15 problems related to engine shut off without warning have been reported for the 2007 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My Jeep with 86k miles engine blew. One week earlier when driving over 40 miles per hour it seemed to wobble a bit from left to right, I thought maybe it was because I had 4 wheel drive on. I have only owned it for a month and it is a 2nd vehicle and I was not sure if that was normal or not. Then after not driving the vehicle for 4 days I moved it out of my driveway and was less then a block from my home when the oil light came on and half a block later the engine cut out. The car wouldnt start again and I had it towed to the dealer where I purchased it. They told me the internal fuel pump seemed to malfunction and the engine was blown! when I returned home I noticed a pool of oil in my driveway. This car sat for days and was barely driven by me since my purchase. How does an engine at 86k miles just blow? how does oil just dump out of a vehicle? why? well doing internet research it appears that this 2007 engine year there was a mistake in the engines where pistons were put in upside down? there was no recall for this and many 2007 Jeeps have had this happen. I am lucky it happened on a local road, if I was driving 65 in middle lane of a highway and my engine just shut off I would be dead. I couldnt steer it. It just stopped. . . . . I have tried calling Chrysler and have been transfered many times to other people, I am at a loss of what to do. Again, I have had this vehicle 1. 5 months. . .
Tl-the contact owns 2007 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle shut off. The vehicle restarted after several attempts. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 69,000. Mf.
When driving my 2007 Jeep, it has 2x, completely shut off while going about 70 mph in traffic. I took it to bondy's Jeep dothan, looked at by service depart. And given back - nothing wrong. The second time, returned to bondy's, some wiring harnesses were replaced. Then recall was issued, took it back-they fixed recall. Continued to have issues, been to bondy's eight times. It has not shut completely off again that was pretty scary - but the dashboard lights up with errors and I lose power everything (air conditioner, signals, radio, entire control panel, etc?). The same thing happened when it shut off completely, so my concern is that it will happen again. If I were to pull out onto a highway, that could be it. Please advise me on what action I need to take. Following is a timeline of what has been going on. I have not been able to get anyone from Jeep to call me to help me with this issue. I have only been working third party with my local Jeep dealer, who has been great, but has not yet solved any issues. 4/14/2007 Jeep cuts completely off while going 70 mph on hwy 431 all cluster lights lit up. 4/15/2007 Jeep cuts off completely again pulling out of the grocery store parking lot. 4/17/2007 took it to bondy's. Got it back on 4/19/2007. Service dept stated it was fixed. 4/26/2007 all clusters lit up like before but did not shut off. No air conditioner, radio, nothing electric worked. Took to bondy's. 7/11/2007 same thing 7/12/2007 recall received by mail, took to bondy's. 8/2/2007 it happened again. 8/3/2007 took to bondy's left it with the service dept. Do not have it back yet. It has been at bondy's 39 days total since time of purchase, in the service dept.
Driving through the mountains of the carolina's on I-40 at speed. Vehicle shut down for a split second. All dash lights came on, cruise control turned off and vehicle slowed. Vehicle restarted on it?s own. Second time it has happened, this time on the highway at 70 miles per hour. (reference #10192459) this is not safe!! my wife will not let me transport our kids in this vehicle until it is fixed. Going into dealer ASAP!.
The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Wrangler 4x4. While driving 60 mph, the engine shut off. The contact took the vehicle to the mechanic. The mechanic is unable to duplicate the failure. The current mileage is 12,900 and failure mileage was 12,650.
I own a 2007 Jeep wranger unlimited (4-door) yesterday I was driving on a rural highway between 60-70mph and I lost all power, the radio shut down and I looked down at my dash and all my lights lit up. I felt the engine shut down as I begun to move to the shoulder all the power came back up. I came home to tell my husband and he looked on the internet and found similar situations being reported. I called my local dealer and the dealer I purchased the car from and they both had no idea about this being an issue. My concern is will this be an ongoing issue and can it be fixed. I don't want to be driving at a fast speed to have this happen again, this cannot be safe. The dealers said they would run diagnostics but will that truly identify the issue if this has happened only once.
I exited the highway on to the ramp doing 35mph and in the turn I lost all power,the engine shut down,within a few seconds all the dash lights came on and the engine restarted. I almost lost control but it restarted in time. I talked to the dealer about this but they told me they know nothing of this.
Driving down the highway normal traffic conditions. Vehicle shut off at 65mph on highway with loss of all electrical.
At approximately 8,100 miles, while driving through a subdivision at 25 mph, vehicle engine shut off and restarted. Also had loss of power steering and the radio turned off. Both returned once the engine restarted. No action taken on my part, but vehicle speed did slow. Total time from shutdown to restart was one or two seconds. Have not scheduled dealer service yet.
On multiple occasions, the vehicle has stalled at speed. Four out the five times it has happened so far, it started back on its own. One of the stalls required stopping and restarting the vehicle. Each stall has occurred randomly, twice with cruise control on, once while accelerating, once while braking and once while driving steady without cruise. Two times it stalled on the highway at speeds between 65 to 75 mph, two of the times it stalled on an on or off ramp to the highway between 35 to 45 mph, and once in a parking lot at about 15 mph. Each time it has stalled, the engine shuts off, all electrical equipment shuts off completely (radio, a/c, lights) and the gauges drop to zero like the vehicle is off. All but one of these time, the vehicle then starts right back up within about 1 to 3 seconds, the gauges return to normal, radio turns back on, etc. Each time the vehicle stalled like this, the transmission was fully in gear (no clutch being used at the time). I have taken the vehicle in three times for repair. The first times were supposedly to update the vehicles computer system. The third time, I don't know if anything was done or not, but dealer told me that neither they, nor Chrysler can figure out what is wrong with it and will not fix it at this time. Obviously, this is very much a safety concern and hope for this to be resolved soon.
The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Wrangler x rhd 4x4. While driving 35 mph under normal driving conditions, the vehicle's engine stalled and shut off without warning. On another occasion, when the contact attempted to accelerate, the engine stalled and shut completely off. While driving 10 mph and attempting to brake, the same failure recurred at 2,100 miles. The engine was able to be restarted each time. The vehicle is currently at the dealer. The engine size was unavailable. The current mileage is 28,000 and failure mileage was 2,000.
Running vehicle at highway speed (60 mph), vehicle shut down immediately, leading to loss in steering and braking. Engine rpm's went to zero. About 4 seconds later, vehicle started back up at normal operating rpm's for speed and gear selection (6 th gear, 60 mph, 2600 rpm).
The 2007 Jeep Wrangler unlimited x, otherwise known as the jk, lost engine power twice while driving 55 mph, and the electrical and engine shut off for 3-5 seconds and came back on. The electronic throttle for the gas pedal went into the default mode, where it won't go over 45 mph ,and the traction control shut off at this time also. This happened while driving at 55-60 mph. Also, the compass shut off also at a different time. Each time I had to pull off the road and restart the Jeep , and every thing worked again.
While traveling with the cruise control engaged, as I was ascending a turn on a steep grade, the transmission downshifted from 4th to 2nd gear abruptly. When this occurred, the esp light on the dash lit up and the engine shut off. I pulled off the freeway to check under the hood, but didn't see anything wrong. I re-started the engine and everything was fine. Took it to the dealer when I returned home from the trip and they checked the ecu and no warnings came up.
(1)driving highway speeds, 45-65 usually. (2)engine shuts down, lose power to everything, ie power brakes, power steering, then starts back up after several seconds (3) one dealer said its not an issue, the other "update" the computer, still didn't fix the issue.