1993 JEEP WRANGLER Recalls, Complaints & Safety

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Remedy: PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.

61,944 vehicles affected

EQUIPMENT

BESTOP AFTERMARKET REAR SHELL ROOF RACKS,MANUFACTURED BETWEEN APRIL 27 AND MAY 20, 2004, DESIGNED FOR USE WITH THE BESTOP HARDTOP MADE FOR THE 1986-1995 AND 1997-2003 JEEP WRANGLER. THE COCKPIT COVER MAY NOT STAY LATCHED TO THE ROOF RACK BECAUSE THE LATCH BRACKET MISPOSITIONS THE ROTARY LATCH TO THE COCKPIT COVER. AS A RESULT, THE COCKPIT COVER MAY NOT STAY LATCHED TO THE ROOF RACK AND COULD SEPARATE FROM THE ROOF RACK. THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO AFTERMARKET REAR SHELL ROOF RACKS AND HAS NO RELATION TO ANY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON JEEP WRANGLER VEHICLES BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER.

Remedy: BESTOP WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE A REPAIR KIT AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 16, 2004. OWNERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT BESTOP CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT (800) 845-3567.

80 vehicles affected

PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, THE PARKING BRAKE CAN SELF-RELEASE WITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH A STRONGER PAWL RETURN SPRING. OWNER NOTIFICATON BEGAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2002. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.

316,148 vehicles affected

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PLASTIC FUEL TANKS. THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT GASKET CAN CRACK CAUSING FUEL AND FUEL VAPOR LEAKS.

Remedy: REPLACE THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT GASKET.

230,000 vehicles affected

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

SALT CORROSION PRODUCTS BETWEEN THE STARTER SOLENOID WIRE AND THE ADJACENT BATTERY FEED IN THE BULKHEAD CONNECTOR MAY SHORT THESE CONNECTIONS, CAUSING THE CIRCUIT TO BYPASS THE IGNITION KEY CONTROL OF THE STARTER MOTOR SOLENOID. THE CAR CAN START WITHOUT THE STARTER SEQUENCE BEING INITIATED BY THE IGNITION KEY IN THE IGNITION LOCK.

Remedy: THE STARTER SOLENOID WIRING WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE BATTERY FEED WIRE BY RELOCATING IT WITHIN THE BULKHEAD CONNECTOR ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.

100,000 vehicles affected

The contact owns a 1993 Jeep Wrangler. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V041000(Parking Brake); however, the part to do the repair was not yet available. No further information was available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Was filling up with gas when I noticed it was leaking out the bottom of the vehicle

HELLO, I PURCHASED A USED JEEP IN MAY 2018. ONCE I TOOK POSSESSION OF THE JEEP, MY MECHANIC MENTIONED THERE WAS AN OPEN RECALL. SO, I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER ABOUT REPAIRING THE RECALL DEFECT. I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T HELP ME BECAUSE THE JEEP WAS TO OLD AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTS ON HAND. THEY TOLD ME TO CALL THE JEEP RECALL CENTER, WHICH I DID... AND AND THEY TOO TOLD ME THE SAME THING... TOO OLD AND NO PARTS ON HAND. THEY ALSO TOLD ME TO CALL AUTO PARTS STORES TO SEE IF THEY HAD THE PARTS AND MAYBE THEY WOULD REIMBURSE ME AND MAYBE NOT. SEEMS TO ME, THEY'RE MAKING ME DO THEIR JOB AND NOT ATTEMPTING TO TAKING CARE OF AN OPEN RECALL. AND PLEASE NOTE: THE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL VAPORS EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK AND THE SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER NOT MANUFACTURING THE PART ANYMORE. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 94V106000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

FUEL SENDING UNIT PROBLEMS THAT DON'T LET THE FUEL GAUGE READ CORRECTLY. *TR

PARKING BRAKE FOOT PEDAL ASSEMBLY DEFECTIVE. WAS REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO BASED ON MANUFACTURER RECALL. SAME PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING: BRAKE WILL RELEASE BY ITSELF, AT FIRST WAS OCCASIONAL, NOW IS ALL THE TIME, MAKING THE PARKING BRAKE INOPERABLE. DEFECTIVE ASSEMBLY. *TR

93,WRANGLER,MANUAL TRANS. GAS TANK LEAKS AND FILLS GARAGE UP WITH GAS FUMES AND GAS. PARKING BRAKE DISENGAGES , AND WONT ENGAGE . DEALER SAYS RECALLS HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AGAIN AND SHOULD BE FIXED AGAIN UNDER SAME RECALL. *TR

AC LINE RUBBING AGAINST FENDER. IT FINALLY BROKE DOWN THE LINE CAUSING IT TO LEAK WITH EXTREME PRESSURE. REPLACE LINE AND MADE A BRACKET TO HOLD LINE AWAY FROM FENDER. *JB

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED ON A NHTSA RECALL. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED, PER THE DEALER. MANUFACTURED WAS CONTACTED, AND CONSUMER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT RECALLS WERE A ONE TIME REPAIR AT NO COST. NO RECALLS FOR THE PART MENTIONED. *AK

CLEARCOAT ON PAINT STARTED TO PEEL & FLAKE OFF AFTER HAVING TO PARK VEHICLE OUTSIDE OF GARAGE FOR A FEW WEEKS IN SUMMER (100 DEGREE + HEAT). DEALER REPAINTED HOOD. NOW, THE REST OF THE PAINT IS PEELING AND FLAKING, BUT DEALER WILL NOT WARRANTY THE REPEIRS. I AM WILLING TO TAKE THIS AS FAR AS I NEED TO IN ORDER TO GET IT REPAINTED AT NO COST TO ME.

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANY RECALL. *SCC *JB

THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASED ON ITS OWN, CAUSING THE CAR TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL IT WAS PARKED ON AND HIT A LARGE ROCK.*AK

Crash

CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 41,000 MILES. *NLM

FUEL TANK RUPTURED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED WHICH ALLOWED THE TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE ABRUPTLY WITH FORCE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED REGARDING THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER IT WAS ONLY FOR JEEPS WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 02V041000 PARKING BRAKE. *JB

THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING RECALL REMEDY 02V041000. DAIMLER CHRYSLER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED REPAIR DEALER WAS 6 HOURS AWAY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE A LOCAL SHOP/MECHANIC PERFORM REMEDY, HOWEVER DAIMLER CHRYSLER DENIED THE REQUEST. THE CONSUMER FELT IT WAS VERY UNSAFE TO REQUEST A VEHICLE WITH A SAFETY DEFECT TO BE DRIVEN 6 HOURS FOR A RECALL REPAIR. *JB *TT *JB

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE PARKING BRAKE PEDAL. *JG PH

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 99 V 340 000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE YEAR. *AK THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS SEPARATED FROM THE HUB AND THE CONSUMER HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *SCC

PLEASE ADD INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. MR *TS

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TWO FRONT SEAT BELTS. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACED. TS

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED, AND VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL.*AK

ATTENDED A MOTOCROSS RACE ON 7-07-02 WHERE I HAD TRACKSIDE PARKING WHICH WAS ON A VERY STEEP HILL.PARKED VEHICLE AND LEFT IN FIRST GEAR AND SET PARKING BRAKE.WAS IN VIEW OF VEHICLE FOR MOST OF RACES.NOTED AS RACES PROGRESSED INTO THE AFTERNOON AND MORE PEOPLE ARRIVED THAT THERE WAS SOME SITTING IN FRONT OF VEHICLE(MAYBE 5 OR SO IN LAWN CHAIRS). AS I APPROACHED VEHICLE TO RETRIVE COOLER OUT OF THE REAR,I NOTICED IT ROLLING TOWARD ME I RAN UP THE HILL ( MAYBE 20 FEET OR SO) AND REACHED IN AND CRANKED STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT(AS WHEEL WAS NOT IN FULLY LOCK POSITION YET TILL I TURNED IT TO THE RIGHT) AND JEEP ROLLED INTO A TREE MISSING THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF IT AND ME.NOTE; HAD SOFT TOP AND SOFT DOORS OFF SO GRABING STEERING WHEEL WAS FAIRLY EASY ATHOUGH DID NOT GET MUCH TURN BEFORE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. UPON INSPECTION( AFTER HITTING TREE AND STOPPING) I NOTICED PARKING BRAKE WAS RELEASED!! UPON ENTERING THIS WEB SITE I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL # 02V041000 ON THIS VEHICLE. ON 2/11/2002 WHY HAVENT I BEEN NOTIFIED!!!! IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS I I WOULD NEVER HAVE PARKED ON THAT STEEP OF HILL TO BEGIN WITH!! HOW MANY PEOPLE IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE WE ARE NOTIFIED BY THE MFG!!( I TAKE IT MINE IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE AS THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ISSUED) I HOPE NONE OF THE OTHER CASES HAD MORE DIRE OUTCOMES! THANK-YOU DOUG BREWER. *AK

Crash

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

Fire

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN PARKED ON A HILL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE UNLOCKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL.*JB

FUEL VAPOR LINE BECAME DETACHED CAUSING FUEL LEAK IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXHAUST PIPE WHICH CREATED A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. I REPAIRED THIS DEFECT BY USING A CLAMP TO SECURE THE LINE BACK TO FUEL TANK. THERE ARE TWO OF THESE VAPOR LINES THAT ARE ON EACH END OF THE TANK AND THEY ARE NOT SECURED WITH CLAMPS FROM THE FACTORY. WITH THE AGING OF THE RUBBER VAPOR LINE IT CAN BECOME LOSE AND WHEN PRESSURE IN THE FUEL TANK INCREASES IT CAN CAUSE THE ONE OF THE LINES TO POP OFF. THIS RESULTS IN FUEL LEAKING AND CREATES A HAZARDOUS FIRE CONDITION SINCE THE EXHAUST PIPE RUNS NEXT TO THE TANK IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

Fire

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL IN REVERSE, ENGINE WAS OFF. SHIFTED LEVER AND IT POPPED INTO NEUTRAL, ROLLING BACKWARDS INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED AND TRANSMISSION WAS IN REVERSE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DISENGAGED AND TRANSMISSION CAME OUT OF REVERSE INTO NEUTRAL DURING THE ACCIDENT. *YH

Crash

THEY ARE SAYING THAT MY PARTICULAR JEEP IS NOT WITHIN THE RECALL, BUT MY JEEP IS IN THE SHOP AS WE SPEAK BECAUSE OF THIS BRAKE FAILURE.

Crash

PARKING BRAKE HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY LEADING TO A ROLLING ACCIDENT IN 12/2001. NO OTHER ROLL-A-WAYS LEAD TO ACCIDENTS, BUT DID ON SEVERAL OCCASION LEAD TO MINOR DAMAGE. LOCAL DEALER AND FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES HAD NOTHING TO SAVE REGARDING REPAIRS OR LIABILITY. I PERSONALLY KNOW SEVERAL OTHER WRANGLER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE ASKED THE TO REPORT TO NHTSA DIRECTLY. PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED ON DEVELOPMENTS. THANKS NORM

Crash

AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET FUEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED, VEHICLE STARTED TO LEAK FUEL WHEN CONSUMER WOULD PUT TOO MUCH FUEL INSIDE GAS TANK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE ROTOR SEPARATED FROM THE HUB. LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY WAS EXPERIENCED.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULDN'T LOCK. DEALERSHIP ORDERED A NEW LATCH FOR DOOR. LATCH WAS THE WRONG PART. CURRENTLY, SHE COULDN'T OPEN THE DOOR AT ALL. THEN, THEY REPLACEDIT AGAIN, AND SHE COULD OPEN DOOR FROM OUTSIDE. THIRD TIME DOOR WAS COMPLETLY BROKEN. DOOR DIDN'T OPEN AT ALL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED IN 01/98 THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BEGAN GETTING NOISY AGAIN IN 99 EVENTUALLY THE MANIFOLD CRACK APPEARED.

FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT GASKET CRACKED CAUSING FUEL VAPOR LEAKS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 94 V 106 000; HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

FUEL GUAGE MISREADS AMOUNT OF FUEL IN VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

ENGINE STARTED TO SOUND LOUDER THAN NORMAL WHEN STARTING UP FROM A COLD START. NOTICED ENGINE WAS COVERED IN OIL. WHEN I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE MANIFOLD EXHAUST BOLT HAD FAILED AND THAT CAUSED MY PROBLEM. HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $300.00. THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE "TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN" FROM A JEEP WEBSITE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

EXACT SAME BRAKES RECALLED ON CHEROKEE NHTS CAMPAIGN ID 99V340000. *AK

THE JEEP WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND HAD WORKED OKAY THE DAY BEFORE. I STARTED ENGINE WITH CLUTCH DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE RAMMED FORWARD HITTING A DOOR IN THE GARAGE AND NARROWLY MISSING A GAS WATERHEATER. MECHANIC LATER SAID THE CLUTCH BEARING CRACKED (VERY RARE HE CLAIMS). THE CLUTCH WAS RUINED, THE FLYWHEEL AND THE TOTAL COST TO FIX WAS $1200.00. THE DOOR WILL COST $500. THE DANGER FROM HITTING THE WATER HEATER WAS EXTREME AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN A FIRE. AGAIN THE VEHICLE DROVE FORWARD WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED AND NO SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL (WHICH EVEN REPAIRMAN CONCEDES IS PROBABLE CONSIDERING THE STATE OF THE FLYWHEEL AND CLUTCH). THIS WAS THE SECOND CLUTCH IN THE VEHICLE AND ONLY HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT! *AK

Crash

STARTER FAILED TWO TIMES. *ET

WINDSHIELD GASKET FAILED. *ET

PLASTIC PART THAT HOLDS BELT BUCKLE IN PLACE IS DETERIORATING AND DOES NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN. *AK

RECALL 94V106000/ FUEL PUMP. HOWEVER, CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE RECALL NOTICE. MANUFACTURER INDICATED NO REPAIRS ON VEHICLE & IT WAS UNDER RECALL. CONTACTED DEALER & INFORMED REPAIRED. OWNER BROUGHT VEHICLE NEW & HAD NO REPAIRS FOR FUEL PUMP DONE.*AK

FRONT SEATBELTS WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE MACHENISM. CONSUMER HAS BROUGHT JEEP TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

CLUTCH PEDAL LINKAGE DETACHED AND CLUTCH WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. CLUTCH WAS THEN INOPERATIVE AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO NEARBY DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. IF THIS FAILURE HAD OCCURED IN TRAFFIC OR IN A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, SERIOUSLY BODILY INJURY COULD HAVE RESULTED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE OF THIS EXACT TYPE OF FAILURE ON MANY DIFFERENT YEARS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED ON THIS DEFECT. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 94V106000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 624/625 CONCERNING FUEL PUMP FAILURE. DEALER CORRECTED THE RECALL PROBLEM, CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL WAS CURRENTLY LEAKING FROM THE TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK