Jeep Wrangler Stalling Issues
June 5, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
We didn’t go out on a limb and label Jeep as the most unreliable brand without merit. Safety reports from the States are causing even more headache for DaimlerChrysler (Jeep’s owner). The new Jeep Wrangler is stalling, 53 complaints have been made, mostly involving the Jeeps stalling at highway speeds as well as 12 cases of complete loss of electrical power and lighting.
The complaints have resulted in the 2007 Jeep Wrangler range undergoing investigation by U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. At this stage details are a little sketchy and the authorities are only investigating, however the investigation could affect 35,000 vehicles, including (Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited Four Door).
Jeep Australia have currently not responded to whether or not the issue affects Australian delivered vehicles, we suspect the issue will not affect Australian delivered vehicle.s The problem has presented itself in both the two and four-door models.
Print it: 
I HAVE A 2004 WRANGLER UNLIMTED. BOT NEW. EARLY ON I COMPLAINED TO JEEP THAT THE CAR STALLS SOMETIMES WHEN I AM IDELING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS.
THEY NEVER FOUND THE PROBLEM AND IT PERSISTS. ALTHOUGH LESS OFTEN.
no further comment.
Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 2003 (CRD) Turbo Diesel.
Car registered April 2004.
Car has been a lemon, continues to be a lemon…
New fuel rail under warranty at 60,000km after car experienced punting at idle.
Had car back to dealership another 8 times when excessive smoke condition developed after fuel rail replacement.
Car lacked power and there was poor turbo lag.
New Turbo, Injectors and labour required on 8th occasion and 2 week stint at service center. By this time I was fed up. Problem Jeep claim was a carbon build up in manifold.
Then almost straight away a new symptom developed whereby car would cut out, either idle or at speed, locking up steering, shutting engine down, very un-nerving especially under speed or in peak hour traffic.
Car back to dealer 6 times May 2007-Nov 2007, worst instance was near accident when stalling in 2nd lane of freeway traffic with near miss by truck at 90km/h attempting to get into emergency lane.
Car fix on this issue also resulted in mechanics tampering with personal camera leaving footage saved on camera. Poor professionalism especially when they couldn’t fix issues with car!
Driver electric window collapsed Januray 2008.
Engine blew up in April 2008 less than 110,000km. Hole in 4th Cylinder and hairline fractures in others resulting in total rebuild.
Jeep agreed to fix out of warranty and provided a loan car after long letter with service history escalated to Management, however other undertakings also offered later were never followed through.
8 weeks later car ready. Few more weeks haggling over details on repair report, warranty applying to vehicle as a result of rebuild, also a valuation Chrysler offered but did not formally provide, no trade-in change over option forthcoming….lots of evasiveness and delegation to various people by organisation giving me the run around.
Return loan car and collect repaired car 15th August.
Saturday 16th car cuts out on FWY, partner very upset, myself livid, place angry calls to various Chrysler people, no calls returned.
Monday 18th Car cuts out again in city traffic, passer by helps me push it aside to avoid traffic incidents at busy Melb city junction.
Letter to M.D, results in the of GM Parts and Service calling me (who aborted my requests post agreement to repair engine) and advises me to go legal, claiming I had previously blackmailed them to acting. Very unprofessional.
This driver investigating legal avenues as of tomorrow!
Disgraceful, incompetant service history and bully/intimidation tactics by large company. No accountability of inner Melb city dealership either Sales or Service. Car is/has been defective and intermittent issues & overall failure to resolve is an unacceptable safety risk. Car serviced by Jeep exclusively since purchase. No value realised in maintaining car with manufacturer. Request to trade in prior to engine failure late 07′ was met with “we don’t want to see the car back here again”……
hi guys,
I have a 2007 Jeep Wrangler. My jeep stalls in 2nd gear almost all the time. I gave the car to 3 jeep service centres and they all tell me that their computers doesn’t show them that there is no problem.
I also have another problem; This problem is about heating. My Air conditioning panel gets so heated up that I have to stop somewhere for it to cool down. And this happens even if I drive for 50 to 60 Kms also day or night with or without A/C or heating switched on.
Have any of you guys have had this problem.
I BOUGHT A wrangler unlimited 2009 a month and a half ago and i have noticed a similar problem. i am curious to know if you were able to fix the problem
Hey,
I have a 2008 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon. I’ve driven 34,000K’s in the last 12 months and have been having problems with excessive oil and fuel consumption, after two oil consumption tests with a main dealer I have now been told that I need an engine rebuild!
This doesn’t sound great to me but I wondered if anyone has had any experience with this sort of thing and can give advice?
Cheers
I live in the U.S. and drive a 2008 Wrangler for mail delivery. It has 21,000 mi. I recently found out it is using just over a quart of oil between changes, (every 3000 mi.)
I’ve talked to 2 Jeep dealers and found that Chrysler will not cover this under the warranty. In fact they say that it is normal. If it were using a quart in 1000 mi. or less, they consider that high consumption.
Another mail carrier I work with also has a 08 wrangler and his does the same thing.
My wife has a 2007 Liberty with the 3.7 liter and it doesn’t use any oil between changes.
I’ve owned 30 year old jeeps that just barely used a quart of oil between changes.
The doors leak around the seals, the washer hose for the back glass comes off and sprays down the interior with washer fluid, the steering damper was worn out at 16,000 mi., causing a bad steering wobble, the left windshield wiper has fallen of. The goodyear tires are already worn out at 21,000 mi. I installed a set of Michelins on my wife’s jeep and after 25,000 mi. they still have 3/4 tread left.
I don’t think I’ll ever buy another new jeep.
Hi Ian:
I am told that my engine needs a rebuild as well from oil starvation. Would you please email exchange with me cause I would like to know more about your problem.
brianrogers981@yahoo.ca
I have a 2008 5 door Jeep Wrangler which has already required a new camshaft but now the clutch has gone and is apparently out of warranty because we’ve had the car 13 months. Apparently it’s 20K (we’ve only done 17K) or 12 months whichever comes first. Anyone know where I can find the full warranty details to confirm this.
thanks