SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL VIOLENTLY SHAKE. SPORADIC AT FIRST BUT NOW MORE OFTEN. SHAKES SO HARD THAT I'M FORCED TO IMMEDIATELY BRAKE. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. TIRE REPLACED -ALIGNMENT- SEVERAL MECHANICS I TRIED COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS, IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING. (GOOGLE DEATH WOBBLE). *TR
2007 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4x4 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2007 record →
EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE TANK OF MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE IS SPEWED FROM THE FILLER HOLE. FROM WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED CHRYSLER'S FIX IS TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM EVENTUALLY STARTS AGAIN. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL BEGAN TO FLOW OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS FUELED TO CAPACITY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,500.
I WAS DRIVING AT 55MPH AND RAN OVER A BADLY MAINTAINED ROAD BUMP (A 3FT SECTION OF PAVEMENT SPANNING BOTH LANES OF A 2 LANE RD. THAT HAD NO STONE IN IT TO LEVEL IT OFF) AND MY 2007 JEEP 4DR WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA LOST ENGINE POWER. ALL POWER OPTIONS IN TURN LOST POWER. I MANAGED TO PULL THE JEEP TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT. IT STARTED BACK UP WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS SAME POWER LOSS OCCURRED ONCE BEFORE AFTER DRIVING ON A WET ROAD ON A RAINY DAY. THAT 2ND OCCURRENCE LASTED ABOUT 1SECOND AND THEN RE-POWERED. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE ADDING GASOLINE TO THE FUEL TANK, IT WOULD OVERFLOW AND SPILL ONTO THE GROUND. THE FUEL LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,200. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,190.
EVERY TIME I FILL MY GAS TANK, THE GAS OVERRUNS QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY. THE HANDLE IS UPRIGHT AND THE NOZZLE IS ALL THE WAY IN, BUT CONTINUALLY I HAVE GAS POUR OVER THE SIDE OF MY JEEP AND ONTO THE GROUND. *TR
MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE IF IT HITS A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THERE ARE COUNTLESS DOCUMENTED INSTANCES OF THIS IN TESTIMONIAL AND VIDEO FORM ON THE INTERNET. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING HAS OCCURRED 6 TIMES, ALL AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-65 MPH. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT FIX IT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE JEEP IS OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL IT COMES TO A STOP. *TR
1. DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50MPH THE FRONT SUSPENSION WILL SOMETIMES GO INTO A VIOLENT OSCILLATION. THE STEERING WHEEL, SHIMMIES SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT IS COMING APART. NOT A SIMPLE WHEEL BALANCE SHIMMY, THIS IS A DANGEROUS VIOLENT OSCILLATION. 2. IT GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. 3. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER WHICH MADE THE PROBLEM BETTER, BUT IT CAME BACK SLIGHTLY, AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE, AND WORSE. THERE IS SOME UNDERLYING PROBLEM THAT THE STEERING STABILIZER IS MASKING. *TR
GAS TANK CONSISTENTLY OVERFLOWS WHEN FILLING TANK. AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF DOES NOT WORK. *TR
2007 JEEP WRANGLER VIOLENTLY POPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR. HAPPENS DAILY AND WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A ACCIDENT. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. I WAS ALMOST REARENDED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. CHRYSLER TSB 21-001-10 FIXES THE ISSUE BUT IN WARRANTY ONLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR
SINCE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO OR WHEN I WAS AROUND 36,000 MILES MY WRANGLER 4DR WILL NO LONGER SHUT OFF THE GAS PUMP. IF I ATTEMPT TO FILL THE TANK GAS BURPS OUT EVERY TIME ALL OVER MYSELF AND THE JEEP. *TR
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED WITH 56,000 MILES. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN APRIL OF 2007. THE PROBLEM IS OVERFLOWING GAS WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED. ONCE THE TANK IS FILLED COMPLETELY, THE PUMP CLICKS OFF AND THE FUEL TANK THEN "BURPS" ABOUT 1 PINT OF FUEL OUT. AT TIMES, THE FUEL COMES OUT VIGOROUSLY IN A SPRAY MAKING IT EVEN MORE FLAMMABLE AND COVERING ME AND THE VEHICLE. I HAVE GONE TO MANY DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS SINCE AND HAVE THE PROBLEM EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK. THE PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS WHEN I HOLD THE PUMP AND TRY TO LIMIT THE FUEL FLOW. PER THE DEALERSHIP'S RECOMMENDATION, I HAVE REPLACED THE VEHICLE'S EVAPORATION CANISTER, BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINS. *TR
ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, I WAS FILLING UP MY 2007 4 DOOR JEEP WRANGLER WITH GAS. THE PUMP AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SHUT OFF GAS COME POURING OUT OF THE JEEP. IT SPLASHED ALL OVER ME AND PUDDLED ON THE GROUND. I THOUGHT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE GAS PUMP AND COMPLAINED TO THE STATION ATTENDANT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT THE NEXT FILL UP AND HAS AT EVERY FILL UP SINCE IF I DON'T CATCH IT FIRST. IT'S NOT THE GAS PUMP BECAUSE I'VE USED SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATIONS. THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE GAS FROM SPURTING OUT OF THE JEEP IS TO NOT FILL THE TANK ALL THE WAY FULL. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DISTRESSING AND CAUSES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH GAS PUDDLING ON THE GROUND AND SPLASHING ON ME AND THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK INTO THE DEFECT, HE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM FROM OTHER JEEP OWNERS. APPARENTLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH A FLAP INSIDE THE GAS TANK THAT BECOMES DEFECTIVE AND ALLOWS THE AIR INSIDE THE TANK TO PUSH GAS OUT THE NECK UPON FILLING THE TANK. MY MECHANIC IS CURRENTLY GETTING READY TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. *TR
MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER GAS TANK DOES NOT CLICK OFF WHEN IT IS FULL AND GAS OVERFLOWS FROM THE TANK.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER: 4 DOOR, 4X4 LIMITED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE BRACKET SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING AXLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND; IT FINALLY STOPPED AFTER A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 31,000.
MY JEEP WRANGLER HAS HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE, ISSUES WITH THE SAFETY BELTS NOT RETRACTING PROPERLY [BROKE MY HAND] HAD STALLING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, I CURRENTLY HAVE A CHIP ON THE BOTTOM UNDERSIDE OF THE WINSHIELD., WHEN I HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE THE DEALER TOLD ME I HAD TO MUCH WEIGHT ON THE FRONT END FROM MY BUMPER AND WINCH,[I REPLACED THE STABILIZER WOBBLE SEEMS TO HAVE WENT AWAY] THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE WOBBLE OR SEAT BELTS. IT WAS MY IMAGINATION, WHAT I ALSO HAD AND IS DOCUMENTED IN THE DEALER FILES MY ACCELERATOR STUCK , I WAS FORTUNATE SOME ONE ELSE WAS DRIVING SO I COULD SEE HIS FEET AND THE FLOOR MATS NOTHING WAS STUCK WHEN HE STOMPED ON THE GAS PEDAL IT WAS JUST LIKE THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED , MY JEEP DOESN'T HAVE CRUISE CONTROL. THE BRAKES SCARE ME AT TIMES, FEEL LIKE THEIR NOT THERE FROM TIME TO TIME, I TELL WHO EVER DRIVES IT NOT TO TRUST THE BRAKES, THIS IS MY LAST NEW CHRYSLER, MY HAND STILL HURTS. MAYBE OUR GOVERMENT SHOULD FORCE A RECALL LIKE THEY DID TO TOYOTA TO DATE MY JEEP HAS ONLY 22.000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER . GOOD LUCK ALL
2007 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA FRONT ENDS SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS IS TRIGGERED BY HITTING A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CANNOT BE STOPPED WITHOUT SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO A NEAR STOP. THIS IS MORE THAN A "SHIMMY" AND HAS BEEN APPROPRIATELY TERMED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS CAN CAUSE A FATAL CRASH. IT OCCURS ROUGHLY EVERY 5,000 MILES AFTER THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS INVOLVED WITH STEERING. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR 6 OR 7 TIMES NOW. I HAVE REPLACED STEERING DAMPENERS AND STABALIZER BARS NUMEROUS TIMES. TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND ROAD FORCE BALANCED.
WRANGLER SPEWS A PINT OF GAS WHEN FIILLING UP. STARTED AT 30K, HAPPENS EVERY TIME NOW.
I OWN A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED 4X4, EVERYTIME I FILL THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL, IT BURPS BACK ABOUT A CUP OF RAW FUEL OUT OF THE FILL TUBE AND ONTO THE PARKING LOT. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH APPORX. 68,000. IT NOW HAS APPROX 72,000 MILES AND IT HAS HAPPENED AT EVERY FILL UP SINCE I PURCHASED IT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DOWN A HILL THE DRIVER ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. TO PREVENT A CRASH THE CONTACT HAD TO DRIVE INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT . THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 72000.
2007 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA UNLIMITED, GAS TANK OVER-FLOWS AT VARIOUS GAS STATIONS. GAS USUALLY SHOOTS OUT AND GOES ALL OVER THE PAINT AND THE GROUND. IT IS VERY ANNOYING ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING FOR MY SALES JOB. *TR
ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AS WE WERE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY JEEP STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AS WE HIT A BUMP GOING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR. IT FELT LIKE WE HAD A FLAT TIRE SO WE QUICKLY PULLED OVER. WE CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SINCE IT CONTINUED TO DRIVE FINE, WE DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. THREE WEEKS LATER, DRIVING AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THIS TIME MUCH WORSE. THE VEHICLES SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY I HAD A HARD TIME CONTROLLING IT. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY SCARY BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE WET. LUCKILY, WE WERE SEAT BELTED IN, BUT MY POOR DOG GOT TOSSED AROUND LIKE A SALAD. SHAKING, AND VERY UPSET, WE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN TWO MORE TIMES. THE NEXT DAY WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC. ALTHOUGH HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AT FIRST, WE DID SOME RESEARCH. WE WENT TO THE INTERNET AND TYPED IN THE SEARCH 'JEEP VIOLENTLY SHAKES.' WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED AND SHOCKED WITH WHAT WE FOUND. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR YEARS WITH JEEP. IT HAS EVEN BEEN TERMED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS. WE FOUND THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EARLY 90'S. WITH ALL THESE PROBLEMS, JEEP HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON 2007 MODELS BUT APPARENTLY WILL GLADLY CHARGE THEIR CUSTOMERS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX PARTS THAT MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE MAIN PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WITH THE STEERING DAMPER. THE DAMPER IS TOO SMAL
MY 2007 JEEP UNLIMITED OVERFLOWS WHENEVER I FILL IT WITH GAS. *TR
FUEL TANK OVERFLOWS WHEN FILLING GAS TANK. I'VE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM ON AND OFF SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW IN 2007. I TOOK MY JK UNLIMITED INTO THE DEALER TWICE WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT--TOLD IT WAS THE GAS STATIONS PUMP THAT WAS MALFUNCTIONING. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 AND 60 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. THE VEHICLE REMAINED ENGAGED IN SECOND GEAR AS HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND ONCE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK THE TANK OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS OUT GAS ONTO VEHICLE AT END OF CYCLE. THE AMOUNT OF GAS APPEARS TO BE 1 - 2 CUPS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER 6 MONTHS. JEEP DEALER HAS HAD A NEW GAS TANK ON ORDER FOR 4 MONTHS. *TR
I HAVE A FAULTY VALVE ON MY GAS TANK...2007 JEEP WRANGLER. WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK, THERE ISN'T A VALVE THAT KEEPS THE GAS FROM SPITTING BACK OUT WHEN THE TANK IS ALMOST FULL. I HAVE BEEN ON FORUMS WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS WHO HAVE STATED THEY ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS. THIS STARTED AROUND THE 42K MILE MARK. RECURRING PROBLEM. *TR
I HAVE A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED RUBICON MODEL 4X4 WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY SLIP OUT OF FIRST GEAR CAUSING A LOSS OF ACCELERATION. THIS CAN BE VERY UNSAFE WHILE EXECUTING A LEFT HAND TURN WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY FIVE TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM STATING THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WILL OCCASIONALLY BE DIFFICULT TO GO INTO GEAR AND WILL MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS UNTIL I HAD APPROXIMATELY 28,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND CAN OCCUR MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY OR NOT AT ALL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUE BUT I FEEL IT IS HIGHLY UNSAFE AND I AM AFRAID FOR MY SPOUSE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR
I DRIVE A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED AND EVERYTIME I TRY TO FILL MY GAS TANK THE PUMP AT VARIOUS GAS STATIONS NEVER SHUTS OFF AND CAUSES LOT OF GAS SPILLING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK ERODING THE PAINT ON MY CAR AND CAUSING GREATER EXPENSE IN FUEL. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR. *TR
GAS OVERFLOWS WHEN PUMPING. GAS SPILLS EVERYWHERE! VERY DANGEROUS AND A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE! *TR
MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DOOR SAHARA CONSTANTLY OVERFLOWS GAS WHEN FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION. THIS STARTED HAPPENING A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE TANK NOW. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT SPILLS AT LEAST A COUPLE CUPS OF GAS ON THE GROUND EVERY TIME. *TR
WHILE FILLING GAS TANK FUEL SPILLS BACK ONTO VEHICLE AND GROUND. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DEPENDENT ON SPECIFIC NOZZLE TYPES OR RATE OF FILLING. SOMETIMES THE NOZZLE WILL SHUT OFF EARLY AND THEN WHEN FILLING IS RESUMED IT WILL SPILL FUEL BACK. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE BUT STILL SPILLS FUEL. *TR
WHILE FUELING 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED GAS SPRAYED OUT WHEN THE TANK WAS NEAR FULL. IT SPLASHED GASOLINE ON THE VEHICLE AND ON MY LEGS & TORSO. *TR
FUEL FILLER OVERFLOW. HAPPENS EVERY TIME TANK IS FILLED. *TR
MY GAS TANK ALMOST ALWAYS OVERFLOWS WHILE REFUELING. *TR
I HAVE A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED RUBICON AND AT EVERY FUELING I HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE GAS SPILLS OUT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS, AND IT ONLY SEEMS TO BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS CREATES AN ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE OR PROPERTY ARE DAMAGED. *TR
GAS TANK OVERFLOWS WHILE FILLING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. NO MATTER WHAT GAS STATION I FILL UP AT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE PUMP UNTIL I TRIED DIFFERENT STATIONS. I LOOKED IT UP ON JK-FORUM.COM AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR
AT VARIOUS GAS STATIONS WITH TESTED EQUIPMENT, THE PUMP WILL FILL THE TANK AND THEN THE TANK WILL OVERFLOW BEFORE THE PUMP CAN SHUT OFF. MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER JK HAS BEEN FILLED UP AT THE SAME GAS STATIONS FOR 2 YEARS, AND WITH THE SAME PUMP EQUIPMENT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TANK NOT CREATING ENOUGH PRESSURE FOR THE NOZZLE TO AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. THE ONLY REMEDY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN FROM THE DEALER IS FOR ME TO PAY FOR A NEW GAS TANK, WHICH THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY AGAINST THIS IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY ISSUE AS THIS LETS GAS SEEP INTO THE WATER TABLE, AND IN SO. FL THAT IS PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT TO THE OCEAN. *TR
DURING REFUELING, THE GAS WOULD OVER FLOW WHEN THE PUMP TURNED OFF. IT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT A PINT OR TWO OF GAS EACH TIME. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WHEN I USED SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND BRANDS OF GAS. UPON CONTACTING CHRYSLER, THEY SEEM TO THINK IT IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, HOWEVER, A QUICK SEARCH OF JEEPFORUMS.COM AND YOUTUBE SHOW THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT BY CHRYSLER TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY, HOWEVER, THEY OFFERED TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE REPAIR OUT OF "GOODWILL". THE VEHICLE, A 2007 WRANGLER X UNLIMITED, IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIRS. *TR
I HAVE A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED AND AROUND 37K MILES FUEL STARTED TO SPILL OUT AT FILL-UPS. THIS HAPPENS IF I FILL MANUALLY OR IF I TRY AND LET THE PUMP AUTOMATICALLY CUT OFF. I BOUGHT MY JEEP USED IN 2008 BUT IT ONLY HAD 4K MILES ON IT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND HOPE I CAN GET SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO IT. *TR
FUEL SPILLS OUT OF THE GAS TANK FILLER NECK EVERYTIME I FILL THE GAS TANK. USUALLY ABOUT 8-16 OUNCES OF FUEL SPILLS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND NEXT TO THE VEHICLE. ENVIRONMENTAL AS WELL AS A FIRE SAFETY HAZARD. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO FACTORY DEALER FOR THE PROBLEM AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THE GAS TANK. *TR
WHEN FILLING THE TANK WITH GAS THERE IS ALWAYS OVERFLOW. *TR
WHEN FILLING THE TANK UP WITH GAS, WHETHER COMPLETELY FULL OR NOT, GAS STARTS BLOWING BACK OUT OF THE TANK... AT LEAST ONE TO TWO CUPS OF GAS. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH GAS STATION YOU GO TO. IT STARTED HAPPENING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND HAD GRADUALLY GOTTEN WORSE. NOW IT OCCURS AT EVERY FILL UP. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLEANED A GAS VENT, AND THAT FIXED IT TEMPORARILY, BUT NOW IT IS WORSE THAN BEFORE. *TR
2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED GAS TANK OVERFLOWS WHEN FILLING UP. BEEN HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY AFTER 17K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR
1. SEEMED TO JUST START HAPPENING OVER TIME 2. WHEN I FILL UP MY FUEL TANK BEFORE THE PUMP SHUTS OFF IT POURS OUT OF THE TANK OPENING ALL OVER THE GROUND. HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP 3. NOTHING DONE YET, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THERE IS A REPAIR. *TR
GAS EJECTING FROM THE FILL TUBE WHEN FILLING GAS TANK. THIS HAPPENS 2/3 OR BETTER OF THE TIMES I FILL THE GAS TANK. 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4DR 75,000 MILES. *TR
WHILE FILLING UP MY 07 JEEP WRANGLER AT THE GAS STATION, FUEL WILL SHOOT OUT OF THE FILL TUBE BEFORE THE PUMP WILL SHUT OF. JUST STARTED HAPPENING WITH 60K ON ODOMETER. HAS HAPPENED THE LAST 6 FILL UPS. *TR
2007 WRANGLER JEEP UNLIMITED HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS OVERFLOWING WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK UP. THE GAS COMES BACK OUT OF THE GAS SPOUT ON THE VEHICLE AND SPILLS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AFTER FILL-UP. CHRYSLER STATES IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. *TW
FUEL OVERFLOWS WHEN FILLING AT PUMP. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME ON EVERY PUMP. SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON WITH THE NEW WRANGLERS. THIS IS A MAJOR FIRE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. *TR
WHEN I FILL MY GAS TANK IT OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS OUT OF THE GAS TANK REGULARLY. SO I WAIT UNTIL THE LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES UP BEFORE REFILLING. I KNOW MY TANK HOLDS APPROX. 19 GALLONS SO WHEN I'M FILLING UP, I HAVE TO STOP THE PUMP AT 16 GALLONS AND THEN SLOWLY SQUEEZE THE HANDLE UP TO ABOUT 18 GALLONS. EVEN THEN SOMETIMES THIS STILL CAUSES THE FUEL TO OVERFLOW AND SPILL ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE JEEP AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE AUTOMATIC SHUTOFFS ON THE NOZZLES NEVER KICK IN. I'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS. I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AS TWO OF MY PERSONAL FRIENDS HAVE SIMILAR VEHICLES TO MINE AND WE HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IN FACT, ON JEEP WRANGLER 2007-2010 MESSAGE FORUMS, THE ISSUE APPEARS TO HAPPENING VERY OFTEN TO OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL. *TR
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