1999 Jeep Wrangler

1999 JEEP SAHARA: PRIL 2002 - GAUGES (ALL DASHBOARD GUAGES INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER) STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED WIRING CLUSTER CONNECTOR AT HAYNES JEEP, RICHMOND, VA.; PAID $108.33 FOR REPAIRS. *AK OCTOBER 2004 - GAUGES (ALL DASHBOARD GUAGES INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER) STOP WORKING AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. SAME PROBLEM. HAYNES JEEP ADVISED HAVE TO REPLACE THE WIRING CLUSTER CONNECTOR AGAIN. ASKED HAYNES JEEP TO REPLACE IT FOR FREE AS THIS WAS DONE IN 2002 BY THEM. THEY REFUSED. OCTOBER 21, 2004 - WROTE A LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO MR. RICHARD CARTER, GENERAL MANAGER, HAYNES JEEP. HE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE LETTER. THIS IS A HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING IN ANY VEHICLE, MUCH LESS HAPPEN AGAIN WITHIN 2 YEARS OF GETTING IT FIXED. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH JEEPS AND THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA. I DO NOT THINK THAT THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE MUST FORK OUT $100+ EVERY TWO YEARS JUST TO HAVE THE GUAGES WORK ON A $23,000 VEHICLE!

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, WHICH INCLUDED MISREADING ON THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS VEHICLE WAS SERVICED 7 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO REMEDY AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED. CONSUMER TRIED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS UNABLE TO TALK TO ANYONE OTHER THAN CUSTOM REPRESENTATIVE WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE. *AK *NM

CAR HAS 30,000 MILES, HAS NOT BEEN "OFF ROAD" OR MISUSED. PROBLEM(S) STARTED AT ABOUT 27,000. . INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, INSTRUMENT PANEL AND RADIO LOSE POWER. IF MOTOR IS STOPPED AND RESTARTED, POWER COMES ON AGAIN. *AK 2. INTERMITTENTLY, HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHEN SIGNALING FOR A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN, THEN TURN ON AGAIN WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS OFF. 3. AIR CONDITIONER INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO COOL ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRICAL SMELL BEFORE FINALLY FAILING TO COOL ALTOGETHER. 4. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GO ON AND OFF. NO CONSEQUENCES TO DATE OTHER THAN THE STRESS OF HAVING AN UNDEPENDABLE AND HOT VEHICLE IN MIAMI. MECHANICS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I AM TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW AIR CONDITIONER BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE IT AT THIS TIME.

APPARENTLY JEEP WRANGLERS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM, YET THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW MY DASH CLUSTER HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING. THE RPM GUAGE AND SPEEDOMETER BOTH DROP TO ZERO, THE AIRBAG AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON, AND THE DIGITAL ODOMETER LOSES ITS READOUT AND INSTEAD SAYS "NO BUS". IT HAPPENS SPORADICALLY, NOT CONTINUOUSLY. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP WHICH WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT IT BEGAN AGAIN AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS. I JUST TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM, AS WELL AS OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. (MY JEEP WOULDN'T START FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS.) THEY FOUND A WIRE THAT WAS CORRODED AND REPLACED OR REPAIRED IT. MY JEEP RUNS AGAIN, BUT ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP THE DASH CLUSTER WENT HAYWIRE AGAIN. EVERYONE I HAVE SPOKEN TO IN THE AUTO SHOPS IS AWARE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEPS, INCLUDING MY JEEP DEALER, BUT NOBODY HAS TAKEN STEPS TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT NEARLY $1,300.00 TO FIX THE DASH CLUSTER AND OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (PROBABLY ALL RELATED) AND MY CAR ONLY HAS 43,000 MILES ON IT. CONVENIENTLY, MY MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000 MILES. THIS BEGAN AT AROUND 38,000 MILES. *NLM