2010 Jeep Wrangler: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jul 6, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · ID · fire

Started vehicle and went inside to grab my bag and there was a loud explosion and the engine bay went up in flames. Determined to be electric and originated in or near the TIPM. The vehicle is a total loss, house has damage, and other vehicles.

Filed Aug 24, 2023 · Engine · FL · fire

The contact owns a 2010 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in his driveway three to four feet away from the house the vehicle caught on fire and burned his house down The vehicle and the house was condemned total loss. A Police and Fire report was filed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 107,000.

Filed Aug 13, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · 74,000 miles · IA

My 2010 jeep wrangler unlimited has been idling funny for a while. Today my windshield wipers started running without turning them on, the headlight came on high beam without turning them on and my turn signals stopped working. I was just trying to get hime from work. Sometimes the starter sticks & grinds when I try to start it..sometimes the cruise control makes the jeep shake violently like driving on 4 flat tires down the interstate. My husband unhooked the battery today to stop the wipers and it was sparking and the whole fuse control panel was too hot to touch. He done some research and found out it is the tipm and it's been a problem in almost all jeep wranglers, and has been recalled in most that had all my jeeps electrical issues, but has not been recalled in the 2010, even after many customer complaints, glad it didn't catch my jeep on fire. Now I'm worried about parking in my garage as it is part of my house. So now my jeep that only has 74000 miles and cost me 35000 dollars is a fire hazard and can't be parked in its cozy 350000 garage because I don't want to lose my home, jeep and possibly my life. Chrysler really needs to step up and do the right thing after making so much money off of us die hard life long jeep enthusiasts.*dt*dt

Filed Aug 1, 2019 · Electrical · 79,000 miles · OH · fire

My parked/stationary 2010 jeep wrangler caught fire from the center console by itself with no outside factors involved. It was parked inside my detached garage.*dt *dt *dt approval for insurance company and fire incident inspection attached.*jb

Filed Mar 7, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 62,000 miles · MO · fire

I was driving down my residential street and my jeep's windshield wipers started going off, my horn starting honking and my seat belt light came on. I continued to drive and 3 seconds later it did the same thing but this time it died and smoke started coming through my vents inside. I immediately put it in park and got out to get my son out of the back seat but my door shut behind me and all of the rest were locked. I immediately called 911 because I was watching the car fill with smoke with my 10 month old trapped inside. I was not able to unlock any of the doors until I got to the back hatch, where my key opened it up. I got my son out and about 60 seconds later, it started smoking worse and it turned to black smoke. About 30 seconds after that my car caught on fire. It all seemed to start under the hood on the passenger side of the car.

Filed Jun 5, 2017 · Electrical · 67,000 miles · SC

On 5/12/17 my wife left for work about 7:20 am, about 20 min. Later she came back in our home and said the jeep went crazy, she explained about half way down our drive way which is about a 1/4 of a mile, the wipers speeded up all the lights in the gauge cluster lit up,a constant noise like a smoke alarm started and lasted for a few seconds, then the wipers were going real slow and jumping, the engine shut off and smoke came out from under the hood on the left side. She switched off the jeep and all the cluster lights stayed on. I went to the jeep the cluster lights were still on, I open the hood and smoke was coming from the fuse box. I disconnected the battery and removed the fuse box cover, there were melted fuses in the box and I could see some melted wires under the fuse box. I called a local body shop to come and pick up our jeep. I called my insurance and filled a claim. Since there was no fire we had no claim. I rented a tow dolly and took it to stateline dodge in fort mill, s.c. I decided to call jeep for help. They sent someone from engineering analysis to determine what happen. I don't remember his name but he told me it was a massive tipm failure. Jeep sent me a letter saying it was not a manufacturer defect and would not help us our jeep has only about 67000 miles on it. Updated 09/20/17*lj

Filed May 16, 2017 · 190,000 miles · IL · fire

While driving approx. 10 MPH my jeep started smoking in the cab. I immediately stopped the car, jumped out and already there were flames coming from the engine. My entire...I mean entire jeep burned within a few minutes. Nothing but a shell left. What happened? It was so scary!

Filed Feb 2, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 119,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2010 jeep wrangler. While the vehicle was parked, it caught on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. There were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 119,000.

Filed Dec 14, 2015 · Engine · 60,000 miles · OK · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2010 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that while driving at 15 MPH, burning fumes emitted in and around the vehicle. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed flames and fuel leaking in the engine compartment. The contact attempted to extinguish the fire but the vehicle engulfed into flames. A police report was not filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed Nov 11, 2015 · 143,000 miles · TX · fire

Was driving down freeway and the vehicle just went up in flames out of no where beginning on passengers side under the hood. Fire engulfed the vehicle entirely. Total loss.

Filed Oct 29, 2015 · Airbags, Engine · 69,000 miles · NC · crash · fire · 1 injury

I was driving to work on 10-5-15 when a drunk driver pulled out in front of me, I had no time to stop but when my 2010 jeep wrangler unlimited hit their vehicle, I immediately smelled and saw smoke comming from the engine compartment of my jeep. I drove to the side of the road where I quickly got out and made it just in time because the vehicle quickly burst into flames. My airbags also did not deploy which I thought odd because I was traveling around 45 MPH at the time of the accident.

Filed Aug 3, 2015 · CA · fire · 1 injury

Vehicle caught on fire, vehicle was declared a total loss.