Purchased vehicle new and historically/currently while filling the fuel tank at numerous gas stations the tank overflows splashing gasoline on the vehicle, ground, and personal clothing. (the vehicle is parked with engine off while refueling)
2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4x4 fuel system complaints
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When filling gas tank fuel comes spewing out before the fuel shutoff on the pump kicks in. No matter if I am holding the lever down just a tiny bit to just slowly fill it up.every time!
Driving vehicle over 60mph resulted in multiple episodes of the death wobble within a 3 week period of time. Vehicle was purchased at used car dealership and state inspection was performed on the day of purchase. Within 24 hours of having the vehicle, I experienced the first encounter. I was driving down a hill at approximately 60mph and the steering felt shakey and the wheel began to wobble. It subsided as I slowed down. The next day, this occured on a major interstate at 65mph and car was towed to a jeep dealership. I was informed the ball joints should never have passed inspection along with the fuel system. I took the car back to the dealer and he claimed to have fixed the problem. Within 3 days of getting the jeep back, once again the wobble occurred at a speed of 65mph and I almost lost control of vehicle. This vehicle should not be on the road. The dealer returned a portion of my purchase price and I returned the jeep. The jeep is now back on the lot for sale.
Since I bout the jeep in nov. 2015. Every time I fill up the fuel tank, the automatic shutoff valve will not engage making gas spill out of the tank.
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.
During fueling my vehicle expels fuel from the fill receptacle at the time the nozzle clicks off. My vehicle build date is april of 2008 and is subsequently not covered by tsb 14-001-011 which addresses this same issues in jeeps built from march of 2007 to march of 2008.
There is an overflow and expulsion of excess gas from the filler neck when filling the gas tank up all the way immediately after the gas pump shuts off. The vehicle is stationary and in the off position when this occurs. My guess is that approximately 1 pint to 1 quart of liquid is spilled down the side of the jeep and onto the ground underneath the jeep.
I bought an 08 wrangler the end of may 2015 and experienced the gas spill at fill up almost immediately. I called armory jeep here in albany ny about the issue and chryslers (jeep) tsb #14-003-12 which "should" cover the repair free of charge. Well after giving my VIN# I was told jeep would not cover my repair because my particular jk was manufactured for canada. So I went to jeep customer service who again denied me the repair. In the end the car dealer with whom I bought from, offered to do the repair. Great! The dealer got the mopar fuel filler tube #52059821aq and installed july 20th (again free of charge - something jeep should be covering). Filled up tonight, july 22nd...and guess what? Same spillage.
I just bought this 08 jeep wrangler jk in 1/10/2015 and on the way home I stop to fill it up with gas and once full the over spill and didn't shut when it's suppose to went all over me. Every time I fill the jeep up with gas it overflows everywhere.
Gas will spill out when nozzle shuts off automatically.
Every time you fill the jeep with gas it sprays fuel at you out of the fuel filler. It happens as soon as the fuel nozzle shuts off. This is a continuous problem and has been like this for approximately the 2 years that I have owned the vehicle. This could be potentially dangerous. It is very frustrating for fuel to be sprayed on you every time you fill up. Does not matter what gas station either.
I can not fill my tank anymore, every time the vehicle gets full and tries to auto shutoff, gas shoots out of the fuel filler neck. This is not an isolated incident, this happens every time I fill up. I can not longer fill my tank for fear of this splash back. It is a lot of gas that splashes out also. I was told by a service tech that my best bet is use a high pressure hose to clean off the top of the gas tank, then run it over very bumpy terrain to knock off the dirt that may be sitting on top of the pressure relief valve. This did not seem to work for me though.
Jeep jk wrangler unlimited with passenger side mounted fuel tank and drivers side mounted fuel filler neck has approx 4 ft hose between filler neck and tank. Tank vent return hose to filler neck and filler hose are inadequate engineered causing fuel to back splash every single time you fill the vehicle with fuel and allow the auto shutoff on the pump handle to stop the fuel flow. This problem exist when filling vehicle when it is turned off and when it is running. It is worse when running. In 6 years and 90,000 miles we have spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel at gas stations and we have even had this problem with a 2010 rental jeep of the same model. A recall needs put in place before a fire occurs at a gas station.
Unable to fill gas tank without gas spitting out upon fillup. Gas gets all over myself/wife and the jeep. Then have to wipe the excess gas off vehicle to protect paint and stuff and then wash hands numerous times and change of clothing to get gas smell off of you. Now jeep refuses to fill completely before it starts to spit back at you. Maybe gets filled 3/4 tank now then wont fill no more and spits it back at us!
Frequent issue with fuel spilling back out during refueling. Jeep dealer considers this a non issue.
Every time fuel is placed into the vehicle, the fuel filler neck will spit fuel out onto the driver or around the back of the vehicle. This started occurring in september 2013 and has been consistent with every time fuel is put into the vehicle. Once I began researching this I found it is a common problem on all jeep wranglers. I also found that chrysler issued an extended warranty on 2007 and 2008 jeep wranglers, up to march 31, 2008. My vehicle was manufactured in april 2008 so I don't qualify for this warranty work. The fix seems to be a fuel neck with a check valve in it. Part cnnnx321ac. My jeep even though is was manufactured after their warranty date, still has the old part on it that is causing the problems in the first place. God forbid anyone ever gets injured by this. Shame on chrysler and shame on the federal safety agency for not taking any action.
Everytime refuel jeep, it overflows; whether stop pump manually or wait for click. Even if leave jeep on and watch fuel gauge, if fill is above 3/4 of a tank, it will burp a lot of fuel after stopping pump, and still only have 3/4 of tank; not full.
Just bought the used 2008 wrangler from a dealer. Pumping gas for the first time. The fuel overflowed at the end of filling. This was not a trickle, it was like a cup of gas puked out. There are numerous videos on youtube.com demonstrating the scenario. I am concerned for my safety and very disappointed that a car from the dealer has a known issue.
When refilling gasoline, after it 'clicks' off fuel spills onto the outside of the vehicle and ground.
New to me 2008 jeep wrangler x unlimited has fuel overfill spill problems every time I fill with fuel, ever since the first time I filled the tank. Gas pump shuts off and fuel continues to spit out of the fuel fill of the jeep. I estimate that 1-2 cups of fuel come out, some of splashes onto me and some if runs down the side of the vehicle. Dealership says it is a known problem but my vehicle is not covered so they want $600+ to replace the fuel tank.
While filling up my vehicle the after the gas nozzle shut off gas began to spew out of the gas tank fill spout. This now happens every time I fill up my vehicle.
Purchased my 2008 jeep wrangler five weeks ago. Since that time, I have filled the fuel tank 6 times. Each and every time the fuel tank has overflowed out and down the side of the body, bumper and pooled on the ground. I have tried slowing the fill rate, guessing the amount that the tank will fill to and even holding the rubber cap on the gas pump filler down tight. It makes no difference. I've been splashed in the face, and on my clothes. I've never seen this on any car I've owned in the past. I'm a professional auto/truck mechanic, this is not user error, it is a design failure of the part. A redesign and recall is in order.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that when he refilled the fuel tank as it got full the gas sprayed out onto him. The failure recurred numerous times over the course of a month. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and was informed that it was a defect and referred to the manufacturer. The manufacturer was notified and stated they would assist in the replacement of the fuel tank after the contact paid for a portion. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 56,000 and the current mileage was 58,000.
While filling the gas tank fuel burped out of the fill nozzle misting onto the side of the vehicle, gas pump, and operators hand. Fuel pooled below the fill port under the vehicle. The tank was being filled and approaching a full tank, but the pump hand not clicked off and the tank was not being"topped off". This incident occurred two more times since this report today, october 9th 2012. I have seen there is a corrective warranty offered by chrysler and this incident does not occur if the flow rate is manually slowed when approaching a full tank.
Every time I fill the jeep up with gasoline the tank overfills and spills down the side of the vehicle as the gas nozzle clicks off. I have researched this problem on the internet and found it is a common problem with this year model jeep.
When pumping fuel tank overflows appropriately 1 pint of fuel after pump shuts off.
When fueling, gas sprays out all over before the automatic shutoff kicks in. I just bought this vehicle, and this has happened every time I filled the gas tank so far (about 4 times).
I was at the gas station filling up my 2008 jeep wrangler unlimited sahara when the click of the gas pump that lets you know your done filling the tank came on and all of a sudden gas starting overflowing in a large puddle all over the side of my jeep. I thought it was a fluke of some sort so I didn't think much of it. Then the next time I filled up I had the same situation happen and the same amount came pouring out. After this I knew that there was a problem and I tried filling my tank slowly and it still made no difference in the spillage. I have had this issue occur numerous times since purchasing the vehicle and feel as though it should be recalled. I have contacted the dealership regarding this issue and they state that they have no knowledge of the issue. I have seen numerous other jeep owners have the same issue. This is a safety hazard and should be an issue fixed by chrysler.
Gas overflows when filling up vehicle.
When fueling the vehicle and the gas pump shuts off gasoline explodes in a gush from the tank filling port getting gas everywhere.
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