Brake Disc Caliper problems of the 2008 Jeep Wrangler

1. Hit a bump going 55mph on the highway and experienced the death wobble. Had to hit the brakes and slow down immediate to 25 mph. Super dangerous on the freeway. Thankfully this was a city freeway that had a speed limit of 55mph. I don't know what would've happened if I was going faster, say on an interstate where the speed limit is 80mph. 2. Whenever I fill up the gas always overflow. So each time now I have to squeeze the pump gently and hold it for the entire fill up. 3. The rear caliper sticks sometimes.

While driving about 50 mph violent shaking of entire vehicle. This has happened twice. It is brake or stability control related. Have to come to a complete stop and start again for shaking to stop. Also have had to change both front calipers due to overheat damage. The overheat is a result of brakes applied by stability control or traction control when there is no need for either.

2 weeks ago my front passenger brake caliper seized while driving. It smoked and was unsafe to drive as I lost the ability to steer safely. I had to replace the caliper, pads and resurface the rotor. Yesterday my rear driver-side caliper failed while driving locally. I only have 38k miles on this Jeep and do not drive off-road. Jeep is pristine, well maintained and used sparingly. Searching nhts database I saw several similar reports and all reported problems involved 2008 Jeep Wrangler, however no recall or TSB?!? how many reports does NHTSA need to connect the dots here? I'm so thankful my daughter wasn't driving, as she would not have been able to recover the vehicle during the first incident. I have been driving for 37 years & never had a vehicle have a single caliper failure and now it's happened twice within two weeks on the same vehicle. There are less than 3k miles driven on these brake pads.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Jeep Wrangler 4x4 2-door. The contact stated that after exiting the vehicle he would smell a burning odor. The contact inspected the vehicle and discovered that the wheels had overheated and become abnormally hot. The contact sustained burns to three of his fingers from touching the wheels. The vehicle was later taken to the dealer where they advised that the brake calipers overheated and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired for the front passenger side caliper and also the two rear calipers on separate occasions. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 16,619. The current mileage was approximately 19,000. Kmj.

I have had vehicle for 2 weeks,have driven it less tha 200 miles,right rear brake locked up and would not release,when I got home wheel was hotter than fire and smoking. I replaced rear pads,they had about 3/16 of inch pad left. Piston in caliper compressed easy so put pads on and drove about 15 miles and came home only to find rt rear smoking again. I am assuming now its the emergency brake,which I have never used being an automatic.