general problems of the 2008 Jeep Wrangler - part 2

Intermittently, after driving, I noticed that there is a brake burning smell coming from the rear left wheel. The diagnosis is a stuck caliber (piston). There are other recalls on Jeep brake pistons, however, when I called Chrysler customer service, they assured me that there was no recall on this issue. My research on the Jeep Wrangler forums indicate that other owners have had this issue (stuck piston) with the 2008 Jeep Wrangler.

October 2010 I replaced rear brakes at 20,000 thought was strange my whole owned about 18 vehicles never replaced rear brakes not even traveling the mountain anymore. My last visit to Chrysler they told me I was gonna need rear brakes at 40,000 now this is crazy told them to look into this due to go back next week insane to replace rear brakes every 20,000.

My daughter was leaving a friends home who lives in the hills above malibu beach California. The street she was traveling down is tramonto drive. She got no further than 4 houses away, and being tramonto is a hill with some mild twists and turns, she went to brake. There were no brakes. She tried to press harder on the brake peddle and the car wouldn't stop. She hit a mailbox as well as a parked car as she had to apply the emergency brake to get her car to stop. There was a witness who was right behind her who could tell that something was happening with the car. Our daughter pulled the er brake, and skid hitting and taking out two mailboxes and the bumper of a car. The total distance she had driven. . . . 4 houses. . . The brake peddle wouldn't depress.

2008 Jeep Wrangler. Consumer writes in regards to safety recall repairs when the consumer attempted to make an appointment at her nearest dealer, she was informed the part was on back order and they were servicing the customers who purchased their vehicle from there first. The dealer informed the consumer they could not offer her an appointment and to call back in two weeks. When the consumer did get and appointment, she waited two hours only to be told the part was still not available.

I have a 2008 Jeep Wrangler unlimited x 4x 4, went in for service at 30,000 miles and was told my rear brakes were bad and need to be replaced, I told the dealer I could not understand why the rear brakes went out before the front ones, in all my driving history never has the rear brakes gone bad so soon and before the front ones, I to was told this is normal for my vehicle and I had to replace the rear brakes at my cost Chrysler would not cover brakes, I had someone else look at the brakes first just to confirm I needed the brakes as again I felt it was way too soon for them to go bad, it was confirmed I needed the brakes. I think this needs to be looked into as I have read other issues of the same as mine, I don't feel so bad about the issue and I know that I did not wear them out in my driving habits seeing all these other similiar issues.

Fuel overflows when refueling. Overflow occurs even without filling the tank. Parking brake doesn't work unless you pull it up very hard and still doesn't keep it from rolling. Air conditioner doesn't cool. It has been in the service department several times for repair. Blows "smoke" from vents. A loud "knock" sound when you turn the a/c on/off or when you crank the vehicle and the a/c control is on. Soft top leaks over both doors when it rains. Service department has confirmed proper top installation. Sharp edges on the roll bars. Roll bar covers have ripped as a result of putting the top up or down. Dangerous "wobble" when you hit a small pothole, change uneven lanes, etc. Hood lifts approx. 2 inches when a large truck or trailer passes or meets the Jeep. Manual transmission "grinds or catches" when shifting into 2nd gear, worse when cold.

Abs control module has gone out.