2011 Jeep Wrangler: won't start

Filed Sep 29, 2016 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · VA

My 2011 jeep wrangler unlimited is a right hand drive that I use for mail delivery and personal use. The engine stalls spontaneously while I'm driving and/or delivering. When this happens, steering is precarious. Twice this incident has happened while I was in-transit through a curve at 45 MPH. I was unsuccessful at wrestling with the steering wheel to drift off the road safely. Two succeeding cars, not able to see me in the blind spot of the curve, swerved into the opposing lane of traffic to avoid me. A fatal accident could have happened. F ornately and thankfully, the engine did start up again but not without a close call. Does someone have to get seriously injured or die before a recall will be considered?? Also, randomly the starter cranks but won't start or it won't crank at all, rendering the key fob useless for locking the doors-excruciatingly frustrating & a security issue when the vehicle is full of mail/packages. I have been to 2 mechanics on 3 separate occasions concerning these issues. One mechanic could not make a diagnosis and the other thought the problem to be the starter, which was replaced. However, the problems persist. My research has lead me to believe that I might have a faulty tipm. I will have a mechanic investigate this possibility further. Should the tipm be the culprit, a recall should be opened for desperate reconsideration and for safety's sake!!!!!!

Filed Oct 26, 2015 · Electrical · 75,000 miles · FL

Driving along about 75mph on I-26. All of a sudden all the lights inside flashed and then when dark. Jeep shut down and went dead. Coasted to shoulder. Shut off ignition and remove the key. Inserted key and started jeep. About 2 hours later, I pulled over at a rest area, shut of the jeep, and went to use the rest room. When I returned the jeep would not respond to the fob to unlock the doors, I used the key in the manual lock. Jeep would not start. I disconnected the negative battery cable for about 10 seconds, and re installed. Jeep started and even 2 days later no return of symptoms.

Filed Sep 25, 2015 · Suspension · 60,000 miles · MD

Took 2011 jeep jk to car wash. Afterwards "sway" bar light started to flash. Shut car off, restarted and ran through disconnect procedures- put trans/diff in neutral and hit disconnect button- light went off. While driving jeep to work next morning, all the lights on the dash board flashed and car shut off. Jeep would not start. Tipm was fried with disconnect motor. Water had got into connection by sway bar disconnect motor. They are not water tight. Have read other stories of happening during rain storms.

Filed Jul 29, 2014 · Electrical · 36,000 miles · MD

June 23rd, after beginning to move after traffic was thining out, the engine shut off and would not start back up. After checking fluids and temp levels (electrical gauges still worked), I could only assume this was a sensor issue. After the vehicle had been towed to a dealership, the next day it was confirmed that the tipm (total integrated power module) had went bad, and needed to be replaced. This part is coded specifically for the vehicle (used ones cannot work). I was told that the part could take up to a month to replace because chrysler was not releasing them due to an issue with them. Once this was found out, it struck me as odd seeing as I was never notified about a recall, and if this was a known issue, shouldnt one have been sent out?

Filed Aug 16, 2013 · Electrical · 15,000 miles · VA

For some time the vehicle has had an intermittent electrical starting problem, which results in a personal safety issue. Most times the vehicle starts properly. At times, however, when the key is inserted and turned, nothing happens. Sometimes the vehicle can then be started using the remote start and then operated by quickly inserting the key and turning it. At times neither the key nor the remote start will work. Typically, by alternating between attempts to use the key and remote start, the vehicle can be started within 15 minutes. The vehicle was recalled due to this issue and was recently taken to koons tysons chrysler in virginia for service. However, after the vehicle was returned with a 'software upgrade' to correct the issue, the problem continues. It was again taken this week to koons tysons chrysler to fix the problem, but the service center says it cannot replicate the problem on its lot and therefore won't do anything more. It says it completely believes there is an issue, but wants to return the vehicle, wait until the problem occurs again, and then have it towed to its service center for appraisal. Obviously, this is not a practical solution. It could present a dangerous situation of having my wife stuck who knows where (a dark parking lot, railroad crossing, etc.) with a vehicle that won't start. This is a known issue for a vehicle under warranty and chrysler needs to step to the plate, take responsibility, and fix the problem. In the meantime, I'm driving a rental car at my expense as chrysler will neither pay the rental bill nor fix its vehicle.