1995 Jeep Wrangler

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2003· POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,EQUIPMENT

  THE SHAFT IS DEFECTIVE AND PER THE SERVICEMAN HAS FOUND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF THE DEFECTIVE SHAFT WHICH IN TURN HAS CAUSED THE GEARS TO GRIND AND COSTING ME 2 TRANSMISSIONS TO RESOLVE.

• 12/30/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER ,AND I READ THEY WERE RECALLED. I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET. CAN I BE REMBURSED. *AK

• 12/27/1996· SEAT BELTS

  THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AND WILL NOT RESTRAIN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE CASING AT ALL. THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF SEATBELTS PUT IN. *AK

• 12/26/1999· VISIBILITYCrash

  WAS HIT IN THE FRONT AND THE REAR, ALL WINDOWS ON THE HARD TOP EXPLODED SPRAYING GLASS, COVERING ENTIRE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. SERIOUSLY INJURING DRIVER.

• 12/15/2004· PARKING BRAKE

  CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V041000) CONCERNING PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT FIXED PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. SERVICE MANAGER KEITH.*AK

• 12/11/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  GAS PEDAL COMES FREE OF THROTTLE WIRE WHEN PEDAL IS TOUCHED THEN RELEASES QUICKLY, CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

• 12/10/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN PARK WITH ENGINE OFF AND EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. CONSUMER STATES' VEHICLE ROLLED BACKARDS INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

• 12/05/1996· POWER TRAIN

  CONNECTION ON TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE OVERHEATS AND MELTS, TRANSMISSION OIL DRIPS ONTO HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM, HAS CAUSED FIRE AN ANOTHER JEEP. *AK

• 12/04/1997· SEATSCrash

  DRIVER'S SEATBACK FAILED IN REAR END COLLISION, CAUSING THE SEA RTO RECLINE ABOUT 2-3 STOPS FURTHER FROM ITS ORIGINAL FULLY-VERTICAL POSITION. *AK

• 12/04/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE FROZE COUSING;G, CAR TO LOSE POWER.

• 12/03/2003· POWER TRAIN

  5TH GEAR WENT OUT - IN FEBRUARY 2001 I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AS THE 5TH GEAR QUIT WORKING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN FOR AN EXIT RAMP THE GEAR SHIFT POPPED OUT OF 5TH GEAR AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO 5TH GEAR. YOU COULD ACTUALLY SHIFT INTO 5TH POSITION BUT WAS LIKE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT THAT TIME BUT IT RECENTLY DID THE SAME THING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO SLOW DUE TO A TRAFFIC JAM, THE SHIFT POPPED OUT OF 5TH GEAR AND 5TH GEAR NO LONGER WORKED. I WAS IN THE HOV LANE AND IT WAS VERY SCARY AS TRAFFIC WAS VERY HEAVY AND I COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO GEAR. *NLM

• 12/02/2002· PARKING BRAKE

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE TRAILER IS ATTACH TO THE VEHICLE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WILL NOT STAY IN THE LOCK POSITION AND WILL UNLOCK CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED

• 11/18/2002· STRUCTURE

  WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED (65MPH) PASSING A SEMI TRUCK GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION, TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THE HOOD FLEW UP CAUSING LACK OF SITE, TOOK OUT THE WINDSHIELD, DENTING THE WINDOW FRAME, PULLED PASSENGER FENDER UP UNTIL PASSENGER SIDE HOOD LATCH FAILED. BROKE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE HOOD LATCHES AND THE PRIMARY HOOD LATCH FAILED AS WELL. DT

• 11/16/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DEFECTIVE MOTOR MOUNTS THAT SUPPORT THE ENGINE BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO MOVE AND MAY HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

• 11/12/2003· PARKING BRAKECrash

  THE TRUCK WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE OF DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE PARK BRAKE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. *AK *SCC

• 11/12/2001· PARKING BRAKE

  AT FIRST PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT EFFECTIVE IN STOPPING THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING ON A SLIGHTLY INCLINED SURFACE. NOW THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT EVEN ENGAGE WHEN DEPRESSED. THE RATHATING LOCKIN MECHANISM IS NON-OPERABLE.

• 11/08/2002· PARKING BRAKE

  THE VEHICLES PARKING BRAKE SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, AFTER THE INCIDENT CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION (02V041000) REGARDING THE FAILURE. *JG

• 11/08/2002· PARKING BRAKE

  VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD WHILE PARKED ON A HILL WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKES ENGAGE. CONSUMER STATES THAT POP WAS HEARD OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION TS

• 11/08/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN WITHOUT ANY WARNING THERE WAS A BIG BANG. SHROUD POPPED AND PUT A DENT IN HOOD OF CAR. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF HE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED. *AK

• 11/04/1997· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DOOR LATCH FAILED.

• 11/01/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS: VEHICLE TURNS LEFT THEN RIGHT WHEN BRAKING, NEARLY CAUSED COLLISION WITH DEER, ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

• 10/29/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS BROKE CAUSING ENGINE NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER. YH

• 10/28/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE CONSUMER HAS A LEAK INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

• 10/28/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER STATES OH HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HOOD LIGHTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. TS

• 10/24/2000· TIRES

  33 OUT OF THE 4 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE SUBJECT TO RECALL 00T005, HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE NOT AS EQUAL TO THE TIRES ALREADY ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER ALSO PAID FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. (ATTORNEY REPRESENTING DAUGHTER) *SLC

• 10/23/2007· PARKING BRAKE

  PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT STAY IN PARK. MUST USE TRANSMISSION AS PARKING BRAKE. *JB

• 10/19/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, BATTERY HAS FAILED. TT

• 10/17/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS ON A HILL IN PARK WITH ENGINE ON, WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

• 10/15/2003· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS WOULD SHUT OFF, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. *AK

• 10/14/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THIS IS THE THIRD CAT I HAVE HAD TO PLACE ON THIS AUTOMOBILE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FIRST TWO, ALL FAILING AT ABOUT THE TIME 50,000 MILES COMES AROUND. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE, AND REPLACED THE FIRST TWO FREE OF CHARGE. NOW ANOTHER DEALERSHIP STATES THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THESE. THE INSIDE OF THE CAT COMES LOOSE, BLOCKING THE EXHAUST, HINDERING PERFORMANCE. ALSO NOTED BY A NOISY METAL RATTLING NOISE WHILE AT IDLE OR UNDER ACCELERATION. MR

• 10/12/2001· PARKING BRAKE

  THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD ON SLIGHT GRADES.

• 10/12/1995· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLES LEAF SPRING BRACKET BROKE.HAD TO REWELD THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE FRONT AXLE. TT

• 10/10/1999· POWER TRAIN

  NO SUMMARY

• 10/04/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATED THE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED.*SCC

• 10/04/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING, THE FUEL TANK PLASTIC MOLD SEAM FAILED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. *AK

• 10/03/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES FAILED IN MY 1995 JEEP WRANGLER. BOTH CIRCUITS (FRONT AND REAR) HAD ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID STREAM OUT. I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND HOSES DUE TO EXTENSIVE CORROSION TO THE BRAKE LINES. THE FRONT CIRCUIT LINE RUSTED THRU AND THE FLUID CAME OUT THRU A RUPTURE IN THE STEEL (RUSTED) LINE. THE REAR CIRCUIT HOSE FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL BLEW OFF THE STEEL LINE (DUE TO CORROSION). FORTUNATE FOR ME I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THE BRAKES FELT, SO APPLIED THE BRAKES HARDER THAN USUAL TO DETERMINE IF I COULD SENSE SOME DEFECT AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR, LUCKILY THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AT THE SAME TIME AND THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME MOVED OUT. I DOWNSHIFTED AND SLOWED AND PULLED TO THE SHOULDER AND THEN INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, FROM WHERE THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR STATION. THE SERVICE TECH AT THE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT ALL THE LINES ARE SHOT (WHICH I CONFIRMED MYSELF). IN ADDITION HE ALSO WARNED ME ABOUT ADVANCED CORROSION TO THE FUEL RAIL AS WELL AS OTHER STEEL COMPONETS (MOSTLY TUBULAR). THIS JEEP HAS BEEN IN FRESH WATER ABOVE THE FRAME IN THE PAST WHILE FOUR WHEELING, BUT NEVER IN SALT WATER. THE VEHICLE HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED VERY OFTEN (DRIVEN PERHAPS 1 OR 2X PER MONTH EXCEPT WINTER) OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE OF ISSUE? THIS COULD HAVE KILLED ME AND OR WHOEVER ELSE WAS WITH ME SHOULD HAVE MADE A PANIC STOP PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. I WOULD APPRECIATE WHATEVER INFO CAN BE PASSED ALONG TO ME. BY THE WAY, THIS REPAIR WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE!*JB

• 10/03/1996· POWER TRAINFire

  TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE CONNECTORS MELTS DOWN WHEN PLASTIC GETS HOT WHEN CONNECTION MELTS, TRANSMISSION FLUID POURS OUT OF JEEP ONTO HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM, CAUSED FIRE TWICE OUT OF SIX TIMES. *AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE HAS A YELLOW PLASTIC CONNECTOR WHEN THE JEEP GETS HOT THE PLASTIC MELTS ALLOWING THE FLUID TO POUR ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST.*JB

• 10/03/1996· POWER TRAINFire

  CONNECTOR ON TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE MELTS, OIL DRIPS ONTO HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM, COULD CAUSE FIRE, HAS CAUSED FIRE ON ANOTHER JEEP/SAME MODEL/YEAR.*AK*JB

• 10/01/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER RECEIVED TWO RECALL NOTICES FROM MANUFACTURER CONCERNING BRAKE PROBLEMS. DEALER DIDN'T WANT TO HONOR THE RECALLS. *AK

• 09/30/2020· SERVICE BRAKES

  PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2020. WAS NOTIFIED BY INSURANCE OF A RECALL THAT WAS NOT DONE. CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED WORK CANNOT BE DONE BECAUSE THE RECALL IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD.

• 09/30/1998· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH, THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. WEATHER WAS WINDY AND GUSTY AND SEVERAL BUMPS WERE IN THE ROAD DUE TO REPAVING.

• 09/27/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING 65MPH, THE FIFTH GEAR WENT OUT, AS IF IN NUETRAL. THE OTHER GEARS STILL WORKED. DEALER SAID GEAR SEPARATED. *AK

• 09/26/2000· TIRES

  AFTER PICKING MY SON UP FROM HIS SCHOOL BUS STOP, THE VEHICLE BEGAN LIGHTLY SHUDDERING AT APPROX.8-10 MPH. I THOUGHT MAYBE A WEIGHT HAD FALLEN OFF AND CONTINUED THE BLOCK AND A HALF DRIVE HOME. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE AGAIN LATER IN THE EVENING, I NOTICED A MESS OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE TIRE SHAVINGS ON THE GROUND AND LOOKED CLOSELY AT THE TIRE. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. I CHANGED THE TIRE TO THE SPARE BUT NOW AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE REMAINING TIRES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS HAPPENING TO THEM. I AM THE MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG KIDS-RECENTLY SEPARATED FROM MY HUSBAND AND THIS IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. THERE IS NO MONEY FOR NEW TIRES AND I AM SCARED TO DEATH OF DRIVING NOW. PLEASE ASDVISE AS TO MY RIGHTS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY/LIABILITY OF FIRESTONE. THANK YOU-MEAGAN BLACKINGTON. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VD66-6TA TIRE SIZE: 30X9.50R15 )

• 09/25/1995· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE SEAL FAILED.

• 09/24/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO(THE FIRST INCIDENT) MY PARKED VEHICLE STARTED ON ITS OWN, NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE IS A MANUAL AND WAS IN FIRST GEAR WITH THE PARKING BRAKE DOWN WHEN IT STARTED UP AND STARTED LURCHING FORWARD INTO THE WALL OF THE GARAGE. I HAD TO TAKE THE BATTERY CABLES OFF OF THE BATTERY TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM CRASHING INTO THE WALL. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC CLAIMED, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WASN'T ACTULLY HAPPENING AT THE TIME, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. IT HAS HAPPENED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SINCE. HONESTLY, I'M AFFRAID TO PARK IT ANYWHERE IN A PUBLIC PLACE BECAUSE IT COULD POSSIBLY ENDANGER THE LIVES OF OTHER MOTORISTS OR PEDESTRIANS NEAR BY. AT THE MOMENT I HAVE IT AT PETERSBURG JEEP/CHRYSLER IN PETERSBURG VA. (804-862-1000) FOR THE LASTEST INCIDENT INVOLVING THIS PROBLEM. ANY HELP OR INFORMATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

• 09/21/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  TURN SIGNAL ON THE FRONT DRIVER PERIODICALLY WORKED. THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE SOCKET. DEALER HAD ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THE WIRING COULD BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE SOCKET WAS NOT. WIRING AND SOCKET WAS IN ONE PIECE WHICH DID NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO BUY THE SOCKET SEPARATELY.*AK

• 09/20/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  A BOLT FROM MANIFOLD SHEARED OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND WARRANTY EXPIRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI

• 09/20/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  GAS GAUGE WAS OFF BY A 1/4 OF A TANK. DEALER NOTIFIED. ALSO, INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

• 09/18/1996· PARKING BRAKECrash

  APPLIED PARKING BRAKES, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, LEFT KEY IN IGNITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING, HEARD POPPING SOUND, PARKING BRAKE RELEASED ON ITS OWN, VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARD, STOPPED BY BUMPING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

• 09/12/1997· EQUIPMENT

  BIKE RACK BROKE OFF FROM WELDED SECTION, CAUSING BIKE TO FALL.