2020 Jeep Wrangler: jerking or lurching

Filed Sep 11, 2024 · Steering · OK

I recently purchased a 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon from a private party. The vehicle has not been used much for highway driving, only town. During driving at several different speeds, I have experienced difficulty in controlling steering to include but not limited to instances of jerking and the vehicle drifting from side to side. When these episode have transpired the vehicle failed to drive in a straight line. Additionally, while driving at highway speeds and pressing the brake pedal, the vehicle has drifted severely to the left. As the vehicle is under warranty, I set up an appointment at South Point Jeep in Tulsa, Ok and notified the repair person of the issue. I was advised that my vehicle had no open recalls and that they did not take into consideration any TSB's. The vehicle has not yet been repaired.

Filed Sep 2, 2022 · Transmission · CO

Clutch pedal intermittently sticks when pressed to the floor. If you press and hold the clutch to the floor and release it slowly you can feel it bind up. 3 things normally happen. #1. It will stick to the floor #2. It will stick for a short time and as you raise your foot, the pedal will hit the bottom of your foot, jerking the jeep forward. #3 it does release as normal. I have taken the Jeep to the dealer last year 8/21 and they couldn't replicate the issue. However they reported a leaky hose that they replaced. I couldn't identify any hoses that were newly replaced. It has gotten progressively worse and now I can replicate the issue after a few attempts. When at a complete stop pointing uphill there is a risk of rolling back into another vehicle if the clutch doesnt engage. Transitioning from a complete stop to moving forward is not very smooth if the clutch pops up on its own. Sometimes it ends up in the engine stopping and having to restart the vehicle. The Jeep is available for inspection. I have tried to schedule another repair but waiting for a response from the Dealer. The Jeep has other recalls for the clutch and I believe all recalls have been applied to the vehicle. I have an email that I sent to the dealer with photos that I sent to the dealer when I first noticed this issue. I can also try to find the invoice from last year.

Filed Jul 24, 2021 · AZ · crash

When in the automatic shut off mode, the car will lurch forward forcefully when trying to park. The vehicle will jump the cement parking barriers and can cause the vehicle to hit what is beyond the barrier, such as the wall of the building beyond the barrier.

Filed Jun 20, 2021 · Steering · VA

A bunch of lights started to pop on my dashboard and said things like Service Airbag System, Service Shifter, Traction Control On while I was driving on a busy road. My steering wheel was also locked so I was unable to turn left or right. Thankfully, I was on the right side of the road so I was somehow able to get on the side of the road and pull over. When I put my car on park, the car would start jerking forward. I turned my car on and off and it was still doing the same thing. I turned it off again and after about 15 minutes, my steering wheel was unlocked. I took my car to the dealership and had them take a look at it. A few days later, they "fixed" it and told me it was a battery issue and that it was resolved. Two days later, the exact same thing happened AGAIN while I was on a 1 way street. It was INCREDIBLY dangerous, because it happened right before I had to go up an S curve. It was in the middle of a storm and there were a lot of cars going the other way and a lot of cars behind me. I turned on my hazard lights and had to go up the curve very slowly and there was somewhere I could turn right. Since my steering wheel was locked, I wasn't able to turn onto the street and ended up in a patch of grass. My car is currently at the dealership again. They told me it was a wiring issue and they are going to keep it and test drive it a few times.

Filed Apr 14, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 14,900 miles · FL

The neutral automatic start/off switch was activated as I was stopped at a red light. Vehicle suddenly turned off and jerked as I was proceeding to go on a green light and vehicle did not want to turn back on until 20 min later.

Filed Aug 10, 2020 · Steering · 38 miles · OR

2020 jeep wrangler bought july 16 2020 had 35 miles and now it is 1000 miles. While driving at all speeds vehicle drifts left to right, you constantly need to be correcting steering to keep vehicle in your own lane. Steering get worse at speeds above 40 MPH. You need to be moving steering wheel back and forth to keep vehicle straight and then without warning you are being jerked into other lane. I will not let any other family member drive jeep until they fix this issue.

Filed Aug 7, 2020 · Steering · 6,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2020 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that the steering wheel became loose while driving and while turning. The contact stated that the steering wheel had four inches to the right and four inches to come back to the center and could not control due to the looseness. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to peppers chrysler dodge jeep ram (2440 e wood st, paris, tn 38242, and was diagnosed that it was in the safety guideline of the computer. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired once before for a failure with the steering column. The contact also mentioned that the steering failed to respond to the left or right unless it was jerked. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred twice. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000.

Filed Feb 24, 2020 · Engine · 3,400 miles · CA · crash

As slowing down towards a red light at approximately 5 MPH the engine suddenly revved up . Pressed brake to full (again, no foot on gas), engine continued revving at high RPM. Jeep lurched forward three times and rear ended car in front waiting at the light. 4 wheel drive was not manually turned on, but felt like the front wheels had locked but the back wheels kept lurching the jeep forward. Again the engine was racing even though gas pedal was not pressed. Please note: this vehicle is a rental from avis.