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Jeep Wrangler 1997 Problems

Are you having problems with your 1997 Jeep Wrangler? Let our team of motoring experts keep you up to date with all of the latest 1997 Jeep Wrangler issues & faults. We have gathered all of the most frequently asked questions and problems relating to the 1997 Jeep Wrangler in one spot to help you decide if it's a smart buy.

Used Jeep Wrangler review: 1996-2014
Today's Jeep Wrangler can trace its ancestry directly back to the famed World War II Jeep, "the car that won a war". Obviously there have been improvements and refinements over the years, but these have been done with an eye on the heritage. Wrangler is a real off-road vehicle, a vanishing commodity in these days of
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Milky problem also in Wrangler

Good tip for anyone with milky windows in their soft tops.

Up in the air

IT'S hard to say the airbags should have deployed without knowing more about the crash, but my feeling is they probably wouldn't have at that speed. Deployment is a last resort in a crash that would otherwise be life-threatening. At 40km/h the impact would probably have been absorbed by the crumple zones. It was probably low impact, even though the Jeep sustained a lot of damage.

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