View Poll Results: Has your water pump failed?
Yes its has!
97
15.06%
No it has not.
530
82.30%
Whats a water pump?
17
2.64%
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Water pump poll.
JK Newbie
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 52
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From: Tucson, AZ
Funny you should ask. I have driven 17,000 miles in 8 months. Last week, I spied the dreaded red spots on my garage floor. Took my 2008 Red Wrangler Unlimited 4X4 to the dealer. Yep - failed water pump. To make matters worse, no dealer in the entire North Texas area, including the Jeep regional warehouse, had any water pumps in stock. So we had to special order/special deliver one from Detroit. Hopefully, it will arrive tomorrow (January 2) and be installed without any problems. Dealer said this is the first time he had had to deal with a failed water pump on a JK.
My observation - lack of parts availability is likely associated with Chrysler/Jeep's financial situation. I only hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
The service statement shows they replaced the pump. I only had 15000 miles on my unlimited at the time. my dealer said they have seen this on other Jeeps (I think it was a patriot?) but not on any wranglers until mine.
