2010 Jeep Wrangler: loss of power steering

Filed Sep 14, 2023 · Steering, Suspension · CA · crash

Track bar bracket broke off at 65 mph due to violent steering death wobble. I had no steering when track bar bracket welds broke off axle. No Sterring. Yes, independent. Had to have vehicle toed on flatbed. Yes, Insurance said they will not cover catastrophic failure of the steering or the damage. No warnings other than dramatic front-end vibration that broke off the metal bracket.

Filed Aug 29, 2016 · Brakes, Engine · 64,758 miles · TX

Wasn't due for an oil change for 3000 miles I use synthetic rod blew while on freeway with my daughter in the car . No brakes no warning no steering we could have died! Chrysler turning their head! Mechanic says it's a defect in engine and never seen an engine blow at 64,000 miles and still have all proper levels of fluids! I was going 65 miles an hour on a freeway thank god it was a straight stretch and I was in the right lane, had there been a turn or had we have been on a bridge we would have died or seriously injured someone else!

Filed Feb 5, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 50,000 miles · WV

The problem happened 3 times. Two at very low speeds during the day, and once at night at high speed. The first time it happened, I was driving the jeep and the engine stalled. It was hard to steer, but I was moving slow. I thought it was a weird fluke. I put the car in park and restarted it with no problem. The second time it my husband was driving, we had just pulled out of our neighborhood and the jeep stalled. The breaks don't work well, and the steering is difficult. He put the jeep in neutral and restarted it with no problem. The third time it happened, was on january 10, 2015. I was driving at night with my child on a long trip. I had been driving the jeep for several hours on the interstate. It happened at around 10:00 pm - it was very dark. I was in the passing lane going about 65 MPH when the engine stalled, the headlights went out, all the interior lights went out, dashboard went dark, and I knew from the previous two times, that if I applied the breaks or tried to steer, it would be very difficult. I decided that I didn't want to look down and try to find neutral and accidentally put it in a low gear. So I turned the ignition switch and everything came back on (engine, light inside and out, power steering, and power breaks) while the jeep was in drive traveling at 65 MPH. I took it to the jeep dealer to have it repaired. They told me that the trans range sensor went bad. My main concern is - why is the engine stalling and jeep losing all power while moving when the sensor goes bad? There was no warning light to let me know a sensor was bad. Are all jeeps designed with this sensor, and will all jeeps experience the same thing if their trans range sensor goes bad, or was it just something that happened with my specific vehicle?

Filed Nov 5, 2012 · Steering, Suspension · 11,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jeep wrangler 4x4. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 to 55 MPH the front end of the vehicle would shake violently. The contact merged to the side of the road in order to regain control of the vehicle. The contact stated that when she began driving again at approximately 35 MPH the power steering failed. The vehicle was unable to be driven and as a result the vehicle was towed to a dealer. The vehicle has not been diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted but they offered no assistance. The failure and current mileage was approximately 11,000. Updated 01/09/13

Filed Apr 26, 2012 · Transmission · 3,200 miles · TX · fire

The 2010 jeep wrangler unlimited had been driven approximately 15 miles in stop and go traffic and for the ten minutes prior to the stop at the convenience store had been driven at highway speeds. The driver stopped at a convenience store for 5 minutes, pulled out of the parking lot, and approximately 2 minutes later the jeep had flames shooting out from underneath the vehicle. The driver was able to get into an empty parking lot before the power steering failed and attempted to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher with no success. The jeep was a complete loss at approximately 3000 miles. The only unusual behavior noted before the fire was that the vehicle stalled when put into reverse on 2 occasions. The jeep was scheduled to go back to the dealer to investigate this problem but then burned to the ground. Investigation from the chrysler rep and the insurance rep determined that the cause of the fire was due to "debris around the transmission".

Filed Mar 14, 2012 · Brakes, Engine · 25,000 miles · MI · fire

Stock 2010 jeep wrangler unlimited rubicon ~25,000 miles while driving ~ 25mph on a city street, brakes failed and I drove through a stop sign - I noticed smoke coming from the dash and attempted to pull the vehicle to the side of the road. Before I could, the power steering failed and I noticed flames from the drivers side window. I jumped from the jeep. Fire services were on scene w/I 2 minutes and jeep was completely engulfed in flames (around engine compartment) w/I 30 seconds.