2008 Jeep Wrangler Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual is specific to the 2008 Jeep Wrangler with the 3.8L V6. It is matched to this exact model year, so the specifications and sequences are correct for your engine and trim.

Engines

• 3.8L V6 — 231 cu in, OHV

Trims

• Rubicon
• Sahara
• Unlimited Rubicon
• Unlimited Sahara
• Unlimited X
• X

Known issues on the 2008 Wrangler. Eight recalls are on federal record for this model year: a floor liner that can shift forward and impede the accelerator, a passenger-side frontal air bag inflator, a driver-side air bag circuit failure that can prevent the driver's frontal air bag from deploying, a tow bar that can fail and let a towed vehicle separate, two broken air bag clockspring circuits that can keep an air bag from deploying, automatic transmission fluid that can boil over onto a hot engine or exhaust component and cause a fire, and a brake fluid leak that can cause a partial loss of braking at the affected wheel. Owners have filed 1,252 complaints and Jeep has issued 49 technical service bulletins for the year.

From a routine service interval to a hard-to-trace wiring fault, this manual keeps you on the correct procedure and specification for your specific 2008 Wrangler.