2009 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4x4 steering problems

Filed Dec 6, 2017 · Steering, Suspension · 85,000 miles · KY

Experienced the violent shaking of the front suspension and steering wheel while traveling at approximately 55 MPH. Apparently this is referred to as a "death wobble" but a recall has not been issued yet. My best guess is, after multiple people die from this malfunction and sue the chrysler/jeep corporation, then it a recall might be issued and the problem fixed! I am highly agitated by this issue and the reoccurence!!!!!

Filed Aug 7, 2017 · Driver assistance, Steering · 86,000 miles · AK

Car shakes violently between 50-55 MPH. Front steering stabilizer has been replaced three times, "death wobble" still occurs. Happens on smooth, non-bumpy roads as well as bumpy ones.

Filed Jan 13, 2017 · Steering · 97,500 miles · GA

Anytime I am driving on the highway and I hit a minor bump in the road the steering wheel shakes extremely violently. When this happens the only fix is to slow down to below 25 MPH in my current lane. Once I get to that low of a speed the shaking stops. When the shaking occurs it is so violent that I can't change lanes or get onto the shoulder. Therefore, the only option is to slow down to under 25 MPH on the highway in my current lane which isn't safe. This problem started happening in december 2016.

Filed Dec 30, 2016 · Steering, Suspension · IN

Driving on the interstate at a constant speed and hit a rough area on the pavement and the vehicle began to vibrate and rock back and forth violently. I was able to steer it, but had to pull off the road for this violent rocking to stop. It is not a constant problem, but occurs when certain rough areas of pavement set up this violent vibration. This has occurred on numerous occasions over the last several years. Tried to get it fixed, seemed to be a mystery. Learned that this is experienced by many owners of jeeps and other select vehicles. There are many, many descriptions and videos on the internet. I also see complaints of this on your site. Why do you not care? Why are you not doing your job? I did not get killed. Is this what it takes for you to take notice? I want nothing, only for this to be remedied. It is certainly a safety concern & quite frightening, especially then this occurs in heavy traffic.

Filed Nov 3, 2016 · Steering, Suspension · 27,500 miles · VA

Driving on I-81, in virginia and hit a bump in the road. The steering and suspension in the front end began shaking violently and forced me to pull over into the emergency lane. This same event occurred 3 times during this trip.

Filed Dec 21, 2015 · Body, Steering · 80,000 miles · NJ

09 jeep wrangler hits a bump in the road and goes in a violent vibration (wobbling to the point you think you are going to lose control of the car. Very scary! I own the car since new. Investigated the issue on line and and found out not the only one with this issue. So called death wobble!

Filed Jul 5, 2015 · Steering · 34,674 miles · PA

My wife and I were going shopping, we had traveled approximately 6 miles from ou home, we were crossing over the expansion joint of a bridge. The vehicle started to shake and vibrating wildly. I immediately slowed down and eventually came almost to a stop, so as to stop the skaking and vibrating. Within a few days I made an appointment with the service department at the dealer where I had purchased the vehicle. I explained to them what had happened, their response was "oh, so you experienced the jeep wrangler death wobble". I asked what they were going to do about it. Their response was, well we can try a more heavy duty steering stabelizer. I said ok, let's do it. They installed it and it cost me $204.05. I left and proceeded to go home. The same type of shaking and vibrating started again. I made another appointment, and the said that they would try an extra heavy duty stabelizer. They did. It cost me $150.00. I didn't want to pay anything, but the general manager and I negotiated, with the understanding that if the extra heavy duty stabelizer didn't stop the problem, that he would refund, to me, the full amount that I had paid. The extra heavy duty stabelizer did not fix the problem, however the problem does not occur as often. I did receive a full refund, which is great, but the problem is still there. My feeling is, that the extra heavy duty stabelizer simply covers up the problem. There are times that I can feel the front end of the vehicle starting to shake and vibrate. According to the internet (jeep wrangler death wobble), is a fairly common happening, and that jeep/chrysler are full well aware of it, but have done nothing. I also understand that national transportation safety board, is aware of the problem, but thus far has not done anything to force jeep/chrysler to fix it. Maybe there haven't been any/enough deaths yet!

Filed Jan 10, 2015 · Steering · 38,000 miles · TN

While traveling on interstate at 60mph, during a turn, and after hitting a bump: steering starts to shake violently and car is out of control until it slowed down to 15mph or less.

Filed Oct 20, 2014 · Steering, Suspension · 68,000 miles · NJ

Jeep hit a bump in road and front end started shaking. Had to almost come to a complete stop, trying to pull off a 4 lane highway, before shaking(wobble) stopped. After the jeep stopped shaking, I proceeded to drive, hit another small bump, and the wobble came back again.

Filed Apr 7, 2014 · Acceleration, Steering · 61,000 miles · CO

I just purchased a 2009 jeep wrangler unlimited x that is entirely stock. Within one week and the second time on a highway I experience what has been named the "death wobble." within seconds it will go from a shimmy to a violent shaking that forces you to slow down or come to a complete stop which can be very dangerous on a highway in the left lane doing 55mph! Since it started it has occurred every time I take it on the highway. Apparently this is a common issue among jeeps but chrysler is ignoring this defect and stating it is not a safety hazard.