2009 JEEP WRANGLER 2-DR 4X4 Problems & Recalls
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Problem Breakdown
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Common Problems
FAULTY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER: DISPLAYED FALSE WARNING ALARMS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. WHEN TAKEN IN FOR SAFETY RECALLS, JEEP SHOWED 81,000 MILES ON ENGINE COMPUTER, NOT THE 8457 SHOWING ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.
Mileage: 8,457
HORN DOESN'T WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK AIRBAG LIGHT ON N
HORN DOESN'T WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK AIRBAG LIGHT ON N
HORN DOESN'T WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK AIRBAG LIGHT ON N
I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 50-55 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD, WHEN THE JEEP STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND COME TO A STOP. I WAS VERY SHAKEN UP. I DID HAVE IT LOOKED OVER TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG. COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING (TIRES, TIE-IN RODS, BALL JOINTS, A...
Mileage: 34,500
WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAD NOTICED IT MADE A NOICE , I HAD A MECHANIC TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MENTIONED THE SUB FRAME WAS WELDED AND THAT THE CAR WAS VERY RUSTED AND FALLING APART. I WENT BACK WITH IN THE 15 DAYS AND UNDER 500 MILES AND BROUGHT IT TO JASON'S ATTENTION (THE PERSON HO SOLD ME TH...
WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAD NOTICED IT MADE A NOICE , I HAD A MECHANIC TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MENTIONED THE SUB FRAME WAS WELDED AND THAT THE CAR WAS VERY RUSTED AND FALLING APART. I WENT BACK WITH IN THE 15 DAYS AND UNDER 500 MILES AND BROUGHT IT TO JASON'S ATTENTION (THE PERSON HO SOLD ME TH...
WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAD NOTICED IT MADE A NOICE , I HAD A MECHANIC TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MENTIONED THE SUB FRAME WAS WELDED AND THAT THE CAR WAS VERY RUSTED AND FALLING APART. I WENT BACK WITH IN THE 15 DAYS AND UNDER 500 MILES AND BROUGHT IT TO JASON'S ATTENTION (THE PERSON HO SOLD ME TH...
WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERE WOBBLING OF OUR VEHICLE. THIS HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 65 MPH, ON A CITY FREE WAY. THE WOBBLING HAS BEEN INITIATED WHERE SLABS OF ROAD MEET, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS NOT EVEN ONE. ON ALL WOBBLING OCCASIONS WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND OURSELVES ON ...
LEFT FRONT DIRECTIONAL HAS REPLACED BULB BUT STILL FLASHES FAST. COMPUTER WAS SCANNED FOR CODES AND TIPM CODE PRESENT. LIGHT SOCKET AND WIRING ALL LOOK GOOD. 2007 WRANGLER HAD A TIPM RECALL. 2009 SHOULD AS WELL.
FUEL SPITS BACK DURING REFUELING CAUSE: VALVE INTEGRATED IN FUEL TANK IS DEFECTIVE, TANK REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND A SERVICE-BULLETIN WAS ISSUED (14-001-11) WITH UNLIMITED TIME AND MILEAGE EXPIRATION. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE GAS TANK HAS A DESIGN FLAW AND ...
MY JEEP HAS BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING ISSUE WHILE FUELING. AFTER THE FUEL FILLING NOZZLE AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF IT WILL SPIT OUT FUEL ALL OVER ME AND MY VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WARRANTY ON 2007-2008 JEEP WRANGLER JKS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO BE A LIFETIME WARRANTY AND MINE DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE W...
CORRODED TIRE VALVE STEMS,AND SPLIT NUTS
Mileage: 49,000
GAS/ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO THROTTLE AND ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE ENGINE TO REV WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING.
Mileage: 112,050
WHEN FILLING UP MY 2 DOOR JEEP WRANGLER IT NEVER FAILS TO OVERFLOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PUMP I USE OR HOW FAST OR SLOW I FILL UP. I HAVE RESEARCHED THAT THEY FIXED A COUPLE YEARS AND MINE DOESN'T FIT INTO THAT. I FEEL IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING THAT THEY WON'T FIX ALL YEARS CONSIDERING THEY KNOW THIS...
Mileage: 116
WHEN I REFUEL, WHEN PUMP STOPS GAS COMES OUT.
Mileage: 74,000
DASH CLUSTER FLICKERS, JEEP SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES STARTS THREW OUT STALL ON ITS OWN. WON'T START ALL THE TIME. HAVE AN ISSUE WE'RE MY BATTERY CABLES ARE MASSIVELY MELTED CAUSING SMOKE.
Mileage: 62,597
DASH CLUSTER FLICKERS, JEEP SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES STARTS THREW OUT STALL ON ITS OWN. WON'T START ALL THE TIME. HAVE AN ISSUE WE'RE MY BATTERY CABLES ARE MASSIVELY MELTED CAUSING SMOKE.
Mileage: 62,597
THE GAS TANK STARTED LEAKING DUE TO THE SKID PLATE SUPPORTING IT ROTTING.I SAW THE GAS ON MY DRIVEWAY SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO PUT IT ON A LIFT AND SHOWED ME THE PROBLEM
Mileage: 30,000
WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH THE JEEP WILL BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE SO BAD IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VIOLENT SHAKING IS INTERMITTENT, I AM ABLE TO DRIVE THE SAME ROUTE WITH NO PROBLEM, AND OTHER TIMES THE VEHI...
Mileage: 80,011
WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH THE JEEP WILL BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE SO BAD IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VIOLENT SHAKING IS INTERMITTENT, I AM ABLE TO DRIVE THE SAME ROUTE WITH NO PROBLEM, AND OTHER TIMES THE VEHI...
Mileage: 80,011
TAKATA RECALL NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO REMEDY S33 AND S43. TWO DEALERS HAVE TOLD ME THEY HAVE NO PARTS. ONE OF THEM TOLD ME SINCE IT WAS A 2009 NOTHING HAD HAPPENED YET, I TOLD HIM I HAVEN'T HAD A WRECK YET.
Mileage: 70,000
PURCHASED VEHICLE LAST YEAR, SUDDENLY WHEN FILLING THE FUEL, AT THE POINT THE PUMP AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF THE GAS BACK BLOWS DUMPING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL ON YOU AND THE GROUND. THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND HAS HAPPENED THE LAST THREE TIMES I HAVE FUELED MY VEHICLE AT ...
TAKATA INFLATORS: I RECEIVE WARRANTIES ON THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR AND THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING WHICH WAS PERFECT BECAUSE THE LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF FOR SOME TIME. NOW I'M BEING TOLD THIS IS NOT WHY THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON I AM BEING TOLD THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG HAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH I...
THE PROBLEM IS THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE ON THERE OWN WITH NO CONTROL. THE GAUGE CLUSTER SHUTS DOWN AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS TURN ON. YOU LOOSE ABILITY TO CONTROL TURN SIGNALS AND HEADLIGHTS. THE RADIO TURNS OFF. THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. THIS MAY OCC...
Mileage: 127,500
THE PROBLEM IS THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE ON THERE OWN WITH NO CONTROL. THE GAUGE CLUSTER SHUTS DOWN AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS TURN ON. YOU LOOSE ABILITY TO CONTROL TURN SIGNALS AND HEADLIGHTS. THE RADIO TURNS OFF. THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. THIS MAY OCC...
Mileage: 127,500
THE PROBLEM IS THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE ON THERE OWN WITH NO CONTROL. THE GAUGE CLUSTER SHUTS DOWN AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS TURN ON. YOU LOOSE ABILITY TO CONTROL TURN SIGNALS AND HEADLIGHTS. THE RADIO TURNS OFF. THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. THIS MAY OCC...
Mileage: 127,500
EVERY TIME I FILL UP GAS. IT'S SPIT OUT GAS ON THE SIDE OF MY CAR AND ON THE GROUND. THIS HAPPENS FROM THE DAY I OWN THE CAR. THE GAS ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT IT DOESN'T THAT WITH ALL THE NEWER JEEP.
WHILE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT AND CHIME COME ON RANDOMLY, SOMETIMES SECONDS APART OVER TIMES MINUTES, ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM MAYBE DEFECTIVE AND THIS ISSUE IS A RECALL MATTER ON RIGHT DRIVE JEEPS MINE HOWEVER IS A LEFT DRIVE. STARTED 2/17/2016 AN...
Mileage: 92,000
WHILE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT AND CHIME COME ON RANDOMLY, SOMETIMES SECONDS APART OVER TIMES MINUTES, ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM MAYBE DEFECTIVE AND THIS ISSUE IS A RECALL MATTER ON RIGHT DRIVE JEEPS MINE HOWEVER IS A LEFT DRIVE. STARTED 2/17/2016 AN...
Mileage: 92,000
WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK, GAS SPITS BACK AT YOU ONTO YOU AND THE CAR. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.THIS HAPPENS EACH TIME WE GET FUEL.
Mileage: 53,000
THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON CONSISTENTLY ON MY 2009 JEEP JK WRANGLER INDICATING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING. I'VE LOOKED INTO THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THE PROBLEM IS MOST LIKELY RELATED TO A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING.
Mileage: 105,000
AIR BAG LIGHT ON INTERMITTENTLY, AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, TURNING AND/OR HITTING BUMP, DINGS CONSTANTLY FROM COMING ON AND GOING OFF (APPX EVERY 20 SECONDS WHILE DRIVING). KNOWN ISSUE IS ON RECALL FOR RHD VEHICLES, BUT NOT ON LHD VEHICLES. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE NEEDED BEFORE RECALL IS ISSUED? OBVIO...
Mileage: 65,000
AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON HORN WONT WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL IN-OP COMMON PROBLEM AND EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR
Mileage: 67,000
MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4 HAS A ISSUE REGARDING THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT. THE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTANTLY AND THE WARNING BELL WILL GO OFF. WHILE I AM DRIVING. I AM CONCERNED THAT MY AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY WHEN OR IF IT IS NEEDED. I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESES JEEPS AND WONDER WHY NO REC...
Mileage: 48,000
THE AIR BAG WARNING KEEPS GOING OFF,SOMETIMES WHILE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT UNDER THIS CONDITION THE DRIVERS AIR BAG WILL FAIL TO DEPLOY. HAS THIS BEEN RECALLED OR STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION ?
Mileage: 62,000
AROUND 50,000 MILES THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. A CODE READER SHOWED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING
Mileage: 50,000
BACKING OUT THE DRIVE WAY WIPERS CAME ON PULLED BACK IN DRIVEWAY CHECKED HEADLIGHTS WERE ON WIPERS AND HEADLIGHTS WOULDN'T TURN OFF WITH SWITCHES I NOTICED I DIDN'T HAVE A DOME LIGHT NO GAUGES ON DASH NO SPEEDOMETER OR ODOMETER TURN SIGNALS AND 4WAY FLASHERS WOULDN'T WORK THE HORN DOESN'T WORK I KNO...
Mileage: 44,000
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAVE CHECKED FOR LOOSE OR BAD WIRING CONNECTION EXTERNALLY - NONE FOUND. BELIEVE THAT THIS CONDITION IS DUE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING WIRING FAILURE. TALKED WITH DEALER (OF LITTLE HELP) - NO RECALL NOTICE, YOUR PROBLEM BUT WE CAN FIX. FEEL T...
Mileage: 45,800
MY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CLOCK SPRING ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN MANY 07-12 WRANGLERS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION SHOULD A FRONTAL IMPACT OCCUR.
Mileage: 112,700
WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, MY JEEP'S AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE WARNING DING SOUNDED. THE LIGHT WOULD REGULARLY SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN, EVERY TIME ACCOMPANIED BY THE WARNING DING WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED BACK ON. THE LIGHT IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS ON NOW, AND THE WARNING DING ONLY SOUNDS WHEN I START TH...
Mileage: 56,000
WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, MY JEEP'S AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE WARNING DING SOUNDED. THE LIGHT WOULD REGULARLY SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN, EVERY TIME ACCOMPANIED BY THE WARNING DING WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED BACK ON. THE LIGHT IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS ON NOW, AND THE WARNING DING ONLY SOUNDS WHEN I START TH...
Mileage: 56,000
WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, MY JEEP'S AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE WARNING DING SOUNDED. THE LIGHT WOULD REGULARLY SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN, EVERY TIME ACCOMPANIED BY THE WARNING DING WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED BACK ON. THE LIGHT IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS ON NOW, AND THE WARNING DING ONLY SOUNDS WHEN I START TH...
Mileage: 56,000
AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER (JIM CLICK) THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THIS ITEM. I NEED TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS BEFORE THEY CAN DO ANYTHING. I INFORMED THEM OF THE RECALL THIS IS BEING INVESTIGATED AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING AND WAS MY PROBLEM.
Mileage: 98,000
AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED, DETERMINED CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS DEFECTIVE. CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL FOR RIGHT HAND STEERING 2009 JEEP WRANGLERS AND HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY TO REPAIR 2007 JEEP WRANGLERS WITH THIS ISSUE YET HAS DONE NOTHING FOR OTHER AFFECTED MODELS. THE FAILUR...
Mileage: 80,000
WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK, GAS NOZZLE KICKS OFF THEN FUEL SPLASHES BACK OUT OF FILLER NECK AND GOES EVERY WHERE, ANY WHERE FROM A QUART TO MORE. I HAVE BEEN SPRAYED TO MANY TIMES AND HAD TO DRIVE WITH GAS ON MY CLOTHES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS NOT ONLY FROM RISK OF FIRE BUT FROM BREATHING GAS FUMES ON O...
Mileage: 43,500
WE CALLED AUTOPARK CHRYSLER, THE DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE WE DID OUR LAST OIL CHANGE ON OUR OWN THAT THE WARRANTY WAS VOID AND THAT WE WOULD BE CHARGED TO DX THE PROBLEM AND THE ENGINE WOULD BE $7K. WE HAD THE ENGINE REPLACE AT ANOTHER SHOP. COST $5K. AT TIME OF REPAIR WE ...
Mileage: 50,000
AIR BAG LIGHT IS REPEATEDLY COMING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING INDICATING A FAULT IN THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. FROM READING ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE, THERE APPEAR TO BE SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH SAME PROBLEM WHERE THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING WHEEL IS FAULTY AND MAY COMPROMISE THE AIR BAG. JEEP IS REFUSING ...
Mileage: 52,500
WHEN YOU TRY TO TAKE OFF YOUR SEAT BELT IT IS STUCK AND WONT RELEASE. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. YOU HAVE TO RIP IT OUT. *TR
STEERING FREEZES WHILE DRIVING.THE STEERING STIFFENS SO HARD DURING TURNS (IN DRIVE OR REVERSE AND EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT), THAT THE WHEEL IS FROZEN STUCK IN WHATEVER THAT TURN POSITION IS AND NO AMOUNT OF ALL-MUSCLE FORCE HELPS, THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE AND ANY TURNING OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO ST...
Mileage: 38,585
WHEN FILLING MY 2009 WRANGLER WITH FUEL THE PUMP DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF BEFORE FUEL HAS SPILLED OUT OF THE TANK, DOWN THE SIDE OF MY CAR AND ONTO THE GROUND. I REPORTED THIS TO JEEP WHEN IF FIRST OCCURRED AND THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE, BUT WOULD NOT CORRECT IT FREE OF CHARGE. BUT ...
Mileage: 1,000
IN FEB 2011. I STARTED GETTING FUEL SPITTING BACK WHEN FILLING MY JEEP. TRIED 5 DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH. ALL WITH THE SAME RESULTS. TOOK IT INTO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY AGREED THAT IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND MADE REPAIRS UNDER THE 3/3600 WARRANTY. NOW THE SAME PROBLE...
Mileage: 23,000
AT AROUND 60 MPH I EXPERIENCED WHAT IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. AFTER GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND STOPPED, I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. RESUMED TRAVEL AND ALL WAS OK UNTIL I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. AGAIN HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE. *TR
Mileage: 39,000
AT AROUND 60 MPH I EXPERIENCED WHAT IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. AFTER GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND STOPPED, I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. RESUMED TRAVEL AND ALL WAS OK UNTIL I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. AGAIN HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE. *TR
Mileage: 39,000
DURING REFUELING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAVE EXPERIENCE FUEL SPIT BACK. THIS HAS RESULTED IN FUEL SPILLING ON PERSON DOING THE REFUELING, FUEL ON VEHICLE AND GROUND, ENOUGH WERE THE ATTENDANT MUST CLEAN UP EXCESS FUEL ON THE GROUND. THIS IS NEAR THE EXHAUST, EXTREME FIRE DANGER,AND PERSONAL ...
Mileage: 50,000
MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER OVERFILLS EVERY SINGLE TIME I TRY AND FILL-UP. IT HAS GOTTEN TOT HE POINT THAT I GENERALLY TRY AND STOP FILLING UP AT ABOUT 3/4 OF A TANK IF I CAN, BUT IF I ALLOW IT TO FILL AON ITS OWN, IT OVERFILLS AND SPLASHES OUT. *TR
Mileage: 6,000
DRIVING ON I10 NEAR CASA GRAND AZ OCT 4 2013 NOTICED VIBRATION. PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED TIRES AND ALL OK. DROVE SLOWER AND HEADED TO HOME... HEARD BANG... HEAVY RUMBLE VIBRATION PULLED OVER WITH FLAT TIRE AND INCREDIBLE DELAMINATION DAMAGE TO TIRE AND WHEEL WELL. *TR
Mileage: 62,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER X 2 DOOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION FIRST GEAR POPS OUT OF GEAR DURING ACCELERATION. SHIFT TO FIRST, LET OFF OF CLUTCH WITH OR WITHOUT THROTTLE APPLIED AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL KICK OUT OF FIRST GEAR, LEAVING THE VEHICLE AND OCCUPANTS IN NEUTRAL IN AN INTERSECTION, OR ON...
Mileage: 19,900
WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A PUBLIC DIRT ROAD (FIRE ROAD) AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH A "DING" WAS HEARD. WHEN I LOOKED DOWN A THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THE AIRBAG INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HUNTER DODGE LOCATED IN PALMDALE, CA. ON 21AUG13 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE A BAD CLOCK ...
Mileage: 37,615
VEHICLES AIR BAG LIGHT BLINKED AND ALARM SOUNDED. THIS WOULD GO ON AND OFF FOR A FEW DAYS THEN STAYED ON ALL THE TIME. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER AND THEY INDICATED IT WAS A BAD CLOCK SPRING. THE REPAIR COST WAS $507.39 TO HARR JEEP IN WORCESTER MA JULY 13, 2013. I CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY IND...
Mileage: 70,000
AIR BAG LAMP ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC ON VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE CLOCK SPRING IS BAD. PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND MAYBE A MONTH BEFORE IN STOCK. AIR BAG IS DEACTIVATED WHEN LAMP ILLUMINATES. DEALER IS NOT COVERING REPAIR DUE TO WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR
Mileage: 36,200
EVERY TIME I FILL THE GAS TANK, EVER SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT IT, IT WILL SPILL GAS UPON SHUTTING THE PUMP OFF AT TOP OFF. THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 07/08 MODELS TO THE POINT OF A FACTORY TANK REPLACEMENT, BUT THE 09 MODEL IS NOT COVERED FOR SOME REASON AND SHOULD BE. IT WILL EVENTUALLY RUIN THE PAI...
Mileage: 29,000
EVERY TIME I FILL THE GAS TANK, EVER SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT IT, IT WILL SPILL GAS UPON SHUTTING THE PUMP OFF AT TOP OFF. THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 07/08 MODELS TO THE POINT OF A FACTORY TANK REPLACEMENT, BUT THE 09 MODEL IS NOT COVERED FOR SOME REASON AND SHOULD BE. IT WILL EVENTUALLY RUIN THE PAI...
Mileage: 29,000
PULLING AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT THE PLASTIC GAS PEDAL SNAPPED OFF - RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO ACCELERATE OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. I PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT FROM THE LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP THAT SAME WEEK - AND THIS HAS JUST OCCURRED AGAIN (FEBRUARY 22ND 2013). THIS PAST TIME I WAS PULLING OUT OF...
Mileage: 54,000
PULLING AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT THE PLASTIC GAS PEDAL SNAPPED OFF - RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO ACCELERATE OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. I PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT FROM THE LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP THAT SAME WEEK - AND THIS HAS JUST OCCURRED AGAIN (FEBRUARY 22ND 2013). THIS PAST TIME I WAS PULLING OUT OF...
Mileage: 54,000
WHEN FUELING, GASOLINE WILL SPLASH BACK FROM THE FILLER BEFORE THE PUMP STOPS CAUSING GAS TO SPILL ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND ON THE GROUND. IT HAPPENS AT ANY GAS STATION ANYTIME THE VEHICLE IS FILLED UP. *TR
Mileage: 45,000
MY 2009 WRANGLER HAS AN OVERFILLING PROBLEM EVERY SINGLE TIME I FILL UP AT THE GAS STATION. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I USE THE LOWEST SETTING ON THE GAS PUMP OR IF I MANUALLY USE AS LITTLE PRESSURE AS POSSIBLE. IT OVERFILLS EVERY SINGLE TIME AND GAS POURS OUT OF THE FILL SPOUT RUNNING DOWN THE BODY OF ...
Mileage: 37,800
FUEL FILLER BURPS OUT GASOLINE AFTER ALL FILL UPS. HAPPENS AT ANY TYPE OF PUMP AND FILL STATION. *TR
Mileage: 28,000
AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE JEEP STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME SINCE. *TR
Mileage: 16,000
AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE JEEP STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME SINCE. *TR
Mileage: 16,000
WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK THE FUEL WILL SPIT BACK OUT OF THE TANK. THIS CREATES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL BEING SHOT BACK AT THE PERSON FILLING UP THE VEHICLE AND IT ALSO CREATES AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE LAST FEW OCCASIONS WHEN RE-FUELING THE VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 21,000
WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK THE FUEL WILL SPIT BACK OUT OF THE TANK. THIS CREATES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL BEING SHOT BACK AT THE PERSON FILLING UP THE VEHICLE AND IT ALSO CREATES AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE LAST TWO OCCASIONS WHEN RE-FUELING THE VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 22,000
VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF 1ST GEAR WHEN YOU ARE PULLING OUT. IT ALMOST BROKE MY WRIST. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX UNLESS THEY CAN REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED ON APRIL 20, 2010. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME? *TR
Mileage: 18,000
WHILE ENTERING HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH, WHILE MERGING I CROSSED OVER A ROADWAY LANE SEAM WHICH SEEMED TO ACTUATE A HARMONIC VIBRATION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHICH INCREASED TO A DANGEROUS UNCONTROLLABLE AND VIOLENT SHAKING MAKING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THIS SHAKING CONTINUED WHILE I ...
Mileage: 23,412
ABOUT 1/2 A GALLON OF GAS OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK OF A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME I FILL UP THE TANK AND THE SIDE BODY PANEL AND PART OF THE REAR BUMPER AS WELL AS THE GROUND GET SOAKED WITH GASOLINE. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALER REGARDING THE ISSUE BUT SINCE...
Mileage: 20,000
TWO DAYS AGO, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH STARTED INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATING ALONG WITH AN AUDIBLE CHIME SOUNDING WHEN EVER I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT. AS OF TODAY, THE LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY. AFTER CHECKING WITH POSTS ON JK-FORUM....
Mileage: 38,625
VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE IS ALL OEM NOT MODIFIED ALIGNMENT AND TIRES OK STARTED TO SHAKE STERRING WHEEL MOVING 1/2" UP/DOWN DIFFICULT TO HOLD AND STEER TO SIDE OF ROAD NEEDED TO STOP TO GET THE VIBRATIONS TO END HAS OCCURED ON TWO OTHER OCASSIONS STI...
Mileage: 23,200
FUEL OVERFLOW EVERY TIME I FILL UP AT THE GAS STATION. 1-2 QUARTS END UP ON MY JEEP AND THE GROUND UNLESS I CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PUMP WHEN FUELING. *TR
Mileage: 28,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER 2DR 4WD W/6SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ACCORDING TO A RECENT DEALERSHIP SERVICE VISIT THAT THEY ARE "FULLY AWARE OF". THE GEAR SHIFT FREQUENTLY POPS OUT OF 1ST GEAR WHILE STARTING FROM A STANDSTILL. VEHICLE HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT, ISSUE HAD BEGUN AT ABOUT 1...
Mileage: 18,000
TRANSFER CASE SHIFTER LINKAGE BROKE WHEN SHIFTING FROM 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO 2 WHEEL DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL IN THE ROAD AND COULD NOT BE MOVED. LEAVING MY WIFE STRANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STATE HIGHWAY. *TR
Mileage: 19,000
MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER WILL OVERFLOW GAS ONTO THE SIDE OF THE JEEP ONTO THE GROUND EVERY TIME I FILL THE GAS TANK UP WHEN USING ANY GAS STATION'S AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF. I DO NOT "TOP OFF" THE TANK. I HAVE TRIED 5 DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS NOT LIMITED TO MY USUAL GAS STATIONS. I HAVE A...
Mileage: 20,000
OVER 8 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER HAS VIOLENTLY SLIPPED OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CAR STOPS SUDDENLY AND THERE IS A LOUD BANG LIKE ONE WOULD EXPECT IN A REAR END COLLISION. I AM LUCKY THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION OR WHILE ...
Mileage: 22,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4 SPORT (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE PASSED THE VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THE WIND CAUSED THE HOOD TO OPEN APPROXIMATELY AN INCH AND A HALF. THEN THE HOOD CLOSED VERY HARD. THE FAILURE CONTINUED EVERY 100 MILES EV...
Mileage: 6,300
OCTOBER 30 2010 I PURCHASED A SECOND HAND JEEP WRANGLER YEAR MODEL 2009. IN THE SPAN ON ONE WEEK I HAVE TWICE EXPERIENCED WHAT IS REFERRED ON MANY FORUMS AND WEB PAGES ON THE INTERNET AS "DEATH WOBBLE". MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THIS WAS AT 55MPH WHILE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS. AFTER CROSSING THE RA...
Mileage: 21,325
OCTOBER 30 2010 I PURCHASED A SECOND HAND JEEP WRANGLER YEAR MODEL 2009. IN THE SPAN ON ONE WEEK I HAVE TWICE EXPERIENCED WHAT IS REFERRED ON MANY FORUMS AND WEB PAGES ON THE INTERNET AS "DEATH WOBBLE". MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THIS WAS AT 55MPH WHILE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS. AFTER CROSSING THE RA...
Mileage: 21,325
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 7 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND THEN INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD OC...
Mileage: 9,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER 2 DOOR RUBICON W/ 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. DECELERATION PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE SPORADICALLY WHEN DESCENDING LONG STEEP GRADES FORCING DRIVER TO RIDE BRAKES TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL. THIS OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE APPROACHES APPROXIMATELY 2000 RPM. IT FEELS LIKE JUST A SLIGHT...
Mileage: 325
2007-2010 JEEP JK WRANGLER (ALL MODELS) MANUAL 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY JUMPS OUT OF GEAR (JOG) IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. THE ACTION IS QUICK, VIOLENT AND SOUNDS LIKE THE VEHICLE HIT A CURB OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE MOVEMENT OF THE SHIFT HANDLE IS VIOLEN...
Mileage: 8,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER 2 DOOR 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION - POPS OUT OF 1ST GEAR RANDOMLY. HAPPENS WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP - LOUD BANGING NOISE. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES ALREADY AND BECAUSE THEY CAN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. CAR HAS 14000 MILES ...
Mileage: 1,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING, SOMETIMES LOSES POWER, AND/OR BUCKS RANDOMLY. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO START ACCELERATING, WITH THE DELAY BEING IN THE ORDER OF 2 SECONDS OR MORE. WHEN MERGING, THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES LOSES POWER IF YOU STEP ON THE A...
Mileage: 21,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING, SOMETIMES LOSES POWER, AND/OR BUCKS RANDOMLY. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO START ACCELERATING, WITH THE DELAY BEING IN THE ORDER OF 2 SECONDS OR MORE. WHEN MERGING, THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES LOSES POWER IF YOU STEP ON THE A...
Mileage: 21,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING, SOMETIMES LOSES POWER, AND/OR BUCKS RANDOMLY. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO START ACCELERATING, WITH THE DELAY BEING IN THE ORDER OF 2 SECONDS OR MORE. WHEN MERGING, THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES LOSES POWER IF YOU STEP ON THE A...
Mileage: 21,000
A HANDFUL OF INSTANCES OVER THE PAST MONTH, MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER VIOLENTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY POPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR UPON ACCELERATION. THIS COULD RESULT IN A REAR END COLLISION, POTENTIAL ACCIDENT WHILE CROSSING TRAFFIC LANES OR UPON ACCELERATION ONTO A HIGHWAY LIKE THE SAWMILL PARKWAY WHERE YOU ...
Mileage: 18,000
FUEL TANK WILL OVERFLOW SPILLING ANYWHERE FROM 1-2 QUARTS OF FUEL FROM VEHICLE WHEN AUTOMATIC FUEL PUMPS ARE USED. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE TANK DOES NOT VENT PROPERLY, WHEN THE AUTOMATIC FUEL PUMPS SHUT OFF (REGARDLESS OF STATION) THE TANK APPEARS TO "BURP" VENTING MORE GASES AND 1-2 QUARTS OF FUEL...
Mileage: 10,200
FRONT AXLE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS SHOWING ABNORMAL WEAR AND MOVEMENT. DEALER CLAIMS WEAR AND PLAY IN JOINTS IS NORMAL EVEN THOUGH THE FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL SAYS THE PARTS ARE WORN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Mileage: 9,800
2009 JEEP WRANGLER X POPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES FROM A COMPLETE STOP. AS THIS IS OCCURRING IN FIRST GEAR FROM A STOP IT IS USUALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OR AT A STOP SIGN, THUS CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A BROADSIDE COLLISION OR REAR END. *TR
Mileage: 11,000
2009 JEEP WRANGLER WITH SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ON START FROM STANDING STOP TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP ACTUAL "POP" OUT OF FIRST GEAR. PROBLEM IS RANDOM AND INTERMITTENT BUT WILL OCCUR TWO TO THREE TIMES DURING A DRIVING DAY. CAR HAS LEFT ME VULNERABLE IN TRAFFIC AS I TRY TO RE-ENGAGE TRANSMI...
Mileage: 1,200
WHILE TRAVELING AT 75 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE I WANDERED OVER THE YELLOW LINE AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE RAN OVER THE INDENTED 'WAKE UP' IMPRESSIONS IN THE ASPHALT AT WHICH TIME MY FRONT END BEGAN VIOLENTLY SHAKING LIKE I WAS DRIVING A JACK HAMMER. I BEGAN TO BRAKE AND MADE IT ACROSS 6 LANES OF TRAFFIC B...
Mileage: 18,000
1) DURING THE PERIOD OF PLACING THE MANUAL 6 SPEED INTO FIRST GEAR, THE GEAR WILL SPORADICALLY POP OUT AND ABRUPTLY BACK INTO NEUTRAL. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AS TO THE TEMPERATURES NOR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE. IT OCCURS UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. (STATE/CITY ROAD 2WD) 2) THE FAI...
Mileage: 1,535
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT 10 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT TO RESET THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILU...
Mileage: 900
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT 10 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT TO RESET THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILU...
Mileage: 900
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 2-DR 4X4. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED FROM THE VENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER CLEANED THE VENT AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO LET HIM KNOW IF IT RECURS. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE FLUID WAS BURPING OUT OF THE HEAT VENT FROM THE TRAN...
Mileage: 400
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO HEAT SHIELD UNDERNEATH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, HE DETECTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED FLAMES. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HOSES AND ...
Mileage: 2,000