While driving the powertrain cooling system failed. This caused rapid overheating of the engine and loss of power. The vehicle was temporarily stranded in a busy intersection. This is a well documented problem with the thermostat in the engine cooling system. A technical service bulletin has been issued on corrective action with an improved OEM part. Failure of the power system occurred rapidly. This was highly dangerous and could have been catastrophic in a highway scenario. I find it negligent that Jeep has acknowledged this problem but refused to issue a recall to provide proactive corrective action.
- NHTSA ID
- 11775280
- Incident
- Oct 29, 2026