2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Electrical System Problems

******* TIPM ISSUES *******WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DOWN INTERSTATE THE JEEP LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL ABILITIES AND CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO START UP AND WAS LIKE IT HAD A DEAD BATTERY. CARS WERE SWERVING AND BLOWING LIKE CRAZY TRYING TO AVOID ME AND NOT WRECK. ONCE TRAFFIC WAS SOMEWHAT STABLE I GOT OUT TO PUSH JEEP OFF TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE AND A ANOTHER MOTORIST STOPPED TO HELP. MY PASSENGER WAS HURT FROM THE SUDDEN STOP WHEN HER KNEES WENT INTO THE DASH. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN HER RESULTING IN HER LEFT KNEE GETTING BRUISED AND HER RIGHT KNEE GOT A CUT. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. WE ARE BOTH LUCKY TO BE ALIVE FROM THIS BEING THAT SEVERAL VEHICLES NEARLY HIT US AS WELL AS ALMOST HITTING OTHERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WARNING ADDRESSED TO ALL OWNERS AS THIS BEING A POTENTIAL WRECK LESS CONDITION. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE FROM CHRYSLER OR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNCIL CONTACT ME AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CLOCK SPRING ON MY 2009 WRANGLER WENT OUT CLEARLY A RECALL SITUATION HERE. SAFETY FOR ME AS THE DRIVER AND FOR MY FAMILY AS THE PASSENGERS. COME ON JEEP THIS IS OBVIOUS !

Mileage: 65,000

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY AIRBAG LIGHT TURNING ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY AND DINGING AT ME EVERY TIME THE LIGHT TURNS ON. THIS PROBLEM JUST STARTED AFTER OWNING MY VEHICLE SINCE I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT IN EARLY 2009. UPON RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT INVOLVES A VERY EXPENSIVE PART CALLED THE CLOCKSPRING. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A DEALER ONLY PART. *TR

Mileage: 51,100

AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON THEN GOES OFF. DRIVE AWHILE, AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON TURNS OFF. THERE IS A RECALL FOR RIGHT DRIVE VEHICLES ONLY. THEY NEED TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE FOR LEFT DRIVE VEHICLES AS WELL. DEALER STATES ITS COVERED FOR RIGHT DRIVE ONLY VEHICLES NOT LEFT DRIVE VEHICLES. I KNOW THE POSTAL SERVICE DO NOT OWN JEEP WRANGLERS. *TR

Mileage: 68,181

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN WOULD RANDOMLY HONK. DEALER ADVISED THEY FIXED THE CLOCK SPRING. THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AGO; HOWEVER, IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. MINE IS LEFT HAND DRIVE. RIGHT HAND DRIVES WERE RECALLED AND IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR THE OTHERS NOT TO HAVE BEEN RECALLED WHEN IT IS DOING IT AGAIN!! WHEN IT WAS REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME, DEALER DID NOT HAVE UPDATED PART. I'M NOW PENALIZED AND HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET FOR CHRYSLER'S FAULTY PART. I READ THE RECALL AND RHD UNITS BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINDOWS DOWN AND THIS IS "SEVERE DUTY." PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A POORLY SEALED CONVERTIBLE AND DUST IS SIMPLY PART OF A JEEP WRANGLERS EXISTENCE. EITHER WAY, THE PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO RHD; IT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL THOSE THAT MANIFEST THE PROBLEM OR SEE SIMILAR SEVERE DUTY. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING AIRBAGS TO BE DISABLED. THIS IS A VERY WIDE SPREAD ISSUE ON 07-2011 JEEP WRANGLERS, WELL DOCUMENTED ON MANY OWNER BOARDS. AN OFFICIAL RECALL EXISTS, BUT ONLY FOR RHD MODELS AND 2007 LHD MODELS. THAT IS IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE FAILURE PRONE OE PART WAS USED ON WRANGLER MODELS THROUGH 2011. THE PART NUMBER OF THE IMPROVED DESIGN REPLACEMENT PART IS 5156106AC, WHICH SERVICES ALL WRANGLES 2007-2014. *TR

Mileage: 67,400

STARTING ON 12/23/2013, THE AIRBAG SENSOR DINGED AND BECAME LIT ON DASH, REMAINS LIT FOR ABOUT 8 SECONDS, DINGS AND DISAPPEAR ONLY TO REAPPEAR AGAIN WITH A DING IN ABOUT 8 SECONDS. THIS REPEATS THE ENTIRE TIME WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED NW JEEP/CHRYSLER AND THEY INFORMED THIS WRITER IT IS LIKELY THE CLOCK SPRING AND THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF NEEDED. THE DEALERSHIP CONTINUED OF A PRICE AROUND $250 TO FIX IT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, KNOWING 07 AND 08 JEEPS HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE, THAT THIS WRITER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING A FAULTY SENSOR IMPERATIVE FOR SAFETY. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

ON THE 2009 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2007-2010 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MY DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS CHRYSLER, THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY (10YR/150,000MI) ISSUED TO THE 2007 MODEL YEAR AND A RECALL ISSUED FOR 2008 (RHD) MODELS. FOR ANY OTHER MODEL YEARS, CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING, KNOWING THAT IT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING, THUS PUTTING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AT RISK. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR APPROX A WEEK AT THIS POINT, AT VARYING SPEEDS AND VARYING ROAD CONDITIONS. BEING THAT I DRIVE APPROX 30,000MI PER YEAR, THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN! *JB

Mileage: 106,500

ON THE 2009 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS.THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2009 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING. *TR

Mileage: 58,200

MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. I MANAGED TO STEER OFF TO THE SIDE, BUT THE MOTOR AND ELECTRICAL SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

AFTER REMOVING THE REAR-MOUNTED SPARE TIRE ON MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED RUBICON (4 DOOR, 4WD) I NOTICED THAT THE OUTER INSULATION (CONDUIT) PROTECTING THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT HAD RUBBED AGAINST THE HARD PLASTIC GROMMET WHERE THE WIRING HARNESS EXITS THE REAR (OUTSIDE) PANEL OF THE TAILGATE. THE INSULATION HAD RUBBED DOWN TO THE POINT THAT THE INNER WIRES AND THEIR INSULATION WERE SHOWING. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT SINCE, IF NOT ADDRESSED, THE RUBBING WOULD EVENTUALLY GO THROUGH THE INSULATION ON THE WIRES, CAUSING A SHORT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SPARE TIRE. I REPORTED MY FINDINGS TO JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ALSO TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE OEM GROMMET WITH A RUBBER PIECE, AND THEN ORDERED AND INSTALLED A NEW WIRING HARNESS. *TR

Mileage: 6,500