general problems of the 2012 Jeep Wrangler - part 2

The contact owns a 2012 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated that while driving 15 mph, the brake pedal was engaged and failed to stop the vehicle causing the contact to crash into another vehicle head on. The impact was not severe and the air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries reported. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 29,000.

Manual transmission vehicle parked in slightest incline with parking brake pulled up rolled on multiple occasions. Two of which the driver was out of the car and unable to stop from rolling. Vehicle sustained damage when finally was stopped by tree/bushes. Other occasions driver was inside vehicle but unable to get parking brake to hold vehicle from rolling. Forced to turn engine off and leave in gear to keep vehicle stationary. First occurrence with damage Jan 2014. Taken to dealer while still under warranty. Denied any problem found. Blamed possibly vehicle driven with brake pulled up.

I was traveling on the freeway. Dry, sunny day. The esc light comes on for a half a second and the Wrangler brakes at the same time. Wheels did not lock up. Did not loose control. Just a split second, sudden deceleration. This has happened twice more, the last time was this weekend.

Start the vehicle after it has been sitting for a few hours there is an extremely hard brake pedal. You can press as hard as you can the vehicle rolls away for 5 to 10 seconds depending how long the vehicle has sat. The vehicle is a manual transmission so in order to start the clutch needs to be compressed thus putting you in neutral with no brakes. The emergency brake also does not work in the all the way up position. So when starting in the morning or after a few hours there are no brakes at all.