2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4x2

STRONG FUEL ODOR, THIS JEEP ONLY HAS 8.000 MILES ON IT I BOUGHT IT USED, STRONG FUEL ODOR IN AND AROUND JEEP. HAVE IT IT IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES NO ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM, I AM AFRAID OF A EXPLOSION THAT'S HOW BAD THE SMELL IS THE FUEL SMELL IS OVERPOWERING, LIKE I SAID MECHANICS AT A JEEP DEALER CAN'T FIND OUT WHAT IT IS AND WITH HAVING ONLY A LITTLE OVER 8,000 MILES IT SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS. THE ODOR OF GAS CAN BE STRONG WHILE DRIVING WITH THE AC UNIT GOING THROUGH THE VENTS AND WHEN IT IS STATIONARY IT IS EVEN STRONGER, SMELL STARTED MAY THE 15TH 2019

*POSSIBLE TAKATA RECALL* BUT RECALL WAS COMPLETED AND NOW UNKNOWN, REASON I SAY THAT IS THE THE SMOKE SEEMED TO BECOMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE AIR BAG.JEEP WAS STATIONARY AND WAS STARTED UP TO DRIVE AND BEGAN TO SMOKE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY. THE SMOKE SMOKE CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-4 SECONDS AND WAS WHITISH BLUE IN COLOR. AFTER THE HAD DISSIPATED THERE WAS A DISTINCT SMELL OF AN ELECTRICAL BURN. ALL WINDOWS, BLOWER, AC, HEAT CONTROLS WORK AS NORMAL, RADIO AND SPEAKERS WORK AS NORMAL TOO. I'VE HAD MY JEEP SENSE 2012 AND HAVE NEVER SEEN OR EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE BEFORE.

WHENEVER THE GAS TANK IS FILLED, THE GAS WILL SPURT OUT OF WHERE THE NOZZLE IS INSERTED. WHEN THE PUMP STOPS, THE GAS WILL SPURT OUT OF THE TANK AND DRIP DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

WHEN DRIVING ON A BUMPY ROAD, SOMETIMES THE CAR GOES INTO A REALLY SERIOUS VIBRATION MODE. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED; ALL TIRES WERE FINE, AND I DROVE AWAY LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED THREE SEPARATE TIMES, NOW I MOVE TO THE RIGHT AND SLOW WAY DOWN AND THE VIBRATION STOPS. I'M AFRAID TO TAKE THE CAR ON THE FREEWAY.

THE FIRST OF MANY TIMES HAPPENED ONE MORNING AS I WAS GETTING INTO VEHICLE. THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS . THE WIPERS SPRAYED ALL THE FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR. I COULD NOT TURN THESE OFF. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK FOR SOME TIME AND THE HORN NO LONGER WORKED. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY HORN AND REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING, HORN AND A FUSE. A FEW WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING, THE HORN, WIPERS AND LIGHTS ALL CAME ON AND I COULD NOT TURN THESE OFF! EVEN AFTER REMOVING THE KEY, THE ENGINE AND ALL THE ABOVE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF! ONCE AGAIN, I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO SHUT THESE COMPONENTS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE! THE DEALERSHIP IS NOW SAYING THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE TIPM. BUT, IN THE MEANTIME, IS THIS VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE? TODAY, I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD DOCUMENT THIS. NOT GOOD ENOUGH! IN THE MEANTIME.......I AM SOMEWHAT FEARFUL OF DRIVING MY JEEP FOR THE SIMPLE REASON OF THE UNKNOWN. NOT TO MENTION THE EMBARRASSMENT THAT THIS BRINGS WHEN STOPPED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND MY HORN AND WIPERS START BLARING UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS MUST BE STOPPED AND CHRYSLER SHOULD DECLARE A RECALL! PLEASE HELP MY JEEP IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND I'M VERY SCARED OF DRIVING IT AS I'M SCARED OF THE UNKNOWN THAT'D IT STALL OR POSSIBLY GO CRAZY ON ME AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ROUGHLY ABOUT 18 TIMES IN THE SPAN OF 2 MONTHS

WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY AROUND 3PM AND AT RANDOM, ALL ON ITS OWN, TMY JEEPS HORN STARTED BLARING NONSTOP, WIPER FLUID WAS SPRAYING EVERYWHERE UNCONTROLLABLY, WIPERS WERE GOING OFF ON THEIR OWN BUT WERENT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THE LIGHTS WERE ON WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON, STAYED THAT WAY ABOUT 5 MILES UNTIL WE GOT HOME AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY SINCE THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO TURN EVERYTHING OFF. NEXT DAY, AROUND 10PM, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I HAD MY BEIGHTS TURNED ON, AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS, ALL OF MY LIGHTS TURNED OFF AND THE WIPER FLUID STARTED SPRAYING, WIPERS WERE GOING OFF, HORN STARTED BLARING AGAIN NON STOP, DISCONNECTED BATTERY AGAIN. THIS IS ALL COMING FROM A DEFECTIVE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER AND IS PUTTING ME OUT OF WORK AND MONEY TO REPAIR THIS IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT ISSUE A RECALL. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT ALREADY GOT CHRYSLER A LAWSUIT AND IS PROBABLY GOING TO LEAD TO ANOTHER IF THEY DONT FIX THIS AND RECALL THESE SYSTEMS. I COULDNT SEE ANYTHING WHILE DRIVING EITHER TIME, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THIS COULD EASILY KILL MYSELF, ANY PASSENGERS OR OTHER DRIVERS. I AM ALSO AFRAID THAT IF THE BATTERY STAYS CONNECTED IT WILL CAUSE A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD SINCE I CAN HEAR THE CRACKING SOUND OF ELECTRICAL WIRES AS THE LIGHTS GO CRAZY WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON.

JEEP RECALL-MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES: HORN, ALARM, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND FLUID, LIGHTS, LOCKS AND WINDOWS ALL THESE THINGS WILL JUST START WORKING ON THEIR OWN-SOMETIMES JUST BY PUSHING THE UNLOCK BUTTON. THE KEY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THE IGNITION AND IF IT IS RUNNING AND ALL THESE THINGS START GOING OFF LIKE THE CAR IS POSSESSED, WHEN REMOVING THE KEY EVERYTHING STAYS AND AND WON'T TURN OFF-EVEN THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO RUN-LITERALLY RUN UNTIL IT RUNS OUT OF GAS. VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ISSUES-THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH. MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THESE SAME ISSUES VIA THE WEB AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. DEALERSHIPS ARE ACTING LIKE IT ISN'T A MAJOR ORDEAL AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A RECALL AND IT HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO BE OVERLOOKED. THESE PROBLEMS CAN AND WILL OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY-LITERALLY ALL OF THE ABOVE. IT AFFECTS VISION AND BEING ABLE TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE SAFELY. ALTHOUGH I PUT TODAY'S DATE ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT HAS BEEN ON ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 8 MONTHS TO A YEAR.

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, ALONG WITH TWO TODDLERS IN THE BACKSEAT, AT 50 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING, THE SUSPENSION BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. AS II HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE, MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO APPLY THE BRAKES, AS I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WRONG MOVE! THIS CAUSED THE JEEP TO HOP, AND SKIP , I ALSO LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER. I THEN BEGAN TO PRAY FOR MY BABIES, WHO HAD BEEN ASLEEP IN THE BACKSEAT. I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM BRAKES, AND FOUGHT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL UNTIL I COULD CRAWL TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!!! I WAS SO SHAKEN UP, THAT I FEAR FOR MY TEENAGE SON, WHO I SHARE THIS VEHICLE WITH. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, AND SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, I CANNOT BELIEVE THESE VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD! THEY ARE A HAZARD TO SO MANY INNOCENT LIVES. THANK GOD, THERE WAS NOT ANY INCOMING TRAFFIC, ON THE HIGHWAY AT THIE TIME. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE! TAKE ACTION PLEASE!!!

JEEP BASICALLY POSSESSED. HORN GOES OFF, WIPERS TURN ON, WIPER FLUID SPRAYS, DOOR LOCK AND UNLOCK RAPIDLY.(ALL BY THEMSELVES). REMAINS RUNNING AFTER TURNED OFF AND KEY REMOVED. PERIODICALLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEM IS TIPM(TOTALY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). 2007'S WERE RECALLED FOR THESE SAME ISSUES BUT THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE 2008'S. I'VE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD 07'S THAT HAD THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS. AFFECTED PART NUMBER - 04692236AF

THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF AS THE CAR IS DRIVEN. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND IT APPEARS THIS IS QUITE COMMON IN THE CARS. MY CONCERN IS DOES THE AIR BAG WORK OR NOT. MY 16 YEAR OLD CHILD USED TO DRIVE THIS CAR BUT DOES NOT ANYMORE. THEY RECALLED JEEPS WITH THE STEERING WHEELS ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT I AM DESCRIBING. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND NOT SURE WHY NO ONE IS FORCING A RECALL ON THIS. I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD THIS WAS COVERED IN A RECALL BY GALEANA JEEP IN COLUMBIA S.C. AND BROUGHT MY JEEP IN TO GET WORKED ON. WHEN I GOT MY JEEP BACK THE LIGHT WAS STILL TURNING ON AND OFF AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED. THIS IS NOT GOOD BUSINESS.

ANOTHER JEEP SAME YEAR AND MODEL HAD TO HAVE ALL THEIR FRONT END PARTS REPLACED TOO AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP. SECOND WATER PUMP IN TWO YEARS EGR VALVE REPLACED BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON MAINTENANCE WAS DONE BY THE MANUAL WITH THIS JEEP

CLOCK SPRING BROKEN. AIRBAG LIGHT ON. *TR

I WAS ON A 1500 MILE ROAD TRIP WITH MY SON, HALF WAY TO MY DESTINATION WHEN THE HORN, WIPERS, SPRAYERS, DOOR LOCKS, ETC STARTED GOING BERSERK. IT WAS DISTURBING AND HAZARDOUS WITH THE WINDSHIELD SPRAYER CONSTANTLY ON MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP (WHERE I STOPPED) FOUND THAT THE TIPM WAS GOING OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY COULD NOT REPLACE IT THOUGH BECAUSE IT WAS ON BACKORDER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. I HAD TO CONTINUE MY TRIP THROUGH THE CA DESERT, DURING AUGUST KNOWING THAT AT ANY TIME THE TIPM COULD FAIL AND LEAVE ME STRANDED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A BREAK DOWN OR FIRE. AND NOW I AM LOOKING AT ABOUT $1200, WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD, FOR A PART THAT WAS KNOWN (BY CHRYSLER) TO BE DEFECTIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4 DOOR 4X2. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR WHEN THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS JEEP BACK TO UNIVERSITY WHEN GAUGES STARTED TO FLICKER THEN GO OUT. HE THEN SAW SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. LOOKING UNDER JEEP AROUND MOTOR AREA HE SAW FLAMES AND BACKED AWAY FROM VEHICLE. THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY AND ENGULFED THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY AND IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE JEEP HAD NO MAJOR ISSUES, JUST SOMETHING ELECTRICAL HAPPENED AND IT WAS OVER IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. *TR

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO PAY $89 FOR SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS. JEEP DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME THE CLOCKSPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $450. CHRYSLER HAS RECALLED RIGHT HAND SIDE STEERING MODELS FOR THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART, BUT WILL NOT REPLACE CLOCKSPRINGS ON LEFT HAND STEERING MODELS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X2. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF PURCHASING THE JEEP WRANGLER, IT BEGAN RANDOMLY POPPING OUT OF 1ST GEAR. IT WAS UNCOMMON AND INCONSISTENT AT FIRST. IT WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER ([XXX]) MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE WERE REPEATEDLY TOLD THEY "COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE". THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR WEEKS ON END. FINALLY THE TECH DUPLICATED THE ISSUE AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM ONLY TEMPORARILY, AND SOON IT BEGAN POPPING OUT OF 1ST GEAR AGAIN. ON VACATION IN PENSACOLA FL, THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AND WAS REPORTED TO THE NEAREST JEEP DEALER. IT WAS DETERMINED A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. UPON RETURN TO HOUSTON, IT WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER REBUILT TRANSMISSION BY RIVER OAKS JEEP. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, IT BEGAN POPPING OUT OF FIRST GEAR AGAIN. PROBLEM PERSISTED UNTIL TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND CAR WAS RENDERED UNDRIVEABLE ON 5.10.13. TOWED TO RIVER OAKS ON 5.13.13 FOR REPAIR ONCE AGAIN, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE "DEATH WOBBLE" HAS OCCURRED AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS, TYPICALLY ON HIGHWAY. I HAVE SOME VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS HAPPENING EVEN AT SPEEDS OF 35-50. VEHICLE BEGINS SEVERELY SHAKING AND IS NOT SAFE AT ALL - DRIVER NEARLY LOSES ALL CONTROL. CAN BE INDUCED BY BRAKING, BY ROAD BUMP, OR APPARENTLY JUST RANDOM ONSET. REPLACED TIRES AND HAD SUSPENSION WORK DONE AND STABILIZER SHOCKS REPLACED TWICE. THIS HAS HELPED BUT NOT ELIMINATED THE PROBLEM AND I EXPECT IT TO DETERIORATE ONCE AGAIN. ONCE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS, IT CAN BE RESOLVED BY EITHER SLOWING DOWN OR SPEEDING UP. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND ONE OF TWO KNOWN JEEP DEFECTS THAT THEY REFUSE TO CORRECT, WITH THE SECOND PROBLEM BEING THE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS THAT POP OUT OF GEAR. VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER! *TR

FUELING NOZZEL OVERFLOW. GAS POURS OUT OF TANK NOZZLE BEFORE GAS HANDLE SHUTS OFF. SPILLING GAS ALL OVER CAR, PERSON FILLING TANK AND SURROUNDING AREA. *TR