 2 inches when a large truck or trailer passes or meets the jeep. manual transmission grinds or catches when shifting into 2nd gear, worse when cold. | |||
| 05/18/2011 | 57 | ||
| I was driving on interstate 70 at approximately 65mph, i hit a bump, and my jeep started to shake and vibrate so dramatically that i had to slow down to about 35mph before it would stop. i was so frightened that i pulled over and was afraid to continue driving. thinking it was my tires about ready to fall off, i creeped off of the interstate and drove about 15mph back to the tire dealership where i had bought my tires. they could find nothing wrong. i then took it to the jeep dealership and they replaced the steering dampner and updated a bracket. it did not fix the problem. i took it back to the dealership where they then replaced the drag link end. they then told me it had to be the tires. they, not one time, mentioned what i have now researched and found to be a death wobble problem that many jeep owners have experienced. i don't know what to do next. the problem has not been fixed and my tires only have 15k miles on them and i am thinking this is not the problem. the wobble that i have experienced now dozens of times is not only frightening but i fear is very dangerous. i'm not sure what my recourse is at this point. | |||
| 08/26/2011 | 32000 | ||
| Airbag is disabled intermittently most frequently after straightening the steering wheel following a turn | |||
| 06/10/2011 | 76000 | ||
| Driving westbound on m-59 in hartland, mi i hit a very small bump in the road and the jeep started to shudder very violently. i had to pull over to the side of the road and stop in order for the shudder to go away. after doing much research on the internet, i have now found out that this is called the death wobble and is a highly common problem that chrysler is aware of and has not done anything to let the public know of the issue. | |||
| 02/08/2011 | 17200 | ||
| We were driving on a limited access highway when i hit a section of rough a rough road about 6 feet long. the front end, steering wheel & transmission shook violently! once i got below 45 mph it stopped. i could not steer the vehicle. this has happened 6 times now at speeds as low as 50 mph. it would happen a lot more if i did not slow down when i come across patched spots in the road or where overpasses and bridges meet the solid road bed. on smooth roads, there is no vibration that i can feel. i talked to the previous owner and he never had a problem. it has never been off road, lifted or wrecked. the garage replaced the steering gear box under warranty and i paid for the alignment check and tire balance. i rotated the tired and then put a new tire on the right front. i checked for play in all the suspension and steering and found very little. the garage said they found none. i then installed a heavy duty steering stabilizer. it did not help. the garage said there was nothing more they could do. when i asked jeep was their a problem called death wobble, because there are a lot of postings, they did not answer. instead, the service manager suggested i buy 4 new tires and get a road force balance. a friend sent me to another jeep dealer to talk to his friend, who was well aware of the problem and had not been able to fix it on other jeeps. there was no remedy or help from chrysler jeep. he has had it happen to him and will not ride in or drive one again. he suggested not driving interstates and below 55 mph on the highway. i am 68 year old retired car, truck, heavy equipment and industrial mechanic supervisor. the jeep is unsafe to drive on the highway. | |||
| 12/11/2010 | 170001 | ||
| I would explain this as a term that is used in the jeep community as a death wobble. basically what happened is i was exiting an interstate off ramp for another interstate. i slowed to about 40-45 mph. when i started to follow the bend to the right i crossed over a seam in the road connecting sections of the pavement. it was at this moment that my jeep jk began to shake violently. the shaking was located at the front of the jeep. i applied the brakes and slowed down to about 10 mph (luckily no one was behind me) and the shaking went away. at the time of the incident it was such a violent shaking that i thought the steering wheel was going to come out of my hands and i thought the front end of my jeep was going to explode. if the ntsb would search the web for death wobble you would locate videos on youtube that show exactly what occurred to me. | |||
| 07/03/2010 | 35000 | ||
| While filling up the jeep, at about 3/4 of a tank of gas the gas comes blowing back out of the filler tube. gas splatters all over you, down the side of the jeep and on the ground. this just started at about 35000 miles. it's hard to put gas in, always worrying if your going to sprayed with gas. | |||
| 05/15/2008 | 60000 | ||
| I have a 2008 jeep wrangler x, manual transmission. the vehicle keeps popping our of gear on its own which often results in a suddent and unpredictible stop in the middle of the road. this occurs when the vehicle is accelerated after a complete stop, the problem also displays anytime while driving on 1st , 2nd or 3rd gear. sometimes, after having stop for a red light or a stop sign, i put the car on 1st gear to drive away but the car would move a few feet but then it pops out right back to neutral. as a result, my vehicle would stop completely and the driver behide me often almost hits my vehical from the back. the same thing happens when i am turning a curve. i must add that the vehicle makes a loud noise when it pops out of gear causing me, as the driver, to loose some control and concentration. i believe, because of this problem, my car is an accident waiting to happen. i have reported the problems to the manufacturer and the dealer at least five times but they keep saying they do not know what the problem is and are not able to fix it. i am fearful for my safety and that of other drivers because of this problem with my car. i would strongly urge your organization to immediately investigate this matter. | |||