On two occasions, I have rear-ended someone due to what I believe is a faulty design in the position of the brake pedal in relationship to the accelerator pedal in my 2004 jeep wrangler unlimited. In instances where I had to stop suddenly therefore applying extreme pressure to the brake pedal, the brake pedal descended below the accelerator and the right side of my foot came in contact with the accelerator causing the accelerator to be depressed at the same time. I would have had adequate stopping distance in both instances had the accelerator not caused me to be pushed into the car in front of me.
2004 Jeep Wrangler brakes complaints
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Warped front disc brakes at 15790 miles.
2004 jeep wrangler's front brake rotors warped.*mr
I driving my jeep and was hit on the drivers side by a mercedes that was moving 35mph. I watch the whole scene coming through my front soft top glass window. My face hit the soft top window and broke my nose pretty bad according to dr. Charles shaffer (my surgieon). By the way the soft top and upper door halfs were the factory equipped "willy's edition" model specific which are supplied to dailmer chrysler by hertz. Blood was everywhere and took 3 hours to completely stop the bleeding. I was wearing my seat belt by the way. I had to have surgery to my nose and several follow up sessions. I feel very lucky that it was a mercedes that hit me because they are able to crush very well. His vehicle was totaled and had neck pain and I drove home with a broke nose, bent rear axle shaft (bend was outside of the axle bearing, which makes one of my rear brakes useless), damaged factory rocker panel (willy's edition model specific), damaged body, rear fender flare, I also had to straighten and reweld the body mount that tore off the frame( there are 3 body mounting points that are clearly visible between the 2 drivers side wheels, the mount closest to the rear tire was torn off the frame) please contact me if you would like to ask me more questions at (704) 506-4592.
Just started with power loss from show room floor,cam replaced lifters replaced breaks sticking to the point where the jeep is hard to move says it is because of rust used dayly,timing out 15 degrees front and rear dif leaking with metal shavings inside mechanic says dana problem grinding right front axel noise.
Front brake vibrate violently,and have been changed 4 times within the 1.5 yrs I have owned the truck. My drivers seat frame is cracked (the metal frame) I use a pillow to keep it streight because it leans to thee left due to the weld crack in the frame. I have gotten no where with 2 different dealerships and shelled out well over 2.000 dollars on rotors and brakes. The rear brakes hardlry work also I can pull I=the emergency brake and the truck will not even slow down the fronts do all the work and it has been in for brake repairs by several different shops. There must be a recall because thie is a severe danger and is going to really cause a problem or worse deaths.
Got in vehicle. Put right foot on brake, put car in drive, took my foot off brake and then immediately reapplied it as car pulled in front of me. Wrangler began creeping forward and I applied more pedal pressure only to find the vehicle accelerating harder. Hit car in front of me. Thought I had my right foot on brake when in fact, most of my right foot was on the accelerator. Why are these pedals so close? I'm normally a left foot braker so this isn't a big issue, but in the case, I used my right foot and ended up having my right foot on both pedals. Very poor design and dangerous, in my opinion.
Right front brakes seized on my way home.
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