2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4x4 acceleration problems

Filed Jun 15, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 129,400 miles · VA

Issues started with vehicle not able to start and inability to shift out of park. Battery would test good. After disconnecting battery, vehicle would start as usually. Issue began to escalate with oil light and esp light randomly lighting up on the dash. Finally, electronic throttle control and esp light would come on while driving and accelerator was unresponsive while driving on highway. I have replaced the throttle body and the entire wiring harness with no resolution. I am now replacing the computer in hopes that it will resolve the issues. I have had the jeep in for auto service 5 times since january.

Filed May 27, 2016 · Acceleration, Airbags · 65,000 miles · IN

Air bag light is on. Horn and cruise also quit working when this occurred. Rear ended a lady last fall and airbag failed to deploy, not sure it should have but still didn't. Can not ever fill the gas tank full due to fuel spilling out of the fill tube onto the ground, can get slightly more that 3/4 full.

Filed Nov 18, 2015 · Acceleration, Airbags · 91,100 miles · PA

Airbag warning light coming on intermittently when turning the steering wheel to the right. Horn working intermittently and cruise control unexpectedly turning off.all issues seem to be happening while moving and turning.

Filed Jul 30, 2014 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 15,000 miles · TX

My jeep has the "jeep death wobble", which is widely discussed on the internet. By googling that term, you can see that it's a very violent shaking of the front end of the vehicle, causing the car to ultimately shake out of control if the vehicle cannot be slowed down very quickly. Unfortunately, it's cause is unclear, though there is a list of a dozen or so "fixes" that sometimes fix the problem for 20,000 miles or so at a time. I had the death wobble at about 15k miles, 35k miles and now again at 65k miles. The dealer acknowledged the problem and was scared when he drove my car to see the problem for himself. It's unsafe for me and my 2-year old daughter in the back. My car needs this repaired again right now, and I assume will need it every 20k miles or so. On the last occasion this happened (yesterday), I hit a small gap in the pavement (for example, the normal seam where two pieces of concrete come together) at about 45mph. The front end started vibrating and then the vibration increases (almost like the car is resonating), until you can't hold the steering wheel and the car is about to vibrate off the road uncontrollably. This is how the issue always occurs and it occurs between 45-70mph. It's begins with a small bump or imperfection on the pavement. It's easily reproduced.

Filed Jul 6, 2014 · Acceleration, Steering · 20,800 miles · PA

My vehicle has had the "death wobble" multiple times. My vehicle has been repaired twice, once in october of 2013 and once in march of 2014. It is happening again. I will need to get it fixed for the third time. It makes the jeep uncontrollable. I have to slow down to almost a complete stop. When it happened continuously in march of 2014 I had to have it towed 60 miles from my home. I have come close to two accidents on major roadways. There is less than 23k miles on my jeep.

Filed Jun 25, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 80,000 miles · FL

Hello, I'm requesting that a factory recall be placed on my 2008 jeep wrangler. The issue is that the shifter cable falls off from the transmission lever because at the end of the cable there is a cheap 1 cent plastic insert that dries up and disintegrates, thus the shifter cable to fall-off. Thanks be to god, that nothing major happened to us, but potentially it could be fatal in other cases. Imagine this, when this cable falls-off the vehicle is stuck in the ?reverse gear?, then you give it gas and instead of going forward, the jeep goes backwards unexpectedly, potentially over a person, or down cliff, down a mountain, into a river, lake or even causing a major traffic accident. In my case my wife was driving the jeep, not knowing that the shifter cable had fallen-off and that the jeep was now stuck in "drive gear". When she stopped and the shifted to ?park? The vehicle continued to drive forward under the engine idle power. Also when the jeep was turned ?off? To get out of the vehicle, soon as she release the jeep?s brake it started to roll on its own. The ?emergency brake? Had to be applied in order to stop the jeep from rolling further. In closing this cable is made with very cheap parts and also it is not designed properly, it lacks what engineers in my field we call ?a fail safe design criteria?. Notice investing a 5 cents metal clip, placed over the end of the cable it would prevent it from ever falling out, even if the plastic disintegrates. This existing cable design is extremely danger, again the end insert is made-up of a cheap plastic and it lacks a metal retaining clip. In closing the factory should replace this cable for free, but the replacement shall have the plastic insert made-up of a stronger material (one that won't crumble). Also it shall have a "metal safety clip" to prevent it from ever falling off and causing major accident. Thank you.

Filed Jan 21, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 55,000 miles · RI

Filing a complaint about what is called a death wobble! Called chrysler they have no recall but it is a known defect but not recall they say! It is very scary when this happens although they say no deaths are reported it definitely affects your steering and could cause accident. I have taken it to two different dealers they have come across it many times and tried fixing many different ways but no conclusion has been made please help! It has no after market items added to it nor big tires as chrysler says can cause it!

Filed Sep 24, 2013 · Acceleration · 70,000 miles · PA

Engine light came on. Reads code p0585 speed control switch 1/2 correlation. Speed control does not work. Bad clock spring...

Filed Apr 12, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · 28,500 miles · OH · fire

I was driving my 2008 jeep wrangler unlimited on state route 23 northbound just outside of milan michigan when I began to notice a sputtering of the engine. I started to slow down to pull over and it stopped. As I accelerated back to speed I could feel it again. I pulled off the interstate onto the cone azail road exit as I slowed down the engine started to run fine again. I entered back onto the highway and as pick up speed it started sputtering I finally pulled over and as I was reaching to open the hood a flame shot out. With in minutes my vehicle was completely engulfed in flames. It happened so fast I was unable to recover anything out of the vehicle safely. When contacting chrysler regarding this incident they told me to take it up with my insurance company and that they would not cover any damages.

Filed Mar 23, 2011 · Acceleration · 30,000 miles · CO

Cruise control stopped working. I got a new clock spring from a local 4x4 shop that ordered it through the local dealer. I had the 4x4 shop install the clock spring for me because my local jeep dealer is not a trustworthy dealer in my opinion. Total for the repair was nearly 500 dollars.