The air bag light keeps going on and off as I'm driving, conditions (street or highway) are more pronounced while cornering... The clock spring was replaced 2 years ago, its doing the same thing again
2010 Jeep Wrangler electrical complaints
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Driving on the highway approx 70 MPH (speed limit) when the battery light sensor notification came on. Moved over to the slow lane to get off the next exit. Within ~ 5 miles of driving, the car completely shut down. Total engine loss and loss of all electrical including power steering making it extremely difficult to safely exit the lane onto the shoulder.
Vehicle dies while driving all electrical lights on dash are lit up. Consumer stated after pulling the vehicle into a parking lot vehicle would not start. After 10 minutes vehicle starts, wipers go at full speed and deploy all washer fluid. Check engine light reveled low voltage to the tipm module. Horns sounds while backing up. Another time are windows will not roll down and after a few minutes they start working again. After disconnecting battery problem go aways.*dt*jb
The center console gets hot (like worry about a fire hot) , the radio will not work sometimes, sometimes the radio will be on but you can not shut it off or turn the station or anything with it, now the wipers will not shut off, it will not come out of park, random lights come on on the dash and go off, the windows and blinkers do not work. Thank god mine happened while in the parking lot at work and not driving down the highway at 70 MPH heading home as I take 95 home from work. .so many people are complaining on line. Look it up
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
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
Pcm power control module is a known problem with jeep wranglers and there is no recall?
I was driving on the highway and my jeep quit. When I looked under the hood the battery, fuse box and wiring were all melted.*dt
Totally integrated power module (tipm) failed while driving causing the jeep to die at highway speed making it very difficult to control on the north texas expressway with no exits. Jeep came to a stop on a blind curve and would not come out of park to be moved. Shifted transfer case to nut neutral and with another drives assistance pushed off the expressway.
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.
Headlights went out driving on highway. Tipm. Totally integrated power module. A quick search and it is all over the internet of being a safety issue. $1000 repair.
Lights on dash went haywire and the vehicle just died while going 35 MPH would not restart or come out of gear when it was stopped. I was stuck on a city street with no lights of any kind. Very thankful my daughter was not with me!!
When driving down the road the vehicle would violently start shaking if it hit a pot hole or the road would curve. When the vehicle started to violently shake, steering the vehicle was impossible and it also killed the engine once. This happened driving on the highway and also on residential roads. Turned on the vehicle the wipers are going nonstop without being turned on, the turn signals and all of the gauges are not working. The headlights stay on when the jeep is on. This happens with starting the vehicle and also driving.
Wipers will not turn off, blinkers will not work, dash board lights flash, vehicle stalls while driving due to fuel relay not working.
My windshield wipers suddenly refused to turn off. You must remove the fuse or disconnect the battery for the wipers to stop. Was informed by dealership that it was a faulty tipm. The tipm is the electrical brains of the vehicle. Chrysler is well aware of this faulty part and have recalled certain vehicles but denied the petition to recall the part in the 2010 jeep wrangler. It's disappointing that the company refuses to stand by their product and fix what they know to be faulty. The dealership quoted a $1200.00 price to fix the tipm.
1) doors are supposed to lock when vehicle gets to a certain speed but the driver side no longer locks automatically. 2) while vehicle was in park, the automatic gear slipped into drive and smashed into a wall and totally shut down. The jeep had to be towed to the dealer as the automatic gear shift would not move and the jeep would not start. The jeep has been in the repair shop for 3 days and the dealership has not been able to determine what is wrong with the jeep.
Key fob works intermittently, causing a safety concern for vehicle access.
2010 jeep wrangler unlimited rubicon 4x4 horn doesn't work. Works to alert me when alarm is active or tripped only. Clockspring replaced as per recall. Horn still doesn't work. Diagnosed horn. Actual horn works. Fuse is good. Relay in tipm doesn't click. Non- servicable part???!!! Can't physically replace a simple relay for a horn for under $1000.00???!!! What the... I can not believe this. I need a horn for safety.
The vehicle headlights will randomly cut off while driving. The headlight issue effects both headlights and fog lights and will stay out for seconds and on several occasions require several minutes before coming back on both while stationary and while driving. I had the switch on the steering column replaced which did not correct the issue. The problem has been diagnosed to the fuse box. The headlights cutting out is a major concern and when I called jeep for a price they had it in stock which would indicate this is a known and normal issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jeep wrangler. While driving approximately 5 MPH into a parking lot, the vehicle shut off. When he attempted to restart the vehicle, the alternator started to smoke. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the alternator was faulty and destroyed the computer system. The mechanic replaced the alternator and the computer. The dealer was not contacted and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 99,600.
After airbag recall service, the horn stopped working and the dealer diagnosis is the tipm module.
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
Dashboard doesn't illuminate, directional signals don't operate, wipers won't stop. The totally integrated power module (tipm) needs to be replaced as I had this diagnosed by a professional mechanic. And I had the clock spring replaced by a jeep dealer as this didn't correct the existing electrical problem. This problem happened after the jeep was parked overnight in my garage and it happened january 2016.
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.
Headlights spontaneously turn off or flicker. After driving for a few minutes. Need to turn car off to make them work again. Wipers sometimes won't turn off. Sometimes headlights will not go on after a few seconds.
Tipm is faulty. Power locks non functional. Washer pump non functional. Passenger headlight stays on high beam constantly even when vehicle is not in use. Unplugging battery is mandatory to keep lights off and battery from draining. Factory installed remote start does not work. Problem occurred while vehicle was in motion at high speeds down the highway. Inabilty to wash the windshield is a huge safety factor. As well as the constant high beam to other motorists.
Just purchased this jeep a few weeks ago and, even though we knew the tipm was a known issue, we thought perhaps it would not surface for a few months or years. Well 2 weeks ago, the check engine light started beeping. A few days later, it would not start. Then today the dashboard lights started flashing & beeping and a few minutes after that, the engine stalled. Although I was able to restart it, 10 minutes later it stalled again & I could not restart it & nothing was coming on - no hazards / lights / engine lights. Another 10 minutes and I noticed the lights were back on so I tried to start it again . Engine tried to turn over but unfortunately it didn't start. Waited another few minutes & it finally started. Was able to drive it home & am not going to make the appointment to get the tipm replaced. Jeep needs to own this problem and make it a recall. Its terrifying knowing that I could have been on the highway when the car died.
Totally integrated power module failed resulting in loss of horn, wipers, interior dome lamp, dash lights, and automatic transmission shift lever is locked in park.
The tipm failed which resulted in the headlights not working. There was not a specific event that caused the failure.
Vehicle was stationary. After flash update on tipm. Tipm failure occurred causing starter to "fry". This is a problem that has had many complaints. This can cause problems on vehicles while in motion. Can't believe the federal safety agency failed to investigate after all the complaints received.
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