2004 Jeep Wrangler Electrical system Problems

“I drove my Jeep from home to work about twenty miles without any problems no warning lights or any visible problems. I shut it off went into work only to learn it had caught on fire about thirty minutes after being shut off ! The heater motor and glove box area is where the fire started. Fire department called it electrical? Contracted Jeep (chrysler) about any recall or TSB but was told there wasn't any! This seems to be a major problem common in a wide year range of wranglers.”

“I own a 2004 Jeep Wrangler with a 4.0 I-6 engine. Within the past 2 weeks, the vehicle has stalled on the highway 3 different times. The following applies to all 3 incidents... Once I got the vehicle over to the shoulder and stopped, the engine would not restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where the crankshaft position sensor was diagnosed as faulty and thus replaced. The crankshaft position sensor was replaced three times. All 3 incidents of failure have occurred at highway speeds. …”

“I took my 2004 Jeep grand cherokee back to the dealer brown's Jeep in medford ny because it would continuously stall and the yellow dashboard light would stay on. The problem began at approx 50,000 miles and the dealer new exactly what it was; a throttle sensor on a circuit board. The SUV would race and buck and was difficult to control. It seemed odd that they new what it was right away and happened to a relatively late model vehicle. And now I saw an article in the newspaper about the NHTSA investigating stalling of Jeep suvs. It cost me approx. …”

“Purchased a used 2004 Jeep Wrangler rubicon with 11000 miles on the odometer, after driving the vehicle for several months I noticed that the odometer seamed to be reading slow, so I had the odometer checked by a state trooper and found out that at 45 MPH I was only moving at 40 MPH. With further investigation I found that the tires and rims are not the right size for the vehicle. The tires that where on the Jeep when I purchased it are p225/75r15, the manufacturer recommends lt245/75r16, is this vehicle safe to drive? The dealership where I purchased the Jeep from refuses to make it right. …”

“Driving while dark, had smoke smell from inside cab. Driving in daylight later, and saw smoke coming from behind steering colomn. Smoke got much worse, endangered driving, and column started to get hot. Pulled over, and noticed the fog lights were still on despite the switch, and key being off. Pulled the fuse, and relay, then problem stopped. I removed the turn signal switch assembly, which also houses the head lights and fog light switches, and found the connector overheated, and shorted internally. While waiting for a replacement switch, the turn signals and flashers quit working. …”