91 complaints reported

2018 Jeep Wrangler UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
91
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Oct 2019

WHEN HAVING AC ON AND SPEEDING BETWEEN 60-75 MPH A BURNT LIKE SMELL COMES THROUGH AC VENTS TEMPORARILY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Aug 2019
Jul 2019

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT START, ANTI-THEFT LIGHT FLASHING. VEHICLE WILL RESTART AFTER SITTING 10-15 MINIUTES

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Jul 2019
Jul 2019

HOOD LATCH FLUTTERING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Jan 2019
Jul 2019

UPON HITTING A BUMP OF ROAD DEFECT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOBBLES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE SPEED IS REDUCED, OFTEN TO UNSAFE LIMITS ON THE SAME HIGHWAY. THE ISSUE HAS OCCURRED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, TOO MANY TO LIST BELOW.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Jul 2019
Jul 2019

FRONT LEFT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR MALFUNCTION FOUND AT DEALER WHEN PLUGGED IN DIAGNOSTICS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Jul 2019
Jun 2019

TO ' WHOM IT MY CONCERN, FROM ' [XXX] IN REGARDS TO MY PURCHASE OF MY JEEP WRANGLERVEHICLE ' AMERICAN FASBACK EDITION 2018 VIN #[XXX] PURCHASED FORM MOIX RV 4723, 1213 COLLIER DR, CONWAY AR 72032 PURCHASE DATE WAS 3/4/19 BUT DID NOT SIGN PAPERS OR TAKE POSSESSION OF VEHICLE TILL MARCH 9TH 2019 I HAVE COMPLIED WITH REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THE TOTAL COST OF EXPENSES TO THE ERWIN HYMER GROUP AND SENT INFORMATION CERTIFIED MAIL TO EHGUSA-AF 1945 BURGUNDY PLACE, ONTARIO, CA 91761 WITH ALL MY COSTS RELATED TO THIS PURCHASE ON MAY 20TH WITH THE TOTAL THEY OWE ME TO BUY BACK THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE. I WAS INFORMED IN SAME LETTER THAT I SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP USING MY VEHICLE. I HAVE ALSO CALLED THE NUMBER 844-533-7997 EXT [XXX] AND HAVE LEFT NUMEROUS MESSAGES. I HAVE ALSO NOTIFIED OUR LESSEE WITH IN THE TEN DAYS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS BY CERTIFIED LETTER SENT ON MAY 20TH. SENT TO US BANK AT P.O. BOX 2188 OSHKOSH WI 54903. NOW THEY SAY THEY NEVER RECEIVED MY INFORMATION THAT I SENT CERTIFIED MAIL. THIS IS THE ADDRESS INFORMATION THE BRANCH OFFICE IN CONWAY TOLD ME SEND THE INFORMATION TO. I TALKED TO [XXX] ON MAY 20TH 2019 HE IS THE HEAD OF OPERATIONS AT ERWIN HYMER GROUP AND HE TOLD ME THAT I WOULD RECEIVE MY MONEY BACK ON JUNE 18TH 2019. I CALLED AND LEFT SEVERAL MESSAGES TO ASK FOR INFORMATION WE DISCUSSED IN WRITING BUT NO RESPONSE. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH THIS ISSUE, THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Jul 2019
Apr 2019

ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019, WE WERE TOWING OUR JEEP WRANGLER BEHIND OUR 25 FOOT COACHMAN PRISM RV ON HIGHWAY 95 IN MARYLAND. WE HIT A BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 70 MPH AND OUR RV WAS SHAKING SO BAD AND SOUNDED LIKE WE HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE SHAKING WOULDN'T STOP SO WITHIN A HALF MILE WE MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND STOP. WE GOT OUT AND CHECKED ALL THE TIRES BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE HAD A FLAT TIRE. NOTHING WAS WRONG. WE CONTINUED ON A TRIP ABOUT 5 MILES FURTHER UP THE ROAD IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME. THIS TIME WE COULDN'T PULL OVER BUT WE SLOW DOWN AND THE SHAKING WENT AWAY. WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION AND MET UP WITH FAMILY AND BEFORE WE COULD TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED MY SISTER WHO HAD JUST BOUGHT A JEEP WRANGLER TWO WEEKS EARLIER ASKED IF WE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE DEATH WOBBLE. I WENT ONLINE AND LEARNED ABOUT THE DEATH WOBBLE AND I'M CERTAIN THIS IS WHAT WAS OCCURRING TO OUR JEEP WHILE BEING TOWED. WE HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE DAMPER AS A RECALL AND THIS STILL OCCURRED. WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND THEY'RE REPLACING SOME BARS UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE JEEP. THE REASON FOR MY REPORTING THIS IS I LEARNED THAT THE DAMPER BEING REPLACED IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FIX AND SINCE WE ALREADY HAD IT REPLACED BUT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE REPLACING IT MONTHS AGO IT'S STILL OCCURRED TO OUR JEEP.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Sep 2019
Mar 2019

WIND NOICE IN CORNER OF PASSENGER SIDE AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TOPS. BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW 2/4/18 AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR LAST 45 DAYS TRYING TO FIX. NOICE IS WORSENS DEPENDING ON DIRECTION AND HOW STRONG THE WINDS ARE BLOWING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Apr 2019
Mar 2019

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START JEEP, LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING COMES ON BUT WILL NOT START. IF LEFT ALONE FOR 10-30 MINUTES THEN TRY AGAIN IT STARTS UP. BATTERY AND STARTER ARE NOT THE ISSUE. A FORUM ABOUT THIS ISSUE DISCUSSES THE WIRING HARNESS FOR TRANSMISSION. JEEP IS NEW LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Mar 2019
Feb 2019

THERE'S ABOUT A HALF SECOND DELAY IN THE HORN WHEN PRESSING THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN IF YOU'RE TRYING TO WARN AN UNATTENTIVE MOTORIST IN A POTENTIAL COLLISION.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Feb 2019
Feb 2019

I GO AND GET IN MY JEEP, IT'S RAINING A LITTLE TURN ON DEFROST AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKS, JUST SITTING STILL, IT'S NOT SNOWING SLEETING OR FREEZING RAIN JUST RAINING

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Feb 2019
Feb 2019

THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY SIDE TO SIDE. EACH TIME I WAS BETWEEN 60 AND 75 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED WHEN I GOT DOWN UNDER 45 MPH. IT FELT AS IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO SHAKE APART. I HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS TO THE CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR IT TO BE LOOKED AT ON TUESDAY. IT IS A JL MODEL

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Feb 2019
Feb 2019

IMPROPER WELDS LEADING TO TRACK BAR SEPARATION. OKAYED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER (FCA).

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Feb 2019
Feb 2019

THIS NEW VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME WITH OPEN RECALL ON TRACK BAR FRAME WELDS THAT THEY NEVER TOLD US ABOUT THE DEALER HAD ME DRIVE IT BACK TO THEM WHICH WAS S 3 HOUR DRIVE WHICH I DID BUT I'M VERY UPSET WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THEY COULD BE FINED AND THE DEALER PUT MY WHOLE FAMILY AT POSSIBLE RISK TWICE HOME AND BACK BECAUSE OF THERE MISTAKE I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE HOLDING DOCUMENTS FROM BEING FINALIZED WITH THIS CAR BUT AM NOT SURE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Jan 2019
Feb 2019

BACKUP CAMERA GUIDELINES HAVE DISAPPEARED AND THE SCREEN GOES BLACK AT TIMES

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Nov 2018
Feb 2019

2018 JEEP WRANGLER JL. FRONT END WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY ON OCCASION WHEN GOING OVER 55 MPH- HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. I INITIALLY THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND IT FEELS LIKE THE TIRES ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO DO ON THE HIGHWAY!! THIS IS A STOCK VEHICLE WITH ONLY 2800 MILES ON IT. I'VE SEEN OTHERS DESCRIBE IT AS A "DEATH WOBBLE" AND IT'S DEFINITELY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS. SEEMS LIKE OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. I'VE OWNED 6 JEEPS AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Dec 2018
Dec 2018

VEHICLE'S FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP AT HIGH SPEEDS. YOU ALMOST HAVE TO STOP IN ORDER TO STOP THE SHAKING. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING CONTINUOUSLY SINCE I GOT THE CAR. JEEP HAS ORDERED PARTS FOR THE ALLEGED REMEDY, BUT THEY ARE ON BACKORDER - WHICH MEANS A LOT OF THIS IS GOING ON.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: May 2018
Dec 2018

AFTER RUNNING MY 2018 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA UNLIMITED JL FOR A SHORT TIME, I WOULD SHUT THE CAR OFF THEN WHEN RESTARTED FIVE MINUTES LATER, I WOULD SMELL "MAPLE SYRUP". CONSTANT PROBLEM WHEN CAR HEATED UP TO RUNNING TEMP. FAN BOX EMITTED SMELL. TOOK CAR TO DEALER. DEALER SAID POSSIBLE PIN HOLE LEAK SO THEY REPLACED THE HEATER COIL. WHEN FINISHED THEY SAID THEY COULD SEE RESIDUE WHERE IT HAD BEEN LEAKING. I CAN OCCASIONALLY SMELL THIS STILL AFTER TWO MONTHS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Aug 2018
Dec 2018

NEW 2018 WRANGLER JL SPORT WITH 1500 MILES. REPORTING THAT WHEN I RIDE OVER A BUMP, SUCH AS A TRANSITION FROM PAVEMENT TO AN OVERPASS, AT A SPEED GREATER THAN 55 OR 60 MPH, THE FRONT END VIOLENTLY SHAKES / WOBBLES AS WHAT I HEAR OTHER DESCRIBE AS A DEATH WOBBLE. THIS FORCES ME TO REDUCE SPEED TO AS LOW AS 20 MPH FOR THE WOBBLE TO CEASE. THIS HAPPENS EACH DAY AS I DRIVE THE SAME ROUTE TO WORK AND THEREFORE DRIVE OVER THE SAME OVERPASS. RELEVANT IS THAT THE BUMP WITHIN THE TRANSITION FROM PAVEMENT TO OVERPASS IS NOT WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A SIGNIFICANT BUMP.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Dec 2018
Dec 2018

HEATER CORES ON THE 2018 WRANGLER JL HAVE COOLANT LEAKS SPRAYING TOXIC ARESOLIZED COOLANT INTO THE CABIN WHEN HEAT IS IN USE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE WRANGLER JL FORUMS AND MANY OWNERS ARE REPORTING THIS - HTTPS://WWW.JLWRANGLERFORUMS.COM/FORUM/THREADS/OOO-OOO-THAT-SMELL.16580/. JEEP EGOLF IN BREVARD, NC VERIFIED MY LEAK AND COMPLETED A HEATER CORE REPLACEMENT THIS MONTH. FIAT CHRYSLER CORPORATE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS COMPLAINT AND THERE IS A CASE # 572-46-618 ON RECORD. ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T DRIVERS OUT THERE INHALING THIS DURING DRIVING WHICH COULD LEAD TO HEADACHE AND NAUSEA, POTENTIALLY AFFECTING DRIVER SAFETY AND JUDGEMENT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Oct 2018
Dec 2018

MY REAR GLASS IMPLODED WHILE THE JEEP WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS 30 FEET AWAY HEARD A POP, TURNED AROUND AND SAW THE GLASS ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING HITTING THE GLASS. THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN 75 DEGREES. IT APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Jul 2018
Dec 2018

WHILE THE DEFROST WAS ON HEAT, AND WITH COLD TEPERATURES OUTSIDE, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON ITS OWN

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Nov 2018
Nov 2018

DEATH WOBBLE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Nov 2018
Nov 2018

WHITH ONLY 6,OOO MILES ON MY WRANGLER I NOTICED SOME SLIGHT SHIMMYING WHILE DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROADS THEN WHEN I GOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY I HAD JUST REACHED ABOUT 65MPH AND MY JEEP STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WHICH FORCED ME TO PULL OVER AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. IT TOOK ALMOST TWO MONTHS FOR THE PART TO COME IN ( STEARING DAMPER) AND 2 TRIES FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD IT BACK ONE WEEK .

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Oct 2018
Nov 2018

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE WHEN I DRIVE MY JEEP ON THE FREEWAY. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING, I HAVE TO WHIP KNUCKLE THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE CAR IN THE LANE AND NOT SWERVE OUT OF THE LANE. THE SHAKE IS SO VIOLENT IT FEELS LIKE THE TIRES ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. I HAVE BROUGHT MY JEEP IN TWICE ALREADY. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT AND AM VERY CONCERNED THAT JEEP IS NOT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, Manufacturer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Incident: Nov 2018

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The 2018 Jeep Wrangler has 91 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.