1999 Jeep Wrangler

SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED WHILE IDLING IN TRAFFIC WHILE THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN IN BACK OF A TRUCK. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE TO POWER TRAIN COMPUTER FROM THE 1998 SERVICE BULLETIN. THE BULLETIN STATED THAT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 103 CELSIUS IT COULD CAUSE HIGH RPM IN PARKING LOT MANEUVERS OR STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO ALL 99 MODELS. THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE. *TC *SC

EXPERIANCED HEADACHES, NAUSEA, AS WELL AS AUDIBLE KNOCKING FROM UNDER HOOD. MY 1999 4.0 LITER 6 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD, LEAKING HOT GASSES AND EXHAUST INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP AWARE THAT THERE IS PROBLEM WITH MANIFOLD, AS HAVE REDESIGNED IT AND REPLACEMENT COST IN EXCESS OF $500.00 CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND FILED COMPLAINT, TOLD THEY AREA AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT OR ISSUE RECALL. LOCAL EXHAUST SHOP ADVISED THEY DO SEVERAL PER MONTH WITH THIS DEFECTIVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BOTH WRANGLER AND CHEROKEE BETWEEN 1996 AND 2000 MODEL YEAR. EXHAUST WAS REVISED IN 2000 BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS, BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT DENYING THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT. CHYRSLER SHOULD WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM AS THEY DID WITH THE 2.5 LITER. MILAGE AT TIME WAS ONLY 39,000 WHEN CRACKED.*AK

1)THE VEHICLE FAILED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION - AND I WAS ADVISED THE REASON WAS "EXHAUST MANIFOLD". 2)I CALLED THE DEALER - WHO THOUGHT MY VEHICLE WAS A "2.5" WHICH ALREADY HAS A RECALL ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BUT I HAVE A "4.0" WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT. I ASKED WHAT HARM IS BEING DONE IF I DO NOT GET IT FIXED - AND WAS ADVISED THAT SINCE THERE IS A HOLE IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, EXHAUST FUMES ARE FILLING THE CAB (LIKE THE 2.5). I WAS AT THAT TIME ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART. AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, THE PART ON THE 2.5 IS A BOLT THAT ATTACHES TO THE MOTOR, AND WHEN IT BREAKS, LEAKS EXHAUST INTO THE CAB; AND ON THE 4.0 (WHICH I BELIEVE IS ALSO A COMMON PROBLEM), THAT THERE IS A BREAK IN THE BASE OF THE "Y" PIPE, WHICH ALSO LEAKS EXHAUST INTO THE CAB. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER LINE 800.992.1997, I ADVISED THAT I WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON A SIMILAR MODEL; I WAS TOLD THAT ALL THEY COULD DO WAS "REGISTER THE COMPLAINT". I ASKED "HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT A RECALL PROCESS" AND WAS TOLD IT WAS INVOLVED AND COMPLICATED, AND I WAS DIRECTED TO THIS SITE AFTER PRESSING FOR SATISFACTION. I THEN ASKED "HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU RECALL THIS PART?", AND THE REP ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE GIGGLED. I WENT ON TO ASK THAT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART WOULD I BE REIMBURSED FOR MY EXPENDITURE, AND I WAS ADVISED THAT "YES", I WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. 3)BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION, I AM HAVING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD REPLACED. I CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

ON FEBRUARY 4, 2004 I TOOK MY 1999 JEEP WRANGLER TO BOB MAYBERRY CHRYSLER DODGE, JEEP, INC. IT WAS VERY NOISY AND MORE GASOLINE THAN USUAL. THEY SAID THAT MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS BROKEN AND THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 61,935. THE WARRANTY FOR THAT YEAR WAS ONLY 3 YEARS 36 MONTHS I WAS TOLD. THIS REPAIR WAS NEARLY $700.00 AND IS SOMETHNG THAT I HAVE NEVER HAD GO WRONG ON ANY OTHER CAR I EVER HAD. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMPANY HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND REFUSED TO RECALL THE POORLY DESIGNED AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU FORCE THEM TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS AND RETURN ALL OR PART OF MY SERVICE BILL. MY VIN IS 1J4FY9S7XP414936. WHEN I CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS JUST TOO BAD, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.