2008 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4x4 visibility problems

Filed Nov 11, 2018 · Electrical, Suspension · 1 miles · OH

There is a used car dealership in phoenix arizona called prime auto, phone 602‑737‑3275. I am working with the arizona attorney generals office and have (within just a few days) collected stories from 3 other individuals with similar issues, being sold a used car that was unsafe on the roadways - my situation was a death wobble in a jeep wrangler, blinkers malfunctioning, wiper blades not working properly - two of those are a legal responsibility of the dealership (seller) to ensure in working condition and they failed. They also attempted to fraudulently represent my cars trade in value by showing me a kbb.com price that is only for cars traded in requiring repairs, I traded in a near new jeep. If the ag's office does not act on this claim I would hope that your office would, or at least work together in bringing charges to stop prime auto from selling cars until a full investigation is complete and all previous customers contacted and made available their legal remedies for the dealerships actions in selling unsafe vehicles that could potentially harm multiple, victims, not just the buyer. Their facebook page has more complaints similar in nature to mine, https://www.facebook.com/pg/prime-auto-sales-133282653449388 so does yelp. I strongly encourage a legal injunction to prevent their sales until a full investigation into their business practices conducted otherwise with notification, failure to do so would morally and ethically be wrong and I have heard nothing but great things about this office as well as the arizona ag! Thanks for hearing this complaint and taking action where legally and responsibly needed. Regards, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Aug 21, 2017 · Electrical, Lights · 68,000 miles · DE

While driving, the horn, lights and wipers randomly go off and spray fluid everywhere. Nothing can be done to stop it and even turning the car off doesn't. It can be very dangerous to me and other drivers since they do not know why my horn is going off for minutes at a time. I don't want to be behind someone at an intersection with my horn and wipers going off. Looking online I can see that this is a common problem with this model and should be fixed before someone gets hurt.

Filed Jul 6, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 65,000 miles · FL

The jeep's horn, wiper blades, wiper fluid and headlights go off by themselves even when the key is not in the ignition. Then the jeep began cutting off while driving in the middle of rush hour traffic.

Filed Jun 8, 2017 · Visibility · 172,000 miles · MA

Driver and passenger side mirrors have both failed. Metal housing has corroded and failed. Driver side mirror had vibration when driving, when examining the mirror it broke off (in fall of 2016). Passenger side mirror fell off while driving with no warning. Was driving straight on secondary road at about 35 MPH, nothing hit the mirror to cause it to fail. Could have hit another car and is a safety hazard.. Failure appears to be corrosion of aluminum structure and possible steel post that holds the mirror. There was a lot of white corrosion or mineral build up on the remaining aluminum. Have owned the vehicle since new, used primarily in massachusetts.

Filed Apr 8, 2017 · Electrical, Visibility · 110,000 miles · WA

Got into the jeep, started and placed into reverse, suddenly, without prior warning and randomly the horn starts going off, wiper fluid shooting out and the wipers going like crazy, air conditioner not working and radio blasting and going quiet. . Nothing you can do will make it stop, this will be a serious safety isssue if it happens when I am driving down the road. This makes it a problem to be driving this car, as you never know when the wipers and horn will start going crazy. I have read many posts that this could happen both when the vehicle is stationary and while driving. Why is this not a recall??? Does someone have to die before jeep concede this is a problem?

Filed Oct 12, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · 90,000 miles · VA

For the past 3 months I will be driving, in a pretty average way, not speeding or braking to hard, when all of the sudden my horn, alarm, wipers, windshield wiper fluid, and lights will go on and wont stop for up to 5 minutes, it has done this when the jeep is stationary, in motion, or even without the key in the ignition

Filed Sep 16, 2016 · Electrical, Steering · 38,000 miles · TX

While driving vehicle several issues presented without warning: suddenly the wipers started going, windshield fluid spraying, horn blaring and lights flashing. Engine then cut out while underway on a city street rendering power steering, brakes and stability control inoperable. Dealer diagnosed this as a bad totally integrated power module (tipm)

Filed Dec 30, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 90,000 miles · NC

Vehicle when parked and / or while driving will start blaring the horn, spraying wiper fluid, wipers engage, lights go on and off / then off and the only way to make it stop is to battery or give the tipm an easy tap on the top. I have taken it to dealer and they want to start replacing electrical components starting with the cheap one at 350.00. This started happening at around 40k miles and at the time there were not any modifications on the jeep. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu-w5zdiuoe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmhbii-5iao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bn1aowasku

Filed Oct 23, 2012 · Electrical, Visibility · 38,896 miles · AZ

While driving on the interstate highway at 65 MPH the electrical system had a control system failure event (this is the third event in 4 days), causing the windshield washer to spray washer fluid onto the windshield dramatically reducing driver visibility, the windshield wipers did not function properly, they only traveled about one-quart inch in time with the horn chirping. The wipers did not function properly even when turned on directly by the driver to address the washer fluid discharging onto the windshield unexpectedly. The driver exited the freeway to the emergency shoulder to avoid an accident. The electrical failure event and the drivers occluded visibility cause by the unexpected discharge of washer fluid and non-properly functioning windshield wipers lasted for the duration of the unexpected electric control system failure event of about 4 mins.. There was no failure indication on the dash panel and no warning that the failure had occurred to the driver. The event was unexpected and without warning and occurred while the motor vehicle was being operated. Service appointment with dealer for the vehicle's electrical control system failures has been scheduled. In my opinion this is a major safety concern that has already or is very likely to result in injury or a fatality. No vehicle system when experiencing any type of failure mode should be able to operate any system on the vehicle in an unsafe and/or unexpected way or really any manner.

Filed Oct 2, 2012 · Airbags, Electrical · 59,800 miles · CA

While driving on the freeway, the windshield fluid sprays and the wipers go on at slow speed. Can't turn wipers or mister off and have to pull over with zero viability. Second time this happened, I lost acceleration pedal and jeep stalls and starts while all this is going on. Took keys out of ignition and disconnected negative batter but everything still on. Pulled fuses for wipers and fluid to stop that. Had to pop clutch to stall out the jeep. Very dangerous to have happen while in the carpool lane. Also to find out that the airbags don't work due to a bad clock spring.