2013 Jeep Wrangler: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed May 18, 2021 · Brakes, Electrical · OH · fire

I just left my house and drove 2 miles at 25mph. My brakes went out then my vehicle caught fire with me and my two children inside. It is being inspected by insurance but there were no warning signs besides my brakes going out.

Filed Apr 25, 2021 · Electrical · 51,000 miles · SC

Driver heated seat module overheats at times causing a burning smell if in use.

Filed Mar 24, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · 120,000 miles · AR

My jeep started smoking smelt a badd oil burning smell and almost caught on fire when I finally got stopped looked under the hood and I could see oil floating on top of the engine everywhere and going all down the back of the transmission looks like a part or something may have a crack in it can't really tell oil is all over the under carriage all the way to the rear end has got all over the brakes had troubles and issues with its slowing down without it smelling like an oil fire and smoke pouring out of the brake assembly

Filed Oct 21, 2020 · 154,000 miles · LA · fire

Caught fire for no known reason- while I was driving - came to stop and smoke passed me up - wind coming from behind me -stopped - saw smoke coming out of left side of hood -totally burned-*dt*jb thankfully I was able to get out without harm - yet I am left with no vehicle

Filed May 2, 2020 · Suspension · 64,912 miles · NC · fire

The jeep was stopped and turned off for over 2 hours. The plug on the electronic sway bar started smoking and then caught fire. Luckily I wasn't too far away and was able to stop the fire from spreading

Filed Dec 23, 2019 · Engine · 99,000 miles · MA

Failure of oil cooler housing, noticed oil burning smell looked under the jeep and saw oil everywhere

Filed Nov 13, 2019 · Electrical · 26,000 miles · FL · fire

After turning off the vehicle and parking in a garage for 10 minutes the tipm started smoking, wipers and lights went on and horn started blowing and caught fire. This occured approximately 5 pm.

Filed Apr 9, 2019 · Electrical · MA · crash · fire

Vehicle travelling down curved highway ramp, inexplicably lost control, hit the jersey barrier, went over the jersey barrier and crashed into the abutment of the overpass bridge and then flipped over bursting into flames. Driver was killed. No evasive maneuvers were made by the driver, no skid marks, cause of crash unknown. *dt consumer stated vehicle was disposed approx.6-10 months ago.

Filed Mar 15, 2019 · Electrical · 53,000 miles · WI

I was getting into my vehicle and turned on the car. Immediately after I turned it on my windshield wipers began starting (with them off) and wouldn't stop. I turned my car off and they continued to keep moving. I tried to move my car into the garage and my car wouldn't come out of park. Then I started smelling a really bad smell of something burning so I called my local auto shop asap because the smell wouldn't stop and he had me disconnect the battery to shut everything off. My car had to be towed to an auto shop to get fixed. I was top the tipm module was faulty. I had to get a whole entire new module which cost 1,200$. I was told that this could have happened in the middle of me driving the car and I was lucky that it only happened when I was parked. I was also told by many other people who drive a chrysler, dodge, or jeep that this is a very common problem in older models. I feel very uneasy driving my car now.

Filed Feb 11, 2018 · Engine · 81,500 miles · OK

Oil filter housing, cracked resulting in loss of large amounts of oil, engine has 82,000 miles and oil has been changed every 3000-3500, using manf recommended oil and filter. Started leaking large amount of oil and burning smell, dealer stated that the oil filter housing was cracked due to over tightening of oil filter cap. This is not true, have for the last 4 years used a torque wrench to the manf specifications printed on the oil filter cap. Reviewing this on the internet and sees to be a common problem on the penstar engine which changed from bottom mount to top mount oil filter. Many others have had the replacement covered under the 100,000 mile warranty but this local dealership states it was user error and refuses to cover. Would like for the federal safety agency to review the number of issues other jeeps have had with this part breaking, as dealer warned this is a potential fire hazard with the oil leaking.

Filed Jan 5, 2017 · Electrical · 30,958 miles · WA · fire

Nov 3, 2016...I arrived home, backed my 2013 jeep wrangler 4dr moab edition into her garage bay and left the bay door open since it was sunny out and went up to the house to prepare dinner. 20 mins after coming home, we heard a boom, looked out to see black smoke pouring out the open garage door for our jeep. My husband ran down, used a fire extinguisher on the fire and then the water hose, then pushed the vehicle outside the garage and hosed it off more before the fire dept arrived. Investigation determined that the front wiring harness for the headlights, fog lights, trail lights and winch is where the fire started. The explosion we heard was a small canister by the radiator for the AC.

Filed Nov 5, 2016 · Electrical, Transmission · 31,000 miles · MT · fire

My new to me, but still under factory warranty, jeep wrangler sahara 2dr, caught fire and burned the day I got it. It had been driven 250kms from the jeep dealer to me, then parked until the evening. I took it for a drive for about 40km without incident, parked, and had dinner with a friend. After dinner, I used the remote start to test it, unlocked it, and got in and drove off. I stopped at a store a minute up the road, left it idling, and came out to find my check engine light flashing. I cycled the ignition, and the light went out. I proceeded towards home, but two minutes later the light came back on, followed by a very loud bang, then then the smoke from the hood. I was travelling at about 10km/hr in a neighbouthood having just turned from a stop. My vehicle came to a stop, my passenger and I jumped out, called 911, and watched as a fire coming from what appeared to be the passenger side, with something dripping and burning as well, consumed the front of the jeep. I notified the dealership and jeep canada but have yet to receive responses. Insurance deemed it a total loss. I'd owned the vehicle for 8 hours. It had 50,000kms on the odometer, and one outstanding recall (14v‑631) that wasn't done prior to delivery to me.