general problems of the 2001 Jeep Wrangler

There is a known problem with the electrical wiring to the climate control panel including the blower motor fan switch. The wiring attached to the assembly gets too hot and melts the blower motor fan switch. When this happens, you are unable to turn on any heat/ac/air speeds. You are not able to select any speed to turn on the air which means you can’t use it to defrost the windshield. This can lead to a poor visibility situation. I am the original owner of my 2001 tj and I’ve had to have this problem fixed multiple times. There are several videos & discussions about this problem in Jeep forums. Chrysler should’ve recalled it years ago. .

I was driving with the air conditioner on when I smelled burning plastic, then smoke came out of the air vents. I pulled over and turned off the air conditioner and got out of the vehicle. After about 15 min the smell dissipated and I continued on without the air conditioning. Later I removed the covers and found that there had been a fire in the plug that goes to the blower motor resistor.

I have a Jeep that has a frame that is rusted in the rear trailing arms and were the transmision is held. No incident has happened yet but if this were to break on the road could cause an accident. I work for Hyundai who has a recall on quite a few cars and suvs for the frame rotting out on cars as old as 2000 I also no Toyota and Nissan and other manufactors have recalls on frames why not Jeep I realize it may be specific to salt belt areas but those other compaines are fixing the problem. Also the climate controll melted could have caused a fire I know this is also a common problem.

The hvac system in my 2001 Jeep Wrangler was burnt and melted, due to lack of proper equipment. The hvac blower fan, due to being old, caused resistance, sending too high of a current to the climate control head unit, melting and burning all wires, connectors, and the head unit itself. This could have been remedied with the existence of relays for each source of power heading into the head unit.

The blower motor switch ground, connected to the mode selector has melted in my Jeep. This is the second time this has happened. Back in July 2013 the connection to the mode selector melted. I replaced the hvac ac a/c & heater control with blower motor switch only to have it melt again one year later.

The dash blower control was not working. When the mechanic check it and the system, it was discovered that the blower had over heated the pigtail connectors and melted them. The blower control was visibly melted and multiple signs of overheating were apparent. The blower control, all pigtail connectors and the blower had to be replaced. This was caught just short of me having to deal with a fire being caused by this over heating of the electrical parts of the a/c-heater system. This is the same situation as reported in other complaints. Refer to odi id numbers: 10364281, 10283272, 10181912 and 10145512.

Looks like there was a small fire behind the heater controls all the wires and the back of the switches are melted this is the second time the fan motor control switch has been melted.

There is a serious product defect in the fan motor-switch-resister assembly in my 2001 Jeep Wrangler. This condition has been repaired seven times, six times unsuccessfully (the first time was in 2004, the year I bought my Jeep from a dealership) and the last one accomplished August 20, 2009 and who knows how long this will last. The problem is that the fan switch suddenly fails to operate and when the matter is investigated the mechanic finds that the blower motor, relay and switch have melted. There is some sort of electrical problem or surge which six repairs have failed to correct and my fear is my Jeep will catch on fire as has been reported in a number of cases.

When sitting in my driveway with the engine running I noticed a burnt odor smell from the dash area. The air conditioner was running on high blower and on the max setting of internal air flow. The blower stopped working shortly after this happened. Upon inspection of the blower switch I found the switch had started to burn and melt at the connection for the max blower speed. I have replaced the switch twice now with the same problem,the circuit needs a relay in it to prevent the blower switch from over heating and causing the wire from burning up. At no time was the fuse blown on the circuit.