Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2009 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4X4 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 45 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.
The 25 most recent of 45, in the owner's own words
WHEN REFUELING, REGARDLESS OF FILL LEVEL THE GAS WILL NOT FLOW INTO TANK PROPERLY ON LEVEL GROUND, AND SPEWS OUT ALL OVER THE GROUND/CAR/PERSON. IT WILL NOT TAKE FUEL IN ANY POSITION. IT TAKES ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES TO REFUEL FROM EMPTY. IT WILL TAKE GAS UNTIL THE FILLER NECK FILLS UP AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP AND LET IT DRAIN INTO TANK. YOU HAVE TO REPEAT THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL FULL.
WHEN FILILNG THE FUEL TANK, NO MATTER WHICH GAS STATION I USE, THE TANK OVERFLOWS WHEN FULL, SPILLING GASOLINE BEFORE THE PUMP SHUTOFF CAN ACTIVATE. THIS IS STATIONARY, TURNED OFF, AND LEVEL. I'VE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE FEB 2015 AND IT IS A HIGHLY REPEATABLE PROBLEM.
EVERYTIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK IT OVERFLOWS!!! LEAVING GAS ALL OVER THE GROUND, ME AND MY POOR JEEP. WITH GAS RUNNING ON MY BUMPER AND WELL DISCOLORING IT. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FUEL OVERFLOWING EVERY TIME I GO TO THE GAS STATION. I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT PUMPS AND DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM EVERY TIME. I BOUGHT THE CAR 1 MONTH AGO AND IYHE OVERFLOW HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE, I SEE THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR MANY JEEP WRANGLER OWNERS. THIS IS A COSTLY AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ISSUE.
WHEN FUELING THIS VEHICLE THE NOZZLE WILL NOT SHUT OFF CORRECTLY RESULTING IN FUEL OVERFLOWING AND SPILLING OUT, APROX 1/2 PINT WORTH. CAUSE UNKNOWN. SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN THE FALL WINTER AND SPRING BUT NOT THE SUMMER. NOT SURE IF THE TEMPERATURE OR FUEL BLEND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW IN '09 AND ITS BEEN DOING IT REGULARLY. JEEP RECALLED '07 AND '08 FOR THIS PROBLEM. '09 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.
UPON FILLING THE JEEP WITH GASOLINE (SINCE OWNING THE CAR), NO MATTER THE PUMP/STATION, THE AUTOMATIC STOPPING MECHANISM WILL STOP FILLING WHEN IT IS FULL AND A "BUBBLE" WILL BACK FLOW CAUSING GASOLINE TO SHOOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SOAK THE BUMPER/FENDER/ME. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT A GAS STATION COVERED IN GASOLINE SO HAVE TRIED FIXING THIS. I HAVE REPLACED THE EVAP CANISTER BUT AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO RATHER THAN GET AN ENTIRE NEW GAS TANK.
GAS TANK OVERFLOWS EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK. INTERNAL FLANGE IS EITHER NON-EXISTENT, DAMAGED, OR INOPERABLE AS THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK. UNLESS I STOP THE FILL SHORT OF 16 GALLONS, GAS SPILLS ALL OVER THE JEEP & USUALLY ALL OVER MYSELF AS WELL.
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT A GAS STATION STATIONARY AND FILLING THE FUEL TANK GAS SPITS OUT AT THE FILLER NECK WHEN THE PUMP IS LEFT TO STOP AUTOMATICALLY. THIS ISSUE STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES WHICH S OUTSIDE OF THE 36 K MILES WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS HAPPENS AT EVERY FILL UP AND SPILLS ABOUT A PINT OF FUEL OUT ONTO THE VEHICLE AND THE GROUND. IT IS A CONSISTENT ISSUE THAT REPEATS AT EVERY FILL UP WHEN THE PUMP IS LEFT TO STOP AUTOMATICALLY.
FUEL OVERFLOWS AND SPRAYS OUT WHEN FILLING TANK AT GAS STATION. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE FILL THE TANK OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO. (OUR JEEP HAS NOT BEEN A PRIMARY VEHICLE UNTIL RECENTLY) I'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH ANY OF THE OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE DRIVEN OVER THE LAST 32 YEARS. WE HAD PLANNED TO LET OUR 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. NOW I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS VEHICLE COULD BE TOO DANGEROUS IN ITS CURRENT STATE FOR HER TO DRIVE. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL SPILLED IS SIGNIFICANT. I AM WRITING YOU NOW BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAD IT SPILL OUT ON HER TODAY.
FUEL SPILLS EVERY TIME THAT I FILL UP THE TANK DURING THE WINTER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH JEEP WRANGLERS, BUT NOT WITH THIS MODEL YEAR/VIN. ALTHOUGH I HAVE ENTERED TODAYS DATE BELOW, THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW. I HAVE CONTACTED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
I JUST PURCHASED THE JEEP 2 MONTHS AGO AND EVER SINGLE TIME WITHOUT EXCEPTION I GET FUEL SPIT BACK WHEN FUELING THE JEEP. WHEN FUELING THE JEEP THE NOZZLE AT THE PUMP WILL CUT OFF AND 1-2 SECONDS LATER GAS COMES SHOOTING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. TODAY 3/2/2016 I COULD HEAR THE SOUND CHANGE JUST BEFORE THE NOZZLE CUT OFF AND TRIED TO STOP FUELING BEFORE THE SPIT BACK BUT WAS STILL TO LATE. THE BEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND SHUT OFF AT THE GAS STATION. THIS HAPPENS WEATHER IT IS HOT OR COLD HIGH ELEVATION OR LOWER. DENVER IS/WAS 60 DEGREES TODAY. 5280 ELEVATION. LAST WEEKEND IN WINTER PARK 28 DEGREES AND OVER 9000 ELEVATION. NEXT TIME I FILL UP I WILL FILM THE SPIT BACK.
EVERY SINGLE TIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK WITH GAS IT OVER FLOWS. I HAVE TO TRY AND LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF THE FUEL LEVEL GETTING CLOSE SO I CAN LET GO OF THE PUMP HANDLE IN TIME SO IT DOESN'T FLOW OVER BUT MANY TIMES WITH THE NOISE OF THE STATION I'M TOO LATE AND IT DUMPS FUEL DOWN THE SIDE OF MY CAR, SOMETIMES EVEN SPRAYING OUT THE TOP AND SHOOTING GAS OVER ME. IT'S DISGUSTING AND WASTES A LOT OF FUEL. I GO HOME STINKING LIKE GAS AND IT'S DANGEROUS! PLEASE MAKE CHRYSLER FIX THIS ISSUE. THE 'WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN' QUESTION BELOW DOESN'T REALLY APPLY TO THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME I FILL UP. I CHOSE THE DATE OF MY LAST FILL UP.
EVERY TIME I HAVE FILLED UP THE GAS TANK AND USED THE GAS PUMPS AUTOMATIC STOP, THE GAS OVERFLOWS OUT OF THE TANK AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS THIS MORNING, 2/15/2016
EACH TIME I FILL UP THE GAS TANK THE GAS OVERFLOWS AND ERUPTS OUT OF THE FILLING HOLE SPEWING GASOLINE ALL OVER THE BUMPER, FENDER, BODY AND MYSELF.
TAKATA RECALL - WHEN PUMPING GAS INTO THE VEHICLE GAS CONTINUES TO FLOW WHEN THE TANK BECOMES FULL AND GAS PUSHES OUT OVER THE OPENING AND SPLASHES GAS OVER THE PAINT AND MOLDINGS OF THE JEEP. I'VE ALSO BEEN SPLASHED AND IT USUALLY LEAVES A PUDDLE. THIS IS A DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED BY CHRYSLER/JEEP
WHEN FILLING WITH GAS, WHEN THE PUMP CLICKS OFF ABOUT A PINT OR MORE OF GASOLINE COMES RUSHING BACK OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE AT THE OPERATOR. IT IS VERY UNSAFE. CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I SEDE ON THE JEEPFORUM THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM, VERY SCARY AND UNSAFE.
EVERY TIME I FILL UP WITH GAS THE FUEL SPILLS ALL OVER THE SIDE OF MY JEEP AFTER THE PUMP SHUTS OFF. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL GAS STATIONS. I HAVE BEEN READING ON THE JEEP FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND STILL NO RECALLS. A LOT OF GAS IS BEING SPILLED BECAUSE OF THIS, NOT TO MENTION IT COULD CATCH FIRE. *TR
THE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING. FUEL HAS SUBSTANTIALLY CORRODED THE PROTECTIVE SKIDPLATE UNDER THE FUEL TANK. SOURCE OF LEAK LIKELY ABOVE FUEL TANK, PERHAPS THE FUEL LINE ITSELF. *TR
EVERY TOP OFF ABOUT A QUART OF FUEL ESCAPES PAST THE HOSE HANDLE THAT HAS ALREADY CLICKED OFF. IT GOES OVER THE GROUND, CAR, AND ME. SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. *TR
EVERY TIME I FILL MY JEEP UP, IT WILL OVERFILL AND SPILL OUT OF THE HOSE AND ONTO THE FENDER. I CAN STOP FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE IT GETS FULL AND ADD GAS SLOWLY AND IT WILL STOP. I WIPE IT OFF EVERY TIME BUT IT STILL LEAVES RESIDUE ON THE FENDER AND SIDE OF MY JEEP. IT ALSO LEAVES A SMALL PUDDLE IN THE GROUND. THIS IS A VERY BAD ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR
WHILE FUELING UP AT GAS STATION, STATION FUEL NOZZLE DID NOT SHUT OFF AFTER TANK WAS FILLED. IT IS NOW MARCH OF 2014. THE PROBLEMS WITH FUELING UP HAVE GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. IT SEEMED TO BE SPORADIC WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS A COUPLE YEARS OLD. WHEN TRAVELING OUT OF NJ, I CAN USUALLY STOP THE GAS FLOW BEFORE IT OVERFILLS. CURRENTLY, NJ IS NOT SELF SERVE, AND THE ATTENDANTS TELL ME THAT THIS IS A JEEP ISSUE. I BECAME CURIOUS AND LOOKED AT THIS NHTSA SITE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. 2009 JEEP IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR
WHEN FUELING THE NOZZLE CLICKS AND GAS STOPS FROM THE PUMP TO THE VEHICLE, A SECOND LATER YOU CAN HEAR A RUSH OF FUEL COMING UP THE NECK OF THE TANK AND THEN SPITS OUT OF THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY 1/2 GALLON OR MORE IS SPILLED ALL OVER THE VEHICLE, PERSON FILLING AND THE GROUND. I HAVE ATTEMPTED OVER TIME TO LISTEN AND PAY ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH GAS IS ALMOST FULL IN THE TANK BUT THE PRESSURE CONTINUES TO PUSH THE FUEL OUT. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND NO RESOLUTION. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AS WELL AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD WITH ALL THE GAS THAT IS SPILLED ON THE LOCATION AND LATER WASHED AWAY INTO DRAINAGE. ALSO, WHEN ME FILLING NOT AS CONCERNED BUT SOME INCIDENTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO YOUNGER MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLD HAVE ME CONCERNED. *TR
WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 17 MILES ON IT, EVERYTHING WORKED AS IT SHOULD. BUT JUST UNDER 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE FUEL TANK- DOESN'T MATTER WHAT STATION I GO TO- FUEL SPILLS OUT OF THE FILLER NECK ALL OVER THE SIDE OF VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND. I TAKES STEPS TO AVOID IT BY LISTENING TO THE FILLING PROCESS AND STOPPING THE PUMP MANUALLY WHEN I HEAR THE FUEL NEARING THE TOP, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. AND WITH THE PRICE OF FUEL, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE QUART OR SO THAT ENDS UP AT MY FEET!
FUEL SPILLS OUT OF THE TANK WHEN THE TANK IS FULL. I NEVER TOP OFF AFTER THE PUMP STOPS. THIS FIRST OCCURRED A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEN DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A WHILE, BUT LATELY, IT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT, AND SEEMS TO BE WORSENING. AT FIRST, THE SPILL WOULD BE MINOR AND OCCURRED ONLY WHEN I TOOK THE NOZZLE OUT OF THE TANK. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, GAS WAS SPILLING OUT OF MY TANK JUST AS THE PUMP STOPPED. TODAY, GAS WAS SQUIRTING OUT OF THE TANK AND ONTO ME. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL DANGERS OF SPILLED FUEL--FIRE, ENVIRONMENTAL, PERSONAL INJURY FROM CONTACT WITH GAS, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR
WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK, IT SPITS BACK ABOUT A PINT OR TWO OF GAS AFTER THE AUTO SHUTOFF ON THE GAS PUMP TURNS OFF. IT DOES THIS EVERY TIME NOW AT ANY GAS STATION. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRE HAZARD OF SPILLED FUEL SHOOTING AROUND. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .