2004 Jeep Wrangler: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 19, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 91,500 miles · GA

At 91,500 miles the PCM failed for a second time. I am not certain when the first failure occurred, but it was shown to have been flashed previously. This issue surfaced in the form of a stall out at a light. When attempting to accelerate from an idle position the engine stalled. After parking the vehicle, turning over the engine while simultaneously giving it gas, the vehicle turned over. According to three different mechanics this is a common issue among '04 jeep wranglers that they have encountered recently (12 years after market and 2 years completely out of warranty). No one can find a replacement PCM because they are no longer manufactured, and it was chrysler's recommendation that customers experiencing this issue go to a scrap yard to find a replacement (likely to have the same issue). As a customer I am appalled that we are aware of this issue and there have been no recalls. Driving down the highway my battery charged to 20 volts and could have exploded.

Filed Dec 12, 2014 · Engine · 114,000 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 jeep wrangler. While driving 20 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was shifted into park and restarted; however, the failure recurred several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 114,000.

Filed Nov 13, 2009 · Transmission · 58,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 jeep wrangler. While driving approximately 10 MPH on a snow covered road surface, the rear end of the vehicle began to shimmy. Next without warning the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for inspection, and the rear passenger side drive shaft was replaced. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on two separate occasions for the identical failures. The vehicle was repaired for the malfunctions. The failure mileage was 58,000. The current mileage was 68,526.

Filed Mar 17, 2009 · Electrical · 28,970 miles · CA

While turning left at an intersection at 5 MPH, engine stalled. This happened twice. Mechanic scanned engine without finding cause.

Filed May 2, 2007 · Electrical · 50,000 miles · NY

I took my 2004 jeep grand cherokee back to the dealer brown's jeep in medford ny because it would continuously stall and the yellow dashboard light would stay on. The problem began at approx 50,000 miles and the dealer new exactly what it was; a throttle sensor on a circuit board. The SUV would race and buck and was difficult to control. It seemed odd that they new what it was right away and happened to a relatively late model vehicle. And now I saw an article in the newspaper about the federal safety agency investigating stalling of jeep suvs. It cost me approx. $400-$500 of the $1150 I paid for the service visit attributable to fixing the stalling issue. Perhaps the jeeps you are investigating are not the only years involved.

Filed Dec 14, 2005 · Engine · 400 miles · IN

2004 jeep wrangler sport with 4.0 I-6 engine. Would stall after complete warm up while idling in gear. Dealer installed heat shield over fuel injector, but still have stalling problems on cold start. No lights or anything come on. Only had 400 miles on it when first occurred. Now, at 16000 miles, I'm having stalling on cold starts in warm weather only. In the winter, the vehicle runs great. Dealer cannot recreate the problem, and do not know what to do.

Filed Dec 3, 2004 · Engine · 250 miles · CA

Hard starting and stalling. The vehicle will crank and crank and will start sometimes or you must turn the key off and try to restart, and will start the second time, but usually runs poorly for a few seconds. Will sometimes stall when puttin into gear. Dealer has changed fuel pump and put a shield over one of the fuel injectors. Still having the hard starting problem.

Filed Aug 19, 2004 · Engine · 300 miles · CA

While driving 70 MPH the engine stalled without warning. As a result the vehicle lost all power. *jb the failures caused the consumer to pull off of the highway without the use of power steering. *sc

Filed Jun 3, 2004 · Electrical · 8,678 miles · NJ

I own a 2004 jeep wrangler with a 4.0 I-6 engine. Within the past 2 weeks, the vehicle has stalled on the highway 3 different times. The following applies to all 3 incidents... Once I got the vehicle over to the shoulder and stopped, the engine would not restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where the crankshaft position sensor was diagnosed as faulty and thus replaced. The crankshaft position sensor was replaced three times. All 3 incidents of failure have occurred at highway speeds. This raises my safety concern since I can not accelerate and safely pull to the shoulder, especially when the surrounding vehicles are at highway speeds. The incident date posted was the date of the third and most recent incident the second incident occurred on may 23, 2004 and the first incident occurred on may 18, 2004.