Four problems related to seats have been reported for the 2011 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Jeep Wrangler based on all problems reported for the 2011 Wrangler.
(1) since October, I have had airbag failure in my Wrangler rubicon. The failure is the 2nd time for the same defective parts. Jeep has failed to repair/replace the parts. I've been waiting for two months. I cannot drive with no airbags. It's a death sentence and suicide to drive without airbags. There is a recall on this same defect issue, yet Jeep has continued to ignore this issue. (2) Jeep repaired a recall on my sidemirror defrosters a few years ago. After their repair, the defroster never worked again. (3) my heated seats failed to work, due to known defects. I've been without the deated seats for more than 2 years now! Jeep refuses to fix their defects.
Heated seats not working properly. Overheating on occasion with smell of "burning" plastic, and not heating on other occasions.
I was driving down the road going 55 mph and a huge gust of white smoke came thru the dash vent system so I pulled over and got out of my Jeep sahara and noticed a big mass of white smoke coming out from under the hood. . . 2 minutes later, fire started and within a couple minutes my whole front part of the Jeeps engine was engulfed in flames. Than from there it burned up the rest of the Jeep. . This vehicle was completely destroyed in a matter of 10-15 minutes. . I was driving on a paved road in the country . .
I started my Jeep this morning in my driveway with the factory remote start, 10 min later I walked out of my house and saw flames and smoke coming from my drivers side door. A car driving by had stopped and called 911. Another neighbor ran over with a fire extinguisher and we were able to get the fire in control before the fire department got there. The driver side door is completely destroyed and melted, the window is gone. The roof, seat and surrounding area are also damaged. The fire appeared to have started somewhere in the driver side door. I called Jeep twice today thinking they would be concerned and responsive, but I was told it would be 2-5 days before they could have someone come out and inspect the car. In the meantime I wait carless. . . Thank goodness my 2 children were not in the car when it happened. I did some research this evening and found the exact same thing happened to a couple in montreal last January and found reports of this happening 2 other times with the exact same make, model & year Jeep.