Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2010 Jeep Wrangler.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
Tl- the contact owns a 2010 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated while driving 35 mph the vehicle complete shut down. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis. The dealer could not diagnose the vehicle. The manufacturer was contacted and they stated there not sure of the failure of the vehicle. The failure mileage was 21,081 and the current mileage was 27,000. Jp.
The 2010 Jeep Wrangler unlimited was parked and running when all of a sudden it turned off. I attempted to start, and heard my sister yelling get the car is on fire. Once out of the Jeep I looked under it and saw an unknown liquid burning down to the ground from the engine area. I attempted to extinguish the fire with water but I was unsuccessful. Within minutes it was a total loss. I have real good video of the incident from beginning to end, due to the fact that my sister was videotaping a historic post office at the time turned around and was able to catch the incident as it occurred.
Driving on i10 west bound from phoenix to California when there was a loud explosion under the feet on the drivers side. Pulled over to see what it was and saw flames. Tried to put out with a fire extinguisher without success. Tried a second extinguisher with the same results. Got 90% of my stuff out of the vehicle. It was lifted, with skip plates, winch. Total loss. No warning lights, sounds or any indication that something was wrong.
On 9-2-211 was driving home and smelt something burning. Pulled over and noticed smoke coming from under the hood. Upon opening hood quickly realized it was on fire. In less than 10 minutes the entire Jeep was in flames causing total destruction of vehicle. I bought this vehicle brand new and it had never been wrecked or in the shop for eeed repairs.
Our daughter's 2010 Jeep Wrangler caught on fire just as she had parked it in her underground parking garage. She was sitting in the car, listening to the end of a song, when smoke started pouring out of the hood of the car. Then is burst into flames. She jumped out and ran out of the garage and then called the fire department and us. She had only owned the car for a little over three months and bought it from hampton imports near destin, florida. State farm investigated, as well as the fire department. Neither could find a cause. I called Chrysler, because I had read that china was no longer allowing the Wrangler in their country due to fire concerns. They did investigate and found no cause. I wrote a follow-up letter to the Chrysler director of customer relations, asking if they were investigating the safety of all of their Jeep Wranglers and they never replied to the letter.
On 6/17/2011 we had our 2010 Jeep Wrangler unlimited rubicon on an off-road trail in 2wd. The trail can be described as mild terrain not requiring 4wd for any part of the trail. Approximately 2 miles in we heard a loud noise, stopped the vehicle and discovered that the front axle housing was cracked. Chrysler's roadside assistance would not recover teh vehicle from the trail so we got it to a maintained road. Several days later we had the vehicle towed to our Jeep dealer for inspection. Warranty work was denied on the broken axle housing due to Chrysler's determination that we teh failure occurred due to extreme off-roading. Verbally we were also told that we were not using the vehicle for its intended purpose. We submitted photos and narratives of similiar incidents (front axle housing breaks during during mild off-road driving, and one instance of hitting a curb with the tires). These were regarded as incidents of extreme off-roading as well. Since the breakage occurred after several miles of travel on maintained highway, and then approximately 15 miles on mild off-road trails that did not require 4wd we will replace the entire axle with an aftermarket product that is similiar in cost. Our concern is that as we research online we are finding similiar incidents under similiar conditions - front axle housing breaks in the same location when the vehicle is under only slghtly higher than normal driving conditions on 2007-2010 Jeep Wrangler jk unlimited rubicons. Rubicons have an upgraded suspension system for off-road use comapred to other models and feature a "trail rated" badge on the vehicle, but light off-road use caused failure in our vehicle.
E s p a deadly idea that is being forced upon us. May of 2010 I purchased a Jeep Wrangler unlimited. First weekend of September I had e s p failure. Took it to Jeep the following wed. They attempted to return it to me unable to duplicate, no parts replaced. The problem did not "go away ". E s p failures have been happening since 2007. A safety device to save you in a crash should not cause the crash. Only about 12,300 miles on the vehicle. Factory stock. No mods. Jeep buying back the vehicle will not protect me or my loved ones. The others will still be out there on the road. Forced legislation of this will actually create other problems in addition to the failures. Various "hack jobs" will be performed in order to remedy the problem but will actually cause more problems. I already have to Dodge weaving drivers for other reasons. Drunks are at least attempting to drive. Has no one any common sense anymore? if I wanted to be driven I would hire a chauffeur. Remember the auto seat belts that threw people out of their cars and caused them to be killed or paralyzed. ( I personally know someone that this happened to). How about the air bags decapitating children? that really saved lives there. Let us not forget the recent prius failures.