TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. HE DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR THE SAME EXACT FAILURE WITH THE 2004 JEEP WRANGLER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED, ALTHOUGH HE HAD A CURRENT 7-YEAR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 24,000.
2008
STEERING
ON THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS.THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING. *TR
