Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Jeep Wrangler submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 51 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 51, in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.
1999 JEEP WRANGLER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BEING A LEMON *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. BUT, IN FACT IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE SHE SUFFERED A NECK INJURY. *JB
EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILURE. *TR
RADIATOR MADE WITH PLASTIC WHICH LEAKS AT THE TOP WHERE THE PLASTIC IS CRIMPED TO THE METAL CORE. THIS IS AN INEVITABLE PROBLEM ON ALL JEEP (CHRYSLER PRODUCTS) MADE WITH RADIATORS MANUFACTURED USING PLASTIC CAUSING LEAKAGE BEFORE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE RADIATOR IS REACHED. IN SOME CASES, COOLANT IS FLAMMABLE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED. *TR
CRACKED MANIFOLD. *AK
I HAVE HAD THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAIL IN MY 99 TJ TWICE NOW. THE FACTORY ORIGINAL CRACKED AT ABOUT 39,000 MILES AND THE "NEW AND IMPROVED" OEM REPLACEMENT LASTED 11 MONTHS (OR 9,450 MILES). THIS IS GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE...*JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. IT WOULD ACCELERATE AT ANYTIME, WHETHER IT WAS IN IDLE OR IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY THE DEALER HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 8 TIMES ON AVERAGE A DAY.
FOUND CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BETWEEN THE #1 AND #2 PORTS AT AROUND 68,000 MILES, AFTER DISCUSSING THIS PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS I LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 AND OTHER YEARS BACK. MY COMPLAINT IS, IF DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND I AM SURE THEY ARE, WHY AREN'T THEY ADDRESSING IT. UNHAPPY WITH DEALER AND STOCK MANIFOLD, REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEADER. *JB
I TOOK MY JEEP TO CHUCK NASH JEEP BECAUSE OF A POPPING SOUND. THEY SAID THE EXHAUST MAINFOLD WAS CRACKED, AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $750.00 TO REPLACE, I REFUSED THE REPAIR, THEY CHARGED ME $75.00 FOR THE EVALUATION.*JB
HEARD EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE EXHAUST HEADER WAS CRACKED AT THE EXHAUST FLANGE CONNECTING THE CROSSOVER PIPE TO THE MANIFOLD. *AK
I HAVE A 1999 JEEP WRANGLER WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED IN OCT OF 1998. MY OEM EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD TWO CRACKS IN IT AS OF DECEMBER OF 2003, WITH THE MILAGE ON THE VEHICLE BEING ROUGHLY 42000. I REPLACED THE MANIFOLD WITH AN AFTERMARKET MANIFOLD PURCHASED FROM O'REILLY AUTO PARTS IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. ELEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE AFTERMARKET MANIFOLD CRACKED ALSO. THERE IS TOO MUCH HEAT AND PRESSURE IN THE 4.0 ENGINE FOR THE MANIFOLDS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE, CAUSING FAILURE. JEEP DEALERSHIPS REPLACE HUNDREDS DAILY, AND ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ENGINE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO THAT THE STOCK MANIFOLDS ARE MADE OUT OF WEAK MATERIALS. ANY MUFFLER SHOP OR TECH WILL AGREE WITH THIS, AS DID 8 JEEP ENGINEERS AT CAMP JEEP. I AM CURRENTLY GOING ON MY 3RD, AND PLAN ON CHANGING TO EITHER A BORLA OR BANKS HEADER TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HEADMAN HEDDERS HAS DISCONTINUED MAKING A REPLACEMENT FOR THE JEEPS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND BORLA AGREES, BUT CONTINUES TO WARRANTY EXCHANGE THOSE THAT COME BACK CRACKED. THE EXHAUST LEAKS PENETRATE THE CAB AND CAN CAUSE HEADACHES AND DROWSINESS AFTER LONG PERIODS OF EXPOSURE. GAS MILAGE IS GREATLY REDUCED BY THIS ISSUE. I AM LOOKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF MY AFTERMARKET HEADER IF JEEP IS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE OR RECALL THE MANIFOLDS.*AK
SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED WHILE IDLING IN TRAFFIC WHILE THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN IN BACK OF A TRUCK. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE TO POWER TRAIN COMPUTER FROM THE 1998 SERVICE BULLETIN. THE BULLETIN STATED THAT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 103 CELSIUS IT COULD CAUSE HIGH RPM IN PARKING LOT MANEUVERS OR STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO ALL 99 MODELS. THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE. *TC *SC
EXPERIANCED HEADACHES, NAUSEA, AS WELL AS AUDIBLE KNOCKING FROM UNDER HOOD. MY 1999 4.0 LITER 6 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD, LEAKING HOT GASSES AND EXHAUST INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP AWARE THAT THERE IS PROBLEM WITH MANIFOLD, AS HAVE REDESIGNED IT AND REPLACEMENT COST IN EXCESS OF $500.00 CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND FILED COMPLAINT, TOLD THEY AREA AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT OR ISSUE RECALL. LOCAL EXHAUST SHOP ADVISED THEY DO SEVERAL PER MONTH WITH THIS DEFECTIVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BOTH WRANGLER AND CHEROKEE BETWEEN 1996 AND 2000 MODEL YEAR. EXHAUST WAS REVISED IN 2000 BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS, BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT DENYING THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT. CHYRSLER SHOULD WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM AS THEY DID WITH THE 2.5 LITER. MILAGE AT TIME WAS ONLY 39,000 WHEN CRACKED.*AK
1)THE VEHICLE FAILED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION - AND I WAS ADVISED THE REASON WAS "EXHAUST MANIFOLD". 2)I CALLED THE DEALER - WHO THOUGHT MY VEHICLE WAS A "2.5" WHICH ALREADY HAS A RECALL ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BUT I HAVE A "4.0" WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT. I ASKED WHAT HARM IS BEING DONE IF I DO NOT GET IT FIXED - AND WAS ADVISED THAT SINCE THERE IS A HOLE IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, EXHAUST FUMES ARE FILLING THE CAB (LIKE THE 2.5). I WAS AT THAT TIME ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART. AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, THE PART ON THE 2.5 IS A BOLT THAT ATTACHES TO THE MOTOR, AND WHEN IT BREAKS, LEAKS EXHAUST INTO THE CAB; AND ON THE 4.0 (WHICH I BELIEVE IS ALSO A COMMON PROBLEM), THAT THERE IS A BREAK IN THE BASE OF THE "Y" PIPE, WHICH ALSO LEAKS EXHAUST INTO THE CAB. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER LINE 800.992.1997, I ADVISED THAT I WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON A SIMILAR MODEL; I WAS TOLD THAT ALL THEY COULD DO WAS "REGISTER THE COMPLAINT". I ASKED "HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT A RECALL PROCESS" AND WAS TOLD IT WAS INVOLVED AND COMPLICATED, AND I WAS DIRECTED TO THIS SITE AFTER PRESSING FOR SATISFACTION. I THEN ASKED "HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU RECALL THIS PART?", AND THE REP ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE GIGGLED. I WENT ON TO ASK THAT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART WOULD I BE REIMBURSED FOR MY EXPENDITURE, AND I WAS ADVISED THAT "YES", I WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. 3)BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION, I AM HAVING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD REPLACED. I CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AIR BAG LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD . THIS CAUSED THE SPEEDOMETER TO FAIL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK *LA
A POPPING NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS HEARD WHEN CONSUMER REMOVED FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL. DURING A STATE INSPECTION THE STATE INSPECTOR NOTICED A LEAK IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES WITH A 4.0 LITER ENGINE. *AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED HEADACHES AND DIZZINESS FOR MONTHS DUE TO AN EXHAUST LEAK. *PH THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED TO BE A CRACKED MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE, BUT WAS TOLD ONLY THE 4 CYLINDER WAS BEING COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *JB
EVERY MANIFOLD IN JEEP WRANGLERS ARE FAULTY AND CRACK LEAVING THE CABINS OF WRANGLERS FILLING WITH CARBON MONOXIDE. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUES WITH JEEP WRANGLERS WHERE THE MANIFOLD IS MADE WITH IRON THAT DOES NOT EXPAND AND THE WELSING IS SUB PAR ALLOWING FOR CRACKS WHICH LEAK CARBON MONOXIDE.*AK
MANIFOLD CRACKING ON 1999 JEEP WRANGLER, CAUSING ROUGH RUNNING CONDITION AND FUMES INSIDE CABIN.*AK
ON FEBRUARY 4, 2004 I TOOK MY 1999 JEEP WRANGLER TO BOB MAYBERRY CHRYSLER DODGE, JEEP, INC. IT WAS VERY NOISY AND MORE GASOLINE THAN USUAL. THEY SAID THAT MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS BROKEN AND THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 61,935. THE WARRANTY FOR THAT YEAR WAS ONLY 3 YEARS 36 MONTHS I WAS TOLD. THIS REPAIR WAS NEARLY $700.00 AND IS SOMETHNG THAT I HAVE NEVER HAD GO WRONG ON ANY OTHER CAR I EVER HAD. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMPANY HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND REFUSED TO RECALL THE POORLY DESIGNED AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU FORCE THEM TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS AND RETURN ALL OR PART OF MY SERVICE BILL. MY VIN IS 1J4FY9S7XP414936. WHEN I CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS JUST TOO BAD, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
I HAVE REPLACED THE EXHUAST MANIFOLD TWICE BECAUSE IT HAS CRACKED ABOVE THE Y CONNECTOR AT THE PIPE.NOW I WILL GO WITH A BORLLA EXHUAST UNIT TO SEE IF THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT CAN BE CORRECTED. WHICH I BELIEVE TO BE A DEFECT IN THE MOTOR MOUNTS THAT ARE TOO WEEK AND ALLOWS THE MOTOR TO LIFT TOO FAR AND STRESS THE PIPE.*AK
I LOVE MY 1999 JEEP WRANGLER AND HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY TILL NOW. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE OWNED MANY NEW CARS OVER THE YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EITHER ONE HAVE HEARD OF AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD GOING BAD. WHEN HAVING THE MANIFOLD REPLACED WE WERE TOLD IT HAS BEEN REDESIGNED AND IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE REPLACED. IT HAD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES, MAINLY AT THE WELDS. I FILL SINCE I NEVER TAKE IT OFF ROAD THAT THIS SHOULD NOT OF HAPPEN. NOT TO MENTION IT WAS VERY COSTLY. I FILL SINCE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM I SHOULD BE REVERSED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. *JB
THERE IS A CRACK IN MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD IN MY 1999 JEEP WRANGLER. WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEM, I HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. I ALSO LEARNED FROM A DIAMLER-CHRYLSER DEALER THAT THEY REPLACE OVER 250 OF THESE A DAY. AND IN 2000, THEY CHANGED THE PART. THIS MAKES ME THINK THEY REALIZED IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND DID NOTHING TO THE VICTIMS THAT HAD THE DEFECTIVE PART. *LA
1999 JEEP WRANGLER 6 CYCL. HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON MULTIPLE VISITS. LOSS OF POWER DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP, RADIATOR, AND PERFORMING AN ADDITIONAL TUNE-UP BUT PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. NOW FIND THAT THERE IS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS COMPLETELY CRACKED. *AK
FIRST HEARD A PROBLEM WITH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM JUST PRIOR TO THE EASTER HOLIDAY 2002 AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INVESTIGATED AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I WAS TOLD THE WAS A CRACK IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONE DAY OUT OF WARRANTY (DUE TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND). AFTER CONSIDERABLE DEBATE, THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR A $150.00 DEDUCTIBLE. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE EXACT SAME ISSUE HAS ARISEN AND THE FACTORY REPAIR IS ONLY WARRANTED FOR 12 MONTHS/12,000 MILES. AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF 4 EMAILS WITH DAIMLER/CHRYSLER THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND I AM LIABLE FOR THE FULL REPAIR COST. *LA
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 .