2017 JEEP WRANGLER Engine Problems
59 NHTSA complaints on file
All Engine Complaints — Page 2
HUGE AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. OIL POOLED WHERE OIL FILTER HOUSING IS LOCATED AND RAN DOWN BACK OF ENGINE ONTO EXHAUST AND TRANSMISSION HOUSING. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD TO HAVE HOT OIL LEAKING INTO HOT EXHAUST PIPES. THIS APPARENTLY IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH JEEP WRANGLERS AS THE PART IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND CRACKS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.
ENGINE SURGING. TRIES TO STALL. LOSS OF POWER.
ENGINE OVERHEATS HAD TO TAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY, PROBLEM THEY SAID WAS INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE, THEY WANT TO REPLACE WITH SAME ENGINE BUT ARE NOT OFFERING WARRANTY IF INCIDENT HAPPENS AGAIN ONLY THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY
MY VEHICLE WENT IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. SINCE THEN MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO COME ON. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE NEW VEHICLE FROM TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE FIVE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SUMMER. THEY HAVE CLAIMED TO REPAIR COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE, YET THE LIGHT IS STILL ON. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IN A VEHICLE THAT A SERVICE DEPARTMENT CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AFTER 2 YEARS, THERE IS AN OIL LEAK AROUND THE OIL PUMP WHICH POSES A FIRE HAZARD.
MY 2017 JEEP WRANGLER WOULD RANDOMLY SHUT OFF, AFTER SEVERAL DAYS AT THE SHOP THEY DETERMINED FROM THE NATIONAL DATABASE MY TRANSMISSION IS SHOT !!
THE VEHICLE STARTED BY ITSELF WHILE PARKED. THE IGNITION HAD BEEN TURNED OFF AND KEYS REMOVED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. I DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE RUNNING, DOORS LOCKED AND IGNITION IN THE OFF POSITION. TO TURN OFF THE ENGINEI INSERTED THE KEY, TURNED IT TO THE ON POSITION AND THEN OFF. THIS OCCURRED ONCE IN MY GARAGE, CAUSING CARBON MONOXIDE EXHAUST TO ENTER THE LIVING QUARTERS. IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME WHILE PARKED AWAY FROM HOME, WITH THE KEYS REMOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, BECAUSE IT WAS PLACED IN PARK WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF.
THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING
SEE POLICE REPORT AND ATTACHED PICTURES. DRIVING SLOW ON A BACKSTREET AT LESS THAN 25 MILES P\H. BRAND NEW 2017 STOCK JEEP WRANGLER SPORT. LESS THAN 6,000 MILES. I AM NOW A HORRIFIED WOMAN THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT WHY MY NEW JEEP WRANGLER CATCHES ON FIRE OUT OF NO WHERE WHILE IN MOTION! ONCE WE SAW FIRE FLAMES, SMOKE AND RED OIL ON FIRE COMING OUT FROM ENGINE AREA AND BELOW THE VEHICLE DRIVERS SIDE, WE QUICKLY STOPPED ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. ME, MY 70 YEAR OLD MOTHER WHO IS SICK AND MY 24 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC DAUGHTER HAD TO JUMP OUT OF THIS FIRE TRAP VEHICLE SCREAMING AND CRYING!!! THIS WAS AN UNEXPLAINED AND SPONTANEOUS FIRE!!! WHY? NO REASON BEHIND IT AND NOTHING THAT I DID TO CAUSE IT. THE FIRE WAS LUCKILY AND QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED BY GOOD SAMARITANS AND CITY WORKERS NEAR BY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND...
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