2015 JEEP WRANGLER Engine Problems

I have 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 1000,15 miles on and it has the ticking noise. I took it to my independent mechanic shop. The independent mechanic diagnosed the issue and said that the tick is coming from the passenger side of the Engine .I chatted with FCA to see if they can provide any assistance on this issue they denied even if the vehicle its out of warranty therefore is has to be cover out of my pocket cost.

My 2015 Jeep Wrangler with 80,200 developed the well know Pentastar Tick. The Jeep would misfire at idle when slowing to a stop light. The check engine light came on and the code was a P0304. I'm the original owner and took it to the dealer I purchased it from. They diagnosed the issue and called me stating that he Jeep needs new rockers and a cam shaft on the drivers side engine bank. FCA has known about this issue since 2012. I called FCA to see if they would provide any assistance to repair the Jeep. FCA refused to acknowledge that this issue exists and refuses any assistance for owners even slightly out of warranty even though it is a manufacturing defect.

The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle started to hesitate. The contact pulled over to the far right of the roadway. The contact then turned off the vehicle and while attempting to restart the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start-up. The contact had the vehicle towed to a certified mechanic who diagnosed that the starter had failed and needed to be replaced. The contact stated that while attempting to run the starter, the vehicle made a clunking sound and it was confirmed that the engine also failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact referenced NHTSA Campaign Number: 13V234000 (Steering, Power Train) as a possible solution to the failure however, the VIN nor the model year was included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the model year was not...

Check engine light on, OBD codes P0016, P0390, P0394. Replaced camshaft and crankshaft sensors and problem still persists; limp mode up hills, and oil loss. Per MULTIPLE Jeep Wrangler forums, this is a very wide-spread Jeep phenomenon. Dealers do not know how to fix this. Jeep needs to own up to this defect.

I have a 2015 Jeep Wrangler with the Fiat Chrysler's 3.6 liter V- 6 Pentastar engine. The Jeep has only 44,465 miles on it and now has apparent design and manufacturing defects on the engine's left side , its the Pentastar Tick. The Tick Tick Tick is very loud and the engine will shudder, its only a matter of time before the engine shuts off on the highway when I am driving causing an accident. My dealer Hollywood Chrysler Jeep estimated repairs - need left side cams and full set of rockers - oil filter housing is leaking replace - replace abs sensor - coolant flush - carbon fuel cleaning -fluids service total $6,000.07 invoice # 584685. It looks like the cylinder head, gasket, cams, lifters and rockers need to be replaced. Chrysler needs to disclose these defects. Yes my jeep is available for inspection.

APOLOGIES IF THIS COMPLAINT IS A REPEAT, BUT I KEEP GETTING A SUBMISSION ERROR NOTICE WHENEVER I TRY TO SUBMIT THIS FORM. THE JEEP 4.0 LITER SIX CYLINDER ENGINE HAS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE ROCKER ARM BEARINGS THAT CAUSES A LOUD TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND FAILURE OF THE EXHAUST AND INTAKE CAMSHAFTS. THIS HAPPENED TO OUR 2015 JEEP IN JANUARY 2020 WHEN IT HAD ONLY 31,000 MILES BUT WAS ONE MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY. CHRYSLER DID FIX IT AT THAT TIME AS A COURTESY SUBJECT TO A $100 FEE, AND A COPY OF THE INVOICE FOR THAT REPAIR IS PROVIDED. UNFORTUNATELY, A LITTLE OVER ONE YEAR LATER, AND WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES HAVING BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THE INITIAL REPAIR, THE SAME PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. THE DEALER IS NOW CLAIMING THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE REMAINING ROCKERS THAT WERE NOT REPLACED, AS IT IS CHRYSLER'S...

NOTICED SIGNIFICANT KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE THAT CONTINUED TO GET LOUDER. TOOK TO DEALER FOR A NICE 2 THOUSAND DOLLAR FIX. DEALER REPLACED RIGHT SIDE LIFTERS, ROCKER ARMS, AND BOTH CAM SHAFTS. THIS SOUNDS WAY TOO MUCH LIKE THE 2011-2013 ISSUE THAT JEEP "FIXED" AND WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR THOSE IT SOUNDS LIKE. VERY COINCIDENTAL AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE ISSUES BASED ON JEEP FORUMS

STARTED OUT WITH OIL IN THE AIR FILTER, HAD THE PVC VALVE AND CAM SHAFT REPLACED. STILL GOT OIL SO AN OIL CATCH CAN WAS INSTALLED, THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (AIR FLOW FILTER). THIS WAS CAUSING MY ENGINE TO NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 70 MPH. THEY CHANGED THE SENSOR, BUT AGAIN, WAS UNABLE TO GO OVER 70, AND ON AN INCLINE WOULD DROP DOWN TO 60 AND COULD GO NO FASTER (NO ENGINE LIGHT THIS TIME). NEXT DAY GOT IT UP TO 78, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND AGAIN COULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 75.

CEL ON SCAN FOR CODE PO302 CYLINDER 2MISFIRE. R&R SPARK PLUGS, IGNITION COIL, AIR FILTER, UPPER INTAKE GASKET & CLEAN THROTTLE BODY. PERFORM UPPER INDUCTION CLEANING. FOUND MISFIRE TO RETURN ONLY ON IDLE ON CYLINDER 2. PERFORM COMPRESSION TEST. COMPRESSION SPEC OK. REPLACED PLUGS AND COIL AGAIN. THERE IS A SLIGHT TICK FROM CYLINDER 2 VALVE TRAIN AREA. RECOMMEND GOING TO DEALER. DEALER: ENGINE DOES HAVE A SLIGHT TICK. PERFORMED A COMPRESSION TEST AND LEAK DIWN TEST. FOUND LIW COMPRESSION AND AN 80% LEAK ON THE EXHAUST SIDE OF CYLINDER 2. REMOVED THE CYLINDER HEAD AND FOUND THE EXHAUST VALVES BURNT AND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE VALVE GUIDES. REPLACED THE LEFT CYLINDER HEAD, ROCKER ARMS AND LIFTERS. CLEARED CODES AND ROAD TESTED VEHICLE. MISFIRE NO LONGER PRESENT. THIS IS ON A 2015 WRANGLER SAHARA UNLIMITED WITH ONLY 51,892 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP WRANGLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A ODOR OF BURNING OIL PRESENT AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PLASTIC OIL COOLER HAD CRACKED CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. THE LOCAL DEALER JACKY JONES DODGE LOCATED AT 2840 US-129, CLEVELAND, GA 30528 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL COOLER PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

OIL FILTER/COOLER HOUSING DEVELOPED A LEAK. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT IS MOST LIKELY CRACKED. REPLACEMENT PART IS ON INDEFINITE BACK ORDER, AT LEAST 45 DAYS. LEAK IS BAD ENOUGH THAT I CAN NOT SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE GARAGE FOR 4 WEEKS.

OIL COOLER LEAK. I LOST OVER 2 QUARTS OF OIL AFTER A SHORT DRIVE. THE SEALS WERE ALSO LEAKING INTO THE INJECTORS CAUSING MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE CODES AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WARNINGS. NO WARNINGS FROM THE OIL COOLER EXCEPT THE LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER THE WRANGLER AND OIL COATING THE ENTIRE BACK OF THE ENGINE AND SKID PLATE.

JEEP 2014 AND OLDER ARE ISSUED A PART CALLED THE OIL COOLER/FILTER HOUSING WHICH IS PRONE TO LEAKING OIL ON ALL CHRYSLER ENGINEERS USING THIS PART. THIS IS DEFECTIVE AND OR A DESIGN FLAW RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT AND COSTLY REPAIR AND IS A REOCCURRING FAILURE ON ALL CHRYSLERS USING THIS PART. THIS FAILED ON MY JEEP WRANGLER WITH 48K MILES. THE PART IS APPROXIMATELY $300 TO REPLACE AND OVER ALL REPAIR AT A NON DEALERSHIP IS UPWARDS OF $1000.00. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL!

OIL COOLER ASSEMBLY HAS STARTED LEAKING BADLY AFTER 60,000 MILES AND IS A FIRE HAZARD. THIS ASSEMBLY IS TOO FRAGILE AND REQUIRES TAKING OFF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO ACCESS AND REPLACE, SO IT SHOULD NOT BE A PLASTIC PART. IT CONTAINS THE OIL FILTER WHICH CAUSES IT TO HAVE TORQUE APPLIED EVERY OIL CHANGE AND CAUSES IT TO BREAK PREMATURELY. THIS IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THERE WERE 25,000 OF THESE ASSEMBLIES ON BACK ORDER NATIONWIDE AND HE COULD NOT TELL ME WHEN IT WOULD BE IN STOCK. MY JEEP IS NOW UNDRIVEABLE UNTIL THE BACKLOG IS WORKED THROUGH WHICH MAY TAKE MONTHS. IF THIS WAS A RARE PROBLEM I COULD GET THE PART AND HAVE IT REPAIRED. THIS PROBLEM HAS RENDERED MY VEHICLE UNUSABLE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND JEEP HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS ON MULTIPLE YEAR MODELS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE....

I I WILL BE DRIVING AND THE CAR WILL GO OUT OF GEAR AND LOOSES POWER. I HAVE TO STOP , TURN IT OFF AND START AGAIN FOR IT TO WORK. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR.

I WAS DRIVING MY KEEP AND STARTED SMELLING OIL AND HAD SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY CAR. I NOTICE ON MY GARAGE FLOOR LARGE OIL LEAK. I PICKED UP MY DISABLED SON AND NOTICED IT HAD GOTTEN WORSE. I WAS FORCED TO STOP BY MY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD MY OIL COOLER ADAPTOR HOUSING WAS BROKEN AND LEAKING BADLY. I HAD PURCHASED A MOPAR PROTECTION PLAN DIRECTLY FROM COMPANY. WHEN I CALLED JEEP DEALERSHIP THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT AND LET THEM DIAGNOSE IT BEFORE THEY COULD DECIDE IF IT WAS COVERED BY MY MOPAR CARE PLAN. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS JEEP ENGINE BUT THEY HAD NOT DONE RECALL YET. I CALL MOPAR AND THEY WOULD NOT AUTHORIZED PAYMENT TO MY MECHANIC UNLESS HE CALL FOR AUTHORIZATION NUMBER. HE CALLED AND THEY SAID NO. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE...

I GET FREQUENT OIL CHANGES AND I NOTICED THAT THE LAST TWO OIL CHANGES IT STARTED MAKING THIS TICKING NOISE. I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT AFTER THE NEXT FEW OIL CHANGES IT SHOULD GO AWAY. THAN MY OTHER MECHANIC THAT HEARD THIS TICKING NOISE SAID THAT IT WAS SERIOUS AND THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH AN ENGINE PART CALLLED A LIFTER. I NERVOUS WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT IF IT'S NOT FIXED THE ENGINE COULD SEIZE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS JEEP FROM A DEALER NOT KNOWING THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG WRANGLERS. I DID MY RESEARCH AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MILEAGE BUT MORE SO ON HOW THE ENGINE WAS BUILT. I SPOKE TO NUMBER OF DEALERSHIPS AND THEY FIX THIS COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL AGES AND MILEAGE WRANGLERS. THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR...

ARM ROCKERS IN THE INJUN CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. GIVING THE INJUN A KNOCKING SONG.

WHILE DRIVING THE JEEP SHUTS OFF. IT IS HARD TO STEER AND HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. IT DOES NOT THROW A CODE SO THE DEALER CAN NOT FIX IT.

MY CAR IS AS 54090 MILES, DEALERSHIP CHANGED HOUSING THERMOSTAT AND REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING ADAPTOR. STATED MY CAR HAS INTERNAL ENGINE NOISE FROM WORN ROCKERS AND LIFTERS. WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. GOT A SECOND OPTION, MY CAR HAS ROCKER NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT BANK AND CAN WEAR. ALSO SOME CYLINDER HEADS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE 2012 AND 2013 MODELS SO CHRYSLER SHOULD BE TAKING THESE ISSUES SERIOUSLY AND EXTENDED AND RECALLING ALL 2015 JEEPS TO DO A MAINTENANCE CHECK. I WAS TOLD UPON MY INDEPENDENT REVIEW NOT TO DRIVE MY CAR, TO GET IT HOME SAFE AND SLOW. I HAVE REPORTED THE DEALERSHIP TO THE BBB AND FILED A CLAIM WITH CHRYSLER. THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

RADIATOR LEAK, WITH LESS THAN 70K MILES THE HOSES WERE REPLACED BUT STILL LEAKING WITH SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE

FIRST OWNER OF VEHICLE. ISSUES BEGAN WITH ENGINE LIGHT APPEARING/BLINKING & VEHICLE STRUGGLING TO RUN WITHIN 15K MILES. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED AS CYLINDER MISFIRE & REPAIRED. HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER LIFE OF OWNERSHIP- ALWAYS DIAGNOSES AS MISFIRES. AT APX 75K MILES, UPON CRANKING & DURING OPERATION, HEATER BECAME INCONSISTENT IN OPERATION & THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE. AT APX 80K MILES, UPON CRANKING & DURING OPERATION, TICKING NOISE FROM FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BEGAN. FAINT AT FIRST & BECAME INCREASINGLY LOUDER WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS. OUT OF WARRANTY. SOLID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO APPEAR OFF/ON, REMAINING ON FOR 24-48HRS THEN OFF 24-48HRS. AIR CONDITIONER CONDITIONER HAS ABOUT A 15 SEC DELAY BEFORE IT TURNS ON AT EVERY CRANK & POWER LIGHT FOR A/C SLOWLY BLINKS UNTIL AFTER THE DELAYED START. MECHANIC FOUND 2 ROCKER HEADS DAMAGED & THEY WERE REPLACED. LIGHT NOT ON AT REPAIR & CODE COULD NOT BE PULLED....

AIR COOLER FILTER (ADAPTER) - LEAK. COMMON DEFECT IN ALL WRANGLER VEHICLES. DANGER TO ENGINE DAMAGE.

THERE'S A LEAK COMING FROM THE OIL FILTER HOUSING UNIT AND D IT'S CAUSING A VERY NOTICEABLE TICKING FROM MOTOR AT ALL TIMES.

TWICE, END OF MAY 2019 AND FEBRUARY OF 2020 I HAD SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES DONE AT SAME DEALER. BY THE END OF THOSE DAYS, JEEP WOULD NOT RUN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BLINKING AND WOULD BARELY START, NOT RUN. BOTH TIMES TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP, BOTH TIMES UNDER WARRANTY. FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD A BROKEN VALVE SPRING AND VALVE COVER HAD LEAKED OIL INTO IGNITION SYSTEM. VALVE SPRING/COVER WORK COVERED, TUNE UP AND REDOING IGNITION SYSTEM NOT...? WAS TOLD TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER, THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT DEALER. THIS TIME(2/2020) TOWED IN, TOOK SIX DAYS TO BE TOLD BROKEN VALVE SPRING/VALVE COVER BUT ALSO A DEFECTIVE CYLINDER HEAD. ALSO TOLD CYLINDER HEAD ON BACK ORDER, COULD BE MONTHS. VEHICLE IS MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURERS SCHEDULES, DON'T DO TRACTOR PULLING WITH IT, THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN DEFECTIVE, JUST LIKE THE BAD RADIATORS OR HEATING SYSTEM GOOPED UP WITH SAND....

AT 41,900 MILES A NOTICEABLE CLICKING/TAPPING NOISE ANYTIME THE ENGINE ON. IT CAME ON SUDDENLY AND WHEN MECHANIC HEARD IT HE THOUGHT ROCKER ARMS OR LIFTERS HAVE FAILED . HAD DIAGNOSTIC AND MECHANIC FOUND 2 ROCKER ARMS WERE BAD . THANKFULLY CAMS WITHOUT DAMAGE PER MECHANIC LIKELY DUE TO SEEKING REPAIRS SO QUICKLY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SOUND WAS MORE PREVALENT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WITH THE GEAR SHIFTER IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

MY JEEP HAS A 38375 MILES ON IT AND I TOOK IT THE DEALER CAUSE I KEPT SMELLING COOLANT AND I THOUGHT I HAD A LEAK IN THE PLASTIC ANTI FREEZE HOLDER THEY PUT THE TRUCK ON THE LIFT AND SAID I HAVE TWO LEAKS ON THE SEALS WHY IS THAT THE CAR SHOULDN'T HAVE A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR THIS SOON THE CAR IS NOT OLD THE CAR NOW SMOKES SO I HAVE NOW STOP DRIVING THE TRUCK THIS SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY

PURCHASED 6/26/19 W/ 49K MI; TAPPING NOISE DEVELOPS AT 54K; PERSONAL, HIGHLY QUALIFIED/EXPERIENCE MECHANIC REFERRED ME TO DEALER - TAP WAS ENGINE ISSUE. ON 10/14/19 DEALER REPLACED LIFTERS/CAMS/ROCKERS (WARRANTY UNTIL 10/20/19). NOT NORMAL ON VEHICLE W/ ONLY 55K. DEALER AWARE OF CYLINDER MISFIRES ON JKS BUT DID NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO DETERMINE WHY LIFTERS/CAMS/ROCKERS FAILED; DID NOT PERFORM INSPECTION. TEN DAYS LATER, CEL WITH PO302 (#2 MISFIRE). REPLACED PLUGS; COIL CODE DID NOT CLEAR. RETURN TO DEALER WHO STATED WORK WAS NOT RELATED TO PREVIOUS WORK THEY JUST COMPLETED AND ACKNOWLEDGED MISFIRE IS A COMMON PROBLEM THEY ROUTINELY IN WRANGLERS THEY SERVICE. DEALER ALSO STATED THE 2011-2013 TSB EXTENDED WARRANTY ALSO APPLIED BEYOND THOSE MODEL YEARS TO OTHER ENGINES FROM SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RUNS BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE INFO. FILED COMPLAINT WITH JEEP CUST CARE WHO SAID SAME - NOT UNDER WARRANTY, REFERRED ME BACK TO DEALER. NOT ASKING JEEP TO...

OIL FILTER HOUSING HAS CRACKED AND LEAKING OIL. APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. MANY JEEPS BUILT AFTER 2014 SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME RECURRING PROBLEM. THE PLASTIC HOUSING IS DEFECTIVE.

I OWN A 2015 JEEP WRANGLER. IN MID-2019 I NOTICED THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS NOT OPERATING WELL. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I TURNED THE HEAT ON, IT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SEND WARM AND THEN COOL AIR OUT OF THE BLOWERS. ONE 38 DEGREE DAY, IT SENT OUT NO HEAT AT ALL. IN OCTOBER 2019, THE ANTI-FREEZE FLUID LEVEL WAS LOW AND IT WAS FILLED. IN DEC 2019, THE ENTIRE RESERVE TANK WAS EMPTY. NO FLUID WAS VISIBLE IN THE RADIATOR WHEN THE RADIATOR CAP WAS REMOVED. I HAVE OBSERVED WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR 3-5 MILES AND THEN TURNED OFF, THERE IS A SLIGHT ODOR OF ANTI-FREEZE. IT APPEARS MY VEHICLE MAY HAVE A DEFECTIVE HEATER CORE.

OIL FILTER HOUSING HAS CRACKED AND LEAKING OIL. APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.

FAULTY OIL COOLING HOUSING, OIL IS LEAKING FROM THERE

VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY. THE INTERIOR STILL HAS POWER BUT THE POWER STEERING AND ENGINE STOPS. IT RESTARTS BUT ACT LIKE IT IS NOT GETTING ANY FUEL. IT RUNS FINE AFTER IT IS CRANKED UNTIL THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS

AT APPROXIMATELY 12K MILES I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND MOVED FROM THE STREET TO THE DRIVEWAY AND TURNED OFF BEFORE IT COULD REACH NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE, UPON RESTART, THERE WOULD BE A PUFF OF BLUE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. THE DEALERSHIP INVESTIGATED AND SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. AT 20,500 MILES THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING POORLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP SAID A FUEL INJECTOR HAD GONE BAD AND THEY ALSO FOUND 3 BAD ENGINE ROCKER ARMS. THE ROCKER ARMS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. INCIDENTALLY, THE ISSUE WITH THE BLUE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST DISAPPEARED. AT 28,000 MILES THE ENGINE WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AN AUDIBLE TICKING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP INVESTIGATED AND THIS TIME REPLACED 4 BAD ROCKER ARMS. AT LEAST 1 OF THE ROCKER ARMS WAS THE SAME ONE (#1 INTAKE) THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED DURING THE PRIOR...

MY JEEP CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE DASH, REASONS UNKNOWN. INSURANCE IS INVESTIGATING AND FIRE DEPT PUT CAUSE AS UNKNOWN. JEEP IS A TOTAL LOSS AND MY HUSBAND BARELY MADE IT OUT OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. HE WAS DRIVING FROM SCHOOL TO HOME AND ABOUT A MILE FROM HOME ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT TO EXIT.*DT CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS TRYING TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND PULL THE E-BRAKE, HE WAS BURNT ON HIS HAND AND A LITTLE ON HIS LEGS BY THE TIME HE JUMPED OUT. ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, MY HUSBAND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 5-6 MILES TO CLASS (AS HE IS IN A TECHNICAL SCHOOL RIGHT NOW) AROUND 6:30 AM. AS HE WAS COMING HOME, IT STARTED SMOKING ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE ON RAMP HEADING IN THE DIRECTION TO THE EXIT TO OUR HOME, MY HUSBAND SAID RIGHT BEFORE IT STARTED SMOKING...

SATURDAY MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 A.M. DRIVING 4.9 MILES TO DESTINATION I ASKED AS WE WERE APPROACHING PARKING "DO YOU SMELL SMOKE?" I HIT THE BREAKS BUT THERE WAS NO BREAKS. AND THEN A COMBUSTION OF FLAMES CAME FROM WHEEL WELLS AND HOOD OF JEEP. WE ALL JUMPED OUT AND CALLED 911 AND TRIED TO PUT FIRE OF JEEP OUT WITH EXTINGUISHERS. WITH NO SUCCESS. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FIRE OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT SOFT. THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE CONTACT SMELLED SMOKE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, OPENED THE DOOR, AND THE FIRE SPREAD. THE CONTACT HAD TO QUICKLY EXIT THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND DEEMED DESTROYED BY THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT ON DRIVER SIDE TANK. I'VE SMELLED COOLANT SINCE NEW BUT NEVER SEEN A LEAK UNTIL WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. I CURRENTLY HAVE LESS THAN 30,000MI CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD SIMPLY NO WARRANTY. READING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ONLINE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE.

SIGNIFICANT OIL LEAKING FROM OIL COOLANT HOUSING ON THE ENGINE. ENGINE STARTED SMOKING THOUGHT IT WAS ON FIRE. SHUT OFF CAR IMEDIATELY AND SENT CAR TO DEALERSHIP

CRACKED AND LEAKING OIL COOLER HOUSING

MY 2015 JEEP WRANGLER WITH LESS THAN 36,000 MILES (CURRENT MILEAGE IS 31,000) DEVELOPED A HOLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT (FACING THE VEHICLE) ON THE RADIATOR. ONLY FACTORY AUTHORIZED ANTIFREEZE WAS IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. IN FACT, THE COOLANT HAD NEVER BEEN TOUCHED SINCE PURCHASING IT NEW APRIL 17TH, 2015. THIS PAST FALL I KNEW I HAD A LEAK AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS LEAKING OIL AROUND MY OIL FILTER AND ENDED UP CHARGING ME $46.00 FOR AN OIL CHANGE; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC (PETE) COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE LEAK. I FELT THE FLUID ON MY GARAGE FLOOR WITH MY FINGERS AND HONESTLY THOUGHT IS WAS PART OIL AND ANTIFREEZE. NOW, ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, 2018 THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THE DEALER'S ESTIMATE WAS APPROXIMATELY $800.00 DOLLARS. IN SHORT, NO RADIATOR SHOULD BLOW A HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE RADIATOR WITH...

INTERMITTENT STALLING HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION DRIVING STRAIGHT. 3 TIMES OCCURRED ON CITY STREETS AND 1 OF THE 4 TIMES WAS WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON AN INTERSTATE AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED 3 TIMES AFTER STOPPING AND PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND CRANKING FOR ABOUT 5-10 SECONDS. THE LAST TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY AND TOOK AROUND 2 HOURS TO RESTART. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO EACH TIME, NO STUTTERING, ROUGH IDLE, ACCELERATION, DECELERATIONS, ETC. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE REPORTED CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE, BUT TESTING COULD FIND NO ISSUES EACH TIME. SERVICE MANAGER REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE LEFT INDEFINITELY FOR THEM TO TEST DRIVE UNTIL THE CONDITION COULD BE WITNESSED BY TECHNICIAN.

DROVE 1018 MILES JEEP WAS RUNNING FINE. STOPPED AT A HOTEL TO CHECK IN. WHEN I WENT BACK OUT TO START IT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON AND WAS A SOLID LIGHT (NO BLINKING). DROVE IT THANKSGIVING DAY AND TOOK IT TO A DEALER ON FRIDAY WITH THE CODE P0304. MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT IT NEEDS A NEW CYLINDER HEAD AND IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BACK HOME 1018 MILES. I LEARNED LATER THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND JEEP ISSUED A LIFETIME WARRANTY COVERING UP TO 2013. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND READING, THE ISSUE STILL CONTINUES THROUGH THE 2016 MODELS. I CALLED JEEP TO ASK FOR SOME ASSISTANCE SINCE I AM 1018 MILES FROM HOME AND HAVING TO STAY IN A HOTEL FOR 10 DAYS WITH NO LOANER OR RENTAL CAR AND THE REPAIRS ARE ESTIMATED AT $4850 (THE COST AT HOME IN TEXAS...

WHILE CHECKING MY FLUID LEVELS, I NOTICED OIL IN THE VICINITY OF MY OIL FILTER AND IN THE VALLEY. WITH LITTLE SEARCH, IT WAS APPARENT, I HAD A POORLY DESIGNED OIL FILTER/COOLER ADAPTER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN, TO MY SURPRISE, THEY DID NOT HONOR THE MANUFACTURES WARRANTY BUT OF COURSE CHARGED ME 160 BUCKS TO TELL ME WHAT I ORIGINALLY TOLD THEM. I THEN ASKED IF THEY HAD THE PART AVAILABLE, GUESS WHAT THEY SAID?? OF COURSE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DUE TO NATIONAL BACKORDER. MIND YOU, MY JEEP HAS ONLY BEEN DEALERSHIP TOUCHED AND AT 35000 MILES, THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. I AM FORCED TO DRIVE MY OTHER VEHICLE DUE TO FEAR OF MY ENGINE BAY IGNITING, AS YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IT HAS SADLY HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS.

NOTICED SMELL OF COOLANT WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THE LEAK. THERE WERE NO PUDDLES OF COOLANT OR DETECTABLE DRIPS. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. VEHICLE HAS @ 26,000 MILES. 3 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIERED 5 MONTHS AGO. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DEALER MAINTAINED SINCE PURCHASED NEW. CONTACTED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE. I WAS TOLD SORRY CAN'T HELP WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF ABUSE OR OUTSIDE DAMAGE TO RADIATOR. RADIATOR FAILURE IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN OUR JEEP WRANGLER DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY HUSBAND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND SAID HE HEARD SOMETHING HISSING THEN HE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AT THAT POINT THE JEEP WOULD NOT STEER OR ANYTHING SO HE SHUT IT OFF AND MY HUSBAND AND SON GOT OUT OF THE JEEP. MOMENTS LATER THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE KEEP WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

OIL FILTER ADAPTER/OIL COOLER

RADIATOR RESERVOIR WAS FOUND TO BE LOW AT AROUND 9,000 MILES DURING FIRST OIL CHANGE. ALONG, WITH A SLIGHT SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WARM. THE RESERVOIR WAS TOP OFF WITH NO SIGNS OF LEAKS FROM RESERVOIR AND SMELL WAS THOUGHT TO BE COMING FROM RESERVOIR. BOTH ISSUES CONTINUED WITH NO SIGNS OF VISIBLE LEAKS UPON INSPECTION OF COOLANT SYSTEM. SO ISSUES WAS THOUGHT TO TAKEN TILL RESERVOIR WAS FOUND LOW AGAIN AT AROUND 36,000 MILES STILL NO SIGNS OF LEAKS, AND RESERVOIR WAS TOP OFF. CONTINUED TO MONITOR WITH NO SIGNS OF LEAKS UNTIL THE SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE BEGAN TO GET STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT WHEN VEHICLE WAS WARM. AFTER INTERNET SEARCH, READING ABOUT PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR ISSUES THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND. ON, ENGINE SIDE OF RADIATOR BEHIND FAN ALONG THE END CAP THERE WAS NOTICABLE SIGNS OF LEAK. RADIATOR WAS REPLACED. FCA INFORMED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FERMAN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM IN PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA 34652, PHONE: 727-847-5555 SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, RADIO MODULE, THROTTLE BODY, AND FUEL COIL PACKS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.