2000 Jeep Wrangler

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

• 12/27/2004· VISIBILITY

  THE FAN BLOWER MALFUNCTIONED ,WHICH RESULTED IN THE HEATER/DEFROSTER SYSTEM ONLY OPERATING IN THE HIGH SETTING. CONSUMER SPOKE TO DEALERSHIP BY PHONE, WHO INDICATED THAT HE HAD SEEN A LOT OF THIS FAILURE, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL. URGED CONSUMER TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, MANUFACTURER PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. *AK

• 12/22/2005· AIR BAGSCrash

  MY WIFE WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF HER 2000 JEEP WRANGLER (SAHARA ED.) ON 12 MAR 2005. I CONTACTED DAMILER CHRYSLER, AND RATHER THAN REPLY TO ME, THEY TURNED IT OVER TO ONE OF THE LAW FIRMS WHICH HAS NOT SATISFACTORILY HANDLING THE ISSUE, NOR HAVE THEY CONTACTED ME SINCE SEPTEMBER. MY WIFE SUFFERED A BROKEN NECK, 4-BROKEN RIBS, A PUNCTURED LEFT LUNG, A 2" LACERATION ON HER HEAD REQUIRING 13 STAPLES AND MANY CUTS AND BRUISES BECAUSE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING HER UPPER BODY TO GO THROUGH THE WINDOW. OUR HOSPITAL AND AIR FLIGHT COST TOTALED MORE THAN $60K. MUCH OF IT PAID BY MY HEALTH INSURANCES. *JB

• 12/20/2010· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENTFire

  MODE SELECTOR FOR THE HVAC SYSTEM HAS A MAJOR ISSUE MELTING THE SELECTOR, HARNESS AND CONTROL MODULE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS INCIDENT ONLINE AND TO MY SURPRISE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS SUBJECT. HEATER NOT WORKING, POSSIBLE HEATER SYSTEM CATCHING ON FIRE DO HI VOLTAGE TO THE MODE SELECTOR WITCH CAUSES ENTIRE HVAC FAILURE AND POSSIBLE FIRE. JEEP HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO BE GETTING ON THEM ABOUT IT. AGAIN 2000 JEEP WRANGLER HEATER CONTROL FAILURE. *TR

• 12/15/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN

  WARPED FRONT ROTORS REPLACED TWICE IN 9000 MILES TRANSMISSION VERY HARD TO SHIFT GRINDS GEARS. *AK

• 12/13/2009· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HVAC WIRING HARNESS AND SWITCH MELTED DUE TO FAULTY BLOWER MOTOR COMPOUNDED BY INADEQUATE SIZE WIRE. CHRYSLER DOES NOT EVEN SELL A REPAIR KIT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NEW CASES CONSTANTLY ON THE WRANGLER TJ ON INTRANET FORUMS. SOME ARE EVEN VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE. *TR

• 12/11/2014· ENGINE

  THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD WAS CRACKED BETWEEN NUMBER THREE AND FOUR CYLINDERS FOR A UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME. JEEP WOULD NOT CONFIRM THAT A UPDATED CYLINDER WAS MADE TO FIX THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT JEEP HAD NO RECORDS OF CYLINDER HEADS CRACKING. A REPLACEMENT HEAD HAS BEEN INSTALLED BUT THE OIL PRESSURE IS LOW DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE BEARING WEAR CAUSE BY COOLANT IN THE OIL. *TR

• 12/10/2017· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  OVER HEATING OF A/C - HEATER CONTROL SWITCH WHILE IN USE CAUSED THE SWITCH CONNECTOR, SWITCH AND PART OF THE HVAC CONTROL PANEL TO MELT. ON THE VERGE OF FIRE THE FAN STOPPED FUNCTIONING. RETRIEVED THE SAME UNIT OFF A DONER VEHICLE [1J4FA59S3YP733181] AND FOUND THE CONTROL TO BE MELTED/BURNT IN THE SAME FASHION. WHEN I LOOKED FOR A REPLACEMENT, THE PARTS SUPPLIERS OFFERED A READY-MADE REPLACEMENT WIRE HARNESS [POTENTIAL CLUE OF COMMON FAILURE]. THE MOPAR REPLACEMENT PART IS LISTED AS DISCONTINUED. I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS OF THE ISSUES DESCRIBED, BUT WILL HAVE TO GET THEM DEVELOPED AND DIGITIZED [MY DIGITAL CAMERA WON'T TAKE CLOSE-UP PICS].

• 12/10/2003· POWER TRAIN

  2000 WRANGLER SPORT, 4.0 LITER, 5-SPEED TRANSMISSION - LOUD TRANSMISSION NOISES AT IDLE WITH CLUTCH OUT. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER (EARNHARDT'S JEEP IN TEMPE) TWICE WHEN VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH ONCE, WHICH RESOLVED PROBLEM WITH GEAR STICKING BUT NOT NOISE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID NOISE PROBLEM COMMON TO THAT YEAR AND NO FIX AS YET, BUT SAID I WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR FIX WHEN FACTORY DEVELOPED ONE. WENT TO TATE'S IN HOLBROOK YESTERDAY. THEY SHOWED ME ON COMPUTER THAT THERE IS NOW A FACTORY IDENTIFIED FIX INVOLVING REPLACING A SHAFT AND BUSHING OR BEARING IN THE TRANSFER CASE, BUT SAID THEY WON'T FIX MINE SINCE OUT OF WARRANTY. WROTE A LETTER TO EARNHARDT'S BUT HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET. FIX IS 21-001-01 DATED FEBRUARY, 2001. *LA

• 12/06/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE HORN SOUNDED ON ITS OWN ACCORD, AND CONTINUED FOR OVER 6 HOURS UNTIL THE BATTERY RAN DOWN. WHEN I JUMP STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE HORN STARTED AGAIN, THEN STOPPED. SEVERAL MILES LATER, IT WENT OFF AGAIN, AND DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I DISCONNECTED IT. THE JEEP REPAIR TELLS ME THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER ON THIS PART. DOESN'T THAT WARRANT A RECALL?*AK

• 12/06/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION VERY NOISY WHEN IN NEUTRAL WITH CLUTCH OUT, ALSO WHILE DRIVING. HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS STUCK IN 2ND. GEAR. TOOK BACK TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, THAT THEY ALL SOUND THAT WAY. IT HAS BECOME LOUDER WITH MORE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. I AM TO THE POINT WHERE I AM CONSIDERING SELLING VEHICLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BUCKET OF BOLTS AND I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL IT FAILS COMPLETLY. I HAVE HEARD OF NUMEROUS OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM WHO HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/06/1999· STRUCTURE

  WHEN IT RAINS VEHICLE FLOODS AT THE BOTTOM ON THE PASSENGER' SIDE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER 2-3 TIMES TO BE FIXED, BUT THE PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK

• 12/04/2003· POWER TRAIN

  EACH TIME THE CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE WHEN BACKING OUT OF GARAGE OR PARKING LOT, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD ABRUPTLY JUMP INTO REVERSE GEAR WITH A VERY LOUD AND ABRUPT MOTION. IF YOU DID NOT HAVE YOUR FOOT ON BRAKE WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR, CAR WOULD LEAP BACKWARDS. DEALER FOUND A LEAKING VALVE BASE GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH HE REPLACED. CAR HAS BEEN FINE SINCE, WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *NLM

• 12/03/2007· VISIBILITY

  DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL ON 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. BLEND DOOR FAILURE. *TR

• 11/30/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION RATTLES IF IN NEUTRAL, WITH CLUTCH PEDAL NOT DEPRESSED. WHEN IN FIRST GEAR, WILL OFTEN POP OUT OF GEAT WITH A LOUD SOUND. DIFFICULT TO CHANGE GEARS FROM 5 TO 4 AFTER DRIVING FOR MORE THEN 30 MIN IN 5TH GEAR. PLEASE NOTE THAT I'M IN ONTARIO, CANADA, POSTAL CODE K1N 9M5, SO STATE AND ZIP INFOR IN THE FORM ARE NOT CORRECT.*AK

• 11/29/2000· POWER TRAIN

  NVG-3550 TRANSMISSION STICKS IN ALL GEAR AFTER IT WARMS UP TO THE POINT IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL OUT OF OR PUT INTO GEAR.. GRINDING NOISE IN TRANSMISSION WHEN IDLE (GOES AWAY WHEN CLUTCH DEPRESSED). *AK

• 11/28/2011· STRUCTURE

  FRAME AND SUPPORTS RUSTED TO THE POINT OF OFFERING NO STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF UNDERCARRIAGE. FRAME ON DRIVERSIDE AT SKID PLATE RUSTED ALLOWING THE SKID PLATE TO FALL. OBSERVED SEVERE RUST-THROUGH OF FRAME ALONG FRAME WHERE SKID PLATE HAD BEEN BOLTED. ALSO TRANSMISSION SUPPORT FAILED. HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED FAILED BRAKE LINES WHICH RUSTED THROUGH. I HAVE PARKED THE VEHICLE AS IT IS UNSAFE. I THINK I REALIZED IT TOO LATE, HOWEVER SOON ENOUGH TO HAVE PREVENTED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. WARNINGS NEED TO BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY OF THESE AND OTHER DEFECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN NOTED BY JEEP OWNERS, ESPECIALLY FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS. THE FRAME APPARENTLY RUST FROM INSIDE OUT LEAVING LITTLE INDICATION OF SEVERITY. *KB

• 11/28/2000· POWER TRAIN

  A RATTLING/GRINDING NOISE COMES FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IN NEUTRAL. WHEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE THROW-OUT BEARING. NOISE REOCCURED 2 DAYS LATER AND WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY SPOKE TO THE ENGINEERS AT THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER AND THE ENGINEERS STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DESIGN CHANGE OF THE TRANSMISSION IN THE 2000 JEEP WRANGLERS AND THAT THEY USED A NEW TRANSMISSION OIL WHICH IS THINNER AND WHEN THE CAR WARMS UP THE OIL BECOMES EVEN THINNER AND CAUSES THE RATTLING. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED THAT THE NOISE IS NORMAL.*AK

• 11/25/2004· TIRES

  I CURRENTLY OWN A JEEP WRANGLER, WHICH WAS PURCHASED USED, THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES, DOT VD66 W2, 30 X 9.50 R15 LT. I AM UNSURE OF THE DOT CODE AS IT IS SLIGHTLY WORN BUT THE VD IS CERTAIN. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WE ENCOUNTERED A FLAT. IT APPEARS THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALLS AS THE SIDEWALLS ARE STILL PRESESNT.*AK

• 11/24/2016· SUSPENSION

  TAMARA RECALL MY 2000 JEEP WRANGLER THE FRAME IS ROTTED AWAY IN THE REAR WHERE IT GOES ABOVE THE REAR AXEL.

• 11/21/2000· POWER TRAIN

  DAIMLER-CHRYSLER IS REFUSING TO COVER POWERTRAIN DAMAGE. *AK

• 11/21/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION GRINDS WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR MOST OF THE TIME... GRINDING IS MOST NOTICABLE AFTER THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. THE WARMER THE TRANSMISION GETS THE WORSE THE SHIFTING GETS. I HAVE HAD IT POP OUT OF GEAR TWICE WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. THE SHIFTING IS NOTCHY IN ALL OF THE GEARS ESPECIALLY 2ND GEAR. THERE IS ALSO A RATTLE WHILE IN NEUTRAL AND IT WILL NOT GO INTO 1ST AT TIMES, YOU MUST PUT IT BACK IN NEUTRAL AND RE ENGAGE THE CLUTCH FOR IT TO GO INTO GEAR. *AK

• 11/15/2000· POWER TRAIN

  5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION STARTED (NV3500) IS NOT SHIFTING SMOOTHLY INTO ANY GEAR. THERE IS RESISTANCE AND A GRINDING SOUND DURING SHIFTING INTO ANY AND ALL GEARS. TRANSMISSION EMITS A "CLUNKING" NOISE WHEN CLUTCH IS DISENGAGED BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. ON 11/06/2000, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP RESPONSIBLE FOR WARRANTY SERVICE REPAIRS. DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY ROAD-TESTED THE VEHICLE AND THAT ALL SHIFTING FUNCTIONS WERE "WORKING TO FACTORY SPECS". DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO PERFORM ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THIS COMPLAINT AND DID NOT OFFER A REMEDY OR OFFER TO REPAIR. AFTER 2 MORE WEEKS OF OPERATION, THE GEAR GRINDING IS GETTING WORSE AND MORE RESISTIVE TO SHIFTING FROM GEAR TO GEAR. *AK

• 11/15/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE & IT WENT INTO REVERSE. DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINGER BECAUSE WHILE BRAKING PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CONSUMER LATER HEARD A NOISE WHILE BRAKING, DEALER LUBRICATED AND ADJUSTED REAR DRUMS. REAR GLASS WAS CHIPPED AND WAS REPLACED. *SLC

• 11/11/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINECrashFire

  LOW SPEED REAR RIGHT IMPACT TO VEHICLE CAUSED IT TO FALL ON ITS SIDE AND IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO FLAMES RENDERING TOTAL DESTRUCTION. ANOTHER OWNER'S AUTO WAS 'T BONED' AND IT ALSO BURST INTO FLAMES. *NM ..UPDATED 08-09-12 *BF UPDATED 08/09/2012 *JS

• 11/10/2006· AIR BAGS

  WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AT LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER THE STEERING WHEEL FELT AS IF IT BOUND UP AND AN SPRING SOUND OCCURRED AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. AS IT WAS TO LATE TO CONTACT THE DEALER I CALLED THEM ON MONDAY MORNING AND THEY ARRANGED FOR ME TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON TUESDAY. ON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING TO BE BROKEN AND ORDERED THE PART, WHICH I PAID FOR. ON THURSDAY I DROVE MY JEEP BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SPRING REPLACED AND ALTHOUGH THE SPRING WAS BROKEN IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME IT WAS A CHAFFED WIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED BUT IT DID NOT! SHE THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME TO $500 TO $1600 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I ASSUMED THIS WAS A SAFETY RELATED ITEM AND AS SUCH SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED . SHE CHECKED WITH THE DISTRICT REP FOR CHRYSLER LATER IN THE DAY AND THEY CLAIM NOTHING COULD BE DONE FOR ME ALTHOUGH THE JEEP ONLY HAS 40578 MILES ON IT AND I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE STEERING COLUMN TO CHAFE THE WIRE. AS OF NOW I HAVE A LOANER VEHICLE WHILE THEY CHECK INTO HOW TO PROCEED. *NM

• 11/10/2000· STRUCTURE

  WHEN IT RAINS VEHICLE FLOODS IN THE FRONT AND IN THE BACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER 2 TIMES TO BE FIXED YET THE PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. THEY HAVE REPLACED ALMOST EVERYTING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TO STOP IT BUT IT STILL HAPPENS. MY CARPET IS GETTTING RUINED AND MY CAR IS STARTING TO SMELL LIKE MILDUE. *AK

• 11/09/2004· SEAT BELTS

  THE PASSENGER SIDE RETRACTOR FAILED WHEN APPLIED. CONSUMER PLACED THE SEAT BELT INSIDE THE RETRACTOR AND IT FAILED TO STAY SECURE. *AK

• 11/07/2000· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE WILL VIOLENTLY JUMP OUT OF 1ST GEAR UPON ACCELERATION. DEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION ONCE AT 404 MILES. MANUFACTURER DID CHANGE SUPPLIER.*AK THE REPLACED TRANSMISSION HAS EXCESSIVE NOISE, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHANGE GEARS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP. THE VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. *YH

• 11/06/2008· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1) COOLANT LEAK - CRACKED HEAD (4.0 L V6 - THIS IS A COMMON COSTLY PROBLEM ACCORDING TO A TECH FRIEND AT CHRYSLER DEALER. EXPENSIVE REPAIR $1200 TO $2000+- CAUSE MAY BE DEFECTIVE MATERIAL WEAKENED BY OVERHEATING. 2) OIL PRESSURE (GAUGE) DROPS TO ZERO AT IDLE AND CHECK GAUGES LIGHT APPEARS 3) COOLANT GETS INTO OIL FROM INTERNAL HEAD LEAKAGE 4) CONTAMINATES THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS. *TR

• 11/03/2015· STRUCTURE

  WHILE PUTTING MY T.J. ON A LIFT FOR INSPECTION THE PASSENGER SIDE FRAME CRACKED IN HALF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE FRAME WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO DETERIERATION.

• 11/02/2012· POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES

  I OWN A 2000 JEEP WRANGLER WHICH I BOUGHT NEW. RECENTLY I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD POP OUT WHILE DRIVING. SOON AFTER I BEGAN TO HAVE BRAKE ISSUES AND HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. HE SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A JEEP RUSTED OUT SO BAD WITH SO FEW MILES ON IT AND SAID IT WAS A HAZARD TO DRIVE. HE SAID THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSMISSION . HE SAID THE FRAME WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE AND SAID I WAS LUCKY THE THING DIDN'T FALL APART WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 85,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

• 11/02/2005· SEAT BELTS

  ALL FOUR SEAT BELT RELEASE MECHANISMS GET STUCK. I HAVE HAD TO ASSIST PASSENGERS WITH RELEASING THE SEAT BELT AFTER THEY ATTEMPTED IT THEMSELVES. TO RELEASE THE BELTS, THERE MUST BE SUFFICIENT SLACK IN THE BELT TO ALLOW AN ANGLE BETWEEN THE TONGUE AND RECEPTACLE OPPOSITE THE ANGLE NATURALLY ACHIEVED WHEN IN USE. THIS PROBLEM WAS VERY NOTICEABLE BUT NOT AS BAD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED IN MY VEHICLE, BUT WHEN PASSENGERS NEED ASSISTANCE REMOVING A SAFETY BELT, THAT IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. *NM

• 11/01/1999· SEAT BELTS

  WHEN JEEP IS STOPPED AT SIDE ANGLE ON HILL, SEATBELT IS INOPERATIVE AFTER GETTING BACK INTO VEHICLE. I HAD TO DRIVE DOWN STEEP HILL TWICE WITH NO SEATBELT ON. SIMPLE MOMENTARY BYPASS BUTTON TO CENTER PENDULUM WOULD ALLOW FASTENING SEATBELT WHEN VEHICLE IS AT AN ANGLE.

• 10/31/2017· SUSPENSION

  JEEP FRAME HAS RUSTED FROM INSIDE TO OUT. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS. MADE POPPING NOISE.

• 10/29/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. TRANSMISSION VERY NOISY WHILE IDLING IN NEURTRAL. NOISE STOPS WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. NOISE IS WORSE WHEN TRANSMISSION IS HOT. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WHICH CORRECTED POPPING OUT OF GEAR PROBLEM BUT NEW TRANNY IS STILL NOISY WHEN IDLING IN NEURTRAL.

• 10/27/2000· POWER TRAIN

  I BELIEVE A BRAND NEW VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS THATS WHY I BOUGHT A NEW ONE. THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST TIME OF MY LIFE AND I CANNOT GET HELP WITHOUT SPENDING LOADS OF MONEY TO FIGHT THESE PEOPLE AND CHRYSLER. NO ,SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

• 10/24/2000· POWER TRAIN

  VERY HARD TO DOWN SHIFT FROM 5TH AFTER HIGHWAY DRIVING, LOUD CLUTCH NOISE WHEN IDLING IN NEUTRAL.*AK

• 10/22/2000· POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY

  WATER LEAKS UNDER THE DASH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IF DRIVING AT HIWAY SPEEDS. TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR AT TAKE OFF AND IS HARD TO SHIFT AFTER THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AND WARMED UP.

• 10/19/2010· TIRES

  TREADS SEPARATED FROM TIRE AFTER 2000 MILES OF DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

• 10/17/2000· POWER TRAIN

  5SPD TRANSMISSION IS ABNORNALLY LOUD AND OCCASIONALLY POPS OUT OF GEAR.*AK

• 10/16/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR (ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING STUCK) AFTER THE TRANSMISSION HAS WARMED UP.

• 10/12/2015· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE FRAME OF MY JEEP WRANGLER TJ MODEL HAS ROTTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD. I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK ON CITY STREETS WHEN MY SKID PLATE THAT HOLDS MY TRANSFER CASE COMPLETELY PULLED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE LEAVING A LOT OF STRESS ON MY TRANSFER CASE. AFTER I GOT IT HOME, I WOULD NOT DRIVE IT FOR FEAR OF PERSONAL INJURY OR FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE JEEP. LUCKILY FOR ME I DIDN'T. AFTER SITTING FOR I NOTICED I HAD A SEVERE LEAN TOWARDS THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE AREA WHERE THE CONTOL ARMS ARE ATTATCHED TO THE FRAME ALSO PULLED OFF. THAT PART OF THE FRAME ONLY HAD 1/2 INCH OF MATERIAL LEFT ON THE TOP EDGE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT THIS TIME, I COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED. WHEN I BOUGHT A NEW FRAME AND HAD IT REPLACED I INSPECTED MY OLD ONE. THERE WERE HOLES AND VERY THIN AREAS FROM THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS TO THE REAR BUMPER. IT LOOKED LIKE WATER AND DEBRIS COULD GET IN THE SIDE OF THE FRAME BUT HAD NOWHERE TO GO ONCE IT WAS INSIDE. THIS CAUSED THE FRAME TO ROT FROM THE INSIDE OUT LEAVING ME WITH NO WARNING OF ANY DAMAGE UNTIL IT STARTED TO FALL APART.

• 10/12/2000· POWER TRAIN

  THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 WRANGLER MAKES NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUTCH RELEASED.THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSFER CASE HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL ONGOING.THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALSO POPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE TAKING OFF AND DURING REGULAR DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT ALL THE 2000 MODELS MAKE THIS NOISE AND THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM.

• 10/11/2013· ENGINEFire

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND BEGAN TO PERFORM ABNORMAL WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER DRIVING ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, HE NOTICED SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 204,000.

• 10/11/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VISIBILITY,TIRES

  WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKE PEDAL IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES WOULDN'T HOLD. CONSUMER HAS TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP.*AK THE BRAKE FAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE CYLINDER. THE OWNER SAYS THE REAR GLASS IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AS WELL AS THE TIRE, WHICH WAS REPLACED. *YH

• 10/11/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION IS VERY LOUD WHN IDLING (STOPS WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED), AFTER EXTENDED DRIVE TIME - CLUTCH BECOMES VERY STICKY AND DIFFICULT TO SHIFT, OCCASIONAL DROPPING FROM GEAR.*AK

• 10/10/2000· POWER TRAIN

  1. TRANSMISSION EXTREMELY NOISY IN NEUTRAL (CLUTCH NOT DEPRESSED); 2. SHIFTING IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AFTER DRIVING LONG DISTANCES (AFTER HEATING UP); & 3. TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR (1ST) OCCASIONALLY.

• 10/10/2000· POWER TRAIN

  SINCE THE DAY I PICKED UP MY JEEP FROM THE DEALER IT HAS MADE A LOUD GRINDING/GROWLING NOISE WHEN IT IS IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUCH OUT. IT SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING TO THE TRANNY. AT FIRST WHEN THE DEALER HEARD IT THEY SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD BEARING TO THEM, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT FURTHER THEY SAID THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH IT POPPING OUT OF GEAR AND HARD TO SHIFT, WHICH I HAVE NOT EXPERIANCED YET BUT DUE TO THE NOISE I SUSPECT THAT IS NOT FAR AWAY.

• 10/09/2017· STEERING,SUSPENSION

  ALL NOTES I HAVE FOUND INCLUDING ONLINE FORMS REQUESTING THIS YEAR KEEPS FRAME BE RECALLED, ROTTEN AT BUMPERS WHERE STEERING COMES INTO PLAY AND OTHER SPOTS MID FRAME... HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WHEN THE FRAME LET GO, HE WAS IN ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AT ALL! THE JEEP WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED WHICH CAUSED THE ROAD TO BECOME UNSAFE AS IT WAS STOPPED AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL WITH TRAFFIC FLYING OVER THE HILL... HE ALMOST GO HIT 5 TIMES HE COULD HAVE DIED EASILY HAD HE NOT JUMPED OUT AND CALLED FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE

• 10/09/2000· POWER TRAIN

  THIS REPORT IS REGARDING THE NV3550 CLUTCH CHATTER ON MY JEEP. I HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS TO VARIOUS DEALERS AND TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE. I KNOW MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES. DC AND DEALERS BEGAN BY SAYING IT WAS NORMAL. NOW THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THERE WILL BE A TSB RELEASED ON THIS ISSUE. I AM REPORTING IT TO YOU AS SUGGESTED BY A FRIEND--MAINLY 'FOR THE RECORD.' THANKS.