general problems of the 2004 Jeep Wrangler

Dashboard covering over passenger side airbag is extremely sticky. My concern is not just for appearance, but for protection of the airbag itself and the need to continually clean the passenger side windshield due to a slight film produced from the decaying vinyl dashboard. This vehicle is housed in a garage in florida.

Jeep has never been off road. Husband noticed while changing oil, frame rot was visible in front of vehicle. Later took to local autobody shop that confirmed frame is rotted from inside out. Recommends new frame and to not drive it due to safety concerns. He stated this is very common in Jeeps and that I should file a vehicle safety complaint.

Texting driver turned into my lane with no chance to hit brakes for me we hit head on at 35 mph. The chevy impalas air bags went off ours did not . After the hardest hit or impact of my life we rolled over and landed on the passenger side windshield and roll cage , collapsed on my wife's head to lacerate and fracture my wife's scull. Had air bags worked I wouldn't have gotten a broken nose on both codes and a fractured cheek.

I drove my Jeep from home to work about twenty miles without any problems no warning lights or any visible problems. I shut it off went into work only to learn it had caught on fire about thirty minutes after being shut off ! the heater motor and glove box area is where the fire started. Fire department called it electrical? contracted Jeep (Chrysler) about any recall or TSB but was told there wasn't any! this seems to be a major problem common in a wide year range of Wranglers.

Excessive frame rust, from the inside out. You don't notice until the holes show up.

I was at a complete stop with my foot on the brake, automatic transmission in drive. The engine started to race at very high r. P. M. 's for no reason. I was able to keep the vehicle from accelerating with hard brake pressure and quickly shifted into neutral. The engine returned to normal idle after several seconds. This has happened approximately 5 additional times since then for no apparent reason. I check floor mats, gas pedal movement and even attempted to apply pressure to both the gas and brake pedal at the same time which was impossible. There seems to be no common factor to these incidents. I have not experienced any warning lights or codes.

While driving over 45 mph, if you hit a small bump or even uneven pavement, the Jeep shakes uncontrollably until you either slam on the brakes and slow down to 10 mph or you have to completely stop, if you are in traffic, it is extremely dangerous. The vehicle shakes and the tires bounce up and off the pavement. The stirring wheel shakes so much you can barely hang on to it. Very dangerous!!.