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Jeep WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 fuel problems

223 complaint narratives mention fuel terms.

Key facts

1,366 owner complaints analyzed

1 distinct recall campaigns

40,000 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 2007 to 2009 model years. Data snapshot: . 1,234 complaints include usable failure mileage.

Fuel system concerns evidence

223 of 1,366 complaints match this topic (16.3%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.

Owner report 10194217 · 2007-06-26 (June 26, 2007)

JEEP 2007 WRANGLER, ENGINE STALL SATURDAY JUNE 23, 2007, SOME TIME AROUND 10:30 - 11:00 A.M. WHILE DRIVING THE JEEP ON FREEWAY AT 62 TO 63 MILES PER HOUR, WITH OUT WARNING ENGINE FELT LIKE IT CUT OUT, CAR THEN STARTED SLOWING DOWN, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE COMING ON, NOTICED TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER DROPPING OFF, DID NOT HAVE TO RESTART ENGINE CAME BACK TO LIFE ON ITS OWN, THEN THE DASH LIGHTS STARTED GOING OUT, WHAT SEEMED LIKE ONE BY ONE TILL THEY WERE ALL OFF, THIS ALL HAPPENED WITH IN SECONDS. CIRCUMSTANCES: 5,732 MILES ON ODOMETER, A…

Owner-reported narrative. 5,732 miles reported. Look up ODI 10194217 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10256482 · 2009-01-27 (January 27, 2009)

TWO MAIN PROBLEMS - THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACE ON MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER DUE TO OVER FLOW PROBLEMS, AFTER READING A FEW DISCUSSION BOARDS I NOTICED THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM. WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK THE AUTO SHUT OFF WOULD SIGNIFY THAT THE TANK WAS FULL, UPON PULLING THE NOZZLE ABOUT A PINT OF GAS WOULD BLOW BACK AT YOU. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP DID REPLACE THE TANK, BUT I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR DANGER AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. MY SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT THE JEEP WILL STALL FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SY…

Owner-reported narrative. 50,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10256482 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10289026 · 2009-10-19 (October 19, 2009)

I HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE MY GAS TANK HAS BEGUN SPEWING GAS OUT EVERYTIME I PUT GAS IN THE TANK. MY GRANDSON AND I WERE COVERED IN GAS WHILE WE WERE 4 TO 5 FEET AWAY. FROM INVESTIGATION MANY OTHER JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED 2007 JK OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT NEVER USE TO DO THIS AND SUDDENLY NOW IT HAPPENS EVERYTIME YOU GET FUEL. WE NEED HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 49,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10289026 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10289105 · 2009-10-20 (October 20, 2009)

I HAVE A JEEP JK WRANGLER 2007 UNLIMITED. I HAVE OWNED IT FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL NOW. I WAS FILLING MY GAS TANK AT MY REGULAR STATION AT MY REGULAR PUMP (I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN) AND WHEN THE TANK FILLED UP GAS BEGAN GUSHING OUT. I HAD TO MANUALLY SHUT OFF THE GAS NOZZLE AND GOT GAS ALL OVER ME. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC INCIDENT HAD A SPARK FLOWN FROM A CAR PASSING BY OR SOMEONE THROWN A CIGARETTE OUT THE WINDOW. I REALLY THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH SOME FORUMS I F…

Owner-reported narrative. 62,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10289105 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10289457 · 2009-10-23 (October 23, 2009)

THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY FOR PAST FOUR TIMES !!! GAS TANK IS NOT CUTTING OFF THE FUEL, AND OVERSPILLING GAS OUT OF THE NECK ONTO ME, JEEP AND GAS STATION FLOOR. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 13,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10289457 at NHTSA ↗