2007 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4x4: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Jul 27, 2015 · Acceleration, Airbags · 90,000 miles · MI

Cruise control went out about a year ago. Recently the airbag light comes on intermittently with a warning tone. Appears to be a faulty clockspring.

Filed Sep 14, 2010 · Acceleration, Airbags · 3,048 miles · FL

2007 jeep wrangler 4x4 safari with esp (electronic stability program). Esp intermittently turns on by itself and can't be turned off. It will eventually turn itself off. Dealer tells me it's caused by a defective clock spring in the steering column, which also controls the steering wheel air bag, cruise control and the horn! I feel this is a safety concern, if any of these devices quit working, because of a defective clock spring!!!!

Filed Mar 24, 2010 · Acceleration, Seat belts · HI

My jeep wrangler has had the death wobble, issues with the safety belts not retracting properly [broke my hand] had stalling and suspension problems, I currently have a chip on the bottom underside of the winshield., when I had the death wobble the dealer told me I had to much weight on the front end from my bumper and winch,[I replaced the stabilizer wobble seems to have went away] they couldn't find a problem with the wobble or seat belts. It was my imagination, what I also had and is documented in the dealer files my accelerator stuck , I was fortunate some one else was driving so I could see his feet and the floor mats nothing was stuck when he stomped on the gas pedal it was just like the cruise control disengaged , my jeep doesn't have cruise control. The brakes scare me at times, feel like their not there from time to time, I tell who ever drives it not to trust the brakes, this is my last new chrysler, my hand still hurts. Maybe our goverment should force a recall like they did to toyota to date my jeep has only 22.000 miles on the odometer . Good luck all

Filed Apr 28, 2009 · Electrical · 33,265 miles · CT

Driving at highway speeds with cruise control engaged, headlights on and radio on. Radio cutout and all dash lights (idiot) came on, the radio came back on within about 2 seconds and all dash lights went out after about 5 seconds. Cruise control did not disengage and there was no apparent loss of engine power. This is the first occurrence of this situation, no obd-ii codes are stored in the computer. There are no lasting effects and appears to running normally.

Filed Jul 1, 2007 · Engine · 11,500 miles · OH

Driving through the mountains of the carolina's on I-40 at speed. Vehicle shut down for a split second. All dash lights came on, cruise control turned off and vehicle slowed. Vehicle restarted on it?s own. Second time it has happened, this time on the highway at 70 miles per hour. (reference #10192459) this is not safe!! My wife will not let me transport our kids in this vehicle until it is fixed. Going into dealer asap!

Filed Jun 30, 2007 · Engine · 8,400 miles · NY

My 2007 jeep wrangler sahara unlimited has now stalled twice at highway speed. The stall is momentary, approximately two seconds, and the vehicle quickly resumes normal operation. There is an initial "lurch", then all of the indicator lights on the dashboard light up, then operation resumes. It seems very dangerous and it is very alarming when it happens. On one of my two occurrences I was traveling at 70mph on a freeway, which could have resulted in a very dangerous situation. After my first occurrence I described the problem to my dealer and the response was that it was normal operation of the cruise control (obviously they did not interpret my description properly).

Filed Jun 7, 2007 · Engine · 16,412 miles · VA

The problem has occurred three times now. The first time was about 2 months after purchasing the jeep on interstate 95 on cruise control at about 70mph. The jeep stalled, radio cut off, everything went blank, and rapidly deaccelerated. Then the whole dash lit back up, it restarted on its own and the rpms went way up them resumed as normal with a jerk back into gear. I nearl was rear ended by a truck tailing right behind me who honked, slammed brakes and jerked around me. I took it to the dearlership for an oil change and reported the problem. They told me there were no other reports on tsb and the computer found no problem, nor could they duplicate it so it must have been "working it's kinks out". I took it home. About two months later it once again did the same thing in stop and go traffic at about 25 MPH on interstate 495. This time I had to put it in park, people honking and cursing and restart it. I didn't take it in because I feared the same response. The third time about about 2 months later when my husband was driving me and guest from england on interstate 95 again, not on cruise control at about 65 MPH. It repeated the action from the first incident. It's been there four days now for the second try at correction with no update and failed returned calls from the service manager on an update.

Filed Jun 4, 2007 · Engine · TX

On multiple occasions, the vehicle has stalled at speed. Four out the five times it has happened so far, it started back on its own. One of the stalls required stopping and restarting the vehicle. Each stall has occurred randomly, twice with cruise control on, once while accelerating, once while braking and once while driving steady without cruise. Two times it stalled on the highway at speeds between 65 to 75 MPH, two of the times it stalled on an on or off ramp to the highway between 35 to 45 MPH, and once in a parking lot at about 15 MPH. Each time it has stalled, the engine shuts off, all electrical equipment shuts off completely (radio, A/C, lights) and the gauges drop to zero like the vehicle is off. All but one of these time, the vehicle then starts right back up within about 1 to 3 seconds, the gauges return to normal, radio turns back on, etc. Each time the vehicle stalled like this, the transmission was fully in gear (no clutch being used at the time). I have taken the vehicle in three times for repair. The first times were supposedly to update the vehicles computer system. The third time, I don't know if anything was done or not, but dealer told me that neither they, nor chrysler can figure out what is wrong with it and will not fix it at this time. Obviously, this is very much a safety concern and hope for this to be resolved soon.

Filed May 27, 2007 · Acceleration · 1,300 miles · VA · crash

While the vehicle is in cruise control mode the vehicle will shut down, accelerate, or shut down and restart and accelerate quickly.

Filed May 8, 2007 · Electrical · 1,800 miles · IN

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 jeep wrangler 4x4. While driving 55 MPH, all of the lights on the dashboard illuminated. The vehicle then stalled and shut off. The failure occurred on two occasions. The vehicle restarted and operated normally. The dealer has not diagnosed the failure, but the contact has scheduled an appointment. The vehicle does not have cruise control. The current mileage is 4,800 and failure mileage was 1,800. Updated 06/08/07.

Filed Apr 23, 2007 · Acceleration, Engine · 3,500 miles · CA

While driving on the highway at 70 MPH (cruise control enabled) the car started surging as if someone were pumping the gas pedal. It did this for approximately 10 seconds then the engine died. I was in traffic and it took a few seconds to figure out what had happened. I was lucky to have a manual transmission because the second I pressed on the clutch I lost all power steering and power brake function. I was in the middle of traffic and cars started passing me on either side. This could have easily LED to an accident. I will be taking it in to the dealer asap.

Filed Mar 2, 2007 · Acceleration · 3,500 miles · CA

I was on the freeway with my cruise control on when my vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly slowed down. I moved my foot to the accelerator and found that the vehicle had substantially less power than normal. When the vehicle slowed, the electronic throttle warning light began to flash and the stability control light came on. After pulling off the road and cycling the ignition, the vehicle returned to normal. I brought it to the dealer and they could find nothing wrong. I searched jeepforum.com and found 3 other instances of the electronic throttle having issues.