When my 2006 jeep wrangler hits a bump or an imperfection in the road while travelling at 45mph and above, the jeep will begin to shake so severely that a crash seems inevitable unless I slam on the brakes and pull over on the shoulder. This has happened to me more than I can count and continues to be a dangerous problem. Please help!!!
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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!!!!
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.
Rotated tires, 2 front wheel studs broke at less than 100 feet. Took vehicle to tire retailer to replace broken studs, and they discovered 3 other studs were severely stretched. 5 of the 10 front wheel studs were replaced. I have all 5 defective studs.
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