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2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 electronic stability control (esc) problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X43% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
3%
share of all complaints
94,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Issues started with vehicle not able to start and inability to shift out of park. Battery would test good. After disconnecting battery, vehicle would start as usually. Issue began to escalate with oil light and esp light randomly lighting up on the dash. Finally, electronic throttle control and esp…

    filed Jun 15, 2019

  • Jeep has major electrical issues. Jeeps tipm module has caused the jeep to die while driving, experience lacking power, check engine light to go off and seems to brake itself. I replaced itnless than a year ago and now the dealership is saying it is going out again. Also having problems with pcm…

    filed Apr 26, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Electronic Stability Control (esc) problems in other Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 years

YearReportsShare
2009 Wrangler 4-DR 4X453%
2007 Wrangler 4-DR 4X4142%
Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 electronic stability control (esc) problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.