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I bought this brand new and did not modify it. A few months after purchase, it started violently shaking after I hit a bump at highway speeds. On 3/7/19, the dealership replaced the steering wheel dampener. It still wasn't fixed so I brought it in again on 4/12/19 and they replaced the same part. It seemed to fix it for the most part but now it's back to the violently shaking at highway speeds. I have an appointment on Thursday 11/7/19 for them to fix it again so I can drive my brand new car. I have read that this is not a safety issue, but I assure you it is. I can't control the steering wheel until I slow down to about 45. Going from 65 to 45 on a highway while the whole car is shaking is in fact a hazard. I am going to request copies of my service contracts when I get to the dealership on Thursday. If you should need them, I can send them to you.
When driving over speeds of 60 mph on the highway, and hitting even the slightest of bumps, my Jeep steering was uncontrollable, and I imagine this is the "death wobble" I have heard about occurring in Jeep. The only way to manage it was to slow way down to 35 mph and avoid bumps of any kind.
At 65 mph highway speeds, when vehicle hits a pothole or bump; vehicle wobbles, shakes, and loses steering control. As known "death wobble." Occurs on a regular basis.
Just had the steering damper recall performed - never had any wobble issues before completing the recall. I completed the recall as I thought that was what good car owners do. Now, just 3 days later I am experiencing the wobble at highway speeds. Very scary! had the entire family in the car coming home from dinner - did not hit any irregular bumps or anything out of the norm. Was driving on the highway on a stretch we drive almost daily and out of nowhere, just hitting some "normal" Michigan road bumps the steering wheel and front end started shaking. It eventually stopped itself - but then happened 5 more times. We did not know what was going on as we were not aware of the issue or even why there was a recall repair. After getting home and searching the internet I found all sorts of complaints and the reasoning behind the recall. Ironically again, I did not have the issue before I had the recall work completed. After reading the article I immediately left a message for my service manager at the dealership and then looked under the Jeep to confirm that in-fact the part was replaced and had the correct part number. I do want to mention that even before the wobble I did mention to my wife and notice that I thought that the steering was a bit more "loose" after getting the car back. Not sure if that is relevant, but thought I would note that here as well.
Violent shaking of the front end after hitting a bump at approximately 65-75 mph. Shaking will only stop after coming to a complete stop. Only 4000 miles on this vehicle.
- Sykesville, MD, USA
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I experienced rapid steering oscillation this last Thursday 10/17/19 on my 2018 Wrangler jlu (not lifted) while taking a trip out of town. We hit a railroad track at around 55 mph and it went full-on rapid steering oscillation (death wobble). Had to pull off the road and stop the vehicle for the dw to stop. Stopped by an out of town dealer in paso robles, ca and they said the recently replaced (recall V41) steering stabilizer was installed upside down. I have now ordered a new rubicon express track bar and fox 2.0 stabilizer to see if this will help eliminate the wobble. I've owned two jk Jeep Wrangler in the past and didn't experience any of oscillation. *purchased new 2018 jlu Wrangler from dealer last month. The mileage at the time of the event was approximately 1,400 miles.
When going over a bump at highway speeds the vehicle sometimes starts to shake violently with the steering wheel and entire vehicle wobbling uncontrollably. The only way to bring the vehicle back under control is to slow down or sometimes bring it to a complete stop. This creates a very dangerous situation when on the expressway and you have to slow down or stop from going 75 mph with traffic. The dealer has put in two different steering dampers and the problem is still there. It is not safe to drive on the highway.
On three occasions in the past 2 weeks, I experienced a terrifying violent shaking of the entire front of the car while driving on highways.harrowing event, thought was going to get into a horrible accident. This is a lease vehicle with only 5500 miles at the time these scary events took place.
Driving along highway speeds, 70-75mph and hit slightly uneven terrain (the lip from a bridge onto the highway) the vehicle began shaking uncontrollably. This continued for a while until I eventually was forced to slow down by pulling towards the shoulder. I have researched this problem and I can see numerous people calling it by the term "Jeep death wobble". the issue is roughly the exact same as everyone else. My vehicle has been checked by the dealer and they state they serviced it by replacing the steering damper however the issue has still continued after that. It is random however extremely scary when traveling at highway speeds and having the vehicle uncontrollably shake until you have to slow down, which is not easy to do on a busy highway.
While driving on a highway at about 60 to 70 mph the front end of my vehicle will start to oscillate violently without recover unless coming to a complete stop. The oscillation will begin at the speeds mentioned after running across a change in the road conditions such as a change in pavement or a bump in the road. This oscillation occurred two time in the last 7 days. A recall repair regarding a steering damper was complied on 9-12-2019.
The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Wrangler. While driving 70 mph over a bump in the road, the vehicle wobbled uncontrollably. The driver had to reduce the speed to 50 mph to regain control of the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 35,408.
My Jeep shakes violently while driving on the highway under consistent and repeatable circumstances: Driving approximately 65-70 mph and hit a small bump in the road (often the seam of a bridge in the roadway).
2018 Jeep Wrangler sport S, completely unmodified, exhibited violent steering shake or "death wobble" whendriving home from the dealer with 27 miles on the speedometr at highway speeds. Condition intensifies until speed is brought down to approximately 45 mph (very dangerous in highway traffic). The dealer replaced the steering stabilizer before I took delivery of the Jeep. Unfortunately the violent steering shake (death wobble) persists when encountering uneven road surfaces at highway speeds. The vehicle still continues to go into full blown death wobble. Has happened at least 5 times in 5 days of driving. This is my 4th Jeep and the one one I have had that has this crazy death wobble. I need this fixed.
2018 Jeep Wrangler sahara, completely unmodified, exhibited violent steering shake or "death wobble" when encountering road imperfections such as bridge expansion joints at highway speeds. Condition intensifies until speed is brought down to approximately 45 mph (very dangerous in highway traffic). The dealer was familiar with the issue and was easily able to replicate during a test drive. The dealer inspected the track bar and replaced the steering stabilizer. Unfortunately the violent steering shake (death wobble) persists when encountering uneven road surfaces at highway speeds. The new steering stabilizer helps the vehicle recover from the condition, but the vehicle still continues to go into full blown death wobble. This is an extremely unsafe condition that endangers not only the occupants of the Jeep but also fellow highway users. I have driven more than 400,000 miles in Jeep Wrangler and have never encountered such a dangerous defect in any vehicle.
Unsettling wobble, shake at highway speeds while changing lanes and hitting a bump, 2 different steering dampers installed, problem still exist, dealership is in denial. I'm a certified master mechanic, this vehicle is unsafe, I believe Chrysler knows this, according to reports, no one has died yet, but someone is going too
Bought a 2018 Jeep jlu new. Had it for only 5 months and all of the welds on the frame and axles and other components have rusted. Has only been driven on the road and never seen its first winter
I never liked how this Jeep drove from day 1, as always felt something in the front end was loose and the ride was wobbly at virtually all speeds. After the first oil change and tire rotation the problem seemed worse. Brought it back and 1 front tire was slightly off balance, so was rebalanced and off we went. Problem naturally hasn't gone away. Annoying and of concern that I finally brought it back to make an appointment to have it looked at when the service advisor said "oh there is a recall on your Jeep for the steering stabilizer... I have not ever received any mail from Jeep to this regard.. however they will be replacing it this weekend. With this new information, I now search this site and see hundreds of other complaints about steering issues I have been experiencing, and need to register a complaint....as I too have felt the vehicle feels unsafe to drive and could potentially be a problem. Seems to me that there smoke under these Jeep and the build of them, and just a matter of time before people will suffer significant injury to themselves or others if this issue isn't fixed and bad vehicles are bought back by fca. I begin my journey with Jeep Saturday, and after reading all the issues here have little faith that this fix is really the source of my problem but a bandaid on a much larger issue for owners like myself. 50K for a vehicle one would think should buy one a sense of confidence. In my case, there is zero at this point, but unless im parking the vehicle and eating my $500 mo payment what choice do I have but to drive it and just pray nothing happens? I will update this post as need be as we move forward with Jeep "fix" I will make sure to have them inspect the welds on my frame as well, with a build date of July 2018 and frame #186, mine is just a few outside of the range of ones with know problems.
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- Greenwich, CT, USA