2018 Jeep Wrangler complaints

DEATH WOBBLE!!! MY BRAND NEW JEEP WITH ONLY 9400 MILES ON HER GOES INTO SUCH AN ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE WHEN ON HIGHWAY AFTER I HIT A BUMP. MY SPEED IS AT APPROX 65-70. DEALER TELLING ME NOT 'THEIR PROBLEM'

I BOUGHT THE JEEP OVER THE PHONE SO DID NOT DRIVE IT BEFORE PURCHASE. UPON TAKING DELIVERY I NOTICED IT SEEMED TO BE HARD TO KEEP IN MY LANE, BUT ATTRIBUTED THIS TO NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MORE I DROVE THE VEHICLE I REALIZED IT WAS NOT NORMAL. IT WANDERS OR DRIFTS AND IS VERY HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP IN MY LANE. I TOOK TO THE JEEP DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL. I DID SOME ON LINE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY OWNERS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE DEALER HERE ACKNOWLEDGES THEY ARE HAVING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS BUT NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY HAD ME TAKE IT BACK TO CHECK TIGHTNESS OF STEERING COMPONENTS AND ALIGN THE FRONT END. THIS DID NOT HELP AT ALL. CONTACTED JEEP AGAIN AND WAS TOLD SOMEONE WOULD BE CALLING ME BACK. NO ONE DID. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IF YOU LOOK AT COMPLAINTS ONLINE YOU WILL SOON DISCOVER THAT JEEP IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT DOING NOTHING. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. I, MANY TIMES HAVE DRIFTED INTO THE LANE NEXT TO ME AND THERE IS SO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING THAT IT IS HARD TO CORRECT. WHEN I GO OVER A NARROW BRIDGE A TRY TO STAY AS FAR FROM SIDE OF BRIDGE TO AVOID HITTING THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. I HAVE HAD MANY OTHERS DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO VERIFY WHAT I AM SAYING AND EVERY PERSON HAS HAD AN ALARMED RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND JEEP KNOWS IT.

'DEATH WOBBLE' THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I AM OVER 70MPH AND HIT A BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO LOSE CONTROL AND HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO GET THIS TO CORRECT ITSELF. THIS NEEDS FIXED.

'DEATH WOBBLE' EXPERIENCED AGAIN. TRAVELING OVER 70MPH ON THE PA TURNPIKE AND HIT A SMALL BUMP WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE RODE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE A STOCK 2018 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA. I HAD A STOCK 2015 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA PRIOR TO THIS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND WOBBLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO REED CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM HYUNDAI (888-459-1976, LOCATED AT 3100 S, US-169, ST JOSEPH, MO 64503) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,800.

I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 6,000 MILES ON MY BRAND NEW 2018 JL WRANGLER RUBICON THAT HAS THE MOPAR FACTORY 2" LIFT, INSTALLED BY THE DEALER. THE MOPAR LIFT WAS INSTALLED APPROPRIATELY, BUT YET THE SPRINGS ARE CURVED, BENT, AND NOT STRAIGHT. CHRYSLER PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT THIS IS NORMAL, AS BASICALLY ALL MOPAR LIFT INSTALLED ON THE NEW JL WRANGLER HAS BENT SPRINGS. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE NOW MY BRAND NEW JL WRANGLER HAS DEATH WOBBLE. IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE THAT HAS DEATH WOBBLE, YOU WOULD KNOW WHY THEY CALL IT DEATH WOBBLE. AT VARYING SPEEDS, MOSTLY IN THE 35 TO 45MPH RANGE, A SMALL BUMP ON THE ROAD CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE TIRES TO VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY GO BACK AND FORTH. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS IS TO BRAKE AND SLOW DOWN QUICKLY. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF SOMEONE IN FRONT OF YOU BRAKES SUDDENLY, IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX THE LIFT AS THEY SAY CURVED SPRINGS ARE NORMAL. THEY DIAGNOSED THE MAIN PROBLEM TO BE A STEERING STABILIZER, WHICH IS NO BACK ORDER. SO, A COMPANY MAKES A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT PUTS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN DANGER, AND THEIR PART TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS ON BACK ORDER. THE STEERING STABILIZER, ACCORDING TO MECHANICS IS A BAND AID FIX AND REALLY DOESN'T FIX THE MAIN PROBLEM. EVEN THE "JEEP GUY" AT THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT IT ISN'T A STEERING STABILIZER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 50-75 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD VIOLENTLY WOBBLE AND SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (ROBERT LOEHR JEEP, 567 E. MAIN ST. CARTERSVILLE, GA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROL ARM WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND YOU HIT A BUMP THE JEEP WILL INTERMITTENTLY BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SLOW DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP.

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MPH, THE JEEP IS VERY LOOSE STEERING AND REQUIRES CONSTANT ADJUSTMENT TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. THIS IS MY 9TH JEEP WRANGLER AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE THAT EXHAUSTED ME SO MUCH TO DRIVE IT. IT IS TOTALLY STOCK WITH 4000 MILES ON IT. WISH I STILL HAD MY JK.

THE COMBINATION OF THE SHAPE OF THE HEADLIGHT CUP, COMBINED WITH THE LED HEADLIGHT OPTION, CAUSES SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AND COMPLETELY BLOCK OUT ANY LIGHT PRODUCED FROM THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE ROAD. THIS WILL OCCUR, WHENEVER THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW, AND THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR RESTING.

I HAVE A NEW JEEP WRANGLER JL. I JUST RECENTLY HAVE NOTICED THAT A HIGH SPEEDS 55 AND ABOVE THAT MY VEHICLE WOBBLES AND WONT HOLD A STRAIGHT LINE. ALSO WHEN I HIT A BUMP MY STEERING WHEEL MOVES FROM RIGHT TO LEFT OR LEFT TO RIGHT IN A SHAKING MOTION

DRIVING AT 60 MPH IN THE INTERSTATE I-79, AFTER GOING THROUGH A SMALL ROAD BUMP, SEVERE SHAKING OF THE STEERING SYSTEM TOOK PLACE (STEERING WHEEL AND WHOLE VEHICLE), WHICH ONLY WENT AWAY BY SLOWLY BRAKING DOWN TO REDUCE THE SPPED. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 7,500 MILES ONLY AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED WOBBLE STEERING, 3 TIMES IN SIMILAR CONDIIONS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH. EACH TIME I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT STRAIGHT LINE.

I HAVE HAD THE "DEATH WOBBLE" SINCE MAY. I'VE GONE THROUGH 3 STABILIZERS, ALL ON MY DIME, BECAUSE MY ORIGINAL STABILIZER WAS DAMAGED. HAVE TAKEN MY JEEP TO TWO DEALERS AND TWO OFFROAD SHOPS. THE OFFROAD SHOPS INSIST NOTHING IS WRONG WITH MY LIFT, AND IT'S AN FCA ISSUE. DEALER DOES NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE LIFT, AND TELLS ME TO REPLACE STABILIZER. THE "ISSUE" IS CAUSING ME TO GO THROUGH MULTIPLE STABILIZERS AS THEY GO BAD ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT THE "DEATH WOBBLE"

MY 2018 JEEP WRANGLER JL EXPERIENCED THE JEEP "DEATH WOBBLE" ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH AFTER RUNNING OVER MINOR PAVEMENT IMPERFECTIONS. THE WOBBLE WAS SO SEVERE EACH TIME I HAD TO PULL OFF THE FREEWAY ONTO THE BERM AND COME TO A COMPLETE STANDSTILL FOR THE WOBBLE TO STOP. THE WOBBLE OCCURRED FOUR TIMES IN THREE DAYS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 03/30/2018. THE DEATH WOBBLE MANIFESTED IN EARLY OCTOBER, 2018. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WITHIN A WEEK. THE ONLY PROBLEM DISCOVERED WAS THE TIRES WERE ALL OUT OF BALANCE. THE DEALER BALANCED THE TIRES. TODAY IS NOVEMBER 20. SO FAR, THE DEATH WOBBLE HAS NOT REOCCURRED.

MY NEW WRANGLER JL, APPROXIMATELY 6500 MILES ON IT, IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED ON THESE NEW VEHICLES WITH THE "DEATH WOBBLE." THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND CROSSED OVER A BRIDGE. AS THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE BUMP WHERE THE BRIDGE MEETS THE PAVEMENT, THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I ASSUMED I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND STARTED TO PULL OVER. AS SOON AS MY CAR WENT BELOW 50 MPH, THE WOBBLE STOPPED. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY NOW, ALTHOUGH NOT EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS TODAY WHEN IT SHOOK AT ITS MOST VIOLENT PACE YET, AND I WAS ACTUALLY ONLY GOING ABOUT 55MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED. I BELIEVE IT IS GETTING WORSE. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, I WAS ON A THREE HOUR DRIVE AND IT ONLY HAPPENED TWICE. ON THE WAY BACK, IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES. SINCE THEN, IT FEELS LIKE IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I GET ON THE FREEWAY, AND USUALLY I'M ONLY ON THE FREEWAY FOR 5 MINUTES AT MOST. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE JUNE. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AT ALL UNTIL NOVEMBER 2ND AND NOW IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THE WOBBLE CAN BE VERY SIGNIFICANT AND THERE IS NO WAY THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SUSTAINING DAMAGE WITH THAT KIND OF WOBBLE, NOT TO MENTION IT SCARES ME WHEN IT HAPPENS AND I'M CLOSE TO OTHER CARS ON THE FREEWAY AT 65+MPH. WHEN I'M GOING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, SLOWING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IT IS NOT DRIVABLE FOR MORE THAN A FEW MOMENTS WHEN IT IS WOBBLING SO SIGNIFICANTLY, THE DRIVER HAS TO SLOW DOWN.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 2018 JEEP WRANGLER JLU HAS EXPERIENCED STEERING WOBBLE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60+ MPH AFTER HITTING A BUMP SUCH AS A BRIDGE JOINT. THE WOBBLE MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL SPEED IS REDUCED. MY JEEP IS UNMODIFIED AND HAS AROUND 3000 MILES ON IT.

VEHICLE EXHIBITS VAGUE, WANDERING STEERING. IT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS JITTERY UNDER CERTIAN CONDITIONS LIKE BUMPY ROADS WHILE PASSING TRUCKS. MORE ALARMING IS THE SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE THAT OCCURS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ON HIGHWAYS AND WILL NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL THE VEHICLE SPEED IS REDUCED DRASTICALLY TO AN UNSAFE SPEED FOR INTERSTATE TRAVEL.

WE BOUGHT THIS JEEP SUV IN MAY 2018 AND FROM THE ACQUISITION DATE WE NOTICED A PRONOUNCED AND DANGEROUS SHAKING OF THE WHEELS, STEERING WHEEL. AND BODY OF THE VEHICLE EVERY TIME A ROAD BUMP OR UNEVEN PAVEMENT IS ENCOUNTERED WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH AND ABOVE. FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP WE HAVE TO SLOW TO UNSAFE SPEEDS BELOW 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY.

IF I HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 70MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY UNTIL I HIT MY BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN UNDER THE MINIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR IT TO STOP SHAKING.

WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY OVER 70MPH I HIT A SMALL BUMP AND MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. IT FORCED ME TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL THE SHAKING STOPPED.

VEHICLE HITS SMALL BUMP IN ROAD (HAPPENS WHILE ON SIDE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS) AND STEERING WHEEL/TIRES BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. MUST SLOW VEHICLE SIGNIFICANTLY TO STOP SHAKING. FEELS AS THOUGH I HAVE A FLAT TIRE OR A TIRE IS ABOUT TO COME LOOSE.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, GOING OVER ANY BRIDGE TRANSITION OR SEAM RESULTS IN AN ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END THAT CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY SLOWING DOWN TO ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN HITTING THE SMALLEST OF BUMPS. DOES NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. STARTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PH. DO NOT RECALL HITTING ANY BUMP. BROUGHT IN TO DEALERSHIP 11/16 - THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ONLY HAS 10K MILES. HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES IN TOTAL.

MY JEEP WRANGLER IS BRAND NEW. BOUGHT IN SEPTEMBER 2018 AND DEFINITELY HAS THE DEATH WOBBLER. I HAVE READ OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WHERE GOING OVER AN ORDINARY BUMP AT 70MPH. GIVES YOU THE WOBBLE. ONE CANNOT TOTALLY AVOID THIS SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY IN TODAY'S TRAFFIC. IN MY OPINION THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A VEHICLE SO NEW. WITH REGULAR ISSUED TIRES AND NO LIFT OR ANYTHING. IT IS JUST AS I RECEIVED IT

AFTER READING THE ARTICLE ON USA TODAY ABOUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE" I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT THAT I EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING EVERYDAY ON MY MORNING COMMUTE. I TAKE 131 SOUTH IN GRAND RAPIDS AND IT HAPPENS AT THE SAME LOCATION EACH MORNING,.

IF I HIT A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE FRONT END BUMP VIOLENTLY UNTIL I REDUCE SPEED BELOW 40 MILES PER HOUR. AT THAT POINT THE SHAKING STOPS. DURING THIS SHAKING THE CAR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEEER OR CONTROL. MY JEEP IS NEW AND IT BEGAN AT 2000 MILES (MAYBE THE FIRST TIME I TRAVELED ON THE HIGHWAY) AND STILL OCCURS. I NOW HAVE 6000 MILES. THE TIRES ARE SET TO THE PROPER PRESSURE AND I HAVE NOT DONE ANY MODIFICATIONS.

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, ABOUT 70 MPH AND WENT OVER BUMP ON A BRIDGE. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND STOPPED AS I LET OFF THE GAS. I WENT OVER THE NEXT BRIDGE AND IT DID THE SAME THING. THIS IS THE 1ST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME , THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 5300 MILES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 70 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER WESTGATE JEEP (6421 OLD WESTGATE RD, RALEIGH, NC) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

DEATH WOBBLE. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AFTER HITTING A BUMP, USUALLY AT A LOWER SPEED. 30-60 MPH. SOMETIMES SLOWING DOWN IS REQUIRED TO STOP THE SHAKING. NOT SAFE.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS AROUND 70-75 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL HIT A BUMP AND THE STEERING AND JEEP WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY FOR 3-6 SECONDS OR UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS IS A LONG DISTANCE. DRIVING IS UNSAFE WHEN THIS OCCURS. ONE PLACE IN PARTICULAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IS A BRIDGE TRANSITION ON PELLISSIPPI PARKWAY THE BRIDGE TRANSITION IS ON AN UPHILL TURN AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE CORRECT PLACEMENT TO STAY IN THE LANE. THERE IS A BARRIER ON ONE SIDE AND TRAFFIC ON THE OTHER. THE STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING AND THE ENTIRE JEEP IS SHAKING. THE PROBLEM STARTED OCCURRING WITH 14,000 MILES ON THE JEEP

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (ABOUT 55MPH-70MPH) IF THE JEEP HITS A MINOR BUMP, IT WILL VIOLENTLY SHAKE. BOTH THE STEERING WHEEL, WHEELS AND THE ENTIRE CAR ARE AFFECTED. YOU CAN NOTICE THE VIOLENT SHAKING/VIBRATIONS FROM OUTSIDE THE CAR. THE ONLY WAY THE SHAKING STOPS IS BY SLOWING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR, WHICH IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND IS STOCK. NOTHING IS LIFTED OR MODIFIED.

WHEN DRIVING OUR NEW 2018 JEEP WRANGLER JL SPORT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHAT IS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT BEGAN AROUND THE 5,000 MILE RANGE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN WE HIT A POTHOLE, EXPANSION JOINT OR QUITE HONESTLY ANY ABNORMALITY IN THE ROAD AND THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 40 MPH OR HIGHER. JUST RECENTLY I WAS GOING 65 MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND CLIPPED A POTHOLE AND IT FELT LIKE MY JEEP WAS GOING TO FALL APART. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE WOBBLE IS TO APPLY THE BRAKES. WHEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT 65 MPH THE DANGERS ARE TREMENDOUS IN HAVING TO DO THIS. OUR JEEP IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE.

14000 MILES. PURCHASED IN MARCH. EXPERIENCING DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEEDS OVER 67MPH AND DRIVING OVER A POT HOLE, BRIDGE CONNECTION OR SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. HAS ALMOST CAUSED 2 ACCIDENTS. DEALER CANNOT DIAGNOSE BUT THINKS IT COULD BE STEERING STABILIZER, CAMBER, STEERING BOX. NO PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 2019.

MY JEEP IS SIX MONTHS OLD WITH APPROX 11100 MILES. RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 OR HIGHER, WHEN I HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY MY STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKES UNTIL I EASE OFF THE GAS AND/OR SLOW DOWN.

THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF COOLANT COMING FROM THE AC VENTS . ONE DAY WE SAW A PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE COME OUT OF THE AC VENT . AFTER THAT WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE HEATER CORE . THE STRONG SMELL OF COOLANT IS STILL PRESENT IN THE VENTS . THE SMELL IS ALWAYS THERE BUT GETS STRONGER AT TIMES , SO STRONG WE NEED TO ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN.

THIS WRANGLER CANNOT BE KEPT IN STRAIGHT PATH WHEN TRAVELING EITHER AT LOW OR HIGH SPEEDS. THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF "PLAY" IN THE STEERING WHEEL AMPLIFIED BY HIGHER WINDS AND CROSS TRAFFIC. THIS "WANDERING" REQUIRES CONSTANT STEERING CORRECTION RESULTING IN A CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING OVER 60 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR WHEN THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE ROAD SURFACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (AUTO WORLD CHRYSLER JEEP, 1370 AUTO CENTER DR, PETALUNA, CA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRES WERE FAULTY. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO THEN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING DAMPER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,800.

WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING APPEARS TO STOP WORKING AND THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL GETS HARDER TO TURN AND REQUIRES MORE EFFORT TO TURN THE WHEEL. THEN IT UNEXPECTEDLY GETS FREE OR LOOSE AND CAUSES THE OPERATOR TO SUDDENLY OVER CORRECT THE STEERING.

DROVE INTO THE GAS STATION, PUT MY JEEP IN PARK, PUT THE EMERGENCY BREAK ON, TURNED IT OFF AND PROCEEDED TO FILL UP THE TANK, I DID NOT TOP THE TANK OFF, GOT BACK IN MY JEEP STARTED IT BACK UP, ENGINE STARTED FINE, RELEASED EMERGENCY BREAK PUT JEEP IN DRIVE PUT FOOT ON GAS TO PROCEED OUT OF THE GAS STATION JEEP PULLED OUT OF THE GAS BAY AND I DROVE FORWARD SLOWLY, WHILE TURNING LEFT OUT OF THE BAY. I DROVE FORWARD WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS ABOUT 20 FEET. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE JEEP CAME TO A STOP AND SHUT OFF WHILE STILL IN DRIVE. I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN IT JUST REMAINED STATIONARY.. ALL ELECTRONICS STILL WORKED IN THE CAR. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED ON MY HAZARDS TURNED THE JEEP OFF AND THEN BACK ON, AND ENGINE WAS NOT STARTING. TURNED IT ON AND OFF 3 MORE TIMES AND FINALLY THE ENGINE STARTED BACK UP ON THE 4TH TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY. THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN, BUT I HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT OTHER THAN 20 MILES BACK HOME WHERE IT NOW IS SITTING WAITING TO GO TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP.

WHILE IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, A VIOLENT SHAKING OCCURS ON THE STOCK JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED ALL NEW JL 2018 WITH MINIMAL TRANSITION FROM PAVEMENT TO A DIFFERENT PAVEMENT OR BRIDGE TRANSITION. VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEELS LASTS FOR 15-20 SECONDS WHILE TRAVELING THE DISTANCE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD OR MORE. VERY HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND NOT HAVE A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. SAME ISSUE AS PRIOR JK MODEL COMPLAINTS OF THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES WITH UNDER 5,000 MILES ON THIS BRAND NEW VEHICLE. NO MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE TO THE JEEP. TIE ROD IN FRONT CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HAS A SLIGHT BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT WHEN MOVED BY HAND WHILE WHEELS ARE ALIGNED STRAIGHT FORWARD IN THE PARKED POSITION. OTHER SIDE DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME GIVE WHEN I TRIED TO SEE IF IT WOULD MOVE. ANOTHER PERSON ON THE JEEP WRANGLER FORUM ONLINE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE ON THE JL.

DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY TONIGHT, ABOUT 70 MPH. WENT TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE, BUT THE STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF'COULD BARELY MAKE THE LANE CHANGE. AS QUICK AS IT CAME, IT DISAPPEARED. THEN GOT STIFF AGAIN, THEN DISAPPEARED AND DID NOT RETURN FOR THE REST OF MY DRIVE. VERY VERY SCARY.

2018 JEEP JLU RUBICON. 11,000 MILES. STEERING HAS STARTED RANDOMLY LOCKING UP OR GETS VERY STIFF. ONLY HAPPENS FOR MAYBE A HALF SECOND OR SO AT A TIME. IF I DECREASE SPEED STEERING FUNCTION SEEMS TO RETURN TO NORMAL. OCCURS RANDOMLY AND I CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN JEEP IS WARMING UP FROM COLD AND AT SPEEDS AROUND 60MPH.

VEHICLE STEERING BINDS UP WHILST ENTERING A TURN. THE EFFECT IS SCARY AND ALARMING, IMAGINE DRIVING AND THE ROAD MAKES A TURN, YOU START TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO NAVIGATE THE TURN, BUT RATHER THAN EXECUTING A NICE SMOOTH TURN, THE STEERING IS UNRESPONSIVE. IN FACT THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT IS LOCKED AND WILL NOT MOVE CAUSING EXTREME STRESS, ANXIETY, AND THE FEAR THAT YOU WILL BE IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 6 OR MORE TIMES. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILST TURNING LEFT AND TURNING RIGHT. USUALLY OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS.

WAS DRIVING AT 9:30 AM ON ELDORADO PARKWAY IN FRISCO TX, OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS ~ 45 DEG F. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TO TURN LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS INCREDIBLY TIGHT AND I NEARLY DRIFTED INTO THE LANE TO THE RIGHT. I CONTACTED THE CLOSEST DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUE. LESS THAN 48 HOUR LATER THEY CONTACTED ME STATING THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN AND THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO CORRECT. ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND BULLETIN 08-092-18 THAT DESCRIBED THE ISSUE. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, I NO LONGER TRUST THIS VEHICLE.

WHEN TURNING ON CURVES STEERING WILL RANDOMLY LOCK AND THAN UNLOCK CAUSING OVER STEERING. ALSO WHEN GOING IN CURVES WITH BUMPS STEERING SHAKES UNCOMFORTABLE UNTIL YOU SLOW DONE. DOES NOT DO ALL THE TIME JUST RANDOM TIMES. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL ON FREEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ALSO WHEN STEERING LOCKED UP ON CURVE ALMOST WENT INTO DITCH THAN WHEN UNLOCKED ALMOST WENT INTO OTHER LANE I HAVE BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. BUT IT HAS DONE THIS AGAIN TO MY HUSBAND AND HE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO BOTH OF US.*DT CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD A STEERING PROBLEM. 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' UPDATED 12/13/18*JB

MOVING, INTERSTATE & EXTREMELY BUSY HIGHWAY. SOMETIMES IN A TURN, SOMETIMES GOING STRAIGHT. HIT A BUMP SUCH AS A HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE BRIDGE AND VEHICLE AND FRONT END SHAKE AND SHIMMY. REQUIRES YOU TO SLOW DOWN TO UNDER MINIMUM INTERSTATE SPEED FROM 70 +- TO 30 +- FOR SHAKING TO STOP. RADIO, MAKES A BUZZING SOUND AND RESETS TIME. IT SEEMS TO BE SHORTING OUT. RADIO ELECTRICAL ISSUE HAPPENS WHILE MOVING AND STATIONARY.

BOUGHT THE 2018 WRANGLER 4 MONTHS AGO. WITHOUT WARNING AT TIMES, STEERING WHEEL SEIZES/LOCKS UP WHEN NAVIGATING A LEFT CURVE IN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 40 MPH. LASTS 2-3 SECONDS AND YOU MUST BRAKE QUICKLY AND TO GAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WHEN IT LOCKS UP I CANNOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. CONTACTED DEALER AND MADE SERVICE APPOINTMENT AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT STEERING ISSUES BUT WILL LOOK AT IT.

THE FIRST DAY I PURCHASED THE JEEP THERE WAS OBVIOUS STEERING WHEEL PLAY AS I DROVE HOME ON THE FREEWAY. THREE WEEKS LATER THE STEERING IS STILL LOOSE AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE WILL BE A CRASH. AT 70 MILES PER HOUR IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE THAT THE STEERING SYSTEM HAS TOO MUCH PLAY. IT SEEMS THAT THERE MAY BE A SCREW(S) LOOSE ON THE STEERING SHAFT OR A PROBLEM IN THE STEERING GEARBOX ITSELF. WHILE DRIVING YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CORRECT THE STEERING DUE TO THE VEHICLE WANDERING FROM LANE-TO-LANE. THE SECOND PROBLEM OCCURRED TODAY AS THE DRIVERS SEAT BACK FAILS TO LOCK IN PLACE AFTER GETTING ITEMS OUT OF THE BACK SEAT AFTER LEAVING THE GROCERY STORE. THE SEAT BACK SIMPLY ROCKS BACK AND FORTH AS I ACCELERATE AND BRAKE. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WITH THE STRAP THAT ALLOWS THE SEAT TO BE TILTED. THIS STRAP AT THE BASE OF THE SEAT GOES INTO THE AIRBAG HOUSING FOR SIDE IMPACTS. THIS STRAP DOES NOT ENGAGE THE MECHANISM TO KEEP THE SEAT IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.

THE VEHICLE DRIFTS DEPENDING ON SPEED AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND DOES NOT ALIGN ITSELF. THIS IS CURRENTLY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. IN ADDITON, THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED BOTH THE START/STOP OR ECO MOOD NOT TO WORK AND CAUSES THE SCREEN TO FUNCTION SLOWLY IN A DELAYED MOTION.

THE VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD, FEELS LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING IN A WIND STORM. PLAY IN THE STEERING. WORSE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. STARTED FROM THE DAY I DROVE IT HOME, HAS BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS 4 TIMES, CANNOT FIIND ANYTHING WRONG. WAS TOLD ITS A JEEP THING. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A WEEK WORKING WITH CHRYSLER ENGINEERS.