Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Jeep Wrangler

Jeep Wrangler owners have reported 2,257 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 (1,120 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine oil leaking (170 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

Jeep 4xe loss of motive power. Was driving and warning came on to service charging system and lost all power while driving on freeway. Had to coast to a safe place to pull over. Screen told me to put vehicle in park. Put it in park, turned engine off, then turned it back on and it drove fine.   Read details...

The Engine Oil Leaking problem

Failure of combined oil filter / cooler housing resulting in abrupt loss of engine oil and resulting in small fire following exhaust system saturation from leaking oil   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

No crash or injuries. My Jeep only has 45,000 original miles and it is leaking oil from the oil cooler. I researched and this seems to be a very common issue with the 2015 3. 6 l Jeep Wrangler. It cost over $1,500 to repair.   Read details...




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