2019 Jeep Wrangler complaints

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WE HIT A BUMP OR ANY DEFORMITY ON THE ROAD THE JEEP WOULD START TO WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY IT STARTED SMALL AT FIRST BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORST AND WE ONLY HAD THE JEEP FOR 6 MONTHS MY WIFE IS REALLY SCARE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE CONTACT NEEDED TO REDUCE HIS SPEED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT CALLED SAFFORD CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT OF SPRINGFIELD (LOCATED AT 7611 LOISDALE RD, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150, (703) 866-1700) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,800.

FIRST NOTICED EXCESSIVE PLAY LEFT TO RIGHT ON STEERING WHEEL. UNABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT CONTINUOUSLY CORRECTING TO GO STRAIGHT ON ROADS N HIGHWAY. WHILE ON HIGHWAY COMING OVERPASS JEEP WENT RIGHT TO LEFT INTO A 'DEATH WOBBLE' I SLOWED DOWN, STARTED AGAIN IT CONTINUED. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND CONTINUED ON AT SLOWER SPEEDS.. AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER MIGHT HAVE LOST CONTROLLED N IT WOULD BE DEADLY. I DO NOT SEE ANY RECALL ON SITE. MANY HAVE POSTED ON JEEP SITES. NOW I HAVE EXPERIENCED AND PETRIFIED

LOOSE STEERING/"DEAD SPOT" CAUSES THERE TO BE PLAY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. THIS CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT PATH. EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALERSHIPS DESCRIBE THE VEHICLE AS "OPERATING AS DESIGNED"

STEERING: VEHICLE WANDERS AND STEERING IS LOOSE IN EFFORTS TO CORRECT DIRECTION. ANGLE OF ROAD SURFACE SUCH AS CROWN SOMETIMES RESULTS IN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION CHANGE TOWARD ANOTHER LANE AND THE SLOP IN THE STEERING ITSELF MAKES IT CHALLENGING TO CORRECT WITHOUT OVER-CORRECTION. IN TRAFFIC THIS RESULTS IN INTENSE EFFORT TO MAINTAIN POSITION WHICH RESULTS IN INCREASED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FATIGUE OVER RELATIVELY LONG DRIVES. THE STEERING SEEMS INCONSISTENT AS IT VARIES FROM MINIMALLY PROBLEMATIC TO A WHITE-KNUCKLE DRIVING EXPERIENCE. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS DUE TO ROAD CONDITION VERSUS STEERING COMPONENT. DEALER HAS PERFORMED THE V41 STEERING DAMPER RECALL WHICH IMPROVED ONLY EXCESSIVE WHEEL SHUDDER WHEN DRIVING OVER ROAD IMPERFECTIONS AND DID NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE WANDERING/LOOSENESS. THEY ALSO DID ADJUST ALIGNMENT WHICH THEY SAID WAS OFF SLIGHTLY. NO NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT FROM THAT. I HAVE ADVISED DEALER THAT THE REPAIR EFFORT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AND I WILL NOW HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK IN, BUT THEY TEND TO JUST PROVIDE THE ?IT?S A JEEP - THAT?S THE WAY THEY ARE? LINE. THE STEERING IN THE JEEP IS NOT TYPICAL AND I SEE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN FORUMS WHERE A SINGLE THREAD HAS HALF A MILLION VIEWS. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE.

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT AT LOW SPEEDS OR IN ONE LANE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. AFTER FOUR DAYS THEY RETURNED THE VEHICLE STATING ON PAPERWORK THAT IT WAS "AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE." VEHICLE CONTINUED TO WANDER EVEN WORSE AFTER FIX. THIS VEHICLE NOW FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

I AM EXPERIENCING THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT HAPPENED ONCE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEN NEARLY FIVE TIMES IN A 180 MILE DRIVE. EACH TIME NEARLY CAUSED AND ACCIDENT AND THE POTENTIAL COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS OCCURRED AT SEVEN SPEEDS RANGING FROM 55 TO 75 AND WHEN HITTING SMALL ROAD IMPERFECTIONS.

' DEATH WOBBLE' EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES IN THREE MONTHS. LASTED MANY SECONDS, NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE OR WAY TO REDUCE WOBBLE. ALL EPISODES EXPERIENCED AT HIGH SPEED FOLLOWING HITTING A BUMP. APPARENTLY EXPERIENCED BY OTHER OWNERS, DEALER NEVER MENTIONED ISSUE.

THE STEERING IN THE 2019 JEEP JL WRANGLER IS SO LOOSE AND WANDERS ACROSS THE LANES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAT IT HAS BECOME TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY. IT DOES NOT STAY CENTERED AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP STRAIGHT. IT REQUIRES SO MUCH CONCENTRATION TO WORK THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP IT IN THE LANE THAT IT'S JUST NOT WORTH THE DRIVE AND THE EXTREME STRESS.

THERE'S PLAY IN THE STEERING. VERY RISKY ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEED AND WINDING ROADS. TOO MUCH PLAY AND HARD TO MANAGE A STRAIGHT PATH. DANGEROUS!!!

DRIVING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY, JEEP LOST POWER STEERING, WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED BRAKES APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY. SHIFTER SERVICE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CAR WAS RESTARTED AFTER STRUGGLING TO GET TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. RESTARTED JEEP AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK TEMPORARILY BUT IT HAPPENED ABOUT 7 MILES DOWN ROAD THIS TIME THE SHIFTER LOCKED UP AFTER RESTART.

YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE MY WELDS ARE RUSTING, HAVE PITS IN THEM, AND THEIR IS EXCESS SLAG VISIBLE ON FRAME. I KNOW THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE, BUT WANTED TO REPORT MY CASE AS IT APPEARS TO BE WHAT IVE READ ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. VEHICLE IS ONLY 5 MONTHS OLD OFF THE DEALERS LOT.

STEERING WOBBLES AND DRIFTS VIOLENTLY AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A WATER LEAK UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE STEERING COLUMN THAT TWICE NOW THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX, ALL WIRING UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL IS WET AFTER A RAIN AS WELL AS PUDDLES OF WATER ON FLOOR MAT.THIS CAR IS A LEMON

JEEP ACCELERATION FROM A STOP IS INCONSISTENT. THIS CONCERN IS WORSE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A SLOW SPEED. UPON INITIALLY APPLYING LIGHT PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL, THERE IS NO RESPONSE, BUT THEN THE VEHICLE LURCHES AHEAD AGGRESSIVELY AND IN AN UNEXPECTED MANNER. THIS IS COUNTER-INTUITIVE AS THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ETORQUE, WHICH IS ELECTRONICALLY APPLIED TORQUE TO ASSIST ACCELERATION. THIS SYSTEM IS TO INSTANTLY APPLY TORQUE TO THE DRIVETRAIN VIA SECONDARY BATTERY POWER - BUT IF THAT WAS WORKING AS EXPECTED, ONE WOULD SEEMINGLY NOT EXPERIENCE THE INITIAL DELAY PRIOR TO THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE DELAYED AND THEN LURCHING ACCELERATION HAS RESULTED IN NEAR ACCIDENTS - IF DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE LURCHING RESULTS IN MY RAPID ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVERS AHEAD OF ME MAY BE STOPPING. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP OR SLOW ROLL, THE PAUSE RESULTS IN NEEDING TO SLOW OR STOP TO WAIT FOR A BETTER ENTRY OPPORTUNITY, BUT AT THAT SAME MOMENT, THE ACCELERATION KICKS IN. THIS IS NOT PERFORMANCE THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT AND IS A LESS THAN OPTIMAL SAFETY EXPERIENCE. I TOOK THE JEEP TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS 'THE TECH SAID HE DROVE A 2 DOOR 2.0 LITER OVER THE WEEKEND AND IT 'DID THE SAME THING', SO IT MUST BE NORMAL'. I STRESSED THAT NOT BEING AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO MY REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR. IN RESPONSE THEY 'FLASHED' THE SOFTWARE, BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE THE SAME IS

1. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING HAS ABOUT 2 INCHES OF FREE PLAY WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. IN OTHER WORDS THERE IS A DEAD SPOT FOR ABOUT TWO INCHES OF STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT. IN THAT DEAD SPOT, MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT CHANGE THE VEHICLE DIRECTION. 2. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL WANDER INTO OTHER LANES WHILE HOLDING THE STEERING WHEEL STEADILY IN ONE POSITION. 3. GOING OVER BUMPS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO UNEXPECTEDLY CHANGE DIRECTIONS. 4. MINOR UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES WILL CAUSE THE STEERING TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO SLOW DOWN. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED -- WHERE SLOWING DOWN IS QUITE DANGEROUS. 5. WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL IS ALWAYS TURNED SLIGHTLY LEFT. NOTE, THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME INCIDENT. THIS IS A CONSTANT AND CONSTANTLY STRESSFUL ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. I CAN REPRODUCE ALL OF THE ABOVE AT ANY TIME.

STEERING: VEHICLE WANDERS AND STEERING IS LOOSE IN EFFORTS TO CORRECT DIRECTION. ANGLE OF ROAD SURFACE SUCH AS CROWN SOMETIMES RESULTS IN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION CHANGE TOWARD ANOTHER LANE AND THE SLOP IN THE STEERING ITSELF MAKES IT CHALLENGING TO CORRECT WITHOUT OVER-CORRECTION. IN TRAFFIC THIS RESULTS IN INTENSE EFFORT TO MAINTAIN POSITION WHICH RESULTS IN INCREASED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FATIGUE OVER RELATIVELY LONG DRIVES. THE STEERING SEEMS INCONSISTENT AS IT VARIES FROM MINIMALLY PROBLEMATIC TO A WHITE-KNUCKLE DRIVING EXPERIENCE. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS DUE TO ROAD CONDITION VERSUS STEERING COMPONENT. DEALER HAS PERFORMED THE V41 STEERING DAMPER RECALL WHICH IMPROVED ONLY EXCESSIVE WHEEL SHUDDER WHEN DRIVING OVER ROAD IMPERFECTIONS AND DID NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE WANDERING/LOOSENESS. THEY ALSO DID ADJUST ALIGNMENT WHICH THEY SAID WAS OFF SLIGHTLY. NO NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT FROM THAT. I HAVE ADVISED DEALER THAT THE REPAIR EFFORT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AND I WILL NOW HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK IN, BUT THEY TEND TO JUST PROVIDE THE 'IT'S A JEEP - THAT'S THE WAY THEY ARE' LINE. THE STEERING IN THE JEEP IS NOT TYPICAL AND I SEE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN FORUMS WHERE A SINGLE THREAD HAS HALF A MILLION VIEWS. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE.

THE STEERING HAS SIGNIFICANT SLACK/PLAY WHICH CAUSES THE JEEP TO WANDER REQUIRING CONSTANT CORRECTIONS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AROUND TURNS BUT IS STILL EVIDENT AT LOW SPEEDS.

STEERING IS EXTREMELY LOOSE CAUSING EXCESSIVE STEERING CORRECTIONS AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN SAFETY. RECALL FOR STEERING DAMPER WAS PERFORMED BUT THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE LOOSE STEERING

LAST NIGHT WHILE DRIVING HOME MY JEEP WRANGLER WENT INTO FULL DEATHWOBBLE. I WAS COMING FROM THE I10 WEST TO THE I 19 SOUTH RAMP AT 50 MPH AND HIT THE BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT AND IT WENT. IT IS A CURVED RAMP OVER PASS AND THE JEEP ALMOST WENT COMPLETELY SIDEWAYS ON THE RAMP. THE JEEP IS TOTALLY STOCK AND HAS 2080 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER AT 1100 MILES FOR THIS SAME COMPLAINT. THEIR RESPONSE IS TO REPLACE A STEERING DAMPER, WHICH IS NOT IN STOCK AND WAS 8 TO 10 WEEKS OUT. EVERY JEEP FRONTEND TECH WILL TELL THAT A STEERING DAMPER IS A BAND AID. THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL ON THESE $55,000 JEEPS.

STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND CONSTANTLY WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. VEHICLE WILL NOT DRIVE STRAIGHT AND ALWAYS DRIFTS TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.

THE STEERING WHEEL HAS 1.5-2.5 INCHES OF PLAY, THIS MAKES IT VERY HARD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. IT IS REALLY BAD WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATES IN WINDY CONDITIONS. YOU CAN SEE THE IMPUT SHAFT TO THE STEERING GEARBOX TURN, WITH NO OUTPUT

VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL AND VEHICLE ITSELF BEGAN TO VIOLENT SHAKE AT 65 MPH.

JEEP HAS VERY LOOSE STEERING. HAVE TO CONSTANTLY OVERCORRECT TO STAY IN THE LANE. DEAD SPOT IN THE CENTER AND HAVE TO TURN IT TOO MUCH TO STEER. WON'T RETURN TO CENTER AFTER TURN. LOTS OF PLAY WHEN DRIVING, PLAY GETS WORSE AT SPEED. I CAN MOVE THE WHEEL BACK AND FORTH AT SPEED WITH LITTLE EFFECT ON STEERING. WHEN I BRAKE THE VEHICLE DIVES TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT DEPENDING ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT FEEL CONNECTED TO THE WHEELS. JEEP DEALERS SAY THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT BUT IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER 2019 JEEP WRANGLERS THAT I HAVE TEST DRIVEN. ONE DEALER SAID THAT DURING THE ROAD TEST, IT DROVE AS INTENDED YET THEY DIDN'T PUT ANY MILES ON THE JEEP. THIS HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I BOUGHT THE JEEP IN JULY 2019. I HAVE VIDEO BUT IT IS TOO BIG TO UPLOAD TO THE SITE

FROM PURCHASE AS NEW VEHICLE, STEERING WANDERS AND IS NOT TIGHT. I HAVE HAD THE V41 RECALL WITH REPLACEMENT STEERING STABILIZER. WHILE DRIVING YOU MUST ACTIVELY STEER TO MAINTAIN A CENTER LINE IN THE LANE. THERE IS SOME PLAY LEFT TO RIGHT IN THE WHEEL. WHILE AT SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY YOU CANNOT IGNORE OR RELAX THE CONTROL. IF YOU STEER RIGHT YOU MUST STEER LEFT TO CENTER, THE WHEEL DOES NOT RETURN TO CENTER UNASSISTED.

11/12/2019 2:30 PM DRIVING IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF 400 NORTH NEAR EXIT 13, THE FAR LEFT LANE HAS DIPS. FIRST DIP CAUSES CAR TO GO INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE. WAS GOING ABOUT 60 MPH. OTHER CARS AROUND ME STARTED TO MOVE INTO DIFFERENT LANES AWAY FROM THE CAR. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS A FLAT TIRE. I PULLED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AT A FULL STOP. THE TIRES WERE FINE. STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND CAR WAS NORMAL. 11/15/2019 1:45 PM SAME ISSUE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 400 NORTH THIS TIME THE WOBBLING WAS MORE VIOLENT. WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. CAR IS CURRENTLY WITH THE DEALER AND I AM UNAWARE WHEN I WILL GET THE CAR BACK.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 72 MPH, I DROVE OVER A BRIDGE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE CAUSING AN INCREASE IN VIBRATION THROUGH OUT MY JEEP AND SWERVING ON THE ROAD. NEXT TIME I WAS WITH MY HUSBAND AND IT DID IT AGAIN AT ABOUT 74 MPH AND HE TOO AGREED THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. HE NOW FEARS FOR MY SAFETY IN THIS VEHICLE AS I DRIVE A LOT OF MILES.

TEST DROVE A JEEP WRANGLER, DROVE GREAT. GOT MY NEW WRANGLER, NOT SO GREAT, AS A MATTER OF FACT IT'S DANGEROUS! EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN A LANE.. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THIS VEHICLE WILL BE ONCE IT IS DRIVEN IN THE SNOW. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SHOP 3 * WITH ANOTHER APPOINTMENT COMING UP. SO FAR TWO STEERING DAMPNERS 2 WHEEL ALIGNMENTS, NO CHANGE... SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

STEERING IS WOBBLING SINCE PURCHASING. I HAVE HAD THE DAMPER REPLACED AND HAS NOT HELPED AT ALL. A TON OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE SPEED ABOUT 63 MILE/HR, AND SUDDENLY MY FRONT TIRER, AND MY STEERING WHEEL WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I HAD TO SLOW IT DOWN, AND PULLED OVER. I THOUGHT I GOT FLAT TIRE OR SOMETHING. I GOOGLED, AND FIND OUT A LOT PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM ALSO. IT'S CALLED "DEAD WOBBLE".

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 62 MILES PER HOUR, AFTER A TRANSITION ON A ROUGH PATCH OF HIGHWAY ROAD (UNEVEN BLACKTOP) THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. THE SHAKING FELT HORIZONTAL AS WELL AS VERTICAL. IT STOPPED AND THEN STARTED AGAIN OVER THE COURSE OF ONE TO TWO MILES. IT WAS VERY VIOLENT AND DISRUPTIVE TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER CAUSING THEM TO FEEL UNSAFE AND UNWELL. THE DRIVER HAD TO HANG ON TIGHT TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE JEEP. WE HAVE NO IDEA IF/WHEN THIS SITUATION WILL REOCCUR AND WHAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE BY THIS TO A RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE OF LESS THAN 7000 MILES. THIS WAS IN DRY WEATHER ON DRY ROADS. WE WERE DRIVING STRAIGHT, IN A RIGHT LANE AND NOT TURNING AT THE TIME.

AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 20 IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, I CROSSED OVER THE BUSH RIVER ROAD BRIDGE AND HIT A FEW SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD WHICH IMMEDIATELY THREW MY JEEP INTO VERY STRONG VIBRATIONS. THE VIBRATIONS WERE SO STRONG THAT I FELT THE VIBRATIONS FROM THE STEERING WHEEL UP MY ARMS AND INTO MY NECK. I TRULY THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE ON MY JEEP. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 - 20 SECONDS OF THESE INTENSE VIBRATIONS, THE VIBRATIONS STOPPED ON THEIR OWN. I CROSSED OVER THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO PULL OVER TO INSPECT MY JEEP NOTICING NOTHING ABNORMAL. ALL TIRES HAVE NORMAL, RECOMMEND MANUFACTURED PSI. I HAVE ALL STOCK ITEMS ON MY JEEP WITH NO ALTERATIONS TO THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM, TIRES, ETC. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 13,500 MILES ON IT AND WAS NEWLY PURCHASED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT MORE THAN $55,000.

VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT ON STREET AND HIGHWAY. DEALER CANNOT FIX WITH ALIGNMENT. CHANGED GEARBOX. SWAPPED BRAKES. NOTHING HAS SOLVED PROBLEM.

JEEP IS STILL LOOSING CONTROL WHEN YOU GO OVER ANY UNEVEN PAVEMENT ON HIGHWAY GOING OVER 60MPH AFTER I DID THE RECALL ALMOST KILLED MY SELF, BRAKES BRAKE EXTREMLY HARD AND DONT STOP WITHOUT JERKING YOU FORWARD

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR, HITTING A BUMP OR A POTHOLE DESTABILIZES THE FRONT AND CAUSING THE WHEELS TO VIBRATE LOSING CONTROL TEMPORARILY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE AND THE CAR IS UNABLE TO BE CONTROLLED.

THE VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE STEERING WANDER WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 20 MPH AND GETS WORSE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MAKING THE VEHICLE VERY UNSAFE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY TRACKING IN 1 LANE WITHOUT CONSTANT CORRECTION OF THE STEERING WHEEL. (PURCHASED JEEP BRAND NEW & HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER 2X AND IT STILL IS NOT FIXED)

2019 JL RUBICON 4 DOOR. HAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL GOING DOWN THE ROAD. JEEP DRIFTS FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN THE LANE. DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT, LIKE THE STEERING BOX IS SHOT. DOESN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING. GET IT FIGURED OUT ASAP!

I HAVE ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FRONT END STARTS VIOLENTLY SHAKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS 2 TIMES THIS WEEK AND BOTH TIMES ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT THROUGH ME ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A 2019 WITH LESS THAN 8,000 MILES ON IT. I ALSO HAVE MADE NO MODIFICATIONS TO IT- STANDARD FACTORY STOCK MODEL. I CAME HOME AND GOOGLED WHAT HAPPENED AND AM NOW LEARNING THIS IS THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. WHY IN THE WORLD IS THIS VEHICLE ALLOWED TO BE DRIVEN WITH SUCH A KNOWN ISSUE?!

LOOSE STEERING WHEEL. HAVING TO CONSTANTLY ADJUST TJHE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE CAR DRIVING IN STRAIGHT LINE. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT'S HOW A WRANGLER SHOULD DRIVE. I'VE DRIVEN OTHER 2019 WRANGLERS AND NON OF THEM HAD THE SAME ISSUE. JEEP CARE ARE PROVIDING A HORRIBLE SERVICE AND SO FAR THEY DIDN'T PROVED ANY SOLUTIONS, THE CASE MANAGER IS AVOIDING MY CALLS.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER GOING OVER A SERIES OF BUMPS. IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN YOUR LANE. IT IS ONLY REMEDIED BY SLOWING TO LESS THAN 60MPH. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES. IT HAS HAPPENED OVER A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE PAST MONTH. I HAVE 8000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. KOONS TYSONS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP AND RAM (2050 CHAIN BRIDGE RD, VIENNA, VA) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH, THERE IS ABOUT 1.5 INCHES OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT TOP DEAD CENTER. THIS VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN THE LANE IN WINDY CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60-70 MPH). STAR PUB S1819000003 WAS PERFORMED, TRACK BAR AND STEERING DAMPER WERE REPLACED. WANDERING IS LESS, BUT NO CHANGE IN THE EXCESSIVE PLAY. OPENED JEEP WAVE CASE 58745605. CASE WAS CLOSED BY FCA STATING THAT THE STEERING WAS AS DESIGNED AND A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAD ME DRIVE TWO OTHER COMPARABLE VEHICLES AND INDEED THEY ALL WANDER AND HAVE PLAY IN THE STEERING AS DOES MINE.ONE WAS EVEN WORSE. THIS STEERING CHARACTERISTIC IS BORDERLINE UNSAFE IN WINDY CONDITIONS ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND FCA IS OFFERING NO FIX AT THIS TIME.

THE STEERING IS LOSE WITH A DEAD ZONE IN THE CENTER. I'M AFRAID TO TAKE IT ON THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE IT WONDERS INTO OTHER LANES AND DOES NOT DRIVE STRAIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD THE ALIGNMENT DONE AND A NEW STABILIZER BAR INSTALLED FROM THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO IMPROVEMENT TO THE STEERING. THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH MY 2019 JL WUR.

DRIVING HIGH WAY SPEEDS HIT A GROVE IN THE ROAD ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE WHOLE FRONT END TURNS TO JELLO. THE STEERING FEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKES TO THE POINT WHERE YOU LOSE STEERING. YOU CAN'T GET OVER TO SLOW DOWN TO SLOWER SPEEDS AND YOU CANNOT GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL TOO TIGHT BECAUSE THE VIBRATION WILL HAVE NO WHERE TO GO AND YOU WILL EVENTUALLY FLIP OVER.THE ONLY THING TO STOP THE VIBRATION IS TO SLOW DOWN WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE ON A HIGHWAY WHERE EVERYONE IS DRIVING 75MPH. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THIS FIXED TWICE. JEEP KEEPS TRYING TO PUT A STEERING DAMPER ON IT THAT DOES NOT WORK. THEY REFUSE TO CHECK FOR WELDING WORK OR ANYTHING ELSE MANUFACTURED DEFECTIVE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES MARCH 2019 AND OCTOBER 2019 ARE THE DATE I SENT IT IN FOR SERVICE. PLEASE HELP US CONSUMERS I HAVE CHILDREN AND ITS NOT SAFE

LEAVING FOR WORK IN THE MORNINGS AFTER THE TEMP HAS DROPPED BELOW 40 DEGREES THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BIND WHILE TRYING TO TURN LEFT. NORMALLY ONLY A SLIGHT RESISTANCE BUT ONE MORNING IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AROUND A LEFT HAND TURN, I HAD TO FORCE THE WHEEL TO TURN.

STEERING WHEEL HAS "DEAD SPOT" IN THE CENTER ALLOWING WHEELS TO FREE STEER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DEGREES BEFORE STEERING WHEEL ENGAGES AND TURNS THE WHEELS. THIS CAUSES DRIVER TO OVER-CORRECT TO KEEP VEHICLE IN THE LANE. ESP NOTICEABLE AT SPEED OVER 45 MPH DRIFTING FROM ONE SIDE OF LANE TO OTHER AND WHEN DIRECTIONS CHANGE RAPIDLY LIKE IN AN S CURVE. ALSO WHEN TURNING CORNERS STEERING WHEEL AND WHEELS WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER. RETURNS AS FAR AS THE DEAD SPOT THEN WILL NOT CENTER WITHOUT LOTS OF DRIVER INPUT. *LN CONSUMER STATED SHORT VIDEO JEEP DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY OF ME MOVING MY STEERING WHEEL SIDE TO SIDE WITH THE JEEP NOT TURNING AT ALL. THIS IS WORSE WITH SPEED AND I CAN TAKE VIDEOS FROM ALL ANGLES.*JB

THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN STRAIGHT, WITHOUT CONTINUOUS SMALL ADJUSTMENTS. THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT RETURN TO THE CENTER AFTER THE SMALL ADJUSTMENT SO AN ADDITIONAL ONE IS NEEDED TO KEEP IN THE LANE. ZIG ZAGGING. IT FEELS UNSAFE

AT SPEEDS OF 45-55 ANY BUMP OR EXPANSION JOINT ON HIGHWAY CAUSES SHAKING IN STEERING WHEEL FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME. IT LASTS WELL BEYOND THE IMPACT AND IF I MAINTAIN SPEEDS THE SHAKING IN THE WHEEL AND FRONT END CONTINUES. I HAVE TO ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THE SHAKING TO GO AWAY. I DO NO'T FEEL SAFE TRAVELING WITH THIS VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAVE A PIT IN MY STOMACH THINKING ABOUT OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE THIS ISSUE. I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THESE ISSUES BEFORE I BOUGHT THE 2019 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA. MY JEEP ONLY HAS 1,300 MILES ON IT.

1300 MILES ON A 2019 NEW JEEP WRANGLER 2DR, 100% STOCK. AT 60MPH ON THE FREEWAY, IN SPEED CONTROL, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LOST ALL CONTROL OF STEERING AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY, NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR FREEWAY COLLISION. I'VE NOW LEARNED THIS IS THE WELL KNOWN 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THE VEHICLE HAS THE DAMPER SUPPOSEDLY PREVENTING THIS ALREADY INSTALLED. THE DEALER HAS NO EXPLANATION, REPLACED THE 'DAMPER' AND BASICALLY SAID THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN. IF I HAD BEEN KILLED, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO HAVE IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I SIMPLY DO NOT BELIEVE NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED BY THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT. THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEALER DENIES HE HAS EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH WOBBLE, AN OBVIOUS LIE. THE SERVICE MANAGERS AT TWO DEALERS CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BUT SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE WRANGLER HASN'T BEEN RECALLED AND REMOVED FROM SERVICE. THE LEMON LAW PROVIDES NO RECOURSE UNLESS IT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE. THIS IS CRAZY! I HOPE SOMEONE NHTSA WILL REACH OUT TO ME.

FROM THE MOMENT WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE (09/10/2019) THE STEERING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. THE CAR REQUIRES CONSTANT INPUT FROM THE DRIVER TO MAINTAIN THE LANE OF TRAVEL. THE STEERING PROBLEM BECOMES WORSE WITH SPEED AND IT IS A HANDFUL AT FREEWAY SPEEDS.