2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4X4 Brakes Problems

MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER HAD A SAFETY RECALL AFFECTING THE FRONT FENDER WELLS RUBBING THE HARD BRAKE LINES THREE YEARS AFTER PURCHASING THE JEEP NEW. THIS PAST WEEK (4/28/2018) AS I WAS TRAVELING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD MY BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND MY ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE. AFTER DOWN SHIFTING AND PULLING THE E-BRAKE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP I HAD NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE WHERE IT WAS CONTACTING THE "FIXED" FENDER WELL HAD RUSTED OUT AND BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING, SENDING BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND RESULTING IN MY JEEP BRAKES NOT WORKING. THE INITIAL "FIX" THAT JEEP USED TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM WAS CUTTING THE FENDER WELL WIDER TO NOT TOUCH THE BRAKE LINES BUT OBVIOUSLY THE THREE YEARS IT WAS MAKING CONTACT WAS ENOUGH TO DETERIORATE THE INTEGRITY OF THE LINE AND THEN OVER THE YEARS RUST HAD DEVELOPED AND WEAKENED THE METAL TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ONLY DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND AS APPOSED TO IN TRAFFIC ON A BUSY ROAD. BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT CORRODE AND FAIL IN UNDER 10 YEARS.

NHTSA ID

11091203

Incident

Apr 28, 2018

Mileage

108,840 mi

TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) ITEM HAS FAILED , CAUSING ME TO REPLACE OTHER PARTS DIAGNOSED BY PCM AS BEING FAULTY, BUT REPLACING THOSE PARTS RESULTED IN SAME ERROR CODES. ACTUAL FAULT FOUND TO BE A FAILING TIPM. I HAVE CONSTANT ERROR CODES, RANDOM HORN, OR LACK OF HORN, RANDOM ACTUATING OF STABILITY CONTROL CAUSING ONE CORNER OF JEEP TO BRAKE SUDDENLY AND GIVING THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT. RANDOM POWER AND FUEL ECONOMY PROBLEMS. SPENT +$600 IN PARTS THAT DID NOT FIX WHAT JEEP SAID WAS PROBLEM, WHEN PROBLEM IS TIPM GIVING THE PROBLEM. JUST WAITING TO SEE IF BURSTS INTO FLAMES, AS HAVE SMELLED HOT WIRES COMING FROM IT RECENTLY. THIS HAS OCCURRED WHILE STATIONARY AND IN WHILE MOTION.

NHTSA ID

11044846

Incident

Oct 11, 2017

Mileage

104,000 mi

1. HIT A BUMP GOING 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATE TO 25 MPH. SUPER DANGEROUS ON THE FREEWAY. THANKFULLY THIS WAS A CITY FREEWAY THAT HAD A SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF I WAS GOING FASTER, SAY ON AN INTERSTATE WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 80MPH. 2. WHENEVER I FILL UP THE GAS ALWAYS OVERFLOW. SO EACH TIME NOW I HAVE TO SQUEEZE THE PUMP GENTLY AND HOLD IT FOR THE ENTIRE FILL UP. 3. THE REAR CALIPER STICKS SOMETIMES.

NHTSA ID

10991888

Incident

May 24, 2016

Mileage

51,560 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND ABOVE, WHEN BRAKING OR HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE WHEELS WOBBLE, STEERING IS UNCONTROLLABLE AND YOU CANNOT ACCELERATE OR STOP COMPLETELY UNTIL THE WOBBLING SUBSIDES. I WAS PASSING A SEMI TRUCK WHEN A SLOWER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF ME, I GENTLY BRAKED TO SLOW DOWN AND THE WOBBLING WAS SO BAD I COULD NOT STEER, BRAKE FURTHER OR ACCELERATE TO STOP THE WOBBLING OR MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF CARS BEHIND ME. I ENDED UP IN THE MEDIAN SINCE I COULD NOT FOLLOW THE CURVE OF THE ROAD AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE HIT BY OTHER CARS OR THE SEMI-TRUCK.

NHTSA ID

10860652

Incident

Apr 21, 2016

Mileage

100,223 mi

THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AT N WHARTON MAINT ST NJ 07885 THE CAR DID GOT IN FIRE.

NHTSA ID

10782133

Incident

Aug 7, 2015

Mileage

88,000 mi

AS I WAS STOPPING AT LOCAL ARBY'S RESTAURANT FOR LUNCH, MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA UNLIMITED STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT SMELLED LIKE ELECTRICAL WIRES BURNING. IT IGNITED BEFORE I COULD EXIT THE VEHICLE AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES IT WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WERE SEVERAL WITNESSES WHO SAW THE FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 AND WITHIN MINUTES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE JEEP IS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10703999

Incident

Apr 3, 2015

Mileage

67,000 mi

I HAVE HAD MY BRAKE LINES, AND CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO THE FRONT TIRES RUBBING THE BRAKE LINES WHEN TIRES ARE TURNED TO MAX CAPACITY. THE BRAKE LINES WEAR THOUGH AND LEAK FLUID ONTO CALIPERS, PADS, ROTORS, ETC. CAUSING THEM DAMAGE. MY TIRES ARE THE STOCK SIZE AND NO MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE BESIDES REPLACING TIRES DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, BUT AGAIN, TIRES ARE STOCK SIZE. I HAVE SPENT OVER $1200 DUE TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10690124

Incident

Sep 1, 2014

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD THE JEEP STARTING FLASHING THE ESC LIGHT, THE TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKES, ABS AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SKIP AND NOT GIVE A READING. THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD ALSO FLICKER. JUST TO NOTE THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY ARE GOOD. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED ME LOSS OF CONTROL IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10667206

Incident

Dec 15, 2014

Mileage

82,150 mi

PASSENGER SIDE BRAKES COME ON AUTOMATICALLY , ALMOST CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL IN RIGHT HAND TURN ! IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS ? *TR

NHTSA ID

10662307

Incident

Nov 18, 2014

Mileage

98,000 mi

WHEN TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I GOT OUT AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE FLUID HOSE HAS BEEN RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRE - THE HOSE WAS WORN FLAT AND THRU ON ONE SIDE. I HAVE NOT COMPLETED ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE TIRES - I HAVE THE SAME SIZE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE JEEP ORIGINALLY. THE OTHER RECALL FOR THE FENDER RUB HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

NHTSA ID

10654177

Incident

Nov 10, 2014

Mileage

155,000 mi

AIRBAG, ABS AND ESC LIGHTS ALL COME ON AND WON'T TURN OFF. MEANING AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY IF IN ACCIDENT AND ABS MAY FAIL WHEN BRAKING. ESC HAS BEEN RANDOMLY KICKING IN WHICH CUTS POWER TO MY POWERTRAIN AND CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN IN TRAFFIC AND MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWS AND CANNOT MAINTAIN SPEED. RECALLS HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE RIGHT HAND DRIVE MODELS FROM 2008-2011, AND THE LEFT HAND DRIVE MODEL FOR 2007. THIS APPEARS TO BE SAME ISSUE (CLOCKSPRING) AS THE RECALLS AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT THE DEALER IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10564352

Incident

Feb 13, 2014

Mileage

60,500 mi

FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT WHAT IS CALLED A DEATH WOBBLE! CALLED CHRYSLER THEY HAVE NO RECALL BUT IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT BUT NOT RECALL THEY SAY! IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS ALTHOUGH THEY SAY NO DEATHS ARE REPORTED IT DEFINITELY AFFECTS YOUR STEERING AND COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS THEY HAVE COME ACROSS IT MANY TIMES AND TRIED FIXING MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BUT NO CONCLUSION HAS BEEN MADE PLEASE HELP! IT HAS NO AFTER MARKET ITEMS ADDED TO IT NOR BIG TIRES AS CHRYSLER SAYS CAN CAUSE IT! *TR

NHTSA ID

10560771

Incident

Jan 6, 2014

Mileage

55,000 mi

WHILE IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS MY DASH BOARD LIT UP, ESP/BAS, TRACTION CONTROL, ABS, AND AIRBAG LIGHT ALL WERE LIT UP, AND LATER I FOUND OUT THAT MY HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND BELIEVE THE CAUSE TO BE A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING. AS OF NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE CLOCK SPRING FOR MY YEAR OF VEHICLE. THOSE SYSTEMS ARE INSTALLED TO PROTECT MY FAMILY AND I. THOSE SYSTEMS ARE VITAL TO SAFETY, ESPECIALLY THE AIRBAGS! I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO FIX A FAULTY SYSTEM THAT THE MANUFACTURER ORIGINALLY INSTALLED. I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS REQUEST THAT THERE IS A RECALL PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS PRODUCT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10543649

Incident

Aug 2, 2013

Mileage

90,000 mi

STARTED ENGINE WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. FRONT LEFT BRAKE LINE CAME UNCRIMPED FROM CALIPER. BRAKE FLUID POURED OUT OF LINE AND BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE. FORTUNATELY NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME. NO PRIOR PROBLEM UNTIL THIS INCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10523339

Incident

Jun 19, 2013

Mileage

80,241 mi

MY CLOCKSPRING HAS GONE BAD ON MY VEHICLE. THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS TURNING ON AND OFF CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR 2007 AND SOME 2008 VEHICLES BUT I JUST CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JS

NHTSA ID

10455870

Incident

Apr 19, 2012

Mileage

79,535 mi

I HAVE HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS,HAVE DRIVEN IT LESS THAN 200 MILES,RIGHT REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT RELEASE,WHEN I GOT HOME WHEEL WAS HOTTER THAN FIRE AND SMOKING.I REPLACED REAR PADS,THEY HAD ABOUT 3/16 OF INCH PAD LEFT. PISTON IN CALIPER COMPRESSED EASY SO PUT PADS ON AND DROVE ABOUT 15 MILES AND CAME HOME ONLY TO FIND RT REAR SMOKING AGAIN. I AM ASSUMING NOW ITS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE,WHICH I HAVE NEVER USED BEING AN AUTOMATIC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10442852

Incident

Jan 5, 2012

Mileage

17,000 mi

I HAVE A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X 4X4, WENT IN FOR SERVICE AT 30,000 MILES AND WAS TOLD MY REAR BRAKES WERE BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, I TOLD THE DEALER I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE REAR BRAKES WENT OUT BEFORE THE FRONT ONES, IN ALL MY DRIVING HISTORY NEVER HAS THE REAR BRAKES GONE BAD SO SOON AND BEFORE THE FRONT ONES, I TO WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL FOR MY VEHICLE AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES AT MY COST CHRYSLER WOULD NOT COVER BRAKES, I HAD SOMEONE ELSE LOOK AT THE BRAKES FIRST JUST TO CONFIRM I NEEDED THE BRAKES AS AGAIN I FELT IT WAS WAY TOO SOON FOR THEM TO GO BAD, IT WAS CONFIRMED I NEEDED THE BRAKES. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO AS I HAVE READ OTHER ISSUES OF THE SAME AS MINE, I DON'T FEEL SO BAD ABOUT THE ISSUE AND I KNOW THAT I DID NOT WEAR THEM OUT IN MY DRIVING HABITS SEEING ALL THESE OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10382881

Incident

Dec 17, 2010

Mileage

30,120 mi

I PURCHASED A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4 4DOOR. WAS GOING TO PUT NEW BRAKE PADS ON THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO USE THE FACTORY SUPPLIED JACK, THE JEEP WAS ON PRETTY LEVEL GROUND BUT THE JACK WAS UNABLE TO LIFT THE JEEP HIGH ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TIRE OFF SAFELY. THE JACK WAS IN SUCH A HIGH POSITION THAT THE VEHICLE WOULDBE TO UNSTABLE TO CONTINUE MAKING THIS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WAITING FOR A ACCENT TO HAPPEN. I NOW CARRY TWO PIECES OF A 4X4 IN CASE I HAVE A FLAT THAT I MAY NEED TO CHANGE. I BELIEVE THAT JEEP NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE AND ISSUE OUT NEW JACKS THAT ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE CLEARANCE NEEDED ALONG WITH STABILITY. ALL 4 DOOR JEEPS ARE THE SAME SINCE HEY CAME OUT AS A NEW MODEL IN 2007 SO THIS WOULD BE FROM 2007 TO 2011. THE JEEP COME WITH SEVERAL TIRE SIZES MINE HAD 20INCH TIRES ON THEM BUT I HAD THEM TAKEN OFF AND CHANGED TO A 18INCH TIRE THEY ALSO COME IN A 17 AND 16 INCH BUT NO MATTER WHAT SIZE IS PUT ON AT THE DEALER EITHER STOCK OR AS A DEALER OPTION THE JACK SYSTEM SHOULD BE THE CORRECT SIZE TO HANDLE THE USE AND FOR WHAT THE USE IS FOR SAFELY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10347970

Incident

May 9, 2008

Mileage

40,000 mi

REAR BRAKES WORN AND FAILING DUE DEFECTIVE PISTONS. TOOK THE JEEP IN TO HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND I WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL FOR JEEP WRANGLER BY THE TECHNICIAN. THE JEEP WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL OF 2008. IT HAS 32,149 MILES. THE FRONT BRAKES HAD MORE THAN 70% PAD LEFT. MY CONCERN IS IF THE PISTONS ARE APPLYING CONSTANT PRESSURE TO BRAKE PADS CAN THIS CAUSE THEM TO OVERHEAT AND POTENTIALLY CATCH FIRE? I CONTACTED JEEP DIRECTLY AND THEY SAID THAT IF THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THEN THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 25 YEARS AND NEVER EVER HAD A VEHICLE DO THIS BEFORE. I DID SOME SEARCHING ON THE WEB AND DISCOVERED OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. CASE NUMBER I FILED WITH JEEP [XXX] NUMBER CALLED TO FILER COMPLAINT WITH JEEP 800-992-1997. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10346281

Incident

Jul 28, 2010

Mileage

32,149 mi

REAR BRAKES ON 2008 WRANGLER UNLIMITED WORE COMPLETELY OUT IN 24,400 MILES. THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE AT 80% ACCORDING TO THE JEEP DEALER SERVICE TECH. THERE WAS NO UNDERLYING CAUSE SUCH AS STICKING CALIPERS OR SLIDES ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN. THE DISCS WERE SCORED AND NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED. ALTHOUGH THE END RESULT WAS WITHIN TOLERANCE, THE SURFACE OF BOTH ROTORS REMAINED SCORED IN SEVERAL SPOTS. AFTER COMPLAINING TO THE MANAGER THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE BOTH REAR DISCS WITH NEW MOPAR DISCS. MY FEAR IS NOT IDENTIFYING AN UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR THE PREMATURE FAILURE. WITH ADVANCED DESIGN AND COMPUTER DRIVEN SENSORS, THERE MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE YET TO BE IDENTIFIED. I'VE NEVER HAD THE NEED TO REPLACE REAR BRAKES ON A VEHICLE SO SOON AND CONSIDERING THE CONDITION OF THE FRONT BRAKE EQUIPMENT, MY SUSPICION IS A SYSTEM FAULT THAT MAY NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. PLEASE CALL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10339024

Incident

Jun 17, 2010

Mileage

24,400 mi