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Problems with 2016 Jeep Wrangler STRUCTURE

On average, the 2016 Jeep Wrangler starts to “feel” problems with the STRUCTURE and its various aspects after 0 miles.

Components Affected by STRUCTURE Issues

We have classified the 1 complaints from 2016 Jeep Wrangler about STRUCTURE into the following categories.

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Recently reported STRUCTURE problems on 2016 Jeep Wrangler

Contact stated vehicle had not been driven for an extended period of time. week before, anti skid and the abs warning lights were on but shuts off. driving on a paved road when engine died. fire broke out instantly from the front right consuming entire vehicle. we had just left a dirt road onto the paved road, drove about 200-300 yards when the incident occurred.*dt*jb

My hood flutters at any speed above roughly 35mph. it flutters so bad that i believe the rubber straps are going to break which would cause the hood to open and block the windshield while driving. it is 100% worse when passing a tractor trailer or any type of bigger truck.

Hood latch failure - traveling on a 2 lane highway at posted speeds of 75 mph, as an 18 wheeler approached/passed and the rush of wind "hit" the vehicle, both exterior rubber hood latches as well as the internal metal hood latch failed, causing the hood to fly up, slamming against the windshield, shattering it and bending the hood over the top frame of the windshield, and the hood did not fall back down. thankfully the driver was able to control and slow down the vehicle and get safely off the road, then had to climb up to pull the hood off of the top frame of windshield frame. the force of this was so great it completely knocked the rear view mirror off of the windshield.

I drive a jeep wrangler that has 70000 miles on it. it is a 4 door vehicle and the mechanisms for the back doors no longer work. while sitting inside the car, i am unable to open the door. i did a bit of research and it seems that the mechanisms in these doors fail often as others report the same issue. a 2016 vehicle with doors that do not function is , on my mind, a safety issue. chrysler refuses to look into the matter or help in anyway because of the mileage on the vehicle. i hope no one is seriously injured or dies because the door will not open on one of these cars.

Every time it rains mysteriously water gets in through passenger side and floods floor, usually it is just passenger side front but there have been a couple times on driver side - other sites talk about other jeep wrangler drivers having this same problem- i went to auto parts and spoke to them and they said there are thousands of complaints on line and i am wondering why this is happening- i have had to take up my carpet because it kept getting wet- and the plugs are in the floor - i have to take them out to get water out .

My 2016 jeep wrangler unlimited was parked in an almost perfectly flat parking lot, locked, with no one in the vehicle. the emergency brake was not on. the keys were not in the vehicle. it began to roll away backwards over a hillside, about a 20 foot drop, into the middle of a busy roadway. the jeep landed on the back bumper/back door.

2016 jeep wrangler. consumer writes in regards to electric winch recall. *ld the consumer stated the in order to perform the recall the electric winch would have to be removed and reinstalled at the owner's expense. updated 09/14/2017*js

2016 jeep wrangler rubicon unlimited. prior to purchase, the traction light was on. not even 5 miles away from the dealership on the highway, the vehicle has extreme shaking of the steering wheel, the vehicle veers to the right without the steering wheel turning to the right, rear traction slippage, and a lit traction light on the dash. this happened on a dry, smooth, straight- stretch of highway (65-70mph) coming home from purchasing the vehicle. vehicle was taken to a dealership, where the dealership said the lit traction light was probably the problem and factory reset the vehicle and said the vehicle was perfect. 4 miles into the 7 mile drive home, everything recurred again merging right to take a right hand highway exit -ramp (~67mph, 185mi). prior to towing the vehicle to another dealership, it is noted that water is accumulating on the driver's side floor and keeps reappearing. the freedom top has been in original factory state and has not been removed and reinstalled. the battery was also dead at time of tow and need jumpstarted. the traction light was lit on the dash after the jumpstart. the failure mileage is 188 miles. *js

When the jeep is stopped and you want to get out of the front or rear door. at the door threshold when you step on the carpet it will collapse and give you about a 1-inch space which causes you to trip. i ask the service center and jeep about this issue and they said so what this is the way it was designed.

The freedom top leaks when it rains which causes water to leak into the radio, dashboard and on to the floor. i've had it serviced once and it continues to happen.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep wrangler. the contact stated that the rear passenger side door panel was extremely sharp and continuously injured the rear seat passenger upon exiting. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. the failure mileage was approximately 112. updated 01/05/2017*ct

Hard top leaks around the freedom panels everytime it rains causing the seats, floor and dashboard to get wet.

My wife noticed 'hood flutter' on our jeep right after we bought in and immediately found the 'rugged ridge hood catches' on amazon, ordered them (at a cost of $113.99 + tax to us) and had me install them, before we left las vegas for wisconsin to return home. we were going about 75mph traveling from colorado springs to las vegas, nv, on i-25 and i-40, and even though she is legally blind she could see the hood bouncing around. it seemed worse when traveling into a headwind, but was still noticeable with a crosswind. the problem seemed to be the rubber latches that are used to hold the jeeps hood down were stretching allowing the hood to move on our 2 day old jeep.

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