Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that the brake light, turn signals, headlights and windshield wipers became inoperative. The vehicle was in the process of getting repaired by the dealer, but the parts were on back order. The manufacturer was notified, but did not assist the contact with the defect. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000. The current mileage was 65,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 12/12/11*lj updated 12/13/11
2008 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4x4 electrical complaints
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As I was leaving for work one morning I hit the key alarm to unlock doors and jeep began honking, windshield wipers turned on and began spraying windshield fluid. I thought it was odd and didn't think much of it. On the way to work in traffic it began doing the same thing and this occurred 3 times in about 30 minutes. After getting to work, the jeep would honk by itself every 2-3 minutes. I decided to take in to the dealership. It continued doing this on the way there. As I was about half a mile from the dealership the jeep completely turned off and I immediately had to pull out of traffic. I was able to start back up but this time all A/C had stopped working. After gutting a call back from dealership, he said the part was on backorder and there was at least a 100 orders waiting to be shipped. This concerns me because it looks to be a widespread thing with the jeeps. In doing some research previous to this email there were problems with the tipm on the 2007 jeep and I'm worried some of these bad ones may have gotten into some of the 2008.
The clock spring in my 2008 jeep wrangler went out in october, 2010. I took the vehicle to the dealership to inquire about getting the part replaced. I thought that since the clock spring is the part responsible for making the airbag deploy in an accident, it was something that should be serviced free of charge, since my airbags were now rendered useless. The dealership told me there was no such policy, so I was forced to purchase a new clock spring out of pocket. The clock spring was approximately $250 in cost. I installed the clock spring myself, and I discarded the old one, thinking I had no use for it anymore.
At first the windshield wipers would intermittently turn on, then the horn would not work and then the airbag light came on and would only turn off with the key in the off position. Vehicle was taken to the dealership and was told it was the clockspring which is not covered under the bumper to bumper warranty......odom reading approx 32,000.
On two separate occasions my unmodified 2008 jeep wrangler x has given me an audible "ding" warning and the airbag warning light came on and stayed on while stuck in very slow moving highway traffic (approximately 0-10 MPH). Both times it was approximately 85-90 degrees f outside and the air conditioning was off. The second time this happened the "hot oil" warning recall fix had already been performed but I did not receive that warning nor did the temperature gauge rise more than half the width of the needle. On the second occasion the "ding" and airbag warning light came on repeatedly over a period of a half an hour each time traffic slowed down.
My 2008 jeep wrangler would not start. It turns out that the wcm module failed. The replacement cost me $336.20. I know several other wrangler owners who have experienced the same part failing. Including one person where this part failed after only owning the car one week. Chrysler/jeep will not acknowledge this as a problem with their vehicles.
All electronic failure clusters lights up on dash. Wipers and headlights come on and cannot be switched off. Indicator lamps, speedometer and RPM are none responsive. Alarm sounds repeatedly until the problem self corrects. All other electrical functions such as radio shuts down. The problem does not affect the motor.
1) jeep would not start after shut down 2) had to get a tow to dealership 3) wireless module for c-bus quit working, ordered new one.
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