Two problems related to owners/service manual have been reported for the 2008 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I purchase a 2008 Jeep Wrangler as an off road vehicle. The model has a key recognition key and in this last year has failed twice. Both times we have had to have the vehicle towed to a dealer, replace the wcm, and reprogram the key. The safety issue fortunately I was in edmonton both times the wcm failed. If it had been one month earlier I was 50 miles in the bush with an 80 year old diabetic. No cell phone access. There is no manual override for this vehicle therefore you are stranded. It should not be marketed as an off road vehicle until the problem is corrected.
The vehicle is a manual transmission. The vehicle randormly keeps popping out of gear and goes on neutral when driving on 1st, 2nd or 3rd gear. When that happens, the vehicle cannot be accelarated and come to almonst a complete stop. Obviously this situation poses a serious danger that can result to accidents and possible lose of lives. Despite numerous attempts, Chrysler fails to resolved the problem. Yet, ironically, although many owners of Jeep Wrangler 2007 - 2011 with manual transmiossion have reported the problem to Chrysler, the have not put any recall for that very alarming defect.