I have had the "death wobble" since may. I've gone through 3 stabilizers, all on my dime, because my original stabilizer was damaged. Have taken my jeep to two dealers and two offroad shops. The offroad shops insist nothing is wrong with my lift, and it's an fca issue. Dealer does not take it seriously because of the lift, and tells me to replace stabilizer. The "issue" is causing me to go through multiple stabilizers as they go bad attempting to prevent the "death wobble"
2018 Jeep Wrangler steering complaints
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Driving at 60 MPH in the interstate I-79, after going through a small road bump, severe shaking of the steering system took place (steering wheel and whole vehicle), which only went away by slowly braking down to reduce the spped. The car has about 7,500 miles only and I have experienced wobble steering, 3 times in similar condiions between 55 and 65 MPH. Each time I was driving on a flat straight line.
I have a new jeep wrangler jl. I just recently have noticed that a high speeds 55 and above that my vehicle wobbles and wont hold a straight line. Also when I hit a bump my steering wheel moves from right to left or left to right in a shaking motion
While traveling at speeds above 25 MPH, the jeep is very loose steering and requires constant adjustment to the steering wheel to drive straight. This is my 9th jeep wrangler and I have never had one that exhausted me so much to drive it. It is totally stock with 4000 miles on it. Wish I still had my jk.
When driving at highway speeds and you hit a bump the jeep will intermittently begin to violently shake and the only way to stop it is to slow down almost to a stop.
I have approximately 6,000 miles on my brand new 2018 jl wrangler rubicon that has the mopar factory 2" lift, installed by the dealer. The mopar lift was installed appropriately, but yet the springs are curved, bent, and not straight. Chrysler put out a statement that this is normal, as basically all mopar lift installed on the new jl wrangler has bent springs. This is only the beginning, because now my brand new jl wrangler has death wobble. If you are in a vehicle that has death wobble, you would know why they call it death wobble. At varying speeds, mostly in the 35 to 45mph range, a small bump on the road causes the steering wheel and the tires to violently and uncontrollably go back and forth. The only way to stop this is to brake and slow down quickly. As you can imagine, if someone in front of you brakes suddenly, it can be very dangerous. The dealership will not fix the lift as they say curved springs are normal. They diagnosed the main problem to be a steering stabilizer, which is no back order. So, a company makes a defective product that puts the general public in danger, and their part to fix the problem is on back order. The steering stabilizer, according to mechanics is a band aid fix and really doesn't fix the main problem. Even the "jeep guy" at the dealership indicated that it isn't a steering stabilizer.
'death wobble' experienced again. Traveling over 70mph on the pa turnpike and hit a small bump when my steering wheel began to shake violently. I had to pull off the side of the rode to fix the problem. I have a stock 2018 jeep wrangler unlimited sahara. I had a stock 2015 jeep wrangler unlimited sahara prior to this and never experienced this issue. It is very dangerous.
'death wobble' this has now happened multiple times when traveling on the highway. When I am over 70mph and hit a bump the steering wheel shakes violently until I slow down. I almost feel like I am going to lose control and have had to pull over on the side of the highway to get this to correct itself. This needs fixed.
I bought the jeep over the phone so did not drive it before purchase. Upon taking delivery I noticed it seemed to be hard to keep in my lane, but attributed this to not being familiar with the vehicle. The more I drove the vehicle I realized it was not normal. It wanders or drifts and is very hard, if not impossible to keep in my lane. I took to the jeep dealer and was told it was normal. I did some on line research and discovered that many owners of this product are having similar problems. The dealer here acknowledges they are having a lot of complaints but nothing they can do. I contacted jeep and they had me take it back to check tightness of steering components and align the front end. This did not help at all. Contacted jeep again and was told someone would be calling me back. No one did. This vehicle is unsafe to drive. If you look at complaints online you will soon discover that jeep is aware of the issue, but doing nothing. Someone is going to get hurt. I, many times have drifted into the lane next to me and there is so much play in the steering that it is hard to correct. When I go over a narrow bridge a try to stay as far from side of bridge to avoid hitting the side of the bridge. I have had many others drive the vehicle to verify what I am saying and every person has had an alarmed response. The vehicle is unsafe to drive, and jeep knows it.
Death wobble!!! My brand new jeep with only 9400 miles on her goes into such an almost uncontrollable shake when on highway after I hit a bump. My speed is at approx 65-70. Dealer telling me not 'their problem'
The steering seems to catch in the early morning hours when driving and slighting turning to the right, it gets very stiff as if the power steering has gone out, then releases it happens every morning when driving the vehicle..
Severe steering ocilation at highway speeds over 45
14000 miles. Purchased in march. Experiencing death wobble at speeds over 67mph and driving over a pot hole, bridge connection or something in the road. Has almost caused 2 accidents. Dealer cannot diagnose but thinks it could be steering stabilizer, camber, steering box. No parts will be available until 2019.
When driving at highway speeds (about 55mph-70mph) if the jeep hits a minor bump, it will violently shake. Both the steering wheel, wheels and the entire car are affected. You can notice the violent shaking/vibrations from outside the car. The only way the shaking stops is by slowing down significantly. It has happened several times since I've had the car, which is only a few months old and is stock. Nothing is lifted or modified.
When driving on the highway at speeds around 70-75 MPH the vehicle will hit a bump and the steering and jeep will start shaking violently for 3-6 seconds or until vehicle slows down. At highway speeds this is a long distance. Driving is unsafe when this occurs. One place in particular is extremely dangerous is a bridge transition on pellissippi parkway the bridge transition is on an uphill turn and it is hard to keep the steering wheel in the correct placement to stay in the lane. There is a barrier on one side and traffic on the other. The steering wheel is shaking and the entire jeep is shaking. The problem started occurring with 14,000 miles on the jeep
Death wobble. Steering wheel shakes after hitting a bump, usually at a lower speed. 30-60 MPH. Sometimes slowing down is required to stop the shaking. Not safe.
I was driving on a highway, about 70 MPH and went over bump on a bridge. The steering wheel started shaking for about 3 seconds and stopped as I let off the gas. I went over the next bridge and it did the same thing. This is the 1st time this has happened to me , the vehicle only has 5300 miles on it.
If I hit a bump at highway speeds, the steering wheel and entire front end bump violently until I reduce speed below 40 miles per hour. At that point the shaking stops. During this shaking the car is very difficult to steeer or control. My jeep is new and it began at 2000 miles (maybe the first time I traveled on the highway) and still occurs. I now have 6000 miles. The tires are set to the proper pressure and I have not done any modifications.
After reading the article on USA today about the "death wobble" I thought I should report that I experience the same thing everyday on my morning commute. I take 131 south in grand rapids and it happens at the same location each morning,.
My jeep wrangler is brand new. Bought in september 2018 and definitely has the death wobbler. I have read other similar complaints where going over an ordinary bump at 70mph. Gives you the wobble. One cannot totally avoid this speed on the highway in today's traffic. In my opinion this shouldn't happen to a vehicle so new. With regular issued tires and no lift or anything. It is just as I received it
Excessive vibration on the driver side of the vehicle when hitting the smallest of bumps. Does not necessarily need to be at high rate of speed. Started about 2 weeks ago while driving down the highway at 70 miles ph. Do not recall hitting any bump. Brought in to dealership 11/16 - they could not duplicate and found nothing wrong. Only has 10k miles. Has occurred 4 times in total.
At highway speeds, going over any bridge transition or seam results in an almost uncontrollable shaking in the front end that can only be stopped by slowing down to about 40 MPH. This is extremely dangerous in traffic at highway speed.
Vehicle hits small bump in road (happens while on side streets and highways) and steering wheel/tires begin to shake violently. Must slow vehicle significantly to stop shaking. Feels as though I have a flat tire or a tire is about to come loose.
When traveling on the highway over 70mph I hit a small bump and my steering wheel began to shake violently and uncontrollably. It forced me to slow down until the shaking stopped.
If I hit a bump on the highway traveling at speeds over 70mph the steering wheel shakes violently until I hit my brakes and slow down under the minimum speed limit for it to stop shaking.
We bought this jeep SUV in may 2018 and from the acquisition date we noticed a pronounced and dangerous shaking of the wheels, steering wheel. And body of the vehicle every time a road bump or uneven pavement is encountered when driving 55 MPH and above. For the shaking to stop we have to slow to unsafe speeds below 50 MPH on the highway.
This wrangler cannot be kept in straight path when traveling either at low or high speeds. There is an excessive amount of "play" in the steering wheel amplified by higher winds and cross traffic. This "wandering" requires constant steering correction resulting in a continuous struggle to maintain control.
2018 jeep jlu rubicon. 11,000 miles. Steering has started randomly locking up or gets very stiff. Only happens for maybe a half second or so at a time. If I decrease speed steering function seems to return to normal. Occurs randomly and I cannot duplicate the problem. Seems to happen when jeep is warming up from cold and at speeds around 60mph.
Driving home on the freeway tonight, about 70 MPH. Went to make a lane change, but the steering became very stiff'could barely make the lane change. As quick as it came, it disappeared. Then got stiff again, then disappeared and did not return for the rest of my drive. Very very scary.
While operating the vehicle, the power steering appears to stop working and the vehicles steering wheel gets harder to turn and requires more effort to turn the wheel. Then it unexpectedly gets free or loose and causes the operator to suddenly over correct the steering.
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