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Death wobble while driving on the highway, hit a small bump at 65 mph and the vehicle shook until I slowed down. Continued on and it happened again. Will take the vehicle back to the dealer tomorrow. 3000 on the Jeep.
Last week, I drove over highway expansion joints while traveling at highway speed. My steering wheel began to shake violently and the entire front end began to shimmy and wobble. I immediately moved from the passing lane, through the center lane, to the far right lane. There, after reducing speed, the shaking stopped. I experienced this same problem this week while traveling on interstates at highway speed, 5 times within the same trip. The shaking began after hitting a seemingly small imperfection in the road. The first time, the wobbling and shaking must have been visible from the exterior as the car behind me dropped back and those to the right of me cleared the way for me to move over. The other four times were not as severe and the shaking stopped after I reduced speed. I called the Jeep dealership and spoke with the service department from the road to see if they had heard of this problem and to see if the car was safe to drive. The service rep claimed to have never heard of this issue and attributed it to a tire balance problem, although I assured him it was not. When I arrived at my destination, I researched the issue on the internet and found a problem called "Jeep death wobble" that perfectly describes my experiences. Videos posted on youtube also matched what had occurred. I plan to take my Jeep in for service when I return home. Date listed below is most recent incident and the day I contacted the dealership.
My new jl Jeep has a death wobble when I hit small bumps or drive on freeway that has the small bumps going across the lane. The steering wheel starts shaking violently feels like I'm going to crash. I have to slow down and almost pull over.
Death wobble. At highway speeds when hit a bump the front end shakes violently you then have to slow down to 40 mph to make it stop. The vehicle is brand new and has only 1,200 miles on it. It is going to the shop for round 2 of repairs which I am sure will not remedy the issue. It has the Jeep death wobble and we don't feel safe driving it.
On September 14, 2018, I leased my brand new Jeep jl sahara 2018. I signed up for Jeep app and immediately noticed a recall for my car - 2018 jl track bar weld, raising concern. On October 21, 2018, with less than 1000 miles, I was driving on local highway at @ 60mph, hit a bump and my entire steering/front of car began violently shaking. I immed. Slowed down to hope re-align and gain control of steering/car. It was the most frightening experience as I was going 60, had to slow to 35, while others were speeding up behind me, in addition to being scared & feeling unsafe in an out of control car. I called Jeep downingtown immed. On 10/22 to bring car in that week - 10/26. I looked it up and clearly is the known issue called the "death wobble". on 10/25, again on highway @ 65-70 mph, I hit a bump, experienced a yet worse violent shaking/out of control steering of my car. I pulled over as could not gain control slowing down. I got back on highway only to experience it yet again! I was shaking, scared as I could have been killed in addition to others!! I immed. Called Jeep dt and brought car into service. It is now 28 days and my car is still in service!!!. my experience with the dealer has been nothing but a nightmare. They tried 1) recall, 2) service software bulletin update, 3) steering stabilzer part and 4) tie rod part, none fixed problem. I last heard from them on 11/9 when they ordered tie rod - 13 days ago, unacceptable! I filed a case with Jeep Chrysler fca on 11/3- #57311328 and have had poor response. I have documented every day. I filed complaint with pa attorney general, no response. I have contacted lemon law lawyer and will be pursing action. All I want/deserve is to drive a safe car, as I'm paying for that! as NHTSA I hope you can ensure Jeep takes these cars off the road and refunds us to ensure no one gets killed!
Any description of the Jeep death wobble I have read is exactly what I am experiencing. I experienced my first incident while driving my 2018 Jeep Wrangler unlimited that I had purchased two months earlier. At highway speed's between 70 and 75 miles an hour if the vehicle hits a bump or a joint in a bridge well often begin to wobble and become almost violence. It will subside plan decreasing speed or holding the speed for about a mile or so. I brought it in to the Jeep service department and they said they see nothing wrong with the vehicle. I am at the point now where I can almost make it happen on command. My next step is to bring the mechanic in for a test drive with me. From what I've read I expect nothing to be done to help me out. I will also note that there are no modifications whatsoever to my car.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
'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!!! 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'
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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