2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4x4: jerking or lurching

Filed Oct 31, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 87,000 miles · IL

Was driving my 2007 jeep wrangler to work and I was going about 35mph around a corner and after I got out of the corner the jeep jerked engine stalled kicked back on then stalled again then died and wouldn't start back up had to have it towed to the mech. Shop and he said the crank busted.... Love those junk 3.8 jeep wont admit theirs a defect with.

Filed Mar 10, 2011 · Steering, Suspension · 22,000 miles · LA

My 2007 jeep wrangler 2 door developed a violent shake when I would hit a bump or go over railroad tracks at speeds around 15 MPH to 25 MPH. The steering wheel would jerk left and right, almost to the point that I could not maintain control of the steering wheel or the vehicle. I could feel the front wheel shaking back and forth. The only way to stop it would be to bring the vehicle to a complete stop. After a great deal of diagnosing this issue, I removed the front traction bar and noticed that the bolt holes on both the frame and axle brackets that secure the traction bar had become elongated. Due to the vehicle being out of warranty, I took it to a welding shop. They advised me that the only way to fix this problem would be to weld a heavy duty washer on both sides of each mounting bracket to secure the mounting bolts. The welding shop also informed me that this would not be a permanent fix, but may last for a while. They also informed my that the metal brackets appeared to be made of weak metal and the bolts are grade 8. They said this explains that the bracket is weaker than the bolt and that is why the brackets gave way. After the washers were welded on the brackets, the shaking has gone and has not returned. I have read on jk-forum.com of many other jeep wranglers that have had this exact same problem. This is a dangerous problem that needs to be investigated.

Filed Feb 7, 2008 · Engine · 18,000 miles · AZ

On feb 5th, I was driving on the freeway at about 65 MPH and my car died - dash lights went on, car jerked to a violent slow down and I almost crashed into a semi on my left, the car pulled to the left. All resumed to normal after about 4 seconds. I have filed previous complaint, conf nbr 10188682. This is the 4th incident but what is most shocking is that the first 2 times I brought it to the dealership repaid shop I was told that they couldn't duplicate the error and that they and chrysler corp didn't have record of any other reports of this problem. On the 2nd visit, I advised the service person that he should look at this web site if he had never heard of this problem since there were numerous complaints. On the 3rd incident, when I got home, there was a recall "safety recall g25-program tipm-engine stalling- so I called the service center, again, advised that car stalled again and that I also received recall and scheduled the service - aug 2007. After this visit I felt more secure to drive the car because at least chrysler had acknowledged the problem. The on feb 5th 2008 as I was driving to work, it happened again. I continued to work and at the end of the day when I went back to the car it wouldn't start, all lights/radio etc came on but the car wouldn't turn over. I had it towed to jeep. I was told by service person, after the car was inspected that the control module - same item that caused previous problems, had to be replaced. I purchased this vehicle new, so that I would have a dependable and safe vehicle - neither of which it is! I asked the service manager what chrysler could do for me. He said that from the notes it looked like I only had one occurrence with this issue and that this was the first he heard of this type of problem with jeep - wow - either he out right lied to me or he is an uninformed manager. Needless to say I am not confident that this issue wont occur again!

Filed Jun 30, 2007 · Engine · 4,050 miles · OH

I was driving on the freeway at around 70 MPH and the car all of a sudden jerked forward and slowed way down. All of the dash lights went on, the car went dead for about 5 seconds and then started going again like nothing happened. All the lights went off again, and it returned to normal. I am not interested in having another problem with this jeep. There have already been brake problems twice... One of which caused a crash. The question asking "oem" below... I don't know what that means.

Filed Apr 23, 2007 · Electrical · 2,600 miles · NC

As I was driving at 50 MPH on a level road; the engine and electrical system on my 2007 jeep wrangler completely failed. Just as quickly as the engine/electrical cut out (within 1-2 seconds) all the dash board lights illuminated and the engine restarted on its own. What made this event a danger to me and possibly others on the road is when the engine died I also lost power steering. This causing me to move into oncoming traffic (I was rounding a sweeping corner at the time). When the engine restarted it caused the power steering to immediately come back which in turn caused a quick jerk back into my lane of travel. This was an extremely dangerous maneuver given the type of vehicle this is. This seems to be an ongoing issue with many 2007 jeep wranglers.