Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 03/14/2012 | 16000 | ||
| After hitting a pot hole jeep started to shake violently, would not stop until it came to a complete stop. it has happened several time since. | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 23412 | ||
| While entering highway at 60 mph, while merging i crossed over a roadway lane seam which seemed to actuate a harmonic vibration in the front suspention which increased to a dangerous uncontrollable and violent shaking making control of the vehicle extremely difficult. this shaking continued while i slowed and crossed 2 lanes of traffic to the shoulder and stopped only after i came to a full stop. inspected front suspention for damage and saw none. i continued on my trip with no other incident. this condition is inherent in wranglers and often referred to in jeep message boards as the wrangler death wobble. dealer rotated and rebalanced tires and installed new steering damper in hopes that might solve the issue. the potential for causing an accident is very real. | |||
| 05/21/2011 | 23200 | ||
| Violent shaking of front end at highway speed vehicle is all oem not modified alignment and tires ok started to shake sterring wheel moving 1/2 up/down difficult to hold and steer to side of road needed to stop to get the vibrations to end has occured on two other ocassions still under warranty dealer claims no knowledge of death wobble problems refered to in several jeep blogs | |||
| 11/02/2010 | 21325 | ||
| October 30 2010 i purchased a second hand jeep wrangler year model 2009. in the span on one week i have twice experienced what is referred on many forums and web pages on the internet as death wobble. my first experience with this was at 55mph while crossing railroad tracks. after crossing the railroad tracks the front end of my motor vehicle began to shake from left to right in a very violent manner this forced me to pull to the side of the road out of concerns for safety. the second incident occured three days later while traveling at 65 mph on the highway. i hit a bump in the road which again caused the front of my vehicle to shake in such a violent manner that the tires were chirping and i was forced to come to almost a complete stop to bring the vehicle safely under my control. this vehilce is not modified in any way,tracks straight going down the road and has tires on it which would be consistant with the 21,500 miles refelected on the odometer. | |||
| 12/10/2009 | 9800 | 1 | |
| Front axle upper and lower ball joints showing abnormal wear and movement. dealer claims wear and play in joints is normal even though the factory service manual says the parts are worn and need to be replaced. *tr | |||
| 11/30/2009 | 18000 | 1 | |
| While traveling at 75 mph in the left lane i wandered over the yellow line and the left front tire ran over the indented 'wake up' impressions in the asphalt at which time my front end began violently shaking like i was driving a jack hammer. i began to brake and made it across 6 lanes of traffic before i could come to a stop. the shaking did not stop until i came to a stop. i inspected the front end components and all were fine. i slowly drove off and the problem no longer existed. this problem is 'death wobble' and is all over jeep message forums on the internet. *tr | |||