Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4X4 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING STARTING PROBLEMS, ISSUES WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND NO LIGHTS ON DASH OR HEADLIGHTS/BREAK LIGHTS. AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD WILL TURN OFF AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO ON ON THEIR OWN. THE HEADLIGHTS AND BREAK LIGHTS WILL ALSO NOT WORK. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND RADIO WILL STILL FUNCTION. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM OR SOLUTION.
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 40 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS INCLUDING BRAKES, STEERING, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HORN STARTED CONSTANTLY GOING, FRONT AND REAR WIPERS GOING. TURNED KEY OFF AND REMOVED, BUT EVERYTHING WAS STILL GOING LIKE A POSSESSED CAR. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO GET EVERYTHING TO SHUT OFF. MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME IT IS LIKELY A FAILURE OF THE CAR'S TIPM, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH JEEPS AND OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES. CALLED FCA AND THEY WON'T STSAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, SAYING IT'S NOT ASN ISSUE.
WHILE DRIVING ALL DASH LIGHTS TURN ON HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK WIPERS START WIPING AND WIPER WASHERS START SQUIRTING THE ENGINE STALLS AND WILL NOT START LOOKED INTO ISSUE AND TIPM IS BAD IN ALL 2007-2011 DODGE, CHRYSLER AND JEEP
MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED HAS BEGUN EXHIBITING VERY STRANGE BEHAVIOR: 1) THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER SPRAY DOES NOT WORK. THE REAR WIPER SPRAY WORKS FINE. VERY UNUSUAL SINCE BOTH FRONT AND REAR SPRAY USES THE SAME PUMP. THUS POSES A SAFETY ISSUE. 2) THE DOOR LOCKS NO LONGER LOCK WHEN THE LOCK BUTTON IS PRESSED ON THE KEY FOB. THIS IS TRUE FOR EITHER FOB, AND YES, I HAVE CHANGED THE BATTERIES. 3) THE CAR SOMETIMES DOES NOT START. THE ENGINE DOES NOT CRANK. THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM, AND CAN SOMETIMES BE RESOLVED BY REMOVING THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION, RE-INSERTING THEM AND TRYING AGAIN. SOMETIMES 5 OR MORE ATTEMPTS ARE REQUIRED TO GET THE CAR TO START. IN MY RESEARCH, ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS POINT TO A FAULTY TIPM MODULE.
JEEP WILL START HONKING HORN, WIPERS ON , WASHER FLUID SHOOTING OUT, DOOR LOCKS WON'T WORK. THEN IT ALL CLEARS UP, THERE ARE TIME WHEN THE BATTERY HAS TO BE DISCONNECTED . BUT ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. ALL BELLS AND LIGHTS WENT ON, WIPERS ON HIGH, HORN WAS STUCK ON, AND THEN ENGINE JUST DIES! LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH SPEED TO GET IT TO THE SHOULDER. JUMPED OUT TO PULL THE HORN WIRE, I WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AT 5 A.M. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGINE STARTED BACK UP, WITH THE KEYS IN MY POCKET! EVERYTHING FINALLY STOP RUNNING AND I WENT ON TO MY JOB RELUCTANTLY. NOW SPORADICALLY THE WIPERS GO ON, DOORS WON'T UNLOCK, ENGINE WON'T START, HORN BLARES, WASHER FLUID GOES ON ALL BY THERE SELF. THIS IS MY ONLY CAR TO DRIVE, I'M GOING TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER TO GET IT HOOKED UP TO SCAN THE COMPUTER, AND HOPEFULLY FIND THE PROBLEM.
WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE VEHICLE. THE WIPERS START GOING, WINDSHIELD WASHERS START AND STOP, HORN STARTS BLOWING, LIGHTS START FLASHING OFF AND ON, ALL DASH INSTRUMENTS GO OFF AND ON AND THE HORN BLOWS INTERMITTENTLY. THE DOOR LOCKS ENGAGE WHEN THE CAR IS SITTING WITH THE MOTOR OFF AND NO ONE IN THE CAR.
THIS MORNING I OPENED THE UNLOCKED FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND THE CRAZINESS BEGAN - DOORS LOCKED ON THEIR OWN, HORN STARTED BLARING, HEADLIGHTS TAILIGHTS AND HAZARDS STARTED FLASHING, FRONT AND BACK WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED GOING, WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID STARTED SHOOTING OUT. I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE REMOTE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS - NOTHING HAPPENED. USED THE KEY TO MANUALLY UNLOCK THE DOOR - AGAINST THE SYSTEM TRYING TO RELOCK. THEN CRANKED THE ENGINE TO TRY AND GET EVERYTHING TO STOP. IT DID NOT STOP. I TURNED OFF THE JEEP THEN POPPED THE HOOD AND DISCONNECTED THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL. ALL THE CRAZINESS STOPPED. I WAITED @5 MINUTES AND THEN RECONNECTED THE BATTERY. ALL THE CRAZINESS STARTED AGAIN. SO I PULLED THE NEGATIVE AND THE POSITIVE FROM THE TERMINAL HOPING TO RESET THE SYSTEM. I HAVE NOT RECONNECTED THE SYSTEM TO TRY AGAIN. I AM WORRIED THAT EVEN IF THE CRAZINESS DOESN'T START ONCE I RECONNECT THE BATTERY, IF I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT BEGINS IT MAY CAUSE ME TO WRECK. I WILL SEND A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL. THANKS.
MY JEEP WILL RANDOMLY SQUIRT WIPER FLUID, LOCK AND UNLOCK DOORS, HONK HORN, TURN OFF AND ON HEADLIGHTS, ETC. ALL THINGS THAT ARE CONTROLLED BY THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AND IT DIFFERS EACH TIME, BUT I AM WORRIED THAT IT IS BEGINNING TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY AND WILL HAPPEN WHEN I AM ON A HIGHWAY - IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE DANGEROUS. DUE TO ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ABOUT IT FROM JEEP OWNERS OF MY YEAR AND THE RECALL ON PREVIOUS CHRYSLER'S DUE TO THE TIPM, A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED FOR THESE. *TR
TIPM --- THE VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL SEIZURES IN WHICH THE HORN, LIGHTS, LOCKS, WIPERS, AND WASHER FLUID ALL BEGAN ACTIVATING AT ONCE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AFTER I LOST VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE WASHER FLUID COVERING THE WINDSHIELD. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF 10 MINUTES, I FINALLY PULLED THE BATTERY CABLE TO STOP THE PROBLEM. BUT AS SOON AS I RECONNECTED IT, THE PROBLEM WOULD START AGAIN. I EVENTUALLY PULLED THE HORN FUSE AND LIMPED BACK TO MY OFFICE AND THE NEXT DAY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE AND CHARGED ME $863.87 TO REPLACE IT. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER PENETRATED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE SUNROOF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE FLOOR TO BECOME SATURATED AND MILDEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AS THE SUN ROOF CLIPS BEING DEFECTED AND CAUSING THE ROOF SEALANT TO SEPARATE ALLOWING WATER TO PENETRATE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CLEANED THE VEHICLE INTERIOR BUT DID NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE CLIPS OR RESEAL THE SUNROOF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,330.
WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN FRONT OF DRIVER SEAT. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN A "POP" WAS HEARD. CRACK WENT UP 2 INCHES, THEN SLOWLY OVER 2 DAYS TRAVELED LEFT THEN DOWN AGAIN 18 INCHES FURTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THERE WERE NO ROCK FLYING OR CHIPS ANYWHERE. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER ABOUT PROBLEM. HE SAID THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY SUCH WINDSHIELD PROBLEMS BEING COMMON WITH THE JEEP JK MODELS, HE ALSO SAID CHRYSLER HQ IS NOT AWARE OF ANY SUCH WINDSHIELD PROBLEMS BEING COMMON EITHER. EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT IT. I WAS ADVISED OF IT BY ANOTHER JEEP OWNER THAT HEY HAD 2 WINDSHIELDS REPLACED ALREADY, AND TO WATCH OUR WINDSHIELD, A WEEK LATER OUR CRACKED AS WELL. *TR
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