Engine Stall problems of the 2016 Jeep Wrangler

Three problems related to engine stall have been reported for the 2016 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 01/06/2020

When starting car -especially in cold weather-and backing out of parking area engine will stall/jar and at times die out requiring putting into park and restarting. Concern is if this happens in traffic it will cause an accident not being moved fast enough. There is a warranty on the vehicle and this has been an ongoing issue for 6mo + and is continuously questioned and evaluated. We've been told it has occurred in other Jeeps and there is a fix but this has yet to be corrected for this vehicle.

2 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 02/02/2019

On cold days after the Jeep has been sitting overnight, the engine will stall when the transmission is shifted into drive or reverse when the brake pedal is firmly pressed. This happens when the Jeep is started and it makes no difference if the car is running for 30 seconds before it is shifted or running for 3 minutes, the engine will stall when shifting into drive or reverse. If the brake is not firmly pressed the engine won't stall when the transmission is shifted into drive or reverse. This causes the Jeep will lurch forward, for drive, or backward, for reverse,.

3 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 11/15/2018

Engine stalls when put in forward or reverse one or two times in the morning.




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