2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4x4: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Jun 13, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · 10 miles · CA

Electrical problem causing starting problems, issues with windshield wipers and no lights on dash or headlights/break lights. At times while driving all lights on dashboard will turn off and windshield wipers go on on their own. The headlights and break lights will also not work. The interior lights and radio will still function. Dealership could not find the problem or solution.

Filed Sep 10, 2018 · Lights · 151,000 miles · ME

Headlights will flash 4 times and then turn off. Sometimes I am able to drive it and sometimes not. I have brought to mechanic twice now for that issue. The first time they worked fine for him,even though I had to drive with just fog lights the night before. The second time he put in a new switch but found that wasn't the problem and the lights were working again.. I brought it home and again the lights didn't work. Upon research I have found that a lot of others complain about the same issue and have spent hundreds of dollars on parts it may be, only to continue to have the same problem. I have a vehicle that may or may not work properly and it is very concerning to whether or not the headlights will go out during driving. This is a safety concern and should be addressed immediately.

Filed May 14, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · AZ

While driving all dash lights turn on headlights do not work wipers start wiping and wiper washers start squirting the engine stalls and will not start looked into issue and tipm is bad in all 2007-2011 dodge, chrysler and jeep

Filed Apr 24, 2018 · Airbags, Electrical · 82,500 miles · OH

Jeep tipm failure numerous times. Headlights stop working completely, airbags reportedly non working, winshield wipers work when they want to, horn blows on its own. Door locks cycle on their own. Engine wont shut off with the key unless unhooking the battery.

Filed Feb 4, 2018 · Electrical · 95,000 miles · VA

All headlights go off randomly. Started intermittent, then more often causing safety issues at night. Checked everything multiple times, now they come on and blink 3 times. Tipm model was causing problems but no codes. Looks like repeating issue with chrysler and should be recall

Filed Dec 21, 2017 · Electrical, Lights · 120,000 miles · CA

As the vehicle was travelling at night on a two-lane country road at 35 MPH, the electrical power of the vehicle shut off, including headlights, radio, interior power, ventilation, and engine. The duration of the outage was approximately 10 seconds. This power outage occurred just prior to a curve and caused loss of vision and ABS braking, causing a skid and narrowly missed colliding with a guardrail. The power then came back on, and all systems appeared to return to normal. There appears to be a power distribution problem that affected the operability of the vehicle, creating a hazardous condition. Battery and alternator check out ok, so a power supply problem is not a root cause of the issue.

Filed Mar 31, 2017 · Electrical · 104,500 miles · MN

Opened passenger door. Front and rear wipers turned on by themselves on high. 30 seconds later horn went on constant blast. Started vehicle, wiper and horn still on. Pulled keys from ignition, but vehicle stayed running. Popped clutch to shut off. Pulled battery cable. Everything reset. Later in day, tried to start, wipers turned on by themselves again, hazzard lights started flashing - but jeep would not start. Power locks and windows would not work. Radio did work along with headlights. Starter would not click or engage, it was just dead. Towed to dealership. Tipm replaced twice previously 5 months and 9 months earlier. Now at dealership, battery rehooked up, everything is fine.

Filed Jul 2, 2016 · Driver assistance, Lights · 160,157 miles · VA

Head lights come on by them selves. Turn signal does not turn off.

Filed Dec 20, 2015 · Electrical · 112,000 miles · NC

The security system activated without cause. I removed the key, tried locking the door and unlocking, inserting the key in the door to turn it off. Nothing worked. I to had to pull the fuse for the lights and horn so my neighbors could get some sleep. I took another vehicle to work. It has not acted up since. The week before the alarm system activating the lights would come on without cause as well. We were sitting in the house and the lights would go and off for no reason. We took the batteries out of the key thinking it was the batteries going bad. This did not fix the intermittent lights issue. I had the tipm replaced july 2015 because the headlights stayed on all the time then would flash from time to time. The wipers would go on and off on their own. The horn blared when it felt like it. All these symptoms happened while driving. The jeep dealership ran a diagnostic and said the unit was bad. Surely an $800 part without labor is suppose to last more than 5 months!!!!

Filed Sep 27, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · GA

This morning I opened the unlocked front passenger door and the craziness began - doors locked on their own, horn started blaring, headlights tailights and hazards started flashing, front and back windshield wipers started going, windshield washer fluid started shooting out. I attempted to use the remote to unlock the doors - nothing happened. Used the key to manually unlock the door - against the system trying to relock. Then cranked the engine to try and get everything to stop. It did not stop. I turned off the jeep then popped the hood and disconnected the negative terminal. All the craziness stopped. I waited @5 minutes and then reconnected the battery. All the craziness started again. So I pulled the negative and the positive from the terminal hoping to reset the system. I have not reconnected the system to try again. I am worried that even if the craziness doesn't start once I reconnect the battery, if I am driving down the road and it begins it may cause me to wreck. I will send a follow-up email. Thanks.

Filed Feb 27, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 112,000 miles · TX

My jeep will randomly squirt wiper fluid, lock and unlock doors, honk horn, turn off and on headlights, etc. All things that are controlled by the electronic system. I never know when it will happen and it differs each time, but I am worried that it is beginning to happen more frequently and will happen when I am on a highway - it has the potential to be dangerous. Due to all of the other complaints I have seen about it from jeep owners of my year and the recall on previous chrysler's due to the tipm, a recall needs to be issued for these.

Filed Dec 19, 2014 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 82,150 miles · OH

While driving on the road the jeep starting flashing the ESC light, the traction control, brakes, ABS and the speedometer would skip and not give a reading. The headlights would also flicker. Just to note the alternator and battery are good. This could have caused me loss of control in slippery conditions.