1998 Jeep Wrangler

SINCE 1999 GAUGES DROPPED OFF INTERMITTENTLY , SOMETIMES WHEN HITTING A BUMP, OTHER TIMES ON ITS OWN. TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. SOMETIMES STOPPING AND RESTARTING ENGINE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. VERY SPORADIC WHEN IT HAPPENED. ALSO, LOSE MILEAGE INDICATOR. SEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS NOW FROM CONSUMERS, NOT TO MENTION AIR BAG NON-DEPLOYMENT COMPLAINTS. MULTIPLE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS KNEW THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE?? WILL MY AIRBAG WORK? I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE TO FIND OUT!!*AK

I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 3 CAR LENGTHS AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE ALREADY STOPPED AT THE LIGHT I BEGAN BRAKING AND HEARD A NOISE UNDER THE FLOOR BOARD AND WHILE PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE AT ALL. I LIFTED THE BRAKE PEDAL FROM THE FLOOR AND REAPPLIED IT AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP UNTIL IT RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO IDLE UP REALLY HIGH AS IF IT WERE TRYING TO DRIVE ITSELF. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK PEDAL AND AFTER I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND PULLED THE EMERGENCY BREAK THE VEHICLE STOPPED IDLING UP HIGH. *NM

MY GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD CONSISTENTLY GO TO "0" WHILE DRIVING MY 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. MY SPEEDOMETER,TACHOMETER, BATTERY STATUS, OIL, AND ENGINE TEMP ALL GO TO THE LEFT AND THE RED AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. THIS ESPECIALLY OCCURS WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING, WHEN I NEED GAS, OR IF MY AIR BAG WILL DEPLOY IN MY FACE OR IF IT WILL DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OTHER REPORTS CONCERNING THIS SAME ISSUE THAT IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE GOVERNMENT OR JEEP/CHRYSLER TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TACHOMETER SHOWED NO READING. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN MOTION FOR THE PROBLEM TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE PROBLEM MAY BE RELATED TO THE CLOCK SPRING, ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A LOCAL DEALER. THE TURN SIGANL WOULD NOT CNACEL, THE DEALER REPALCED THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. UYPDATED 03/28/06. *JB

WHEN COLD OR DAMP OR RAINING AND WITH LIGHT THROTTLE THE ENGINE STUMBLES/SHUTS OFF. THE TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER REGISTER NOTHING. THIS IS VERY FRIGHTENING WHEN AMIDST HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 55 OR 65 MPH. I SEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND OTHER INSTANCES OF THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL??? AND NO CURE??? FOR THIS VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. *NM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH DRIVER FELT THE ENGINE RUNNING REAL ROUGH AND MAKING NOISE. DRIVER PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS.*AK THE FUEL PUMP HAD ONLY BEEN ON THE VEHICLE FOR 3 WEEK WHEN IT FAILED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES NAPA IS MANUFACTURING FAULTY FUEL PUMPS. *NM

DT: NO REAR BRAKES AND THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE TROUBLE TAKES PLACE MOSTLY WHEN IT SNOWS OR WHEN IT IS SLIPPERY. THE BACK BRAKES HAVE NEVER WORKED. DEALER CHANGED EVERYTHING IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM, EXCEPT THE MASTER CYLINDER. INSPECTOR FROM JEEP CAME ,. AND WORKED ON IT. THEN, THEY SAID THE NATURE OF THE BEAST WAS NOT TO HAVE ANY REAR BRAKES. PARTS THAT WERE CHANGED INCLUDED THREE SETS OF BRAKE SHOES/TWO REAR BRAKE DRUMS/TWO SETS OF REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS, PROPORTIONAL VALVE/ABS COMPUTER FOR BRAKE SYSTEM, AND TWO BRAKE LINES.*AK