10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
64,270 miles

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problem #1

Oct 242007

Wrangler 4WD 6-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 64,270 miles
2003 Jeep Wrangler tj, the contact points for the 3rd brake light are open to the cargo compartment. Had a hockey stick blade (made of fiberglass) touch these contacts and catch the stick and the carpet on fire while driving. Noticed burning smell when sitting at a stop light, thought it was from another vehicle, pulled away from intersection, looked in back and there was a fire inside the right rear corner.

- Owings Mills, MD, USA

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