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 2009 record →
WHEN GASSING UP AND THE TANK IS FULL, FUEL FREQUENTLY SQUIRTS OUT AND RUNS DOWN THE SIDE OF MY VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS SPLASHED ON MY CLOTHES, SHOES, AND SKIN. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS STARTED IN ABOUT 2011 AND HAS CONTINUED OFF AND ON SINCE. IT IS MORE PREVALENT IN COLD WEATHER.
APPROXIMATELY 4 YEARS AGO, THE HEATER CORE IN MY JEEP FAILED SUDDENLY, POURING ANTIFREEZE OUT ONTO MY PASSENGER FLOORBOARD REPEATEDLY. AT THE TIME I WAS NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS MY HEATER CORE. WE ASKED A MECHANIC TO LET US KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG AND THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT. I AM SO GLAD THAT WE NOTICED IT IN TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE 3 DOGS THAT FREQUENTLY ARE IN MY VEHICLE AND ONE, SOME, OR ALL OF THEM COULD HAVE DIED. THIS WAS NOT A CHEAP FIX AS THEY HAD TO TAKE APART THE DASH TO GAIN ACCESS. I LOVE MY JEEP, BUT COME ON YOU GUYS.... NO CUSTOMER SHOULD HAVE TO FORK OVER SO MUCH MONEY FOR MANUFACTURER DEFECTS.
DURING A "DEATH WOBBLE" EVENT, MY PASSENGER SIDE BLINKERS AND BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. WE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE BULBS, FUSES, AND CHECKED THE WIRING UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN TO NO AVAIL. HOW MUCH MORE IS THIS VEHICLE COST ME?
FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS, WHENEVER IT RAINS, WATER FLOWS IN FROM THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF BOTH FRONT DOORS. ALSO, IF MY VEHICLE IS PARKED AND IT RAINS, NEXT TIME I DRIVE IT WATER ABSOLUTELY POURS IN ALL OVER ME AND THE PASSENGER SEAT, OR MY PASSENGER.
MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X WAS STRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH ALMOST HEAD ON. ON A CITY STREET MOVING STRAIGHT. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THIS JEEP HAS HAD AT LEAST THREE CLOCK SPRINGS REPLACED AND IS ON A CLOCK SPRING WARRANTY FOR LIFE. THE JEEP HAD NO SIGNS CLOCK SPRING FAILURE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT I.E. AIRBAG LIGHT NOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ALTHOUGH WEARING SEATBELTS MY FACE STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND I WAS INJURED.*DT
EXPERIENCING "DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP AT 40-50 MILES PER HOUR. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN
150,000MI ON MY JEEP AND MY HEAT HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT. I LIVE IN A COLD CLIMATE AREA IN THE NORTH EAST. . THE HEAT STOPPED WORKING WHEN THE CAR WAS MOVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY CAUSING MY WINDOWS TO FOG UP DRAMATICALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY. THIS FOGGING HAS CONTINUED AND I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE WINDOWS BEING PARTIALLY CRACKED DOWN.
ON AN INCLINED BOAT RAMP W/PONTOON AND EMERG BRAKE ENGAGED DISCOVERED LOOSE DISENGAGED SHIFTER. GOOGLE SEARCH LED TO DISCOVERY DETERIORATED SHIFTER BUSHING. SAME AS RECALL V34. MANUALLY MANEUVERED SHIFTER ON TRANSMISSION IN ORDER TO DRIVE HOME. IN GOOGLE SEARCH FOR REMEDY, SAW COUNTLESS POSTS FROM JEEPS WITH SAME ISSUE WHICH COULD EASILY BE SAFETY RELATED. WAS EXCITED WHEN I SAW V34, BUT WASN'T SHOWING UP FOR MY JEEP. WHAT CONSTITUTES A RECALL FOR ONE VEHICLE AND NOT ANOTHER WHEN THE ISSUE IS IDENTICLE?
HAD AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG DASHBOARD LIGHT ACTIVATING. THIS WOULD OCCUR AT SPEEDS OF ZERO UP TO HIGHWAY AND WOULD COME AND GO WITHOUT WARNING. THE OBD-II CODE WAS B1B8F, DRIVER SEAT TRACK POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT OPEN. AFTER REMOVING THE DRIVER SEAT TO ACCESS THE WIRING HARNESS DISCOVERED THAT ONE WIRE WAS BROKEN AT THE SENSOR, PARTIALLY HELD TOGETHER BY A "THREAD" OF THE WIRE INSULATION WITH BARE METAL EXPOSED. THE WIRING HARNESS HAD BEEN INSTALLED UNDER THE SEAT WITH THE WIRE PULLED TIGHT TO THE UNDER SEAT "SPRING" WIRE SUPPORT AND HELD IN PLACE WITH A ZIP TIE. I CONSIDER IT LIKELY THAT THE UP-AND-DOWN MOTION OF THE SEAT OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS CAUSED THE HARNESS WIRE TO BREAK. THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWS THE CONNECTOR TO WHICH THE BROKEN WIRE WAS ATTACHED. UNFORTUNATELY THE BROKE WIRE IS IN THE BACK, THE ONE WITH THE PURPLE STRIPE. THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS THE BROKEN WIRE AFTER THE WIRE PLUG WAS PULLED OUT OF THE CONNECTOR,
WHEN IT HITS A BUMP AROUND 40 PER HOUR, IT WOBBLES UNCONTROLLABLY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL ON A BRIDGE, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO WOBBLE RAPIDLY AND EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS LATER AS THE FRONT END STARTED TO WOBBLE AGAIN GOING DOWN A HILL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO LUG NUTS DETACHED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DUE TO THE VIBRATIONS FROM THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE FAILURE ON THE INTERNET AND CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SHOCK IN THE FRONT END RODS OR STEERING DAMPENER CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,600.*DT *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL SPILLED ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALKER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP AND RAM (5757 COLISEUM BOULEVARD, ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301, (318) 618-0103) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL FILLER NECK AND FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE 2007 AND 2008 JEEP WRANGLERS RECEIVED THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTED REPLACEMENT FOR THE FUEL NECK AND THE FUEL TANK; HOWEVER, THE 2009 WRANGLER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
HOOD PATCHES DON'T HOLD THE HOOD SECURE IT COMES LOOSE AT HYWAY SPEEDS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAUSE IT TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT CALLED A CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,808.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE OWNER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED CAUSING THE VEHICLE ROLL OVER SEVERAL TIMES. DURING THE CRASH THE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. NO FURTHER INFO WAS AVAILABLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
FUEL RUNS OUT WHEN FILLING UP JEEP AT THE GAS PUMP HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP
THE ENGINE WAS ON IDLE. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT THE AIR CON / FAN ON THE DASHBOARD. I GOT OFF THE CAR AND LOOK UNDERNEATH IT. I SAW RED LIQUID POURING ONTO THE GROUND AND FLAMES. THE FIRE SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED TO THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THE FIRE BRIGADE CAME AND MANAGE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF OVERHEATING OR ANY LIGHTS THAT WOULD HAVE INDICATED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE CAR WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED (EVERY 10,000 KM) AT THE LOCAL JEEP SERVICE CENTER. THE CAR ONLY HAD 77000 MILES I HAVE NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD. I HAVE NEVER MADE ANY UPGRADE OR MODIFICATION TO THE CAR.
CLOCK SPRING IN STEERING COLUMN HAS FAILED. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON, HORN DOES NOT WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON. I DRIVE IN VERY DUSTY CONDITIONS WHILE DELIVERING US MAIL, RECORDS SHOW A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS JEEP AND THIS PROBLEM. RECORDS ALSO INDICATE THAT THE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED. BUT I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX? WHAT CAN I DO?
WHEN FILLING MY JEEP WRANGLER JK 2009 GAS TANK IT OVER FILLS WHEN PUMP SHUTS OFF THE SPILLING GAS ALL OVER MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER JK AND GROUND.
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. UNABLE TO JUMP START VEHICLE.
LEFT FRONT TURN SIGNAL WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, POWER WINDOWS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, RADIO WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE JEEP WRANGLER
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND UPON HITTING ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS THE FRONT ON THE JEEP BEGINS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. YOU MUST SLOW OR COME TO A STOP TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES TO ME. IT IS BY FAR THE MOST TERRIFYING THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN 50 YEARS OF DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME IT WAS WORN DAMPENERS AND REPLACED THEM. OF COURSE THIS DID NOT HAPPEN FOR THE FIRST 50K MILES, SO I MUST WAIT UNTIL THE CONDITIONS APPEAR AGAIN TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.
GAS TANK SKID PLA RUSTED THROUGH. GAS TANK READY TO FALL OFF 2009 JEEP. 88K MILES AND PARKED IN GARAGE. PIECES MISSING AND CRACKED LENGTHWISE AND WIDTHWISE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GLASS HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE DISTORTED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON.
"TAKATA RECALL" DEALERSHIPS ARE SAYING THEY EITHER DON"T HAVE THE PARTS, OR AREN'T TAKING APPOINTMENT TILL AFTER OCTOBER 2018. I HAVE BEEN GETTING NOTICES AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET RECALLS FOR YEARS
WHEN REFUELING THE PUMP ALWAYS STOPS EVEN IF EMPTY, THIS MAKES IT VERY HARD TO KNOW IF IT'S ALREADY FULL OR IF IT'S JUST ACTING UP. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, AND IT HAPPENS 100% OF THE TIMES I REFUEL. I HAVE READ IN FORUMS THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND SOME YEARS HAVE BEEN FIXED. THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD SINCE FUEL SPILLS ARE VERY COMMON WITH THIS PROBLEM.
2009 JEEP WRANGLER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS
DEATH WOBBLE IN SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING. HAS HAPPENED SINCE OWNING VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO UNCONTROLLABLY SHAKE IN A VIOLENT MANNER AT A SPEEDS AT OR NEAR 60 MPH. THE WOBBLE IS PERSISTENT AND WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. JEEP REFUSES TO OFFICIALLY ACCEPT A PROBLEM EXISTS EVEN THOUGH WRANGLER OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED IN THOUSANDS OF POSTS VIEWABLE ONLINE. I HAVE HAD MY JEEP IN MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.
WHEN USING A GAS PUMP TO AUTO-FILL THE TANK, THE PUMP SHUTS OFF AND THE TANK OVERFLOWS SOME OF THE FUEL ONTO THE PAINT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GAS STATION I GO TO, THE STYLE OF NOZZLE, OR THE ANGLE THE NOZZLE IS USED AT. IT OVER FILLS EVERY TIME. THIS JEEP WRANGLER X WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER 2017 WITH 90, 961 MILES. STARTED EARLY NOVEMBER. I RECENTLY SOLD MY 1997 JEEP WRANGLER WHICH I HAD DRIVEN OVER 178,523 MILES IN THE 18 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM NOT EVEN ONCE. INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS OPERATOR ERROR UNTIL I READ THE COMPLIANTS ON THE INTERNET FROM OTHER JEEP OWNERS AND THE NHTSA WEBSITE.
CONSTANT OVERFLOW WHILE FUELING (~80% OF TIME). I DO NOT USE ANYTHING BUT REG GRADE FUEL. I DO NOT HOLD THE FUELING HOSE. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF I PUT THE HOSE IN ALL THE WAY OR SLIGHTLY OUT. IT TYPICALLY OVERFLOWS ABOUT 1/2 TO 1 PINT CREATING A FIRE HAZARD AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
WHENEVER I FILL MY TANK UP, THE GAS SPILLS OVER ONTO THE CAR, THE GROUND, AND MYSELF. ABOUT A QUART SPILLS OVER SO COULD BE POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS.
EACH TIME I FILL MY JEEP WITH GAS THERE IS A GUSHING OF GAS AT THE END OF FILL UP. EACH TIME I FILL IT UP THE JEEP DOESNT WANT TO TAKE THE GAS EITHER. IT WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AT A GAS STATION.
RECALL ON PASSENGER AIR BAG. TAKATA HAS FILED A CHAPTER 11
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HEATING SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VENT AT THE DRIVER SIDE FAILED TO PROVIDE HEAT, AND IT CAUSED THE DEFROST SYSTEM NOT TO OPERATE AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AT TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH ADVISED THAT THE HEATING SWITCH CORD AND THE DOOR HEATING SYSTEM ACTUATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURERS VISIBILITY RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, SOMETIMES WON'T WORK WHEN DRIVING. RADIO CONSTANTLY REPROGRAMMING ITSELF. HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES COME ON WITHOUT TURNING THEM ON YET OCCASIONALLY WON'T WORK WHEN DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING I'VE HAD THE RADIO SHUT OFF, TRIP ODOMETER RESET, MILEAGE RESET, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE CPU RESETS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. LASTLY, IVE HAD THE ENTIRE JEEP STALL WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS. MOST TIMES IT TAKES 2-3 CRANKS TO GET IT STARTED. NOTHING LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH WHEN I TRY TO START IT. THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 30-40 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE RADIO REPROGRAMMING ITSELF HAPPENS DAILY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND WOBBLED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STABILIZER BAR, PITTMAN BAR, AND STABILIZING SHOCK ABSORBERS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. A DEALER (ADVANTAGE DODGE RAM CHRYSLER JEEP 3200 E. MAIN STREET, FARMINGTON, NM 87402) WAS CONTACTED, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE CONTACT DID NOT FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.
WHEN FILLING TANK, FUEL OVERFLOWS EVERY TIME. HAVE TRIED TO DECREASE FLOW TOWARDS THE END, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK. SEEMS LIKE A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WITH FUEL SPILLING ON EVERY FILL UP.
AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF RANDOMLY.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V29000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE RECALL REMEDIED DUE TO THE DEALER'S REFUSAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO DO THE REPAIR DUE TO NOT BEING COMPENSATED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 31563516. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES, THE RECALLS WERE FORFEITED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 06/28/17*LJ
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
ON 17 APR 2017 I WAS DRIVING 70MPH ON US-31 & HIT A BUMP & MY JEEP WENT INTO THE "DEATH WOBBLE" & I HAD TO SLOW DOWN & GO TO THE SHOULDER. THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VERY BAD. IE: THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER CALLED IT THE "DEATH WOBBLE"!
SAME ISSUE AS WITH 2007-2008 JEEP JK FUEL SPITS OUT WHEN DONE FUELING, NO CHANGES TO FUEL SYSTEM SO WHY ONLY HAVE A RECALL ON 07-08 AND NOT ALL JEEP JK?
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 63 MPH, THE HOOD LATCH DETACHED AND CAUSED THE SAFETY LATCH TO OPEN. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, USED A CARGO STRAP TO SECURE THE HOOD, AND DROVE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL SPRAYING OUT OF THE OPENING INTO THE FUEL PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V290000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A SECOND NOTIFICATION WOULD BE SENT TO OWNERS IN LATE MARCH OF 2017. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TAKATA RECALL. I WAS NOTIFIED ON ABOUT JULY 1, 2016, THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN A RECALL. IT'S BEEN ALMOST 9 MONTHS. I CANNOT TAKE PASSENGERS FOR RIDES IN MY JEEP WITHOUT INFORMING THEM OF THE DANGER. MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBERS43 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER16V-352 RECALL STATUSRECALL INCOMPLETE, REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE
THE VEHICLE HAS SOME TYPE OF SHORT IN THE STARTER CIRCUIT, SO POWER DOES NOT TRANSMIT TO THE STARTER WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED. THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT ON JKFORUM AS WELL WITH A SOLUTION OF ADDING A GROUND WIRE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V290000 AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT AND VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, FUEL SHOOTS OUT OF THE FILLER OPENING WHEN THE TANK IS FULL AND GOES ON THE VEHICLE AND ON THE GROUND.
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