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2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 140 complaints for the 2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4, 17% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
140 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
77,000 miles 126 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 77,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 24 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 40 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 28 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 9 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 77,000 miles
Based on 126 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles24
60k to 80k miles40
80k to 100k miles28
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles9
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 126 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 77,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving my 2008 jeep wrangler (4 door) estimated speed 45 MPH going through an intersection and another car pulled out in front of me to turn, I had no time to brake- hit his side/back of his car and then my jeep hit the traffic light pole. (head one) (the other driver was ticketed) needless to say, traveling at 45 MPH, hitting another car without braking and then hitting a pole that at least one of my airbags should have deployed- but neither one of them deployed.

Reported at 28,172 miles, June 2011 CrashInjury

The clock spring failed and now the airbag, horn, and cruise control does not work. It started with a clicking noise in the steering column when turning, then after a popping noise everything mentioned stopped working. After research there are a lot of people with the same exact issue but no recall has been issued.

Reported at 65,000 miles, February 2016

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