2007 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4X4 Steering Problems

TAKATA RECALL....WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 68 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE OVERPASS TODAY, MY JEEP WENT INTO THE DREADED "DEATH WOBBLE". IT WAS HORRIFYING...I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THOUGHT I WOULD FALL OVER THE OVERPASS. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO BUMPS OR POT HOLES. THIS IS THE SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED ON THE ROAD. IT FELT LIKE 4 BLOW-OUTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON SUCH A DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10935296

Incident

Dec 14, 2016

Mileage

170 mi

JUST AS ALL THE OTHER 2007 JEEP WRANGLERS MY CLOCKSPRING HAS GONE BAD AND MY AIRBAGS AND HORN MALFUNCTION CONSTANTLY. I FILED A REPORTS YEARS AGO BUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED. I SEE THAT THE 2008 JEEP WRANGLERS HAD THIS RECALLED, BUT 2007 JEEPS WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. GUESS OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILIES DON'T MEAN SQUAT.

NHTSA ID

10865780

Incident

Oct 26, 2012

Mileage

115,000 mi

VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE AT 50 MPH

NHTSA ID

10846062

Incident

Mar 9, 2016

Mileage

98,000 mi

FUEL OVER FLOWS WHEN FILLING UP. JEEP SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT RANDOM TIMES. AIR BAG LIGHTS UP AND DINGS AT RANDOM TIMES

NHTSA ID

10810579

Incident

Dec 15, 2015

Mileage

88,000 mi

MY 2007 JEEP JKU SAHARA WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND STALL AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHILE I AM DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE WIPERS AND HORN WILL GO OFF EVEN WHEN IN THE "OFF" POSITION, FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE STALLING. MY WHEELS WILL LOCK UP AND I CANNOT GIVE THE VEHICLE GAS. I CAN ONLY BRAKE AND SLIGHTLY TURN OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. RECALL FOR TIPM HAS ALREADY BEEN "REPROGRAMMED" AND APPARENTLY THERE ARE NO POWER MODULES AVAILABLE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IF A CERTAIN CODE DOES NOT POP UP, THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE EVERYTHING ON MY OWN. WELL, HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO DO THAT WHEN THERE ARE NO POWER MODULES AVAILABLE? THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP.

NHTSA ID

10780412

Incident

Oct 4, 2015

Mileage

116,500 mi

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, REACHING SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, I HIT A ROUGH PATCH IN THE ROAD AND THE JEEP BEGIN TO SHAKE BACK AND FORTH VERY FORCEFULLY, PULLING TO THE RIGHT. ONCE I LET OFF THE GAS AND THE JEEP SLOWED DOWN TO APPROX. 40MPH, IT FINALLY STOPPED. EVERY TIME I HIT A ROUGH PATCH IT WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE NAMED THIS "THE DEATH WOBBLE".

NHTSA ID

10749705

Incident

Nov 26, 2014

Mileage

120,000 mi

WE HIT A BAD PATCH IN THE ROAD, AND THE JEEP BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. MY HUSBAND TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND LET IT SLOW DOWN ON IT'S OWN, I PUSHED THE HAZARD LIGHTS, AND WE CAREFULLY MOVED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. WE EXAMINED THE TIRES AND UNDERCARRIAGE NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED. WE THOUGHT MAYBE OUR SHOCKS NEEDED REPLACING WHICH WE SUBSEQUENTLY DID. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED TWICE SINCE. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. WE SIMPLY LET THE VEHICLE SLOW (WITHOUT HITTING BRAKES) AND EVENTUALLY, IT COMES BACK UNDER CONTROL. HONESTLY, I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT IF WE ARE ON ROUGH ROADS.

NHTSA ID

10746560

Incident

Sep 22, 2014

Mileage

70,000 mi

VEHICLE GOES INTO A VERY BAD SHAKING AND WOBBLE OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION, TYPICALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND AFTER PASSING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, FREQUENTLY EVEN A VERY SMALL BUMP. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE RATTLE/WOBBLE AFTER IT BEGINS, IS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS EXAMINE IT, ALIGNMENT CHECKED, TIRES REPLACED, SUSPENSION PARTS REPLACED.

NHTSA ID

10745118

Incident

Jan 1, 2014

Mileage

60,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING DAMPER, BOTH FRONT AND REAR SHOCKS AND BOTH FRONT TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

NHTSA ID

10735248

Incident

Jun 2, 2015

Mileage

54,000 mi

2007 JEEP WRANGLER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNCONTROLLABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE LEARNED THE VEHICLE HAD AN ISSUE REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM. SOME PARTS WERE REPLACED TWO AND THREE TIMES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10715856

Incident

Jul 1, 2015

DEATH WOBBLE!!! DEATH WOBBLE!!! AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC, I HIT A BUMP GOIN 65 MPH AND SUDDENLY WITH OUT ANY WARNING THE FRONT END OF MY JEEP STARTED RAPIDLY WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ROAD, NEARLY CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. IT STARTLED ME SEVERELY, I WAS ABLE TO TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND STARTED TO SLOWLY DECELERATE WHILE TRYING TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER. IT TOOK UNTIL I GOT DOWN TO 25MPH FOR IT TO STOP SHIMMYING. I STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER TO INSPECT THE FRONT END OFF THE HIGHWAY, CHECKED MY TIRE PRESSURE, THE SHOCKS, AXLE AND ALL OTHER PARTS TO SEE WHAT BROKE. EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL AND I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT CAUSED THE SEVER WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH OF THE FRONT END, SO CARRIED ON, VERY CAUTIOUSLY. THIS HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, SOMETIMES GOING AS LOW AT 45MPH, BUT ONLY WHEN SOMETHING IN THE ROAD KNOCKS IT OFF BALANCE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY JEEP AT ALL. THE JEEP DEALER TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE JEEP'S SUSPENSION AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS TELL ME THEY DONT KNOW WHAT TO REPLACE INORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE LUCK WITH FIXING THE ISSUE IS TOO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT-END ALONG WITH THE AXLE. THIS IS THE TYPE OF ISSUE THAT THIS AGENCY WAS ESTABLISHED TO CORRECT. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED DUE TO A MAJOR ENGINNERING DEFECT BY JEEP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10714305

Incident

Apr 10, 2015

Mileage

78,657 mi

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT APPROX 65 MPH. I SWITCHED LANES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD THIS INTENSE SHAKING INITIALLY THINKING A TIRE WAS GOING DOWN. I DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 25MPH. I DID ALL I COULD TO KEEP THE JEEP IN THE LANE. I HAVE READ ABOUT DEATH WOBBLE...I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS IS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA 4-DR 4X4. *TR

NHTSA ID

10702740

Incident

Mar 29, 2015

Mileage

33,000 mi

THE DOORS WILL NO LONGER LOCK OR UNLOCK, AT TIMES THE LOCKING OF THE DOORS IS INTERMITTENT. WE RECENTLY HAD THE CLOCK SPRING REPAIRED AT LAMPE DODGE AND THEN THE LOCKS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIPM MODULE. I AM RESEARCHING THIS OUT MYSELF DUE TO THE DEALERSHIP REPORTING THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT JEEP IS IGNORING. ADDITIONALLY I WILL BE FILING A REPORT ON THE 2007 WRANGLER EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE SAME REPAIR SHOP WAS LOOKING INTO THE EXHAUST NOISE COMING FROM THIS VEHICLE AND INFORMED ME OF TWO CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. ADDITIONALLY EXHAUST MANIFOLD 1 WAS MISSING 3 BOLTS AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD 2 WAS MISSING 2 BOLTS. AT THIS TIME THE MECHANIC BELIEVED THE BOLTS HAD BEEN FORCED OUT OF THEIR LOCATION BY FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLDS THAT WARPED.

NHTSA ID

10690914

Incident

Jan 13, 2015

Mileage

78,000 mi

AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH IF I HIT A MINOR BUMP IN THE ROAD MY JEEP BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND CONTROL IS LOST TO THE VEHICLE TO THE POINT THAT YOU MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE REGAINING CONTROL. THIS IS CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" BY ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND SERVICE REPAIRMEN. THE INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION AS I WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE CAR IN MY LANE AND RAN ANOTHER CAR INTO A DITCH. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT OR PROPERTY DAMAGED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10676301

Incident

Jan 17, 2015

Mileage

72,000 mi

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I HIT A BUMP AND MY WHOLE JEEP RAPIDLY RATTLED BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ROAD, NEARLY CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. IT STARTLED ME SEVERELY, AND I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES, SLOWLY DECELERATING. IT TOOK UNTIL I GOT DOWN TO 25MPH FOR IT TO STOP SHIMMYING. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO THE NEAREST GAS STATION, CHECKED MY TIRE PRESSURE AND MADE SURE THERE WERE NO IDENTIFIABLE OBTRUSIONS THAT WOULD AFFECT PERFORMANCE, AND CARRIED ON, VERY CAUTIOUSLY. THIS HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, SOMETIMES GOING AS LOW AT 45MPH, BUT ONLY WHEN SOMETHING IN THE ROAD KNOCKS IT OFF BALANCE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY JEEP AT ALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10629151

Incident

Mar 22, 2013

Mileage

89,502 mi

JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10627783

Incident

Aug 1, 2014

Mileage

46,000 mi

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING AROUND 60 MPH WHEN FRONT END BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. NO PRECURSOR TO THE INCIDENT. WAS IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CAUSED GREAT DANGER TO MYSELF AND SURROUNDING AS I FOUGHT OFF THE SHAKING AND TOOK IT TO THE SHOULDER. *JS

NHTSA ID

10579441

Incident

Apr 1, 2014

Mileage

92,000 mi

WAS DRIVING IN NORMAL ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ON I-680. VEHICLE STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING SIDE TO SIDE, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING OUT OF CONTROL. I WAS IN EXTREMELY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT TO HAVE STEERING PARTS REPLACED, BUT IT DID NOT REMEDY THE INCIDENT. I AM EXTREMELY SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE - ESPECIALLY WITH MY WIFE AND THREE KIDS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10577276

Incident

Apr 3, 2014

Mileage

49,440 mi

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE FREEWAY GOING AROUND 60MPH, HIT A SMALL BUMP AND THE JEEP STARTED TO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY MY HEART WENT OUT OF MY CHEST. I FLIPPED ON MY HAZARDS AND MADE MY WAY OVER TO THE SLOW LANE, BUT THE SHAKING STOPPED. WHEN I ARRIVED TO WORK, I RESEARCHED THE "SHAKING" AND FOUND ANOTHER NAME FOR IT, "DEATH WOBBLE." I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THE PARTS THAT CAUSE THIS, IT HASN'T CAUSED ANY FATALITIES YET; BUT IT WILL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10564912

Incident

Feb 19, 2014

Mileage

55,000 mi

DEATH WOBBLE. YES IT'S SCARY. FIRST TIME ON THE FREEWAY, THEN IT WAS EASY TO DUPLICATE AFTER THAT AT SPEEDS ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP. I REPLACED THE SHOCKS, AND CHECKED TORQUE ON ALL FRONT END COMPONENTS, SAME PROBLEM. I ORDERED A NEW TRACK BAR (PANNARD ROD) WHICH I FOUND OUT HAD BEEN UPGRADED, AND WELDED REINFORCEMENTS WHERE THE BAR MOUNTS ON THE AXLE AND FRAME SUCH THAT THE BOLTS (ALSO REPLACED) FIT TIGHTER. PROBLEM GONE SINCE, 25000 MILES AGO. ALL STOCK SUSPENSION AND TIRE SIZE. THE DENIAL FROM CHRYSLER IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10531768

Incident

Jul 1, 2011

Mileage

40,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 35, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE, AND WITHIN SECONDS THE STEERING WAS SHAKING SO BADLY THAT I HAD TO BRING THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER RESUMING MY SPEED, THE CAR WAS NO LONGER SHAKING. SINCE THAT TIME, I EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT TO MODERATE SHAKE AT ALL SPEEDS, AND EXPERIENCE THE "DEATH WOBBLE" ALMOST DAILY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. I HAVE FOLLOWED ALL RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS TIRE ROTATION IS CONCERNED, AS WELL AS ALIGNMENT WHEN TIRES WERE PURCHASED. I HAVE SINCE FOUND THE RECENT CHRYSLER TSB REGARDING THE DEATH WOBBLE, AND AM CURRENTLY HAVING THE VEHICLES SUSPENSION AND WHEELS CHECKED. I WANT IT ON RECORD THAT THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM DAILY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10508575

Incident

Feb 26, 2013

Mileage

112,308 mi

ARE JEEP STARTED SHAKING VERY BADLY. WE HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND SEEN THAT MANY JEEP OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM , THEY ARE CALLING IT THE DEATH WOBBLE. WHY IS JEEP NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? *TR

NHTSA ID

10503667

Incident

Jan 26, 2013

Mileage

88,000 mi

I BOUGHT A USED 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DOOR SAHARA IN MARCH OF 2012. ABOUT 30 DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE (WHICH IS WHEN DEALER WARRANTY EXPIRED) THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES STARTING SQUEAKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE DIRTY. THEY "CLEANED" THE BRAKES AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. THE NEXT DAY THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING AGAIN EVERY TIME I BRAKE. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE BRAND NEW. AT THIS TIME, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ALSO STOPPED LOCKING CORRECTLY. THE WARRANTY I HAD PURCHASED FOR $2,000 DID NOT COVER ELECTRONICS! A COUPLE MONTHS GO BY AND I EXPERIENCED THE POPULAR DEATH WOBBLE AFTER GETTING AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION. IT TURNS OUT THE REAR TRACKBAR BRACKET WAS CRACKED AND EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY BROKE IN HALF. I BOUGHT A HEAVY DUTY ADJUSTABLE REAR TRACKBAR AND HAD A NEW BRACKET WELDED ON WHICH SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR A FEW DAYS. THEN THE DEATH WOBBLE STARTED AGAIN. I THEN TOOK THE JEEP TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED AND THE DEATH WOBBLE STARTED AT JUST 30MPH AS WE WERE LEAVING THE SHOP. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY WERE DUMBFOUNDED AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. SO THEY PLACED THE TIRES BACK WHERE THEY WERE WHEN I TOOK IT IN AND IT STOPPED FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS. SINCE THEN I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT TRACKBAR, STEERING STABILIZER, AND SHOCKS, WHICH ALL SEEMED TO HAVE PUT IT AT BAY. HOWEVER, NOW I HAVE $340-A-PIECE TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN WORN OUT AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD I CANNOT GET THE ALIGNMENT FIXED UNTIL I REPLACE THE FRONT BALL JOINTS! I PAID ABOUT $30,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE HAD TO PUT IN AROUND $2500 IN REPAIRS AND UPGRADES DUE TO POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THIS VEHICLE. ON TOP OF THAT I CANNOT EVEN DRIVE IT WITH MY FAMILY FOR FEAR OF OUR SAFETY. I HAVE SEEN MANY ONLINE FORUMS WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WON'T HELP ME. THE MANUFACTURER WON'T HELP. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH OCCURS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10494738

Incident

Aug 25, 2012

Mileage

55,000 mi

I WAS ON HIGHWAY AND I GOT WHAT I NOW FIND OUT IS COMMON IN MY CAR THE DEATH WOBBLE. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY TO MAKE IT STOP. VERY SCARY AND DEADLY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10489523

Incident

Dec 20, 2012

Mileage

56,000 mi

I EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" TWICE YESTERDAY. THE FIRST HAPPENED IN A CURVE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTION IN THE ROAD. THE SECOND WAS SHORTLY AFTER ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH. AGAIN, NO OBSTRUCTION IN THE ROAD. THIS WAS SO SEVERE MY PASSENGER HAD TO HELP STEADY THE WHEEL TO KEEP ME FROM CRASHING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE ARE NO AFTER MARKET PARTS AND NO LIFT INSTALLED ON THE JEEP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10477985

Incident

Sep 29, 2012

Mileage

62,000 mi