Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Jeep Wrangler - part 2

Once or twice per day vehicle brakes will lock up while accelerating from a stop. This usually occurs between 15 and 20 mph. It is a random occurrence. Also, after uconnect update, vehicle will lose power after driving for approximately 1 mile, requiring that the car be turned off and restarted. The car is drivable again for only another mile, then repeats the issue. Check engine light turns on.

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I was driving the Jeep in my neighborhood when the dashboard flickered and it told me to put the vehicle in park and press the "start" button (same message it would give when you get in the car and get ready to start it, except it was already running and I was driving). Vehicle seemed to lose some power assist features like steering. I wasn't going fast, so it was hard to tell exactly what switched off, but the brakes felt stiff as well. I was able to stop the Jeep, turned it off, and then back on. . . Which *seemed* to resolve the issue but then I had a check engine light on. I have a small diagnostic tool so I plugged it in and it give me 3 codes about control modules experiencing an "improper wake up" (whatever that means). Thankful I was not on the interstate at highway speeds or it could have been very dangerous.

Friday, 10/10/25- and over the air update loaded via the radio. Online chatter had rumors of full loss of propulsion after the update, recommendation was to cancel the update to prevent failure. I cancelled the update multiple times. On Sunday afternoon, [xxx]- uconnect software update ran anyway. Within 30 seconds of completion, the vehicle loss power on the highway, full motor/engine shut down on a busy highway. Warning lights and sounds galore, including "shift to park, service transmission. " pulled over, did a full key cycle/restart, vehicle had numerous dashboard warning lights on. Limped vehicle toward home. Would run for 30 seconds, then shut down again. Had to repeat this cycle 5 times to get home 1 mile. Absolutely no guidance from Jeep, except for a few posts on social media pages. There was another software update that when through, and the vehicle seems to be working better now, but we do not trust it. Losing motive power on the highway with my wife and [xxx] child is a major safety issue, which could lead to injury or death. Demanding full investigation to the issue, and a discontinuation of forced ota updates. Recall. Now! information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The incident happened between October 10 and 13, 2025. Updating the Jeep uconnect and software. It was a long weekend for me, so I decided to take my family, my wife, and two kids to the sand dunes at pismo beach. Luckily, I tried to avoid updating on Friday night because of a facebook post from other Jeep Wrangler owners from 2024. A long weekend of supposed fun and activities turned into a nightmare Sunday afternoon when it updated over the air through uconnect. Every 7 to 10 minutes of driving, the Jeep began to stall. It's okay now that it's October 13, 2025, Monday, but a long weekend of fun turned into a scary and nerve-racking situation, so I had to use another car to move on and do errands.

Completed ota update previous day. Driving the next day 1 mile into the drive the check engine light, went off, a warning on the dash said something about electrical stability system failure, showed a picture of the Jeep with red electrical highlighted. The car ran very poorly, could not accelerate and the car slowed from 35 to 15. During this time the car flashed instructions to put the car in park. After about 1/2 mile I slowed to stop and put the Jeep in park. Restarted by pushing holding brake and pushing start button. Ran well for 10 + miles, then same thing happend again. The Jeep flashed engine warning light, dings and lights flashing. Had to into the left turn lane and came to stop at the stop light. Put the Jeep in park again, tried to restart but this time it did not restart. The gear stuck in park with the p flashing on the indicator. Had to pull the emergency release cord to put Jeep into n to push to a safe location. Jeep failed to start or move from p and is at the shop now.

I was driving down and my vehicle lost power. I was able to steer and brake but the gas wouldn’t work. I was able to pull off and restart the vehicle and it did it again with a short amount of time.

As I was driving I lost all power to the vehicle as well as the steering wheel locked. I was able to pull to the side of the road but the back end of my car was hanging out into traffic. The car flashed a message reading to shift into park which once I did I was able to turn the car off and back on again but the check engine light as well as a symbol of a tool remained up. Upon further investigation I now understood this was all due to an update on the uconnect screen system that was pushed out a day prior and many others had the same effect of their Jeeps completely turning off mid driving. This was extremely dangerous and terrifying as I had zero control over the car. Keeping lucky I am still alive! I do not feel comfortable continuing to drive this vehicle. Furthermore, the dealership nor the 1800 number for Jeep are willing or able to get my a loaner car nor assist with reimbursements for a rental car. They have no answer as to a repair for this faulty update. I am very disappointed in this entire scenario.

My vehicle completely shut down while driving after a reported connect update issue on 10/10. I was driving down the highway on 10/12 and it completely lost power.

While driving in town, this vehicle lost power 3 times in 2 blocks. I had to put it in park and restart it each time. It resembles the problem reported as being recalled on 2021-2023 Wranglers, this one is a 2024. I drive on the highway an hour to and from work and am very concerned this could cause a major accident resulting in injury and/or death.

Vehicle completely lost power while driving nearly resulting in an accident. Engine cut off and loss of power occured including power steering. Vehicle stated to put car in park while vehicle was still in motion. Vehicle restarted but then the same thing happened. This occured 4 more times. I was able to make it to the dealership near by. I had young children in the car at the time.

I performed a software update on my 2024 Jeep Wrangler as prompted by the uconnect system. Immediately after performing that update the next time I turned the car on the engine completely shut off, and the dashboard blinked shift to park and then drive. The engine continued intermittently, completely shutting off while driving. It became clear after an online search that this was a common issue happening to Jeep Wrangler users who had performed this software update. This was terrifying. Supposedly there is a fix in the form of a new software update, being pushed out, but I have not been able to power cycle. The vehicle into performing that software update to fix the car.

Jeep 4xe Wrangler engine shut off while driving. Error we assumed on our part while coming to a stop. Turned the Jeep off and restarted it and again, car engine stopped. Tried for a 3rd time, car engine was running, gas pedal to the floor but the car would not move. We had to drive in reverse back to our house. Luckily, it was close. Called corporate, they have been zero help. Will not return our phone calls. We have no car to use and no answers.

I accepted a uconnect software update last night and this morning lost complete power while diving my Jeep multiple times. I had to pull over on busy streets, put the vehicle in park, turn on/off the vehicle a couple times and got it to start again. The check engine light has been on since. I went to the dealership and they said they’ve received multiple complaints today as well. I have it home and not drivable.

I was driving on the freeway when the vehicle randomly shut off and jolted me and my passengers. After turning the car off then back on the vehicle would drive fonafew miles and then repeat jolt and shut off. This seems to be linked to a software update that I did last night.

11-oct-2025 - made it about 1/2 mile on esave mode @ about 5-6pm. Engine shut down and lost all power going approximately 40mph of dr. Braley road in freetown. Controlled vehicle until it stopper at the stop sign at the corner of roundsville road and put the car in park and restarted the engine. With esave mode made it about 1/4 of a mile back towards home before it started again and had to repeat the process of stopping putting the car in park and restarting. Used electric mode to get home. 12-oct-2025 - attempted again on Sunday and got about 1/4 of a mile before the problem happened again. Service electronic stability control message popped up this time along with e-save mode temporarily unavailable, followed by electric mode temporarily unavailable. Limped home again as the car would not go over 15 mph with it floored.

The latest uconnect 5 update was performed by the Jeep dealership on my 2024 Wrangler 4xe on October 11th, 2024. After leaving the dealership, the vehicle shut off while driving and displayed a message instructing me to “shift to park. ” I lost propulsion and power steering, creating an immediate safety hazard. The dealership had just completed the update and told me it was safe to drive. Based on reports circulating among other 2024 Wrangler 4xe owners, this appears to be a widespread issue linked to the most recent uconnect 5 update (released around October 10, 2025). Please investigate this issue as a potential safety defect related to the software update.

Loss of motive power. During normal operation, the vehicle suddenly loses a drive power and prompts user to shift into park and push the break before ignition. To reset, I had to stop the vehicle, shift into park and restart. This behavior repeated 4-5 times in an 2 mile trip. The dangerously degraded performance described above was preceded by an ota software update on 10/11/2025.

After software update Jeep will not drive.

My car was stalling out every 30 second while I was driving. The dash would immediately tell me to put my car in park. Once I put my car in park, my car would lock up and not let me shift back into drive unless I turned the car off and back on again. This is extremely dangerous as my car just shuts down mid driving. The car is currently at the dealership being inspected and they have not fully confirmed what’s going on. The check engine light came on also the low tire pressure came on as well even though I did not have low tire pressure because it was showing my gauge in my gauge was normal.

My 2024 Jeep rubicon 4xe has experienced three separate incidents of complete power loss following the October 10, 2025 uconnect software update (version fca-my24. U33. 43-prod). In two cases, the failure occurred while crossing active intersections, where the vehicle abruptly lost acceleration, flashed gear indicators, and displayed a “shift to park and press brake + start button” message. The vehicle became unresponsive and required a lengthy restart. These incidents posed serious safety risks to myself, my young driver, and surrounding drivers. I’ve attempted resets and reviewed Jeeps online community, Jeep connect app, but no fix is available. Multiple owners are reporting identical failures online, suggesting a widespread and massive software fault. I urge NHTSA to investigate this issue and compel Jeep to issue a rollback or patch to restore safe operation immediately. I am also requesting NHTSA to legally require these vehicles to be disabled immediately until a robust fix is available to avert life threatening consequences. I cannot believe Jeep has not done this on their own!!!.

As I was driving the car on the highway, the engine light came on, then the "d" for drive gear started flashing and I could no longer accelerate or give the car gas. The only option was to "coast" across several lanes to the break down lane, put the car completely in park, shut off the ignition, and then restart the vehicle to drive again. This happened to me at least 7-8 times today (5 times while on the highway and a few while on other roads leading to and from the highway). I was unfortunately already on a drive to drop my children off somewhere so I had no choice but to complete the ride to the destination, then drive back home to park the vehicle. Needless to say, it's a very scary situation when you can no longer accelerate with cars coming up quickly behind you and you are unable to do anything but try to coast to a safe place to put the car in park and shut it off. It also happened to me while crossing an intersection and oncoming traffic from the other direction that then had a green light was swerving around me. I tried calling Jeep customer service to ask if it's a widespread issue and after 20 minutes on hold, the customer service rep came on to simply say their system is down and they're currently unable to assist anyone. I was almost in several accidents because of the issue and hope they send out a warning to all of those affected, assuming it was more than just my vehicle, because this seems to be occurring every since there was a mandatory software update yesterday. This happened at different speeds, in both electric and gas mode, and once while stopped at a red light, so there appears to be no consistent condition under which it occurs. It just unexpectedly happens and you need to pull somewhere safe with minimal control because of the lack of being able to accelerate (esp. If it occurs while you're on an upward slope because the ability to coast is almost nil).

The car performed an automatic update last night. Driving it today, the car automatically shut down multiple times on a busy street. My life was in danger multiple times. There is no solution and this is negligence.

Software update on 10/10/25. In afternoon. Accepted update over our home wifi. [xxx] left house at [xxx] to go to gunnison to visit our kids. After I pulled out of the driveway the car shut off. I started it again and drove a block car shut off again. Switched to e-save and drove the car down to mailbox. As I pulled into mailbox center the car shut off again. I restarted noted the check engine light and drove home. Called perkins motors in colorado springs. Got an appointment to bring the car in at 1pm. Drove straight to the dealers service. They asked if I did a software update, which I confirmed. They said other 4xe owners had experienced the same issue. The checked in the car and we ran into someone else with the exact same issue in the waiting room. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The car stalled completely (‘bricked’) while driving at approx 30mph. Everything cut off, power, steering, braked and the vehicle came to a stop in the road. I put the car in park and restarted it but the engine light has been on ever since. I took it to Jeep who told me to keep driving it unless it got worse and to call back in two days as they had a garage full of Jeeps with the same problem.

Jeep sent an ota update through the uconnect system on 10/10. This morning while driving my vehicle lost power unexpectedly and was forced to stop and the check engine light is now on. Thankfully I was in a quiet residential area with not a lot of traffic or this could have been a serious accident. Jeep is saying it is was a telematics box module update and no fix is ready at this time.

Did software update and car turned off while in drive.

On Saturday, October 11, 2025, I was driving down hill at a good speed, when all of a sudden my car completely turned off and almost threw me through the windshield. I found out that this was a result of an ota update that I was not informed of. After this occurred and I finally got my vehicle to start, all the electric started glitching and the rear view camera only operates sometimes. This car is very dangerous I will not get back in it ever again. My vehicle is at coastline Chrysler in san juan capistrano, California where it will remain as I do not intend on ever getting back in it again. I am requesting to get out of the last 11 months of my lease and a full refund for 25 lease payments as well as my $4500 cash deposit upon leasing. I am in a rental and I cannot afford it so I need immediate action.

Driving my Jeep on [xxx] and while attempting to turn at a busy intersection in colonia, NJ the Jeep stopped while flashing the check engine light and put in park message. Both kids were in the Jeep which needless to say made the situation even more dangerous. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Driving car stopped said to put in park, engine light comes on. Restart start driving put into park again . . Whilst on freeway! just stopped.

Jeep lunched an ota update on Friday October 10, 2025 in the afternoon (los angeles time area). I did the update when I came home and the next day when I started driving the car it abruptly stopped, signals were blinking including the engine system one and it was stating that I was experiencing an electric issue. It was also asking me to put the car in parking mode and I needed to shut off and restart the car to gain power again but it was stopping really quickly after again. I also have videos that I could not upload here if necessary to show exaclty what is happening.

I was stopped at a light the Jeep turned off, dash said put vehicle in park, restart, then drive. After I turned off the Jeep and restarted, the check engine light came on. No issues that day, but engine light was on. Day two-engine light still on after full charge. Opened gas cap and tightened. No change. I was driving on the freeway at 65mph, slowed down to take an exit ramp, the Jeep warning light came on, the Jeep shutoff, and the dash lights went off. Warning said but Jeep in park, restart then drive. This was very scary at that rate of speed. I continued driving slowly, got off the freeway and it happened again while driving 30mph on a two lane road. Same warning as before. It turned off, I coasted to the side, placed it in park, turned off and turned back on. I slowly made it home the last mile without incident. I called the dealer and made an appointment. I will not be driving this Jeep until it’s fixed. Too dangerous.

Updated a new update ota the vehicle on Friday oct 09 was driving the next day Saturday theb11th and the car stalled and the d on the shift was blinking and could not move the vehicle. I had to put in park and restart to continue I was stopped in the middle of the road and could have been hit from behind as someone was behind me. The check engine light also came one.

Vehicle loss of total power while driving, and printed to stop right away. Incident recurring after starting the car once more as per the j instructions.

After a software update on 10/10/25, the Jeep Wrangler has become unreliable, with the hybrid powertrain failing while driving, leaving the driver and passengers in dangerous situations in traffic. This occurs at any speed and results in a total loss of the high voltage system, including motive force and power steering. This has happened in an intersection, while making an unprotected left turn, while in parking lots and other typical traffic situations.

I was driving on the highway with my son and the Jeep completely lost power at 65mph. The gas would not work and the dash was telling me to put the car in park and press the start button. I had to move to the right lane and coast to the side of the highway and restart the Jeep. This continued to happen 2 more times. This is very unsafe and I will not drive this car.