2010 Jeep Wrangler Body & structure Problems

The muffler heat shield has become detached from all 4 fasteners and drops onto the top of the muffler. When starting the engine could hear a loud metal banging noise from the rear of the vehicle. Where the heat shield attaches to the body on 4 studs and is held in place by 4 zinc plated pal nuts, around the pal nuts the heat shield corrodes and separates from the zinc pal nuts allowing the heat shield to fall onto the muffler. On the Jeep Wrangler forums this is a widely discussed topic happening to many Jeep Wrangler owners from about the 2007 model year to about the 2015 model year. Some have just removed the heat shield by themselves and other have reportedly taken the Jeep Wrangler to Jeep or Chrysler dealerships where they have removed the heat shield. Is there a safety risk?? Not sure, but the manufacture installed the heat shield for a reason. This component, if there for a safety reason, should last almost the life of the vehicle. Only have 48K on the odometer.

NHTSA ID

11500598

Incident

Jan 5, 2023

JEEP HOOD FLUTTER AT 55MPH OR GREATER WITH NO MODIFICATIONS FROM STOCK HOOD. HOOD FLUTTER BECOMES VIOLENT AT 70MPH OR GREATER TO WHERE HOOD APPEARS TO LIFT OFF THE JEEP WHILE BEING LATCHED DOWN.

NHTSA ID

11232661

Incident

Jul 17, 2019

Mileage

106,000 mi

GOOD FLUTTER

NHTSA ID

11232520

Incident

Oct 14, 2018

Mileage

65,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BUSHING INSIDE THE DOOR HINGES FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND SECURELY CLOSE THE DOORS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER DOORS WERE INOPERABLE. BURDICK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (5885 CIR DR E #335, CICERO, NY 13039, (315) 699-3846) DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR HINGE BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED PHONE CONVERSATION WITH CORPORATE JEEP/CHRYSLER, ALSO DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT BY ITSELF ANYMORE. THE CAR (JEEP) CLICKS NOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN AND WON'T START TILL AFTER 8 CLICKS- "TIPM"! IT WAS RECALLED ON EARLIER JEEPS- THEY THOUGHT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOT! UPDATED 10/19/18*JB

NHTSA ID

11123807

Incident

Jun 30, 2016

Mileage

75,000 mi

DROVE MY CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. PARKED CAR AT MY APARTMENTS AND SMELLED SOMETHING THAT SMELLED LIKE A FIRE. WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE AND SAW FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WITHIN MINUTES THE FIRE CONSUMED THE ENTIRE FRONT OF MY JEEP WRANGLER. I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THIS NOT EVEN A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON.

NHTSA ID

10899048

Incident

Aug 26, 2016

Mileage

110,000 mi

"TAKATA RECALL" (2 RECALLS). RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE. ON THE 2ND PARAGRAPH IT STATES THAT THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. IT DOESN'T GET MUCH WORSE THEN DEATH. HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE TO OPERATE THESE VEHICLES KNOWING THAT IT'S A RISK TO OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY. NHTSA SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND SPOKE TO A REP. I TOLD HIM MY CONCERN AND HE EXPLAINED THAT PARTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL EARLY 2017. I TOLD HIM THIS CALL WAS TO INFORM HIM OF MY CONCERN AND THAT GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT I WOULD OWN CHRYSLER AND WILL FILE A SUIT AGAINST NHTSA. ALLOWING DRIVERS TO OPERATE VEHICLES WITH KNOWN SAFETY DEFECTS IS A CRIME. I INFORM YOU TODAY BASICALLY NOTIFYING YOU THAT I'M ON RECORD AND THAT MY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO DO THE SAME.

NHTSA ID

10893474

Incident

Aug 5, 2016

I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP TO WORK WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN WHITE SMOKE ENTERED THE CAP. I ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN TO VENT THE SMOKE AND SAW FLAMES AT MY FEET. I PULLED THE JEEP OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY JUST IN TIME FOR THE BRAKES TO FAIL. AFTER PUTTING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON SO IT WOULD ROLL INTO ANOTHER CAR I JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR JUST IN TIME TO SEE THE FLAMES EAT THE HOOD OF MY JEEP AND WORK ITS WAY BACK THROUGH MY ENTIRE VEHICLE. I WATCHED AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. SINCE IT HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS MY JEEP WAS DISTROYED. I PUT $70,000 OF PARTS INTO MY JEEP AND IT WAS ALL EATEN BY A FIRE IN 20 MINUTES. I GOT THE OIL CHANGED DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT A RECALL. I NEVER RECIEVED ANY PIECE OF MAIL NOTIFYING ME OF ANY RECALL. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIRE ISSUES UNTIL I STARTED TO RESEARCH WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT HAVE BEEN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THEY WILL INVESTIGATE IT BUT THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING LEFT OF THE JEEP TO FIND THE ORIGIN. I HAVE VIDEO OF THE FIRE WHEN IT WAS OCCURING AS WELL AS PICTURES OF THE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE FIRE....UPDATED 09/22/15 *BF UPDATED 12/11/2017*CN

NHTSA ID

10744081

Incident

Jul 22, 2015

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2010 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED. WHILE DRIVING THE PEDAL WAS SHAKING AND THE STEERING WAS SHAKING. ALSO THE SOFT TOP WOULD NOT REACH FAR ENOUGH TO CLOSE. HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE. I'M CURRENTLY USING A RENTAL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10512833

Incident

May 16, 2013

Mileage

49,000 mi

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FENDER BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FENDER HAD DETACHED BECAUSE OF MUD THAT HAD ACCUMULATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FENDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. KMJ *TR

NHTSA ID

10504161

Incident

Mar 14, 2013

Mileage

40,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON A PASTURE THE FUEL LINE IN OUR 2010 AUTOMATIC JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED BECAME DETACHED FROM THE CLIP THAT HOLDS IT IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (ACCORDING TO THE DEALER). THE PLASTIC PART IN THE FUEL LINE MELTED WHEN IT BECAME IN CONTACT WITH PART OF THE HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE JEEP STOP RUNNING AND A SMALL FIRE STARTED BENEATH THE JEEP ON THE GRASS . WE PUSHED THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE WAY AND PUT THE FIRE OUT . THERE WAS NO FIRE DAMAGE TO THE JEEP. THE JEEP WAS REPAIRED AT LABELLE DODGE/CHRYSLER-JEEP, INC. PH: 1-800-226-1193 INVOICE NO. [XXX] WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WE WERE TOLD THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE WE TOOK THE JEEP OFF ROAD. THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10493156

Incident

Jun 26, 2012

Mileage

19,567 mi

BOUGHT A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE FROM FAIRFIELD DODGE, CRYSLER, JEEP IN MUNCY , PA AND IN 4 MONTHS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE IT HAD A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION SKID PLATE, ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO BROKEN SENSOR, IN NEED OF FOUR BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THEY STATED THAT WHEN THEY SERVICED THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY PURCHASED IT THAT THE ROTORS WERE CUT FOR THE LAST TIME WHEN THEY CERTIFIED THE VEHICLE FOR SALE ON THE LOT. AND NOW FOUR MONTHS LATER IT NEEDS $1,200.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS. THEY STATE THAT THE ESIM WAS BROKEN BY ME OR SOMEONE THAT WAS UNDER THE HOOD AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PARTS BUT NOT THE LABOR THE SAME WITH THE BRAKES. I FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN FRONT LINE READY OR EVEN CERTIFIED WITH ALL THESE ISSUES, THEY ARE VERY, VERY POOR REPRESENTITIVES OF YOUR BRAND. I DID NOT BUY A JEEP TO HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF PURCHASE. THEN WHEN I ARRIVED THE DAY OF SERVICE THEY NO LONGER HAD MY RECALL PART THEY PUT IT ON ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT CAME IN BEFORE MINE. I LIVE TWO HOURS AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FAILED TO DO THERE JOB. *TR

NHTSA ID

10492396

Incident

Dec 10, 2012

Mileage

41,000 mi

LETTER RE THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH A 2010 JEEP WRANGLER FEELS THAT VEHICLE FALLS UNDER THE NEW CAR LEMON LAW (ENTIRE PACKAGE NOT IMAGED, FORWARDED TO NVS-200) *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THERE HAVE BEEN REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE REMAINS DEFECTIVE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING SLUGGISH AND BURNING OIL, BUT NO LEAKS WERE FOUND. THE PROBLEM WENT ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE, BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT APPROVE A NEW ENGINE, SO THEY KEPT REPLACING PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER CHECKED THE ENGINE AGAIN, AND DISCOVERED IT WAS BURNING 1 QUART OF OIL PER HOUR AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE HARD TOP WAS LEAKING AND RUINED THE CARPET. THE STARTER WAS DEFECTIVE. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WAS EXHIBITING A BURNING SMELL, IT WOULD SLIP AND WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR AND THE FLUID WAS NO LONGER THE CORRECT COLOR. ALSO, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ROSE JUST UNDER THE OVERHEATING POINT. THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN WAS DEFECTIVE. ALSO, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10421931

Incident

May 7, 2010

I DROVE MY 2010 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA UNLIMITED THROUGH WATER THAT WAS SITTING IN A PASTURE THAT HAD BEEN SHREDDED. 30 MINUTES LATER MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE DESIGN OF THE SKID PLATE ALLOWED THE GRASS THAT WAS FLOATING ON THE WATER TO BE PUSHED UNDER THE SKID PLATE AND AROUND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WITHIN 30 MINUTES THE GRASS DRIED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. I HAD 3 KIDS IN THE CAR ON OUR WAY BACK FROM A RODEO AND ENDED UP WATCHING MY JEEP BURN AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING. CHRYSLER WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND HAS DENIED MY CLAIM. THE BACK SKID PLATE HAS A LIP THAT DIPS DOWN AND ALLOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS TO BE SUCKED UP AROUND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE GAS LINE AND THE TRANSMISSION ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH IS DANGEROUS. MY CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS LUCKILY WE WERE ALL GOT OUT OF THE CAR WITHOUT INJURY, I DO PLAN ON MAKING SURE THIS DANGER IS KNOWN SINCE CHRYSLER WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DESIGN FLAW. *TR

NHTSA ID

10406886

Incident

May 25, 2011

Mileage

21,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED IN A MANNER IN WHICH THE ROOF AND DOORS COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE DURING WARM WEATHER. WHEN THE ROOF AND DOORS WERE REMOVED, THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS WERE REPOSITIONED TO MOUNT ONTO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD SUPPORT FRAME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE MIRRORS WERE MOUNTED IN THIS POSITION, THE VIEW IN THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WAS OBSTRUCTED BY APPROXIMATELY 85 PERCENT, REDUCING VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

NHTSA ID

10397287

Incident

May 1, 2010

Mileage

2,000 mi

2010 JEEP WRANGLER HOOD BOUNCES UP, AND DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. ALSO, IGNITION HOUSING HAS BECOME LOOSE AT 4900 MILES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10346159

Incident

Jun 25, 2010

Mileage

4,900 mi