2006 Jeep Wrangler: sudden loss of power

Filed Mar 3, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · CA

Jeep suddenly lost all power at freeway speed. Almost got creamed by semi. Check engine light came on. Pulled over on shoulder, restarted engine and limped home under 2500 RPM. Any higher RPM resulted in complete power loss. Ran obd got "intermittent cam sensor". Tried to change sensor but assembly was full of metal shavings. Did research found out that the oil pump drive assembly is faulty. Part on back order, no one has it. Common problem with 05 models due to faulty design. Very dangerous and can destroy engine.

Filed Jul 13, 2010 · Electrical · 25,000 miles · TX

While driving down the highway at 70 MPH the 2006 jeep wrangler suddenly lost power and decelerated very quickly. The engine was still running. The rpms dropped to around 1500, pressing the gas pedal did nothing to increase the rpms. I had to pull over out of traffic. This happened several more times before I could get it to a jeep dealership in july 2009. Jeep replaced all the electrical components to include the main computer at the time. They said that they found a sensor that was bad. The repairs lasted for about 10 month and then it did it again in may of 2010. Jeep had the vehicle for 7 weeks trying before they got it repaired the first time. The last time it took 2 weeks to repair it.

Filed Aug 9, 2007 · Engine · 4,886 miles · SC

Brand new, 2006 jeep wrangler 4x4, less than 5,000 miles on it when driving down the road (first incident,50 MPH), engine stalls. Try to restart...pull off to the side of the road, wait about 5 minutes, and the jeep finally restarts. Second incident, driving down the interstate in rush hour traffic, middle lane, approximately 70 miles per hour, jeep engine stalls again. Loss of all power, steering components, no dashboard lights or check engine lights flash. Just complete and total loss of power. Almost get rear-ended by several cars before managing to get the jeep off on the shoulder. Sat on the side of the road for 45 minutes before the jeep would restart. First dealership I took it to refused to look at it because I didn't have an appointment, and said they could get to it in a week or so. I told them I didn't have an appointment because I didn't know it was going to die, and secondly I wasn't driving a vehicle that was unsafe and I didn't know what was wrong with it. I was then referred to another dealership, where the technician stated he was unable to duplicate the defect...so nothing has been fixed and I'm still driving an unsafe car.

Filed Jul 18, 2007 · Engine · 18,588 miles · SC

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep wrangler. While driving 65 MPH, the vehicle lost power without warning. The check engine light illuminated immediately afterwards and the vehicle began to jerk violently. The contact pulled the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle was driven to his residence where it failed to restart. There is a recall on the 2007 jeep wrangler regarding the engine. The vehicle is currently at the dealer. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage is 18,600 and failure mileage was 18,588.

Filed Nov 8, 2006 · Engine · 11,050 miles · CA

I was driving my 2006 jeep wrangler rubicon (11,000 miles) on the freeway, when it totally lost power. It literally shut down. I was able coast to the center medium. (this had happened just 4 days before also) I was almost in a crash as I tried to coast to a safe place. When I started the car up, the check engine light came on, and I bought the jeep to a jeep dealership near by. They put the car on the diagnostic machine, and on the rack to check it, and told me everything came out fine, and they could not find anything wrong. Needless to say it is a very very dangerous car to drive. It is less than one year old and under warranty.