2025 Jeep Wrangler fuel system problems

Filed Oct 31, 2026 · Brakes, Electrical · CA

**Vehicle:** 2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Plug-In Hybrid **Complaint Categories:** Service Brakes / Electrical System / Power Train # the federal safety agency Safety Complaint: Sudden Loss of Propulsion and Failure to Respond to Braking at Highway Speed While driving my 2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe on a highway at approximately 55 mph, I experienced a sudden, simultaneous malfunction involving the vehicle's electrical systems, propulsion and braking. The first indication was an abrupt flash of the dashboard display. The event happened extremely quickly, but it appeared as though the vehicle's ignition had momentarily been turned off and then back on. Immediately afterward, multiple warning indicators appeared, including the turtle/reduced-power warning, ABS/skidding indicator and red brake warning. **At the same time, the vehicle began losing propulsion and failed to respond to normal braking input. I was unable to stop the vehicle using normal braking. Instead, the vehicle continued coasting until it eventually came to a stop, nearly going over an embankment.** This was an extremely dangerous situation involving the simultaneous loss of propulsion and effective braking control while traveling at highway speed. After the vehicle stopped, I attempted to restart it, but it would not restart. ## Dealership Diagnosis I reported the incident to an authorized Jeep dealership. The service department subsequently advised me that the ABS module was defective and required replacement. The dealership provided the following written explanation: "All of the codes in the system of your Wrangler are related to loss of communication with the ABS module (a lot of the modules communicate to each other) When there is a loss of communication with the ABS module it will shut the vehicle down, because it does not want you to drive it." The dealership attributed the loss of propulsion to the loss of communication with the ABS module. However, it has not provided technical documentation explaining why an AB

Filed Oct 9, 2026 · Electrical, Fuel system · CO

I am reporting a recurring loss/reduction of expected electric propulsion in my 2025 Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe after FCA Safety Recall 68C / the federal safety agency 25V‑741 was completed. Before 68C, I routinely drove my normal route, including sustained uphill/high-load portions, in Electric mode for the full trip to/from & expending the full battery capacity. After the recall software update, electric propulsion frequently is sluggish with no acceleration. additional accelerator input does not immediately produce the expected increase in propulsion, and the vehicle then transitions to Hybrid operation with abrupt/jerky gasoline-engine engagement. After this occurs, it does not return to Electric mode until I stop, then intermittent electric. This is not simply reduced EV range. It is a loss/reduction of available electric propulsion followed by delayed gasoline-engine torque substitution, creating unpredictable acceleration during hills, merging, passing, and other situations where immediate propulsion may be safety-critical. My post-68C symptoms are materially similar to other the federal safety agency complaints involving Wrangler 4xe vehicles, including 11747685, 11765613, 11767648, 11768376, and 11768812. Those reports describe staged electric-power reduction, approximately 43–45 kW available output in one case, 10–15 seconds of deteriorating propulsion despite accelerator demand, Electric Mode Temporarily Unavailable, delayed ICE engagement, abrupt high-RPM engine operation, and similar behavior despite substantial battery state of charge. I am not asserting my vehicle has been independently measured at 43–45 kW or that a fixed 10-second timer exists. I am reporting a substantially similar post-68C operating pattern. I request the federal safety agency investigate whether the 68C BPCM/HCP/AHCP/powertrain calibration can reduce allowable HV-battery discharge and delay gasoline-engine torque substitution, and whether this condition is related to Wrangler 4xe loss-of-motive-power issues evaluated under ODI RQ24012.

Filed Oct 1, 2026 · Engine, Fuel system · CA

When I drive the in electric mode, I sometimes get a sudden loss of power and the system falls back to hybrid mode. Normally this is expected transition that is part of a plug in hybrid. Electric to Hybrid to Gas... As a alert driver, I plan for this not passing semi-trucks if I am low on electical until hybrid or hybrid to gas... The Jeep 4xe, seems to swtich AFTER I ask for more power.... this delay and hesitation is dangerous. Once example, with 35% battery, at 30 miles an hour, my neighbor was backing out of her driveway, I needed to swerve and accerate to get out of the way. When I stepped on the accerator (in electric mode)... the system seemed to stop- then the gas engine started, then it moved... This delay is dangerous and repeatable.

Filed Sep 26, 2026 · Fuel system · MD

The Jeep 68C Recall fix severely hampered the output of the electric motor. When driving in Electric mode, or Hybrid mode after charging the electric battery, the Jeep works fine up until a point and as the driver you can feel it will reach a point where it cannot output anymore power from the electric motor. I most often hit this when trying to merge into traffic, or when going up hills. This is extremely unsafe because the Jeep will cease to output additional power and will without warning turn on the gas motor to make up the difference. This causes the gas motor to rev up to 5000+ RPMs nearly instantly with no warm up. This is unsafe because the gas motor turning on suddenly causes the overall acceleration to go from not enough to too much in the span of less than a second, often jerking the vehicle. Not only is this bad for the gas motor, it means the vehicle cannot predictably be controlled in some of these situations I mentioned (merging, hills, etc). The lack of power in the electric motor happened AFTER the 68C recall fix was applied to my Jeep. As the driver, you get to know the character of the vehicle and how it handles and accelerates. Before 68C, I never had any issue using the electric mode to merge into interstate highway traffic, now I try not to do it without first warming up the gas engine because it is extremely unsafe and unpredictable as I have explained. Before the 68C recall, this did not happen and Jeep has not explained what they did, or how they might fix this. I want the vehicle's power back which I purchased before 68C, because this is unsafe!!!

Filed Sep 18, 2026 · Engine, Fuel system · PA

While driving the car in electric mode The car has very bad lag/hesitation while driving on the highway And when at a stop pulling out into traffic. After driving it in electric mode for approximately 8 miles. It will also feel as though it is not as powerful. I feel as though this could cause an accident from lack of power and hesitation.

Filed Sep 18, 2026 · Fuel system · FL

My vehicle has an ongoing serious problem when in electric mode. As the battery level falls below 50% the vehicle’s fails to accelerate properly. While on the highway this causes the vehicle to reduce speed and endangers me and my family as you cannot keep up with the flow of traffic when merging or changing lanes. There are also some issues when starting the vehicle it sometimes skips the warmup cycle and idles extremely high from a cold start.

Filed Sep 18, 2026 · Fuel system · PA

I had only been driving for maybe 4 or 5 miles on back roads. All flat, not highway speeds, most of those miles at speeds from 35-45. Encountered a small hill that is really nothing. The first symptom is that I will feel a slight hesitation in the gas pedal. You could almost mistake it for a transmission gear switch. Then shortly thereafter it's a full on hesitation and a nearly dead gas pedal. Finally it becomes the electric mode unavailable error and super high Rev on the internal combustion engine when it starts up. Ev battery has approx 75% charge. This happens almost daily and it often happens when merging on to highways too. Sudden loss of power in electric mode and suddenly an error on the dash saying "electric mode unavailable"

Filed Jul 1, 2026 · Electrical, Fuel system · CO

While driving my 2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe in normal conditions, the vehicle unexpectedly loses electric drive power. Power is reduced in stages — to approximately 50%, then 25% — then electric mode is disabled and the dash displays "Electric Mode Temporarily Unavailable," after which the vehicle forces into hybrid operation after a delay. During the delay, the vehicle does not deliver the power requested by the accelerator. This has occurred at 41%, 73%, and 81% battery state of charge during normal driving, with no wide-open-throttle demand — conditions under which the manufacturer's specification states electric power should continue. This is a loss of drive power. The manufacturer's own recall A7C (the federal safety agency campaign 25V710000) identifies a software error that may result in loss of drive power in these vehicles, and states that a loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash. My vehicle exhibits this condition but is not included in that recall population, which raises a question of whether the recall scope covers all affected vehicles. Safety risk: unexpected loss of drive power during normal driving — including when merging, crossing intersections, or pulling into traffic — creates a delay in which the vehicle does not respond to the accelerator as expected. Reproduced by the dealer: dealership service personnel personally experienced the loss of electric propulsion during a test drive, and the condition was also reproduced on a second 4xe vehicle at the dealership. In all cases, no diagnostic trouble codes were present, no repair was performed, and the vehicle was returned as "operating as designed." A neutral arbitrator in the manufacturer's warranty arbitration found that a nonconformity exists with a propulsion issue on the vehicle. The condition has not been properly diagnosed because I am unable to obtain the diagnostic measurement I have requested. The manufacturer's case manager has stated that warranty coverage for diagnostic testing cannot be confirmed

Filed Jun 20, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · NY

When driving on the highway the jeep would not accelerate. At about 60mph no matter how far I pushed the petal down it would only maintain speed. It happened again going much slower on local streets.

Filed Jun 15, 2026 · Electrical, Fuel system · OH

Spitzer Motors performed the federal safety agency safety recall 68 C on my vehicle. The dealer refuses to provide HV Battery State of Health percentage. Dealer told me to go to Don Nester Autogroup instead. Jeep Wave case number 96929145 was opened. The representative refused to escalate the case and was I advised to contact the dealer. Dealer did not cooperate. Jeep Wave was contacted again and the representative suggested contacting the dealer again and to call back with the case if unresolved. Representative refused to give CSI survey. The case remained unresolved and Jeep wave was contacted again. Case number 96929145 was prematurely closed. I was not notified about the case closure. There was no resolution. A new case was opened, number 97058705 to hide history. Representative advised to take the car to the dealer and pay for proper diagnosis. Representative refused to provide the CSI survey. Sale was 26 days ago and no survey was sent. The survey window closes at the 30 day mark. Dealer appears to not have reported the sale to avoid CSI. This violates the federal safety agency policy that recall inspections and documentation are free. Stella it’s/Jeep Wave is telling the consumer to pay for recall compliance.