Nine problems related to gasoline engine have been reported for the 1997 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The dealer stated this was a "design" flaw with all inline 6 cyl engines. Further more, they could repair it, but it would eventually break again. Everyone I have spoken with that has/had a Jeep as encountered the same problem.
Whenever my 97 Jeep Wrangler's engine is sufficiently warmed up, the oil pressure drops to under 20 psi. I have brought it to the dealer. They said it was the oil pressure sensor. When they claiimed to have fixed it, no more than a few weeks later, it started happening again. This time I tried to call them any left messages with the manager of the servive depatment . I was never contacted back about the problem. With my works schedule, it is hard for me to bring my car in all the time. Also with reports I read dealing with similar problems, I would like to rectify this problem ASAP.
When driving and coming to a stop and when taking off the vehicle loses all power. Dealer contacted seven times and cannot duplicate the problem.
When driving and coming to a stop and when pulling off the vehicle loses power and will not take off. Dealer notified seven times and cannot duplicate the problem.
Vehicle cuts off, giving no warning. Jeep has been to dealer several times for repair.
While driving vehicle on the highway the vehicle just stopped without any warning, the vehicle wouldn't move, had to be towed to a dealership.
The vehicle will experence sudden and unexpected loss of power. It will last about 5 seconds.
For guage problem, all dash guages intermittently drop to zero and airbag light comes on. Hitting a bump or top of dashboard fixes problem. For #2, oil pressure drops to zero when idling in traffic in warm weather or after long periods of highway driving.
Electrical short started fire in the engine compartment and destroyed the entire vehicle.