Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Jeep Wrangler

Jeep Wrangler owners have reported 2,899 engine and engine cooling related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 43 most common engine and engine cooling problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (1,755 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine oil leaking (171 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Engine And Engine Cooling related problems of Jeep Wrangler


Recently reported Engine And Engine Cooling problems of Jeep Wrangler

The Engine And Engine Cooling problem

The check engine light was on and it said to service the battery charging components. When driving in hybrid mode it doesn’t switch to use the battery. When I was trying to pull off after stopping, the Jeep hesitated and would not move and then all of a sudden jerked and took off almost   Read details...

The Engine Oil Leaking problem

Oil cooler failure at 7 years and 90000 miles. This is a known engineering issue due to a plastic housing that is resolved by upgrading the oil cooler housing to aluminum instead of plastic. It’s a $1000 repair.   Read details...

The Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problem

Was driving on the freeway with my wife and five yr old son when we heard a loud pop underneath our 2018 Jeep Wrangler and instantly saw a trail of smoke behind us. We immediately pulled over to find transmission guild gushing from underneath with tons of smoke as well.   Read details...

The Car Stall problem

I was leaving a grocery store and as I was turning onto the busy main road my Jeep Wrangler sahara unlimited stalled with no warning no lights it just died it would not start at all. After 20 minutes it then started.   Read details...

The Engine Exhaust System problem

The plastic oil filter housing was leaking oil onto my exhaust I had to quit driving it because of fear of a fire, so my question is : if you have oil running down and dripping of your exhaust and you guys wont recall it because you say its not a safety issue? you guys are nuts, the manufacture   Read details...




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