A bunch of codes flashed on my dash screen and then steering wheel locked up when I was driving on a city street I had just turned and was going straight at about 30 MPH. I had to use excessive force to pull the car over and turned car off and on and then I regained steering. Although the steering was back, the check engine light turned on. I was out of town so I took it to a dealer to see if it was safe to drive 2hrs back home. They checked it said a bunch of codes came up but they cleared them and didn't find anything wrong. They test drove it and couldn't duplicate the problem so they summed it up as a computer glitch, and said it would most likely not happen again and should be fine driving back home. It was fine the rest of that day. The next day as I'm driving it happens again and does another 4 times that day. 3 driving thru crowded city streets once I was driving straight at about 15 MPH, next I was at a stop sign and then I was slowing down to pull into a parking spot. The 4th time that day I was on the freeway heading back home. I was in heavy traffic going about 40 MPH. Same as the first incident I had to pull over and turn the car off and on again to regain control of steering. And the check engine light stayed on.
2021 Jeep Wrangler steering complaints
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The jeep has excessive steering play and wanders in the lane. When travelling in a straight line, the vehicle requires constant and significant steering correction. This issue becomes more pronounced and dangerous at speeds above 60mph. Two repair attempts have been made by jeep only of las vegas, but the problem persists. This vehicle has the new black steering gear box and 840 miles. After the last repair attempt, the problem is worse. Vehicle is now too dangerous to drive.
Steering has excessive play. Seems to be more noticeable on hot days. The vehicle seems to drift leading to constant correction while driving. This happens at all speeds.
Tl* the contact owns a 2021 jeep wrangler. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, he became aware that the steering wheel was loose and failed to steer the vehicle straight. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to lindsay chevrolet located at 15605 jefferson davis hwy, woodbridge, va 22191, (571) 200-4754, where it was diagnosed with needing the steering gear to be replaced and the steering module updated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 225.
Wandering steering above 30 MPH won't track straight, excessive play in the wheel. Ordered from dealer went to the shop for steering issues at 52 miles and back again 2 weeks later, just picked it up from the dealer and steering is worse, I feel it is unsafe for my 17 year old daughter to drive.
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