Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep wrangler. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the contact drove over a road bump when the front end of the vehicle began to shake vigorously. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic replaced the stabilizer bar twice. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000.
2006 Jeep Wrangler suspension complaints
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I bought my jeep in november 2006 with 600 miles on the odometer. It is a stock vehicle with no after-market additions, has not been driven off-road at all and has never been in an accident. Recently, while driving at 55 MPH on a paved highway, violent front end vibration occurred for no apparent reason that almost caused me to loose complete control of my vehicle. My mechanic has replaced the steering damper, shock absorbers, bushings, steering rods, etc. Violent vibrating has continued. On google I have since found out about "jeep death rattle" or "jeep death wobble". Apparently jeep dealers are uninterested in the phenomenon because it is only discussed on google. Since this is a well known phenomenon among jeep owners I am wondering why the federal safety agency hasn't required jeep to issue a recall to find a solution for these vibrations and come up with a fix for the problem. By ignoring this problem the federal safety agency is allowing a dangerous condition to persist thus endangering jeep drivers and others on the road. ## VIN passed ## 2006 jeep wrangler 2 door 4x4 ##.
Experiencing "death wobble" when driving over manholes and/or storm sewer grates. Uncontrollable shaking in front suspension and steering. Vehicle taken to dealership for repairs on 03/05/2012. Has been at dealer for 25 days. Repair parts/labor currently at $1050+tax. Vehicle in worse condition than prior to having repairs. Has now also developed a "shimmy" in the steering that was not present when vehicle brought in to dealer. Vehicle will be retrieved on 03/31/2012 and taken to different auto repair shop. Problem not unique to my vehicle. Research of problem on internet has numerous similar complaints. Please help prior to vehicle causing accident and injuries/death to myself or others. Clearly a manufacturing default, ie. Poor design and no solution for correcting the problem.
I am a second owner of a 2006 jeep wrangler unlimited. After purchasing the jeep, I experienced the "death wobble". This is when the front right tire of the vehicle hits a bump at highway speeds and the front suspension goes into an undrivable wobble. To recover you either take your foot of the accelerator or attempt to brake. There are youtube videos showing this occurring. I took the jeep to a shop where the owner had a jeep and knew about the "death wobble". He aligned the vehicle and inspected all the front end suspension parts. This did not help. He balanced all the tires. This helped for but the wobble returned. After returning to the service shop the owner replaced the control arm bushings. This helped for 2-3 days. Now the death wobble is back. The jeep is unsafe to drive.
We own a 2006 jeep wrangler x with around 60,000 miles on it. It started a terrible wobble in the front end that is called "death wobble" I have done multiple repairs and replacements of parts to no avail. I called the local chrysler dealership for advice their answer was to replace the steering stabilizer. I stated that this had already been done their response was " I don't know what to tell you then." this problem occurs at 50 miles per hour and when it begins the vehicle must come to complete stop to end the wobble. The jeep has been in the shop multiple times for this problem and no fix has been found. I have rotated the tires twice and that works for about a week and the problem returns. The tires have been rebalanced twice also. I have replaced all the shocks, the steering stabilizer, and it has been realigned two times. This is a major problem for many people as can be seen if "death wobble" is searched on google. There is no known repair for this problem and chrysler continues to ignore it.
My 2006 jeep wrangler shakes so bad it is scary. At 45-65 MPH and for no reason start shaking violently. I spent $1600.00 on new parts. New shocks, new rims,new steering damper,new tracking bar. New camber,new bushing, new control arms. Nothing works. I must pull off the highway to make it stop. This jeep is dangerous!!!!
I want to report an issue with my jeep wrangler 2006. I bought this car from jeep in annapolis maryland jeep 2006 with 9,343 miles on it. Two months later it began shaking uncontrollably at 50-55 MPH. Only at this speed. This is very scary when it happens and have almost gone off the road. The only way to stop it is to accelerate to higher speed or to slow down. I took it back to the dealer where I purchased the vehicle and they did a an alignment. The shaking stopped and 1 month later it started again. A year later, of just putting up with this I bring the jeep back to the dealer. They tell me that the cause is from worn tie rods and steering damper worn. If this is the cause of the shake then they should have told me this a year ago. I think the worn parts are a result from the shake. Not the cause. Either way , the jeep now has 26,000 miles and I'm already being told to put 2000 dollars into it for worn parts. These parts are wearing prematurely because of the shake but no one can determine the cause. If I had bought the car new , I could have used the lemon law but unfortunately, I bought it with low mileage used. This is a very dangerous situation and wondering if it will take a death for someone to recall these like the problem with toyota accelerator. Its very frustration, and the average person does not have the time or money to fight something like this. I have seen so many people with the same complaints on the internet. Something should be done.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that when a road bump was driven over or when the brake was depressed, the vehicle would wobble abnormally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for the failure. The dealer replaced the front end stabilizer and shocks, but the failure was not corrected. The manufacturer advised the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer, but they would not assist with the diagnostic testing costs. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 18,000 and the current mileage was 50,000.
2006 jeep wrangler. Not lifted. Severe "death wobble" between approx. 40-50 MPH. This issue is prevalent and dangerous enough to warrant recall. Jeep should fix this design issue immediately before loss of life occurs. The federal safety agency must force the issue immediately, as jeep has known about the design flaw since approximately 1997. Why has this not been addressed/resolved?
Traveling at 55 MPH hit a slight bump on the road and the front end started wobble from side to side. The steering wheel shook side to side very quickly. The only way to get this to stop was to slow down to a speed of approximately 40 MPH.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that while driving over a bump, at any speed, the front end of the vehicle would violently shake. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where it was repaired. The failure recurred. An authorized dealer and the manufacturer were notified, but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 35,756.
When operating the vehicle at highway speeds, striking a small bump in the roadway causes severe front end oscillation from the axel. The vibration is so violent, it causes the vehicle to feel as though it will come apart. The only way to stop the vibrations is to abruptly reduce speeds to a stop.
2006 jeep wrangler and the death wobble. Jeep has know about this condition for some time now and since my warranty is up and they could not find the problem before it was up, I am now stuck with it or pay alot of money for a issue that should have been addressed years ago by jeep. Every time I hit a small bump in the road at 60mph the jeep goes out of control and shakes the vehicle until you can come to a complete stop in the road and then its fine. All you have to do is google jeep and death wobble and you will see how many complaints are out there.
Front end shakes and shimmies since I got it in sept 06, taken to see why, and of course I been told it is this that or the other, and the problem has not been resolved, I have replaced tires, brake and calipers, shocks, stabilizer shocks, have had the front end lined due to the shaking and shimmy, if there was a recall on this vehicle I was never notified on this matter . The vehicle in question 2006 jeep wrangler .
When I go over uneven pavement or a bump in the road, the vehicle shakes and I am unable to control it. I have to come to a complete stop.
For me, this problem has not resulted in a crash or injury. However it could lead to the above if not resolved by the manufacture. Problem is, when driving my 2006 jeep wrangler and a bump is encountered, such as a pot hole, a man hole cover, expansion joints etc. The front wheels go in to a very severe left to right oscillation. To recover from this one must come to almost a complete stop. A little hard to do at 60mph in the middle of the freeway. Chrysler says that the fix is a new steering damper, at the owner's expense. This is a known issue among the jeep community, called "the death wobble".I believe this is too much of a safety issue for the manufacture to resolve at their expense via a recall. Someone is going to get killed.
I bought a used 2006 jeep wrangler unlimited. I have taken this car to the dealership for service four times for excessive shaking when driving at speeds around 50 MPH. The entire vehicle shakes until I either speed up or slow down. There is no way to control the jeep while it is shaking! I have had all the "possible causes" checked, replaced or balanced including: tires, front end alignment, shocks, stabilizer, brakes, rotors (twice). The shaking may go away for a short time but then returns. (this wrangler was not included in the brake recall earlier this year.)
Severe vibration in front wheels/steering at 55 MPH. Ceases as speed is increased past 60 MPH or decreased.. Tire balance and alignment have no effect. Vehicle is totally stock and has aprox. 26,000 miles. Internet research indicates that this is a common problem. Vibration is severe enough to almost cause loss of control. This has been an ongoing problem for the last year.
I own a 2006 jeep wrangler, I have been experiencing a violent shake or also known as the death wobble since 2009. Lately, it has gotten far worse. I contacted the dealer at the first signs of the problem, they told me that it was the tires and that they would reimburse me. I called back several times after I got the tires, but the manager always had an excuse. So, no I did not get reimbursed. The tires fixed the problem for a short time, but now it's back and worse than ever. It starts the death wobble at around 55mph, it is so violent that it takes everything I have just to keep control. The only way that I can get it to stop is to either speed up to 60 or come to a complete stop. This is a serious problem and needs immediate attention from the federal safety agency before a death occurs due to this problem.
2006 jeep wrangler- at 65,000 miles developed what is known as the "death wobble". I have spent over $1500.00 trying to correct this problem and still at 50- 65 miles per hour develops a violent shake that fells as though the front wheel will fly off the vehicle- the only thing to do is slow down. Now due to this problem other parts of this vehicle are breaking including the front hood latch that allows the hood to fly up into the windshield. I can not believe that there has not been a recall of this dangerous and potentially deadly vehicle.
2006 jeep wrangler: at about 10,000 miles, I noticed that a shudder started to develop in my front end and would vibrate up through the steering wheel at around 45 MPH. It does not always occur at 40 MPH usually between 40 and 60 after hitting a bump. Now, at 22,000 miles, I have a violent shudder between 40 and 60 MPH, that it feels like I am about to lose control of the vehicle. My wife was driving on a major highway and hit a bump at about 55 and almost lost control of the vehicle. It was so bad that she had to brake in order to avoid hitting the car in the lane next to her. This seems like an incredibly dangerous situation. I have taken the jeep to the jeep dealer service department the acted like this was not unusual and called it the "death wobble" (nice name for it) and they replaced the steering damper. The vehicle still occasionally shakes at various speeds and sometimes when braking and sometimes it acts "normal" this vehicle is 100 % stock from the dealer(not lifted and original 215/75-15 tires and has had no modifications, and has not been off roading. I believe the problem still exists and the replacement damper is just temporarily masking the problem( not very successfully either). After searching the internet it is obvious this is not an unusual occurrence and needs to be addressed I guess this wont become a big issue for the chrysler or the government until there are numerous injuries or fatalities. Its a shame that manufacturers wait until the problems really escalates before they are addressed (like toyota).
2006 jeep wrangler traveling approx. 45 MPH the front end starting shaking causing the loss of control of the vehicle. The vehicle with several passengers crashed upside down in a ten foot storm water waterway.
When driving between the speeds of 40 MPH to 50 MPH the front end shakes very hard and is hard to keep in your own lane.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that the front suspension would bounce and cause rough handling of the vehicle, more so in colder temperatures. The failure occurred while driving 12 MPH. The dealer took the vehicle for a test drive but could not duplicate the failure. He did state that the throttle body could have caused the failure. The failure mileage was 53,000 and the current mileage was 57,000. Updated 5/3/10 *cn the consumer was also having problem with the transmisson. The dealer informed the consumer not to use first gear, but to start in second gear. Updated 06/28/10
Death wobble on a 2006 jeep. I was going 55 and had it happen took it to a shop they said my tires needed to be balanced. A week later it happened at 58 MPH and I lost control of the jeep going off the rad took it in to the shop they said it was my brakes. After the brakes it still happened at 58 MPH I have new brakes , shocks, brake pads, balanced, steering rod total of over 2000.00 and 5 days of my time.
There were two separate incidents where I was driving down the road at between 30 to 40 MPH and encountered total loss of control of vehicle"s steering due to constant back and forth oscillations of the steering wheel. This was due to a defective or broken steering damper on the front suspension.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep wrangler. While driving 35 MPH, the front driver's side wheel shook violently. The contact had to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road to stop the vibration. She spoke to two other jeep owners and they referred to this issue as a "death shake". The contact stated that this is a safety issue because it feels as if the front wheels are coming off. The current and failure mileages were 23,000. Updated 07/10/09. *lj the consumer stated the bushings were replaced at a cost of $300.00 and then an alignment had to be performed. Updated 07/10/09.
Death wobble on jeep wrangler as reported on wsoctv this has occured in my vehicle on many occasions. The jeep is all factory. No lifts, etc.
Entering the interstate and driving up to approximately 60-65mph, the steering wheel shook violently to the point where I needed to slow down drastically to stop the vibration. I took the vehicle in for service on the13th of march at ewald jeep in franklin when they told me to replace the front tires because they were 2/32. I told them the tires have only 15,000 miles on them then they told me to see the place (pomps in racine) that sold me the tires. Pomps said I needed an alignment. Then, on the 8th of april driving at 40mph on a bumpy road, the steering wheel shook violently again with what felt like the front wheels were loose. To stop this vibration, I needed to slow to 10 to 20 MPH. I called for service once again to ewald on the10th of april. They replaced the steering damper ($126.28 and $98 for labor). They also performed a 2 wheel front end alignment. Then on saturday the 18th of april, it happened again. As soon as I got home, I called ewald and told them the shakes are back. Went in on monday the 20th and had a service tech drive it. He said nothing out of the ordinary occurred while he drove it. Minor shakes in the steering wheel but 'that's the nature of the beast', he said. They proceeded to look into it more and 20 minutes later, they told me they were replacing the steering damper they replaced only 10 days earlier. I owned a 1997 jeep wrangler and never experienced this then. After talking with other jeep owners, I believe it to be a bad design and hope chryslerjeep can correct this problem.
In reference to all late model jeep wranglers. What is known as the "death wobble". At a speed of 35 to 55 MPH, a vibration in the front end will occur that magnifies in intensity until the driver must stop the vehicle to regain control. Very dangerous. Jeep says that it thinks a steering damper change could stop this from occurring,but has never issued a recall or design change. Problem spans several years of the wrangler model. I have heard of mid 90's all the way to my 06' having the "death wobble". In my opinion jeep has neglected to fix a very serious problem that im sure has caused more than a few accidents. I have had to stop completely getting on the interstate to regain control . That cant be safe. I would think that a fix shouldn't be that hard for the engineers at daimler/chrysler to come up with . After all the jeep is an amazing vehicle. Therefore I am requesting that the federal safety agency commence an investigation into the death wobble" and jeeps responsibility in this . It is my belief that they should be held responsible for any worn or damaged front end parts due to the wobble and the fix for the problem. Thanks for your time and hard work . I am looking forward to speaking with a the federal safety agency rep at their convenience. If you need to observe the death wobble or need more info please feel free to contact me anytime via email or phone. Or you can just google it . You would be amazed at the number of people out there that have this problem and jeep acts as if it doesn't exist. All I can say is wow. Thanks again for doing your jobs and making these companies be responsible.
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