I have no safety horn, no airbags, no cruise control and tire presure monitore gives faulty reading. All because of and due to a bad clock spring under the steering wheel.
2008 Jeep Wrangler: adaptive cruise control problems
12 of the 873 complaints about the 2008 Jeep Wrangler describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- typical mileage
- 55,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
My airbag light is constantly on and my cruise control no longer works. I am a lhd 2008 wrangler and as I have seen across the internet this is a huge problem. Why is there no recall on the lhd 2008 wranglers when there is for the rhd and 2007 lhd wranglers. The same clock springs are used in all these vehicles and they are faulty across the board. This needs to be a recall as my airbag will not deploy if I get into an accident. Chrysler is responsible and should be held accountable for this issue in my model yr and lhd. It doesn't matter if I am sitting, drive or whatever the airbag light is always on as soon as I start the engine and my cruise control does not work.
Air bag light come on and has stayed on. Since this happened the cruise control no longer works. From what I've reviewed this is a bad clock spring.
I first noticed prior to may 2014 that my cruise control had quit working but just figured the control had gone out. Then about may 2014 the airbag, stability control and ABS lights came on while I was driving and have been on since then. The jeep does still chime notifying me of the issue. After researching the problem I've come to conclusion its the clockspring, which has been recalled/warranty extended on several model year wranglers. I have a hard time believing understanding why this hasn't been extended to additional model years. Is jeep waiting on xx number deaths and injuries to occur due to a faulty part related vehicle safety?
Pulling out of a parking space the other day and a red airbag light appeared on my dash indicating some sort of airbag fault, also cruise control and horn stopped working. Further research showed that the clock springs are a common failure among jeep wranglers thus making the airbags non operational until repair is made.
The clock spring on these vehicles are notorious for being faulty. Chrysler recalled right hand drive jeeps for this same issue. This disables the horn the cruise control, the airbag, and the electronic stability control. All very important issues in case of an accident.
The airbag light just came on & my cruise control stopped working so did my horn.
Since early july, my 2008 jeep wrangler 2dr lhd has lost horn functionality, cruise control functionality, and has been illuminating the airbag warning light. I have researched this issue and I believe there should be a safety recall on the 2008 wrangler to replace faulty clocksprings just as there was for the 2007 wrangler.
Warning light goes on...........horn does not work.......cruise control won't work properly........a well known problem that chrysler refuses to fix or recall.
Driver airbag lamp turns on-off. Loses cruise control speed when set. Airbag light turns off on right turn and turns on with chime when straight. Confirmed by chrysler dealer as clock spring fault. Driver squib #2 open corroded. Dealer states no recall or warranty for repair. Dealer repair cost quote $480.21. Dealer states when airbag light is on airbag will not operator. Believe defective clock spring controlling safety device airbag is same concern as the seatbelts on my jeep which would not release for use. The dealer replaced the defective seatbelt. So why will dealer not replace under warranty the clockspring? I will call chrysler for warranty repair approval.
Malfunction with the airbag light, light remains on. Also cruise control not working.
I was turning out of my driveway and heard a snap in the steering wheel. Air bag light came on and the horn no longer worked. The next day I heard another little snap and the cruise control stopped working. When turning the steering wheel I can hear things scraping inside it. I have been informed that the clockspring is broken.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2008 Jeep Wrangler adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 2008 Jeep Wrangler?
12 of 873 owner complaints about the 2008 Jeep Wrangler (1%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 2015.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2008 Jeep Wrangler?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2008 Jeep Wrangler
Airbag light 202Wipers 67Won't start 30Fire or smoke 22Headlights 18ABS 16Ball joint 15Coil spring 12Stalling 12Brake failure 10Fuel pump 8Check engine light 7Door locks 7Engine failure 7Loss of power 7Overheating 7Warning lights 7No deployment 6Fuel smell 6Jerking 5Transmission failure 5
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