2018 Jeep Wrangler complaints

STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH. I AM UNABLE TO TURN AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN FORCED OFF THE ROAD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN THE HIGHWAY CURVES, AND I CANNOT TURN TO MEET IT. STEERING ABILITIES RETURN WHEN I LET UP OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND SPEED DROPS BACK UNDER 50MPH. ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT MOST OF THE TIME, BUT IS COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WHEN TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW 40 DEGREES.

BOUGHT JEEP WRANGLER JL NEW JUNE 2018. BEGINNING END OF DECEMBER 2018, NOTICED SIGNIFICANT SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP. HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 40 MPH TO STOP THE SHIMMY. HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN THREE TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP. REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER. THIS HAS NOT HELPED THE PROBLEM. JEEP CONTINUES TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT WOBBLE AFTER HITTING BUMPS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED HIT BUMP MY TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY THAT I HAVE TO SLAM BREAKS JUST TO GET TRUNK UNDER CONTROL THIS IS KNOWN IN THE JEEP FORUMS AS THE DEATH SHAKE THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE ALONG WITH ENTIRE TRUCK .I HAVE HAD MY WRANGLER SERVICED TWICE ALREADY AND THEY PUT IN STEERING DAMPER IN THE FIRST TIME AND 1 MONTH LATER IT WAS DOING IT AGAIN THEN I BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED IT AGAIN THE DAMPER WAS BAD FROM FACTORY NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER ITS DOING IT AGAIN,

AT SPEEDS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR AND GREATER, WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE ENTIRE FRONT END VIOLENTLY VIBRATES CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER HOWEVER RESOLVES ITSELF AFTER HITTING ANOTHER BUMP, SLOWING DOWN OR AFTER A MINUTE OR SO. THIS OCCURS ON HIGH WAY DRIVING AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULTY TO SLOW DOWN. FIRST NOTICED EARLY AUGUST 2018 AND STILL PERSISTS TODAY. BEEN TO DEALER TWICE AND THEY FOUND NOTHING THE FIRST TIME SECOND TIME THEY SAY IT IS A STEERING DAMPER THAT HAS AIR BUBBLES IN IT. THEY HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND IT IS GETTING WORSE..

IF I RUN OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE FRONT SUSPENSION WILL START SHAKING AND MY STEERING WHEEL WILL FEEL COMPLETELY LOOSE. SOMETIMES IT CORRECTS ITSELF AND OTHER TIMES IT IS SUCH A VIOLENT SHAKE YOU HAVE TO REDUCE YOUR SPEED DOWN TO 40 MPH OR LESS UNTIL IT STOPS. ONE INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND AS I WAS MERGING IN I HIT A COUPLE OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IT STARTED TO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY THAT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL. THANKFULLY I WAS ONLY DOING 35 TO 40 MPH. IT WAS SO BAD THE PERSON BESIDE ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 15 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED. THEN IT WAS LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.

I HAVE A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT UNLIMITED WITH 7,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A VIOLENT SHAKING WHEN HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN A ROAD TRAVELING ANYWHERE FROM 45-70 MPH. THE VIOLENT SHAKING HAS BEEN SO BAD THAT I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THE ISSUE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND EVENTUALLY THE STEERING DAMPNER WAS REPLACED. MY DEALER IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF ORDERING AN AFTERMARKET PART TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL BUT THAT PIECE IS ON BACKORDER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE VIOLENT SHAKING CONTINUES AND I FEEL THAT IT IS GETTING WORSE AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN IN MY OPINION AS THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING THE SPEED LIMIT AT 60+ MPH. I HONESTLY DO NOT FEEL SAFE TRAVELING WITH MY YOUNG CHILDREN AND DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS MY DEALERSHIP IS TAKING OR THAT THE "FIX" THEY HAVE PLANNED WILL WORK.

I HAVE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWO TIMES FOR THE DEATH WOBBLE. ON HIGHWAYS, GOING 55+ IF MY CAR HITS AN UNEVEN SURFACE OR BUMP, THE CAR SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL I REDUCE MY SPEED. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME, BUT NOTICED ITS WHEN MY FOOT IS STILL ON THE GAS UPON HITTING THESE BUMPS. HORRIFYING - ESPECIALLY DRIVING WITH CHILDREN. PEOPLE DRIVING NEXT TO ME COULD SEE THE CAR DOING THIS AT ONE POINT

I HAVE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWO TIMES FOR THE DEATH WOBBLE. ON HIGHWAYS, GOING 55+ IF MY CAR HITS AN UNEVEN SURFACE OR BUMP, THE CAR SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL I REDUCE MY SPEED. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME, BUT NOTICED ITS WHEN MY FOOT IS STILL ON THE GAS UPON HITTING THESE BUMPS. HORRIFYING - ESPECIALLY DRIVING WITH CHILDREN. PEOPLE DRIVING NEXT TO ME COULD SEE THE CAR DOING THIS AT ONE POINT

VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WHEN HITTING A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEED (72MPH) SHAKING IS SO VIOLENT THAT HOLDING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. TO CORRECT THE ISSUE THE VEHICLE BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED WITH FORCE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE BY 30MPH OR MORE WITHIN SECONDS, RISKING A REAR END COLLISION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS VEHICLE HAS NO MODIFICATIONS, ALL PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ARE FACTORY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER WITH ISSUE CONTINUING. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING OFF AND ON SINCE APPROXIMATELY 10K MILES OF USE.

TRYING TO AVOID A LARGE DIRT CLUMP LEFT IN THE ROAD BY THE ROAD MAINTENENCE CREW I SWERVED TO THE LEFT AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND THE ESM/ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND THE JEEP TOOK OVER THE CAR I COULD NOT APPLY THE BRAKES OR CONTROL THE STEERING THE SPEED DID NOT DEMINISH AND THE VEHICLE CROSSED AN INTERSECTION ROLLING UP AN EMBANKMENT SO THAT THE FRONT OF THE JEEP WENT IN THE AIR AND CAME DOWN HARD CAUSING THE FRAME TO BREAK AND THE FRONT AXLE TO BEND. IF I COULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING I COULD HAVE TURNED IN THE DIRECTION I HAD INTENDED TO GO THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. JEEP IS NOW TRYING TO FIX THE CONTROL SYSTEM AFTER THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED. THE LIGHT REMAINED ON EVEN AFTER THE JEEP STOPPED. I SEE OTHERS HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. I HAD A 2012 RUBICON THAT HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM SO I TRADED OFF FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS ALSO CAUSE ME A BROKEN BACK. THE SEAT BELT WAS DEPLOYED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.I WAS ON A COUNTY ROAD AND WAS GOING TO TURN LEFT ONTO ANOTHER COUNTY ROAD BUT COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL.THESE ROADS ARE DIRT AND WERE JUST GRADED LEAVING LOOSE DIRT AND ICE WHICH WERE NOT THERE WHEN I HAD TRAVELED THIS ROAD ABOUT 2 HOURS EARLIER. I WAS IN TWO WHEEL DRIVE AND HAVE FOUNT BLOGS WHERE OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THAT YOU SHOULD TURN THE SYSTEM OFF ON DIRT ROADS.

!!! CAR CURRENTLY @ DEALERSHIP FOR 5TH TIME FOR SAME ISSUE !!! WHEN DRIVING @ HWY SPEEDS AND HIT A BUMP DIVOT OR POTHOLE THE ENTIRE JEEP VIOLENTLY VIBRATES SHAKES AND SWAYS FROM FRONT TO BACK. AFTER THE LATEST "FIX" NOW IT STILL VIBRATES SHAKES SWAYS AND NOW BOUNCES THE VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER LANE MY FAMILY & I NEARLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HWY ON SATURDAY 3/23/19. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES SINCE JANUARY 2019 FOR THEM TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND FCA/DEALERSHIP HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE. AFTER THIS LAST INCIDENT ON 3/23/19 I DON'T WANT MY FAMILY OR MYSELF IN THIS JEEP. I WAS VERY SCARY ON 3/23/19 BEING BOUNCED INTO ANOTHER LANE WITH OTHER CARS RIGHT BEHIND AND ALONG SIDE OF ME. IT WAS A WHITE KNUCKLE DRIVING EXPERIENCE I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. ITS DANGEROUS UNSAFE ALARMING & THREATENING TO ALL DRIVERS!

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE JEEP IN THE LANE. ALSO WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP THE FRONT END WOBBLES? WE HAD A TERRIBLE TIME TWO DAY'S AGO AS IT WAS WINDY. THE JEEP WOULD BE PUSHED LEFT AND THAN RIGHT AS THE WIND BLEW. IT WAS SCARY. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY CORRECTING AND MUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD 100 % OF THE TIME I WAS TRYING TO MAINTAIN 70 MPH

WIND NOICE IN CORNER OF PASSENGER SIDE AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TOPS. BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW 2/4/18 AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR LAST 45 DAYS TRYING TO FIX. NOICE IS WORSENS DEPENDING ON DIRECTION AND HOW STRONG THE WINDS ARE BLOWING.

IF I RUN OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD 50-75 MILES PER HOUR THE FRONT SUSPENSION WILL START SHAKING AND GROW TO A VIOLENT SHAKE IF YOU DONT REDUCE SPEED TO 40 OR LESS. 1 INCIDENT I WAS ON HIGHWAY AND IT STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY SO I HAD TO BREAK HEAVILY AND STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL WHILE PULLING OFF TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING FROM RUNNING INTO THE WIRE BARRIER.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AROUND 65 TO 70 MPH, CROSSING OVER BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 15 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES THE LAST TIME I ALMOST SIDESWIPED A TRACTOR TRAILER. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE NOW AND THE UPLOADED A PROGRAM THAT DIDNT DO ANYTHING. I WAS TOLD NO RECALL YET BUT OTHERS ARE POSTING SAME ISSUES IN FORUMS.

JEEP WRANGLER SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NEED TO SLOW DOWN PRECIPITOUSLY TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING. FOR INSTANCE HAVE TO SLOW FROM 65-70 TO 35. USUALLY DOES IT 2-3 TIMES EVERY TIME I'M ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY. HAD LOCAL MECHANIC LOOK INTO IT. HAVE NOT HAD IT TO DEALER YET.

HIT POTHOLE ON INTERSTATE TRAVELING 65 MPH AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE MOTION IN THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION TO THE POINT OF ALMOST LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. AFTER LOOKING AT VIDEOS ONLINE RELATED TO THIS THE EXPERIENCE IS BEING REFERRED TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" FOUND ON JEEP FORUM. THIS IS A STOCK JEEP NOT MODIFIED IN ANY WAY IN TERMS OF LARGER TIRES OR LIFTED SUSPENSION. THE PROBLEM SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVED WHEN I SLOWED TO AROUND 40 MPH. I WAS NOT TURNING OR CHANGING LANES AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED.

I WAS DRIVING AT 45 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT WENT OFF. WITHIN 1 MINUTE I LOST MY POWER STEERING, AND BRAKES. MY CAR LOCKED INTO GEAR AND I LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. AT THAT POINT THE CAR STARTED DINGING AND PROMPTING EVERY CODE IN THE CAR. SWAY BAR ENGAGEMENT, REAR ELECTRONICS, FUEL LOW, TIRE PRESSURE, CHANGE OIL.....I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERY ONE. WHEN I GOT MY CAR TO STOP I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF AND ALL OF THE FANS WERE BLOWING ON HIGH ALONG WITH THE MOTOR REEVING. I FINALLY GOT IT TO TURN OFF AND CALLED FOR A TOW. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THE CAR HAD THROWN OVER 100 CODES BUT NONE WERE ACTIVE. THEY KEPT MY JEEP FOR 10 DAYS AND TOLD ME THEY TOOK IT APART AND CHECKED EVERYTHING. I WAS TOLD BECAUSE NO ISSUES WERE CURRENT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM THOUGH.I PICKED IT UP AND NOT 8 MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED. THIS TIME HOWEVER I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE I WAS ALMOST HIT AND BECAUSE I HAD NO BRAKES OR POWER STEERING I ALMOST HIT A PERSON WALKING. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO AVOID ALL OF THAT AND GET PULLED OVER TO SAFETY. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AGAIN.

AT FIRST WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS IN COLD WEATHER THE STEERING WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY STIFF WHEN TURNING LEFT AND THEN IT WOULD LOOSEN UP QUICKLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE VERY BADLY. THE DEALERSHIP UPDATED THE STEERING MODEM AND IT STOPPED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS. THIS WEEK WHEN GOING STRAIGHT OVER A BRIDGE ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY (REFERRED TO AS DEATH WOBBLE) AND IT FELT LIKE THE TIRES WERE GOING TO FALL OFF. IT HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALERSHIP FOR 5 DAYS AND I STILL DON'T HAVE IT BACK YET.

STEERING SHIMMY/SHAKE/WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEED. STEERING DOES NOT RETURN TO STRAIGHT AFTER MAKING TURN. STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOOSE AND AND PLAY SO IT FEELS LIKE IT DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN TURNED. THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO JEEP FOR SERVICE AND REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT ISSUE. ANOTHER SERVICE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START JEEP, LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING COMES ON BUT WILL NOT START. IF LEFT ALONE FOR 10-30 MINUTES THEN TRY AGAIN IT STARTS UP. BATTERY AND STARTER ARE NOT THE ISSUE. A FORUM ABOUT THIS ISSUE DISCUSSES THE WIRING HARNESS FOR TRANSMISSION. JEEP IS NEW LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT.

MY 2018 WRANGLER WILL NOT GO STRAIGHT I NEED TO CORRECT ALL THE TIME. IF I LOOK OFF TO MY SIDE MIRRORS OR MY INSTRUMENTS WHEN I LOOK BACK TO THE ROAD I MUST CORRECT. IF THERE IS A WIND IT BECOMES A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I REQUESTED THE DEALER FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING SHOCK.THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HELP

JEEP VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN HITTING A ROAD IRREGULARITY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE WHEEL WOBBLING STOPS ONLY WHEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING SPEEDS. REDUCING AT THAT RATE OF SPEED CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD 4 STEERING DAMPENERS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. HAVING OWNED MULTIPLE JEEPS, I NEVER EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE DEATH WOBBLE ON A BRAND NEW STOCK VEHICLE. THE DEALER IS WAITING FOR A TRACK BAR AND NEW STABILIZER TO INSTALL. I AM NOT CONFIDENT IN THEIR ABILITY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITHOUT AFTERMARKET PARTS. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. JEEP LOOKS AT THIS AS AN EXAGGERATED ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN QUOTED SAYING NO ONE HAS DIED FROM DEATH WOBBLE. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE DIES FOR IT TO BE A REAL SAFETY ISSUE?

I LEASED MY WRANGLER OCTOBER 28 2018. WITHIN TWO WEEKS I GOT WHAT IS CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' THE STEERING SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE FRONT TIRES SHAKE SIDE TO SIDE WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP GOING OVER 50MPH. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER. AFTER WAITING OVER TWO WEEKS STEERING DAMPER WAS REPLACED. TWO MONTHS LATER SAME ISSUE. TOOK BACK TO DEALER NEW STEERING DAMPER PUT ON ALONG WITH WHAT THEY SAID WAS 'OTHER ISSUES ' I NOW KNOW THEY ALSO REPLACED THE TRACK BAR. TWO WEEKS LATER SAME ISSUE. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER WHOM I HEARD DELT WITH THIS MORE. THEY AGAIN REPLACED THE TRACK BAR. TWO DAYS LATER SAME ISSUE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THEY SAY IT DOESN'T FALL IN THE LEMON LAW. I HAVE NO ANSWERS AND AM FORCED TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE UNDER 45MPH. I HAVE NO ANSWERS AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

WINDSHIELD CRACKS AND CHIPS EASILY SMALL ROCK CHIP SPREAD TO 10 INCHES WITHIN HOURS OF IMPACT VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 175 MILES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ONTO A BRIDGE, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. AFTER REDUCING THE SPEED TO 40 MPH, THE SHAKING AND VIBRATION CEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALKER JEEP CHRYSLER (102 ORCHARD PARK RD, HURRICANE, WV) WHERE A SUSPENSION DAMPER WAS INSTALLED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT SUSPENSION DAMPERS WERE INSTALLED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

IN SNOWY CONDITIONS LED HEADLIGHTS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED CAUSING NEAR COMPLETE LOSS OF VISIBILITY. VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED AND HEADLIGHTS MANUALLY CLEARED BEFORE PROCEEDING. THE SNOW ON THE HEADLIGHTS CAUSES A WHITE-OUT TYPE CONDITION WHERE EVEN THE IMMEDIATE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS NOT VISIBLE. FORTUNATELY WE WERE DRIVING ON A LOW TRAFFIC ROAD AT THE TIME. HIGHWAY SITUATIONS WOULD BE DEADLY. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN DARK, SNOWY CONDITIONS, WHICH OCCUR FREQUENTLY IN MAINE. THIS ISSUE WAS REPORTED TO CHRYSLER-JEEP IN JANUARY AND THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY RESOLUTION.

"DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN TRAVELLING AT 65 MPH OR FASTER AND HIT BUMPS OR IRREGULARITIES IN THE THE ROAD. THE WHOLE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SLOWED TO LESS THAN 30 MPH.

SEVERE WOBBLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS USUALLY AFTER HITTING BUMP OR UNEVEN PAVEMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PREFERRED CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF MUSKEGON (3146 HENRY ST, MUSKEGON, MI 49441, (877) 565-0628), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE DAMPER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

STEERING LOCKED-UP WHILE DRIVING - STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN TO THE LEFT PAST APPROXIMATELY 11:00 GOING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH. STEERING RETURNED WHEN SPEED DROPPED BELOW APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH BUT CONTINUED TO FREEZE AND FREE FOR APPROXIMATELY THE NEXT 0.5 MILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO REGAIN CONTROL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOHNSON DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (481 US-46, BUDD LAKE, NJ 07828, (908) 850-8700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING STABILIZER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED A THIRD TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

TAKATA RECALL I PURCHASED A 2018 JEEP SAHARA WITH 18 MILES ON IT AND HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE SHOP 2 TIMES FOR DEATH WOBBLE. IT STILL HAS THE ISSUE AND ITS GETTING WORSE. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO HAVE NO ANSWERS ON HOW TO FIX IT. THE LAST ISSUE MADE ME SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 20MPH ON THE HIGHWAY NEARLY RESULTING IN A REAR ENDING ACCIDENT.

GOING AROUND A GRADUAL LEFT TURN AT 40-50 MPH, STEERING LOCKED UP AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN AT ALL, NOT MATTER HOW MUCH EFFORT.

WOBBLE AFTER HITTING BUMP, EXPANSION JOINT, OR POT HOLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

AFTER HITTING SOME MINOR POT-HOLES ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE GOING 55-60 MPH , THE FRONT END OF MY JEEP BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY , MAKING IT HARD TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE . I HAD TO COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP TO REGAIN CONTROL , THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE , WITH THE DEALER CHANGING THE STEERING STABILIZER BOTH TIMES . THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO , THIS TIME IT OCCURRED ON 03/08/2019

I HAVE A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER JL AND SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK IN JULY 2018, THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST 10 TIMES DURING WHICH I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR WHERE I WILL HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT HAPPENED 2 TIMES TODAY DURING A 2 HOUR DRIVE. IT CAN LAST FOR OVER A MINUTE AND I NEED TO SLOW DOWN CONSIDERABLY TO GET IT TO STOP.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 60-65MPH, IN 30 DEGREE WEATHER AND ON THE HIGHWAY, I WAS COMING AROUND A BEND AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP. I COULD NOT TURN MY STEERING WHEEL AND ALMOST COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER AND WAS HEADING STRAIGHT INTO THE MEDIAN. AFTER PULLING ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND SLOWING DOWN, THE STEERING THEN LOOSEND AND MY CAR SWERVED ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN THE NEXT LANE OVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 2 OTHER SEPARATE OCCASIONS BESIDES THE ONE JUST EXPLAINED. I'M VERY CONCERNED OVER THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. THE DEALERSHIP 'COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM' SO NO REPAIR WAS DONE. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP.

CAR WAS BROUGHT IN 3 TIMES FOR DEATH WOBBLE. FIRST COULD NOT REPLICATE, THEN PART WAS REPLACED WITH A PART REMOVED FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE AS THE REQUIRED PART WAS ON NATIONWIDE BACK-ORDER. THAT PART WAS DEFECTIVE, CAR WENT BACK IN THE SHOP AND WAITED FOR NEW PART TO COME IN. ON 3/6/19 THE DEATH WOBBLE REOCCURRED WITH MY VEHICLE. IT DOES NOT STOP UNTIL YOU REDUCE YOUR SPEED - DIFFICULT TO DO IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CURRENTLY HAVE NOT RECEIVED RESPONSE FROM DEALER TO BRING CAR BACK IN. THEY HAD FCA ENGINEER LOOK AT IT THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN AND WILL NOT SEND ME COPY OF THE DOCUMENTATION.

SINCE I BOUGHT MY JEEP WRANGLER JL, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE DEATH WOBBLE, SO THE DEALERSHIP HAS CHANGED THE STEERING DAMPER FOR THREE TIMES, BUT I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS, AND THEY JUST SAID THAT I HAVE TO WAIT FOR OTHER TIME TO CHANGE IT WITH AN AFTERMARKET PIECE. DRIVING THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE SPEED.

STEERING WHEEL WILL RANDOMLY LOCK AND NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO MAKE TURNS. ISSUE WILL OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR PARKED. I HAVE VIDEO OF THE VEHICLE TURNED ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN.

DEATH WOBBLE IF I HIT ANY LITTLE BUMP OR CREASE IN THE ROAD. I HAVE TO STOP THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY FOR IT TO STOP. ALSO IF I LET GO OF THE STEARING WHEEL, YHE VEHICLE VEARS OFF TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT.

DEATH WOBBLE. THE STEERING SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40MPH AND 70MPH. THE SHAKING OF THE STEERING SYSTEM CONTINUES UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SLOWED TO SPEEDS AROUND 40MPH AND BELOW, AT WHICH TIME THE SHAKING FADES UNTIL IT DISSIPATES COMPLETELY. THE SHAKING CANNOT ALWAYS BE ANTICIPATED AND CAN CAUSE PANIC WITH THE DRIVER, ESPECIALLY A DRIVER THAT HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED THE SHAKING BEFORE OR HAS NEVER DRIVEN THE VEHICLE BEFORE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE STEERING DAMPER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. THE VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ISSUE. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD DEEM THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER CROSSING AN UN-EVEN EXPANSION JOINT OR POTHOLE (STRAIGHT AND SWEEPING CURVES) THE FRONT END STARTS VIOLENTLY WOBBLING/SHAKING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE STEERING WHEEL. MY 2018 WRANGLER JL 2DR HAS ONLY 1,030 MILES ON IT AND IS BONE STOCK OTHER THAN MOPAR SIDE STEPS. THIS HAPPENED 5 TIMES ON A 60 MILE DRIVE.

2 WEEKS AGO MY CHRYSLER ADVISED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AFTER I EXPERIENCED VIOLENT VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL WHEN HITTING A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70MPH. YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT ONLY 63MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. TAKING IT BACK AGAIN TO HAVE IT EVALUATED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 4400 MILES ON IT.

TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL, DEAD ZONE BETWEEN 11:00 AND 1:00. HAVE TO DRIVE WITH TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL AT ALL TIMES TO KEEP IT IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND FEELS DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALERSHIP SAYS COLUMN FLASH IS UP TO DATE AND IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. IF THAT INDEED IS THE CASE, THEN IT'S A BAD DESIGN. BEEN WAITING 8 MONTHS TO HEAR OF A FIX BUT NOTHING AS OF 3/07/2019.

I HAD THE JEEP IN FOR SERVICE, THE FRONT END WOBBLED VIOLENTLY AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP THE JEEP GOING STRAIGHT IN THE LANE WITH ONE HAND, TWO HANDS MUST BE USED! THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A NEW STABILIZER SHOCK TO TAKE CARE OF THE THE FRONT END WOBBLE WHICH SEEMS TO OF HELPED. WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55 MILES AN HOUR I CAN STILL FEEL THE WOBBLE BUT ITS DAMPENED BY THE SHOCK. THE DEALERSHIP FLASHED THE ECM WITH AN UPDATE FOR THE STEERING, BUT IN MY OPINION IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I SEE THIS SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER JEEPS ALL OVER THE INTERNET, AND HAVE ALSO DRIVEN OTHER 2018 JEEP WRANGLERS AT OTHER DEALERSHIPS AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING WITH THE ELECTRIC ASSIST ON THE STEERING. I DON'T THINK THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE! I HAVE A 19 YEAR DAUGHTER WHO CANT UNDERSTAND WHY I DONT LET HER DRIVE THE VEHICLE! TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOUR DAUGHTER WHO THINKS LOVES THE VEHICLE. I DO HAVE A REF# 11164329

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, APPROX 70 MPH, AND HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING COLUMN AND INTERIOR OF THE CAR SHOOK VIOLENTLY. (DEATH WOBBLE). I HAD TO SLOW DOWN RATHER QUICKLY AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME,. THIS HAPPENED PRIOR AND WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY THE REPLACED A PART, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND I TOLD HER IT'S JUST A JEEP AND THAT IS HOW THEY RIDE OVER BUMPS, BUT AFTER IT HAPPENED TO ME, I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT WAS WHAT SHE FELT THE FIRST TIME! WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WE ARE NOT SURE IT WILL EVER BE FIXED PROPERLY. SHE DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN

A VERY EXTREME VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL OCCURS AT CERTAIN TIMES WHEN AN UNEVEN ROAD IS ENCOUNTERED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALSO KNOWN AS DEATH WOBBLE. THE STEERING DAMPER WAS REPLACED AND DOES NOT SOLVE THIS ISSUE. THE VEHICLE MUST BE PULLED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND A COMPLETE STOP MUST OCCUR BEFORE CONTINUING ON. UNTIL THIS PROSES HAS BEEN COMPLETED IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS LOOSING CONTROL BY THE OPERATOR. THIS USUALLY OCCURS AT A SPEED OF 45 MILES AN HOUR ON UP.

THERE IS A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. ALSO WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MINOR BUMPS MAKE THE CAR JART IN EITHER DIRECTION AND WHEN LARGER BUMPS ARE HIT THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY BACK AND FOURTH UNTIL I SLOW DOWN. MY WIFE STATED THAT SHE LOOKED IN HER REARVIEW MIRROR AS I WAS FOLLOWING HE AND SHE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THE WHEELS WERE WOBBLING . THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP WAITING TO BE REPAIRED. THEY SAID THE STEERING DAMPNER NEEDED REPLACE, BUT FROM WHAT I READ THAT WILL JUST MASK THE PROBLEM FOR NOW