As the fuel tank is being filled with fuel and the fuel pump cuts off when the tank is full, the tank allows a significant amount of fuel to be "burped" out of the fuel filler onto the vehicle, ground, and the person filling the vehicle. This occurs every time the tank is filled at every fuel depot.
2005 Jeep Wrangler: fuel pump failure
21 of the 650 complaints about the 2005 Jeep Wrangler describe fuel pump failure.
- owner complaints
- 21
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- typical mileage
- 50,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Fuel pump failure by model year
What owners say
At any refueling, before the fuel pump auto shut off is engaged, there is fuel spit back out of the fuel filler. It runs down the corner panel and behind the left rear fender flare, as well as onto the ground. Depending on what setting you have the pump handle set to (high, medium, low), depends on how much fuel is spat back out.
While filling up at a gas station, the fuel pump did not "automatically shut off" and shot roughly 1/4 gallon of gasoline out on the side of the vehicle and on the ground. Thoroughly cleaned vehicle but still smelt gasoline vapors inside of the cab for 30 minutes with the window down. Did some research and found it is due to the vehicle's icv becoming stuck in the open position, which builds pressure inside of the gas tank, allowing the filler neck to fill with gasoline, and then releases the pressure which propells the gasoline out of the filler neck and onto the ground. In order to fix this problem I must replace the entire gas tank.
My 2005 jeep unlimited rubicon (tj) has overflowed fuel for years. The fuel pump continues to flow until fuel has overflowed the tank and fuel pours onto the ground. Chrysler has covered this under warranty for other year jeep wranglers. My year is not covered and the repair is over $900.00. I was told this is just a malfunction of a valve in the fuel filler pipe. And is caused from a poor design.
When refueling my jeep, fuel was expelled from the filer neck at the same time the fuel pump cut off automatically. I was covered in gasoline this time after the fuel was expelled from the tank. This has happened on every refill starting about 6 months ago but the first time I have been doused with fuel. The jeep dealer indicated that a recall had been initiated on hundreds of wranglers but not the 2005 jeep wranglers for the same problem. This is an incredibly dangerous situation and the consumer needs your help!! Many online articles from organizations like edmunds and consumer reports has indicated this is a serious problem and the problem needs to be identified by your organization and chrysler needs to recall the vehicles.
Every time I go to fill up my gas tank- once the fuel pump reaches the full amount the fuel starts coming out of the tank spilling all over the side of my wrangler and sometimes on my shoes. Even when I slow pump the gas into the tank, once it reaches a certain point (which I can never tell because most vehicles make the gas pump click off once full) it almost always automatically purges itself.
Recently purchased the wrangler used. Fuel spill every time you fill the gas tank. When the fuel pump clicks off fuel shoots out the fill spout.
When refueling the vehicle, fuel pump never shuts off. This has been a problem with the vehicle now for a long time. The fuel system allows the pump to continue running after the tank is full. It does not matter what gas station I go to. Gasoline always overflows and spills out onto the ground. I was recently refueling my and the vehicle and the pump did not shut off. A substantial amount of gas flowed out onto the ground and something lit the fuel vapors causing a small fire. I was able to put it out with an extinguisher. This could have caused the entire gas station to catch fire/explode and is extremely dangerous. *tr ..updated 09/12/12 *bf updated 09/12/2012
When I try to fill my tank using the autofill option on the fuel pump handle, the fuel doesn't shut off when the tank is full and will come splashing out in force. My solution thus far is to be aware of the gallon amount as I fuel the vehicle, then when it gets fairly close, I try to trickle the fuel in so as not to splash too much fuel out on to the ground or my pants and shoes.
Whenever the vehicle is filled completely with gas the gas pump will quit pumping fuel but 1/2 - 1 cup of fuel spills out every time after the fuel pump shuts off.
When I was at a gas station that didn't have a fuel vapor recovery system on the fuel pump handle, fuel would spit back out when the fuel tank got full, getting fuel on the pump handle and down the side of the jeep.
When filling up the jeep with gas this morning, fuel shot out of the jeep about 3 feet and also ran down the side of the jeep right when the fuel pump shut off. Had I been standing in front of the fuel tank, I would have been covered in gas to include my face. This is a known problem and chrysler needs to recall this! This is not only a safety problem, but a hazmat problem as well.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2005 Jeep Wrangler fuel pump
Is fuel pump failure a common problem on the 2005 Jeep Wrangler?
21 of 650 owner complaints about the 2005 Jeep Wrangler (3%) mention fuel pump failure. The model year with the most reports is 2006.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2005 Jeep Wrangler?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2005 Jeep Wrangler
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