2000 Jeep Wrangler complaints

TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. TRANSMISSION VERY NOISY WHILE IDLING IN NEURTRAL. NOISE STOPS WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. NOISE IS WORSE WHEN TRANSMISSION IS HOT. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WHICH CORRECTED POPPING OUT OF GEAR PROBLEM BUT NEW TRANNY IS STILL NOISY WHEN IDLING IN NEURTRAL.

I BELIEVE A BRAND NEW VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS THATS WHY I BOUGHT A NEW ONE. THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST TIME OF MY LIFE AND I CANNOT GET HELP WITHOUT SPENDING LOADS OF MONEY TO FIGHT THESE PEOPLE AND CHRYSLER. NO ,SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

VERY HARD TO DOWN SHIFT FROM 5TH AFTER HIGHWAY DRIVING, LOUD CLUTCH NOISE WHEN IDLING IN NEUTRAL.*AK

WATER LEAKS UNDER THE DASH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IF DRIVING AT HIWAY SPEEDS. TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR AT TAKE OFF AND IS HARD TO SHIFT AFTER THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AND WARMED UP.

5SPD TRANSMISSION IS ABNORNALLY LOUD AND OCCASIONALLY POPS OUT OF GEAR.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR (ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING STUCK) AFTER THE TRANSMISSION HAS WARMED UP.

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 WRANGLER MAKES NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUTCH RELEASED.THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSFER CASE HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL ONGOING.THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALSO POPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE TAKING OFF AND DURING REGULAR DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT ALL THE 2000 MODELS MAKE THIS NOISE AND THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM.

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKE PEDAL IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES WOULDN'T HOLD. CONSUMER HAS TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP.*AK THE BRAKE FAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE CYLINDER. THE OWNER SAYS THE REAR GLASS IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AS WELL AS THE TIRE, WHICH WAS REPLACED. *YH

TRANSMISSION IS VERY LOUD WHN IDLING (STOPS WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED), AFTER EXTENDED DRIVE TIME - CLUTCH BECOMES VERY STICKY AND DIFFICULT TO SHIFT, OCCASIONAL DROPPING FROM GEAR.*AK

1. TRANSMISSION EXTREMELY NOISY IN NEUTRAL (CLUTCH NOT DEPRESSED); 2. SHIFTING IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AFTER DRIVING LONG DISTANCES (AFTER HEATING UP); & 3. TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR (1ST) OCCASIONALLY.

SINCE THE DAY I PICKED UP MY JEEP FROM THE DEALER IT HAS MADE A LOUD GRINDING/GROWLING NOISE WHEN IT IS IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUCH OUT. IT SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING TO THE TRANNY. AT FIRST WHEN THE DEALER HEARD IT THEY SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD BEARING TO THEM, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT FURTHER THEY SAID THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH IT POPPING OUT OF GEAR AND HARD TO SHIFT, WHICH I HAVE NOT EXPERIANCED YET BUT DUE TO THE NOISE I SUSPECT THAT IS NOT FAR AWAY.

THIS REPORT IS REGARDING THE NV3550 CLUTCH CHATTER ON MY JEEP. I HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS TO VARIOUS DEALERS AND TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE. I KNOW MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES. DC AND DEALERS BEGAN BY SAYING IT WAS NORMAL. NOW THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THERE WILL BE A TSB RELEASED ON THIS ISSUE. I AM REPORTING IT TO YOU AS SUGGESTED BY A FRIEND--MAINLY 'FOR THE RECORD.' THANKS.

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT STILL MAKES GRINDING NOISE WHEN IN NEUTRAL. IF CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED NOISE WILL GO AWAY. ALSO, STICK SHIFT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE AFTER HIGHWAY TRAVEL.

NVG 3550 5-SPEED MANUAL PRODUCES LOUD NOISE WHEN IDLING IN NEUTRAL. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL. TRANSMISSION DIFFICLUT TO SHIFT WHEN HOT. DEALER CLAIMS COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

UPON STARTING OF VEHICLE AFTER FUELING A 'POP' WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ENGINE STALLED. RESTARTED ENGINE WITH NO DIFFICULTY AND ENCOUNTERED A HIGH IDLE SPEED. CHECKED TO SEE IF LINKAGE WAS SOMEHOW BINDING OR IF VEHICLE HAD BACKFIRED THROUGH THE THROTTLE BODY. NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE DUE TO BACKFIRE SO PROCEEDED TO DRIVE VEHICLE. AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES OF HIGHWAY ENCOUNTERED A STOP LIGHT, APPLIED BRAKES TO FIND THAT THERE WERE NONE. AT THAT POINT REALIZED THAT THE SOUND HEARD UPON STARTING WAS THAT OF THE VACUUM BOOSTER HOSE SEPERATING FROM THE MANIFOLD. NOTED THAT NEITHER HOSE INSTALLED AT THIS POINT ARE SECURED WITH A HOSE CLAMP. REINSTALLED HOSE AND HAVE HAD NO FURTHER OCCURRENCE.*AK

SINCE PURCHASE HAS HAD ROUGH GRINDING LIKE SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, OFTEN WITH LOUD CLUNKING SOUNDS AND STIFF SHIFTING. DEALER NOTIFIED TWICE BUT SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MANY OTHERS COMPLAINING OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE NVG 3550 MANUAL 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION. I FEAR SOMEDAY THIS TRANSMISSION WILL COMPLETELY FAIL AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *MR *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*733521

GRINDING / RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION AREA WHEN CLUTCH PEDAL NOT DEPRESSED AND STOPS WHEN DEPRESSED. PROBLEM ALSO WORSENS AS VEHICLE WARMS UP. THIS HAS OCCURED AND PERSISTED SINCE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION ALSO BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY HARDER TO SHIFT AFTER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FOR A SHORT TIME.

SAGGING IN FRONT MIDDLE OF REMOVABLE HARD TOP. WATER ALSO COLLECTS IN THIS SPOT. ROOF HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED.

TRANMISSION STICKS IN 2ND GEAR WHEN ENGINE IS HOT. ALSO TRANSMISSION MAKES A RATTILING NOISE IN NEUTRAL. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR AND HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE DEALER(NOT THE ONE I PURCHASED IT FROM) SAYS IT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PROBLEMS.*AK

WIIL NOT SHIFT OUT ON 2ND GEAR WHEN HOT-ALSO NOISEY AT IDLE OUT OF GEAR. *AK

WAS NOISY WHEN PURCHASED THEY CHANGED THE THROW OUT BEARING DIDN'T SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK

UNDER DASHBOARD ITS LEAKING. WATER IS GETTING INSIDE OF VEHICLE ON DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDES. CARPET IN VEHICLE WOULD BE SOAKED DUE TO LEAKAGE. PROBLEM CAN HAPPEN EVEN IF ITS WASSNOWING. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THE LEAKAGE PROBLEM & THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION KICKS VIOLENTLY OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT HAS BEEN PRESENT FROM DAY ONE OF OWNERSHIP. DESIGN DEFECT! NHTSA - REFERENCE OTHER IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS IN THE ODI DATABASE!

TRANSMISSION HAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GETS HOT IT'S HARD TO SHIFT OUT OF AND INTO GEARS. THE CLUTCH IS VERY NOISY WHEN IS ENGAGED AND DISENGAGED.

THE MANUAL SHIFTING KEEPS LOCKING UP. IT DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. DEALER KEEPS SAYING "NORMAL" BUT IT'S NOT NORMAL WHEN I DRIVE OTHER JEEPS ON THE LOT.

TRANSMISSION MAKES GRINDING NOISE WHILE CLUTCH IS NOT BEING PRESSED. WHEN TRANSMISSION HEATS UP, NOISE GRADUALLY GETS WORSE. TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF SECOND GEAR. *AK

VERY HARD TO SHIFT WHEN IT GETS WARMED UP. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS VERY HARD TO SHIFT, PROBLEM WAS SPORADIC. HARD TO GET OUT OF GEAR AND THEN SUDDENLY WOULD RELEASE UNEXPECTEDLY. WOULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME & NOT RIGHT AWAY. TOOK TO DEALER, AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. BEEN BACK OFF/ON AT DEALER 10 TIMES. NOW ON 4TH TRANSMISSION & DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR PROBLEM AGAIN. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON/VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. CONSUMER COULD SMELL GAS.TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND HAD IT TOWED. DEALER SAID SAID IT WAS THE PCM. ALSO, MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAKES NOISE AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHANGE GEARS.*AK

HILLSBORO JEEP ADMITS THAT MY TRANSMISSION ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM

TRANSMISSION MAKES A NOISE, SOUNDS LIKE THE CLUTCH-RELEASE BEARING (THROW-OUT BEARING) AS THE SOUND GOES AWAY WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS PRESSED. IN ADDITION THERE IS A VIBRATION NOISE WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE JEEP MANUAL TRANSMISSION??*AK

WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE FROM ANY OF THE GEARS, THEY GET STUCK IN BETWEEN. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE . BUT, PROBLEM IS STILL THERE.*AK THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT CONTINUOUS TO MALFUNCTION, AND IT IS SAFETY HAZARD. *YH

GRINDING NOISE WHEN CLUTCH DISENGARED AND WHILE DRIVING. HARD TO SHIFT. GRINGING NOISE WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. CONTACTED AND BROUGHT TO DEALER 4X ON 4TH X DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION NEED TO REPLACED AS WELL AS THE BEARING SPRING AND FORK. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS VERY NOISEY WHILE IN NEUTRAL AND WHILE SHIFTING. GETS STUCK IN GEAR SOMETIMES, AND JUMPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR AT TIMES. "CLUNKY" GOING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AND WILL ROLL IN FORWARD OR REVERSE IF YOU SIMULATE PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY PEDALS, AND IT LURCHES FORWARD WHEN PLACING IN GEAR FROM A STAND STILL.*AK

TRANSMISSION KICKS OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHEN BEGINING TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, MAKES NOISE WHEN IN NUETRAL.*AK

NEW TRANSMISSION AT 479 MILES PLUS SEVERAL OTHER REPAIRS. SPEEDOMETER OFF 8 MILES PER HOUR. THIS PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. DING IN DOOR POST BETWEEN WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S DOOR ON DELIVERY. WIND NOISE ABOVE PASSENGER DOOR FRAME. LEAKS AROUND DRIVER AND BACK DOOR SEALS. OIL GALLERY PLUG HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 3,149 MILES. HAD TO REMOVE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE. JEEP WAS IN SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF 32 DAYS IN ORDER TO HAVE ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED. NEW TRANSMISSION STILL NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR SOMETIMES WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING FORWARD. NEW TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED, BUT PROBLEM OF CLUNKING SOUND DURING GEAR CHANGE AND KICKING OUT OF GEAR IS NOT SOLVED. WAS TOLD BY AGENCY SHOP THAT CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAD A NEW MANFACTURER FOR 2000 JEEP TRANSMISSIONS AND THE NOISE WAS JUST PART OF THE LIGHTER TRANSMISSON. TRANSMISSION STILL IS NOISY AND SOUNDS DRY ALL THE TIME. WE ARE AFRAID TO DIRVE THE VEHICLE AS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE FAITH THE TRANSMISSION WILL HOLD UP AND WE WILL BE IN TROUBLE AT SOME POINT IN TRAFFIC.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CHANGE LANES. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRAVELING 60MPH IN HEAVY DOWNPOUR, NOTICED WATER DRIPPING ON OCCUPANTS FEET ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER DID A WATER TEST, BUT COULDN'T LOCATE THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY, IT ALSO WAS HAPPENING ON DRIVER'S SIDE. TOOK THE GLOVE BOX OUT, BUT THERE WAS WATER ON THE FUSE BOX, AND HARNESS ASSEMBLY. *AK

AT INITIAL DELIVERY OF VEHICLE AND DRIVING HOME HEARD A LOW GRINDING SOUND. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. NEW TRANSMISSION NOISY, MANUFACTURER SAID NOISE WAS ACCEPTABLE. *AK *ML

THE DEALERSTATES "CHRYSLER SAID A 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC WILL TOP OUT A 64MPH." THIS JEEP LOSES POWER AT 60MPH AND EVEN WHEN FLOORED WILL NOT REACH 70MPH.IT ALSO HAD A FUEL INJECTOR REPLACED AT 179MILES. *AK

VEHICLE PICKED UP ON 6/3/00. WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON 6/4/00 WHEN RIGHT REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FELT LIKE A BLOWOUT. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE & PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED THE WHEEL WAS TAMPERED WITH. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 73 MILES ON IT. *AK *ML

WHILE LOOKING OVER NEW VEHICLE NOTICED REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NOT BOLTED DOWN TO FLOOR OF VEHICLE, THE BOLT WAS JUST LAYING ON THE FLOOR . DEALER BOLTED SEAT BELT DOWN. *AK.ET.

WATER SPRAYING INSIDE BY FOOT AREA (FLOOR) OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN . APPROX. SPEED 55 MPH. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER EXPERIENCED WET FLOOR AND SHOES WHILE DRIVING.*AK

TRANSMISSION BECAME NOISY. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. TRANS MODEL NVG-3550. *AK

CONSUMER WENT TO PRESS THE HORN WHEN IT DID NOT SOUND. KEPT PRESSING THE HORN PAD WHEN AIRBAG FELL OFF. APPARENTLY AIRBAG WAS NEVER BOLTED DOWN AT THE FACTORY WHICH CAUSED IT TO FALL. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT MISTAKE HAPPENED, AND THERE WAS A WARRANTY TO CORRECT IT. *AK

TRANSMISSION (5SPEED) JUMPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR ALL THE TIME WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDING START. HAS DONE THIS SINCE THE NIGHT I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP ASK ME TO DRIVE IT FOR A FEW MILES TO SEE IF IT WOULD CLEAR UP, IT DIDN'T. HAS GOTTEN ME INTO TROUBLE SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TRYING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. *AK

THERE HAVE NOW BEEN 4 TRANSMISSIONS IN MY NEW JEEP THAT ALL HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH NOISE, SHIFTING INTO AND OUT OF GEAR AS WELL AS GETTING STUCK IN GEAR WHILE DRIVING. *AK

WHEN IT RAINS VEHICLE FLOODS AT THE BOTTOM ON THE PASSENGER' SIDE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER 2-3 TIMES TO BE FIXED, BUT THE PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK

WHEN JEEP IS STOPPED AT SIDE ANGLE ON HILL, SEATBELT IS INOPERATIVE AFTER GETTING BACK INTO VEHICLE. I HAD TO DRIVE DOWN STEEP HILL TWICE WITH NO SEATBELT ON. SIMPLE MOMENTARY BYPASS BUTTON TO CENTER PENDULUM WOULD ALLOW FASTENING SEATBELT WHEN VEHICLE IS AT AN ANGLE.

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING AND WHEN HE APPLIES HIS BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. AND ALSO WHEH HE APPLIES BRAKES THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HEARS NOISES FROM THE REAR WHEEL AND LEFT WHEEL. THE CONSUMER TOOKS HIS VECHICLE TO THE DEALER . MJS