What 828 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Jeep Wrangler 4-door 4xe

2012 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SPORT; 1ST INCIDENT WITH HOT OIL MESSAGE, RESULTED IN DEALERSHIP FIXING THE RECALL THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD PARTS FOR (THAT WERE ON BACK ORDER FOR MONTHS-AND FOR A RECALL). WHEN I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP I HAD A CASE ID WITH CHRYSLER, THEY CHANGED THEIR TUNE AND HAD THE PART(S). THIS WAS AT 26000 MILES. 2ND INCIDENT: I HAD DRIVEN TO NY FROM SC WITH NO ISSUES WHILE DRIVING. NEXT DAY, COLD START, HOT OIL WARNING. TOOK TO A LOCAL AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY "CLEARED THE ERROR" STATING THERE WAS NO APPARENT CAUSE AND THEY "DIDN'T KNOW WHY" THE ERROR OCCURRED. 3RD INCIDENT: CALLED DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE JEEP FROM AND TOLD THE GUY (WHOM I KNOW BY NAME) THAT I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, "HOT OIL MESSAGE." HE STATED, "HOT OIL MESSAGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!" REALLY??? HE WAS CLEARLY LYING, AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN HE WAS OF NO HELP TO ME. SO, I WENT TO THE NEAREST CHRYSLER IN A TOWN 15 MINUTES AWAY WHERE I HAD MOVED TO AS IT WAS CLOSER ANYWAY...LETTING THE LIAR-PART GO, THINKING THE OTHER DEALERSHIP WOULD SURELY DO THE RIGHT THING. THIS IS AT 34000 MI. THE DEALERSHIP HAS MY JEEP CURRENTLY AND TOLD ME TODAY THAT THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM WROTE "ADDED COMPUTER TO JEEP," AS THE SUPPOSED FIX FOR THE ORIGINAL ISSUE (RECALL). THE GUY AT THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE COMPUTER WOULDN'T EVEN "TALK" TO HIM SO HE COULDN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM UNTIL HE FIGURES OUT HOW TO GET THE 1ST COMPUTER TO "TALK" TO HIM SO HE CAN GET TO THE 2ND COMPUTER AND TRY TO DIAGNOSE AN ISSUE WITH THE 2ND COMPUTER. GOT A CALL THIS AFTERNOON THAT IT WAS DRIVEN AROUND TOWN WITH NO PROBLEMS AFTER CLEARING THE ERROR MESSAGE AGAIN. AWAITING FINAL RESULTS NOW. I'M 2000 MILES AWAY FROM BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. RESEARCHING INTERNET REVEALS NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF SAME ISSUE WITH MANY PEOPLE BARELY ESCAPING ENGULFED IN FLAMES JEEPS. THIS IS AN ISSUE. CLASS ACTION SOUGHT. *TR

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2012 JEEP WRANGLER 4DR RUBICON 2 PROBLEMS THE 6 SPD TRANSMISSION SHIFTER BOUNCES ALL OVER ON LIGHT OFF ROAD USE HAVE CRACKED MY KNUCKLES SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO TAKE HOLD OF THE SHIFTER. DEALER SAYS THAT'S THE WAY THEY ARE(???) ALSO THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL COMES ON AT ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS EVEN CHANGING LANES AT UNDER 25 MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR IN THE CENTER CONSOLE AND ALIGNED IT 3 TIMES BUT STILL DOES IT. *TR

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I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY. DRY, SUNNY DAY. THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON FOR A HALF A SECOND AND THE WRANGLER BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME. WHEELS DID NOT LOCK UP. DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL. JUST A SPLIT SECOND, SUDDEN DECELERATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE MORE, THE LAST TIME WAS THIS WEEKEND. *TR

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I HAVE A 2012 WRANGLER SAHARA 4DR AND THIS PAST WEEK I HAD TO TOW MY JEEP INTO A DEALERSHIP IN TEXARKANA. I WAS DRIVING 45 MPH AND NOT TRYING TO GUN THE RPMS. I HAD TOTAL SHUTDOWN BUT WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP HOOKED IT UP AND TOLD ME THAT MY ASD 25 AMP FUSE HAD BLOWN BUT COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. MY JEEP RAN OKAY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BUT BY NIGHT IT BLEW ANOTHER FUSE AS I ACCELERATED FROM A GREEN LIGHT AND INTO THE INTERSECTION. I REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER 25 AMP FUSE BUT FEAR THAT IF I PUT A 30 AMP IN THAT IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR A BURN OUT BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT HOME. I DROVE BACK HOME (AN HOUR DRIVE UP AND DOWN HILLS) AND IT SEEMED TO ALWAYS WANT TO RAMP UP THE RPMS SUDDENLY. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS KINDA ISSUE? I HAVE LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON MY JEEP. UPDATE... I HAVE NOW HAD THREE FUSES BLOW AND TWO TOWS TO DEALERSHIPS BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP A GOOD FUSE. I HOPE SOMEONE CAN PLEASE HELP ME POINT OUT THE DIRECTION THE DEALERSHIP NEEDS TO BE LOOKING FOR. THIS IS GETTING FRUSTRATING. IT SEEMS TO BLOW A FUSE WHEN I HIT ANY TYPE OF BUMP IN THE ROAD. NO ELECTRICAL MODS WERE MADE EXCEPT MY WARN WINCH, WHICH WAS INSTALLED AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY REASONS. CURRENTLY MY JEEP REMAIN IN A TOW YARD UNTIL TOMORROW WHERE THEY TOW IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP * NO WARNING LIGHTS ARE INDICATED * NEW AIR FILTERS * NO ELECTRICAL MODS * FACTORY SOUND SYSTEM * RIDES ROUGH * WHEN FUSE BLOWS, TOTAL VEHICLE SHUTDOWN OCCURS INCLUDING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. *TR

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ON THE 2012 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG AND ESP 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 POORLY DESIGNED CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURES IN THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLER (LHD) DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND, AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS, AND POTENTIALLY FATAL ESP INPUTS THAT CAN CAUSE THE JEEP TO STRIKE INTO OTHER VEHICLES AND/OR OBJECTS ON THE ROAD, AND POTENTIAL ROLL-OVERS. ALSO, IN THE CASE OF STEERING GEAR BOX FAILURES, THE CLOCKSPRING IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WILL ALSO TAKE OUT THE CLOCKSPRING, EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING THE COST OF ANY REQUIRED REPAIRS. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE RELIABILITY OR SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

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