2005 Jeep Wrangler Brakes Problems

“When the emergency/ parking brake is on the car will still roll. Very dangerous for anyone near it . Cannot park on any hill and must always park on flat surfaces or the Jeep will roll down the hill. This is how it has been an ongoing problem since I got the Jeep into 2005. Almost ran over one of my kids the other day because of this.”

“My 2005 Jeep Wrangler unlimited began having an intermittent squeak this summer. At the end of october the dealer informed me that the vehicle needs the brake pads and rotors replaced and that this item was not covered under warranty. The vehicle has only 26,000 miles and I have never had to replace brake pads this early in other vehicles I have owned. I called the chrysler customer care line and was told that they could do nothing about the problem.”

“Noticed car was pulling to one side. Then, I called dealer to report it. They looked at car and found nothing today, I was putting a tow hook on the rear end and noticed that brake fluid was leaking , not really bad but noticeable to anyone with eyes that can see a few inches in front of face. Driver's side rear drum was leaking size of dollar bill up to dollar size across give or take a half of one to fill in gaps. 2. Car pulled to one side hard when braking 3. …”

“My 2005 Jeep Wrangler purchased from moothart Jeep was experiencing an uncontrollable shaking at speeds between 30-40 MPH. I had to pull off the freeway to get it checked out. Mechanic told me it was a problem with the rotors. When I called the dealer to explain the problem, they dismissed the rotors as the cause and blamed my all-terrain tires (without even looking at the car) and stated that my warranty would not cover it because of these new tires. Car was towed to the dealership anyway and they blamed stabilizer. …”

“In aug of 2005 at 10,000 miles I noticed a shudder in the front end when stopping proceeded to the dealership and they said my rotors needed resurfacing which they did for free it was covered under warranty . Within a year it began again summer of 2006 with 35,000 miles total on the vehicle the rotors and pads had to be replaced as the shudder when stopping over 45 MPH began again my rotors were warped of course the warranty is no longer available after 12,000 miles. Now once again august 2007 I just had the rotors and pads replaced again at 60,000 miles .”