This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
While parking my 2006 Jeep Wrangler unlimited into a parking space I put the car into park and it continued to drift forward. I had to pull the emergency brake up to stop it. I turned the car off and then it would not restart. I had the car repaired and it was the transmission shifter cable.
The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Wrangler. While driving various speeds, the vehicle made a loud grinding/screeching noise. The contact suspected that there was an oil drive pump assembly failure. The contact stated that the dealer poured the wrong oil in the vehicle, which caused the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.
In one example out of many engine cuts out completely, vehicle slows down then cuts back in. 15 times, then engine cuts out and stalls. Leaving me in an emergency situation on the freeway. All this during a 40 mile trip.
2006 Jeep Wrangler unlimited after getting fuel filled I pull out of station and it starts hesitating and then stalls in middle of street. It nearly caused an accident from car behind me I had to restart and it would stall and bog few more times then run ok. Today I fueled up and pulled out of station at a 6 lane divided road with an interstate with on and off ramps both sides so I had only 100 feet to cross three lanes to get into left turn lane for interstate as this lane goes under and at light turns left to on ramp, just to give you insight on situation, I fuel up pull out and it shuts off cars have to stop I am in middle of three lane dead in the water it starts back up and I pull up thank god a safe distance to car in front of me and it bogs down and the surges making the Jeep thrust forward had to brake hard no accident was caused but god forbid it could have please research this.
- Jacksonville , FL, USA
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While driving on the route smoke start coming out from air / heat vents. I stopped the car, got out of opened frond hood, but was nothing there. Walked to passenger door and saw fire where passenger keeps legs. Got my paperwork from the car and by the time I run away from the car the whole thing was ball of fire.
The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Wrangler. The contact started the ignition and a loud noise emitted from the engine compartment. The contact proceeded to drive and eventually the noise stopped however, a few moments later the noise recurred. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road and inspected under the hood area. The contact was a certified mechanic and detected that the oil pump drive assembly was faulty. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 72,681.
The contact own a 2006 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, he noticed that the vehicle was running rough. The contact then drove into his driveway and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated that the gear pump cracked and caused the engine to seize. They stated that they needed to replace the engine. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that they would cover a portion of the repair costs. The failure and current mileages were 39,000.
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- Camden, DE, USA