2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4x4: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 8, 2017 · Electrical, Visibility · 40,810 miles · OR

I opened the door to the jeep and the wipers, horn and wiper fluid engaged non-stop without a key in the ignition. The only way to stop them was to disconnect the battery. When the battery cables are reconnected, the horn, wipers and wiper fluid sprayer are again engaged. On quick research, it was discovered that this is a known tipm failure issue that can also effect the airbag (preventing deployment as well as randomly engaging it while driving), fuel injection causing sudden loss of power and vehicle control as well as issues with lights and gauges. Issues were severe enough to issue a recall on 2007 year models but similar issues with the 2008 are not addressed. I was fortunate the the vehicle was parked in my garage when the tipm failed and not driving down the highway.

Filed Aug 10, 2009 · Electrical · 28,096 miles · NY

Driving to work on a cold snowy day from huntington, ny to st. James, ny. After 30 minutes of driving the lights flashed on, car seemed to have less pick up, radio went off. Minutes later, the car began to shake and gas gave it no power. Lost power in steering and brakes as well. Drifted into a snowbank on the side of edgewood ave. In smithtown, ny next to a busy school driveway. Would not restart. When tow truck arrived still would not start. After three days, dealership stated that they didn't know what was wrong with the car, but based on the information available, they would replace the wireless control module. Part was on backorder for 2+ weeks.

Filed Aug 10, 2009 · Electrical · 29,295 miles · NY

Driving to st. James, ny after a weekend in nj in snowy and cold conditions with new puppy. At 7:00am, about one hour into the drive, while on long island expressway, radio went off, lights flashed on and off, car began to shake and lose power. I pulled off the nearest exit and it stalled as I coasted into a gas station. After about 15 minutes, the car started again, and I tried to drive it to the huntington service center about 8 miles away. The car would not drive over 25 MPH, and after about two miles began to shake uncontrollably. I pulled into a parking lot, put the car in neutral and tried revving the engine. Nothing changed and the car stalled. I waited in the cold and snow for aaa to tow me to the huntington service center. Service center communicated to me that the car had nothing wrong with it based on the computer check. That a technician would take it for a test drive with me. The problem didn?t happen on the test drive. Upon return to the service center, I insisted that they continue to search for the problem on the grounds that my car had to be towed in after losing control on the highway. Service manager refused. I asked him to explain chrysler?s responsibility in the matter and he said in an unkind tone that I could go to arbitration but the problem would have to occur in front of the arbitrator, so it probably wouldn?t work in my favor. Returned to service center at 29,308 miles because the dashboard lights were going on and off while I was driving. Insisted that they find out what was wrong with the car and fix it. Service advisor told me that they would call the chrysler tech support team to help with solving the problem. They stated that the problems caused on march 3 and march 4 were because the battery was low and the esp was activating prematurely. They stated low battery was causing the power failure and the esp was causing the shaking of the car. Service center replaced the battery and fix the module that controlled esp.

Filed Apr 22, 2008 · Engine · 12,000 miles · MO

Dash lights flash on, momentary loss of engine power. Dealer could not duplicate or repair problem.

Filed Feb 20, 2008 · Engine · 9,121 miles · MA

My model year 2007 jeep wrangler with the 3.8l v6 engine and automatic transmission continues to lose engine power without warning. When this occurs, momentary loss of engine power on acceleration or at cruising speed and all interior warning lights in the instrument cluster light up all at once. The radio whether playing a cd or just the radio feature cuts out at the same time this happens. This has occurred whether cruising down the highway or in stop and go traffic. Tonight it happened while sitting at a stop light and when I accelerated on the light changing to green, the engine lost power and all warning lights briefly came on and the radio stopped. The engine never stalled, but lost all power and within a few seconds all worked again. I nearly was hit from behind when they started to move forward through the light. This is a safety concern now that I've almost been in an accident as a result of this condition. I'll be contacting both my jeep dealer in the morning and daimler-chrysler about this.

Filed Jan 2, 2008 · Electrical · 7,500 miles · IL

Stalls out, different times. Instrument lights come on, lose power for about 5 sec then regain power. Had software fix, still has problem, this problem could kill someone.

Filed Sep 28, 2007 · Electrical · 22,000 miles · ME

2007 jeep wrangler. Has had the engine stall issue, in for tsb on this issue-vehicle was repaired. Dealership then later said it was stalling due to ignition switch after a few more stalling incidents. They replaced the switch, then manufacturer issued a recall in july for this issue, the recall was done. Today 9/27 the exact stall while driving happened again, vehicle shuts down when driving, losing all power/lights/steering/brakes.

Filed Sep 9, 2007 · Engine · 4,166 miles · MA

While negotiating a right hand curve on a local town road in my 07 jeep wrangler x, 2-dr, the dashboard lit up and the engine stalled for approx. 2 seconds and then restarted itself for no apparent reason. This caused a loss of power steering (I assume) as steering/controlling the vehicle became very difficult. I was traveling about 35 MPH with no passengers. This vehicle has a build date of 04/17/07 and was purchased brand new from a jeep dealer on 07/02/07. The vehicle had 4166 miles on the odometer when this incident occurred. After checking daimlerchrysler safety recall g25, reprogram tipm - engine stalling dated july 2007, I see that although I have the exact symptoms listed, the build date of my vehicle falls outside the date listed in the recall (01-22-07). Obviously this needs to be updated. This can also be verified via the following internet forum thread: "http://www.jk-forum.com/showthread.php?t=2366" this forum includes quite a few owners that have had this issue including many that; 1) have had the recall procedure performed already; 2) have a vehicle outside of the specified build date; or 3) actually own a 2008 model year jeep wrangler. It seems the recall procedure or "fix" does not actually correct this issue and that the recall should be expanded to include later build dates. Luckily I was driving in a slower, low traffic, less hazardous situation during my first incident but now I am concerned that if this occurs again during faster, highway use or in a busy intersection and with family members/passengers the outcome could be disastrous. My vehicle is never abused and well maintained. Please feel free to contact me if further details are required.

Filed Aug 8, 2007 · Engine · 10,500 miles · PA

At 65 MPH all dash lights came on as if jeep had lost power and came back on. I looked online for any incidences like this and found a news story that said chrysler was being investigated and was to recall 80,000 jeeps. I called chrysler and they denied we have a problem and they were unwilling to even look at my jeep because they claim the VIN number didn't match the recall. Meanwhile I am driving a jeep unsure if it will stall out at highway speeds.

Filed Jul 6, 2007 · Electrical · 6,200 miles · CA

Ref: wrangler stalling problem (pe07027). Jeep wrangler 2dr 4wd 2007 auto trans. Vehicle appears to have a transient electronics fault in hot weather. When the fault occurs, all the warning lights on the dashboard flash for about a second (similar to at engine start). On the first occurrence, there was a brief loss of engine power and the brakes may have applied momentarily, as if the stability control system had activated. All dashboard lights flashed as if at startup. Cd player stopped. This was at 25mph on a flat residential street, about 5 minutes after the vehicle had been started after soaking in hot sun on a 90f+ day. The vehicle returned to normal operation within one second. Service advisor at dealership (boardwalk auto, redwood city, ca) advised me to call back if it happened again. The second occurrence was climbing a moderate hill in heavy traffic (california rt 92 between I-280 and skyline blvd, a well known heavily traveled hill). The engine rpms suddenly increased from about 1,500 to about 3,000 RPM as the transmission downshifted unexpectedly. All dashboard lights flashed on, then reset to normal. Again, this happened on an unusually hot day after the vehicle had spent most of the day parked in sunlight. Service advisor at dealership (boardwalk auto, redwood city, ca) advised me to call back if it happened a third time. In all cases, the engine temperature was normal. After reading about the "wrangler stalling problem", I wanted to put this on the record, to provide some additional information.

Filed Jun 27, 2007 · Electrical · 6,137 miles · FL

After service at the dealership, while traveling home, the vehicle stalled twice at highway speed (55 MPH). When the vehicle (2007 jeep wrangler) stalled I lost all power including electrictronics and lights. This is the first time this has happened but I feel this is very dangerous. The dealership says to bring it in if this happens again. I noticed on your website this is an ongoing problem so I wanted to report it. There was no accident involved but a couple of close calls.

Filed Jun 27, 2007 · Electrical · 5,000 miles · OH

I had just exited the freeway after driving about 28 miles and while getting of the ramp into oncoming traffic I had a cpmplete loss of power lasting a few minutes. Nothing worked, brakes and steering included. I managed to roll off the road without getting hit and sat for a few minutes and my jeep restarted like nothing ever happened. I took it to the dealer the next day along with a print out of this investigation. No miles were put on my jeep but they said they couldn't re-create the incident and stated they reset a power steering chip that the manufaturer recommended. The stall has not reoccured in three weeks but tonight while driving home my stability controll light came on and wont shut off. I wasn't even moving when it came on I was at a light. I have also had episodes of my stability controll coming on and locking my braked on dry roads. Again the dealer found nothing wrong.