NHTSA Complaint #11204539 — 2012 JEEP WRANGLER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11204539
Vehicle	2012 JEEP WRANGLER
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident	August 2, 2018
Date Filed	April 29, 2019
Mileage	110,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	NC

Consumer Description

LIGHTNING BOLT SYMBOL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND STARTS RUNNING ROUGHLY. IF TURNED OFF AND ALLOWED TO SIT WILL START UP AGAIN JUST FINE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TYPICALLY TURNS OFF AFTER A COUPLE MORE TRIPS AND RUNS JUST FINE UNTIL IT RANDOMLY DOES IT AGAIN. HAS BEEN SOMETIMES MINUTES, OTHER TIMES WEEKS BETWEEN EPISODES. HAVE HAD ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR REPLACED, THROTTLE BODY REPLACED, AND WIRING TO THROTTLE REPLACED. KEEPS HAPPENING. HAS HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED, SITTING AT LIGHT, NORMAL DRIVING, AND WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

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