2008 Jeep Wrangler Body & Structure Problems

HOOD LATCH SNAPPED ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLY UP AND SMACK THE WINDSHIELD

THE HOOD LATCHES NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. IF YOU TRAVELED ANYTHING OVER 50MPH ON THE FREEWAY THE HOOD WOULD VIOLENTLY FLUTTER AND YOU COULD SEE IT RAISING UP ALMOST TO 3/4 OF AN INCH. THIS MADE ME SCARED TO DRIVE IT ON THE FREEWAY.

JAN 24 2018. I AM DRIVING MY JEEP JK 2008. 103,000 MILES. STOCK EVERYTHING. WAS DRIVING IT ALL DAY IN THE EVERGLADES. ALL OF A SUDDEN AS WE WERE EXITING THE PARK MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING AND LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON. WE WERE GOING NO FASTER THAN 35 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM AROUND THE CAR. WE OPE THE HOOD THERE IS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE AREA BY ALL OF THE WIRING. WE ATTEMPTED TO PUT IT OUT BUT IT QUICKLY ENGULFED THE ENTIRE TRUCK AND I HAD TO STAND BACK AND WATCH MY ENTIRE JEEP BURN TO THE GROUND!!!!! THERE WAS NOTHING TO TELL ME THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OR TO WARN ME! JEEP NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. WE HAVE BURNS ON OUR ARMS. THE CAR BURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. ALL OF MY BELONGINGS ARE GONE FROM THE FIRE

MOUNTING BRACKETS ON MIRRORS DETERIORATED. DRIVER SIDE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING ABOUT A YEAR AGO. TODAY MY PASSENGER MIRROR FELL OFF IN TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE METAL ON THE BRACKET ALMOST LOOKS ROTTEN AND PITTED.

MY JEEP COMPLETELY BURNED UP. I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THEN IT STARTED MISSING AND I STOPPED THE JEEP AND THERE WAS A FIRE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF IT AND IT BURNED UP!

MY KIDS AND I WAS DRIVING IN MY 2008 JEEP RUBBICON 4 WHEEL DRIVE OFF ROAD VEHICLE ON MY LAND WHEN MY JEEP CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS AND CAUSING OTHER DAMAGES LIKE BURNING MY FIELD UP AND FOUR WHEELER ..I CALLED 911 TO COME ARRIVED 8 MIN LATER AND PUT THE JEEP OUT ALONG WITH THE FIELD AND ATV ..THEY MADE REPORT ON THE DAMAGES JEEP STILL REMAINS IN FIELD AT THIS TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAT SHIELD THAT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE MUFFLER AND THE REAR SUBFRAME SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE STEEL BOLTS USED TO SECURE THE HEAT SHIELD CAUSED THE FAILURE DUE TO OXIDATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXAMINED BY A MECHANIC AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,396. UPDATED 12/03/15*LJ *JS

FILING UP THE TANK CAUSES GAS TO SPEW EVERYWHERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE UNABLE TO BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REMOVE THEIR CHILD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVER DOOR MIRROR FELL COMPLETELY OFF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON A MAIN HIGHWAY. ACTUAL ARM BAR OXIDIZED AND DROPPED OFF THE VEHICLE, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR OTHERS AROUND THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS TO ME AS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER BETWEEN LANES WHICH CREATED A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. ARM BAR MUST BE DEFECTIVE SINCE IT FELL OFF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY. *TR

TANK OVERFLOWS EVERYTIME I FILL UP THE JEEP. FUEL SPILLS ON THE JEEP AND THE GROUND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR HINGES WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DOOR HINGES AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SOFT TOP HAS LEAKED AND BEEN WORK ON UNDER WARRANTY AND IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND STILL LEAKING FROM THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. DURING PERIODS OF MILE AND HEAVY RAIN. WATER DRIPS DOWN THE CENTER CONSOLE AND OFTEN CAUSES ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH RADIO. THE DEALERS NOW WILL NOT WORK ON IT UNLESS I PAY FOR THE SERVICE AND PARTS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE SOFT TOP ITSELF AS THEY HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE MATING WINDSHIELD HEADER. *TR

2008 CHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER. CONSUMER STATES HE HAS NOT RECEIVED A REPLY TO HIS REQUEST FROM NOVEMBER 13, 2009 CONCERNING A PROBLEM OF HOOD FLUTTER OR HOOD BOUNCING. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THIS IS HIS THIRD REQUEST FOR A RESPONSE TO HIS COMPLAINT. UPDATED 06/21/10*JB

2008 JEEP WRANGLER. THERE IS A POORLY DESIGNED BRACKET RIGHT BEHIND THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS HEAD. THE BRACKET HAS A SHARP METAL CORNER RIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS HEADS. IF THERE EVEN SMALL ACCIDENT, THERE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA TO THE HEAD IF THEY WERE TO HIT THE BRACKET. CURRENTLY THIS BRACKET IS ONLY COVERED BY A STYROFOAM PIECE. THIS BRACKET SITS RIGHT ON THE ROLL BAR AND CAN EASILY BE FIXED THE TRAUMA THAT INDIVIDUALS WOULD GET FROM THIS BRACKET WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT. IT IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLASTIC SOUND BAR UNDERNEATH SOME STYROFOAM. *TR

SOFT TOP LEAKS ON BOTH SIDE IN THE FRONT. SEATS GETTING STAINED AND THE CARPET IS STARTING TO SMELL. WATER STAINS ON THE DOORS, STEERING COLUMN, AND DOWN THE DASH. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY NEW 2008 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA ON THE HIGHWAY , THE HOOD SEEMS LOSE AS IT "MOVES" AROUND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IF THERE IS A WIND THE HOOD POPS UP A FEW INCHES. ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY A BIG TRANSPORT TRUCK WENT BY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND I SWEAR THE HOOD JUMPED UP 6 INCHES. CHRYSLER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. WHAT IS SO NORMAL ABOUT THE HOOD THREATENING TO OPEN? WHAT ABOUT IN A FEW YEARS WHEN THE (RUBBER/PLASTIC) HOOD RETAINERS START GETTING OLD? *TR