2009 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4X4 Suspension Problems

EXPERIENCED THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING WHEEL WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. APPARENTLY THIS IS REFERRED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE" BUT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET. MY BEST GUESS IS, AFTER MULTIPLE PEOPLE DIE FROM THIS MALFUNCTION AND SUE THE CHRYSLER/JEEP CORPORATION, THEN IT A RECALL MIGHT BE ISSUED AND THE PROBLEM FIXED! I AM HIGHLY AGITATED BY THIS ISSUE AND THE REOCCURENCE!!!!!

NHTSA ID

11052766

Incident

Dec 5, 2017

Mileage

85,000 mi

DEATH WOBBLE - SEVERE BOUNCING OF FRONT END WHEN HITTING A BUMP GOING AROUND 60 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPEN OVER 10 TIMES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS AND AFTER I HAD A NEW STEERING STABILIZER (HORIZONTAL SHOCK ABSORBER) INSTALLED ON FRONT AXEL.

NHTSA ID

11021864

Incident

Sep 6, 2017

Mileage

214,000 mi

CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY BETWEEN 50-55 MPH. FRONT STEERING STABILIZER HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, "DEATH WOBBLE" STILL OCCURS. HAPPENS ON SMOOTH, NON-BUMPY ROADS AS WELL AS BUMPY ONES.

NHTSA ID

11013527

Incident

Aug 6, 2017

Mileage

86,000 mi

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A CONSTANT SPEED AND HIT A ROUGH AREA ON THE PAVEMENT AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND ROCK BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY. I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT, BUT HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD FOR THIS VIOLENT ROCKING TO STOP. IT IS NOT A CONSTANT PROBLEM, BUT OCCURS WHEN CERTAIN ROUGH AREAS OF PAVEMENT SET UP THIS VIOLENT VIBRATION. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. TRIED TO GET IT FIXED, SEEMED TO BE A MYSTERY. LEARNED THAT THIS IS EXPERIENCED BY MANY OWNERS OF JEEPS AND OTHER SELECT VEHICLES. THERE ARE MANY, MANY DESCRIPTIONS AND VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET. I ALSO SEE COMPLAINTS OF THIS ON YOUR SITE. WHY DO YOU NOT CARE? WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING YOUR JOB? I DID NOT GET KILLED. IS THIS WHAT IT TAKES FOR YOU TO TAKE NOTICE? I WANT NOTHING, ONLY FOR THIS TO BE REMEDIED. IT IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY CONCERN & QUITE FRIGHTENING, ESPECIALLY THEN THIS OCCURS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10938810

Incident

Dec 25, 2016

DRIVING ON I-81, IN VIRGINIA AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION IN THE FRONT END BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND FORCED ME TO PULL OVER INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THIS SAME EVENT OCCURRED 3 TIMES DURING THIS TRIP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10924044

Incident

Oct 22, 2016

Mileage

27,500 mi

VIOLENT SHAKING OF VEHICLE OCCURRED WHEN WE HIT A BUMP WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY 55MPH. PULLED OFF ROAD, LOCAL MECHANICS COULD FIND NO IDENTIFIABLE CAUSE. TESTED JEEP ON ROAD AND DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE MECHANIC DROVE AT 60MPH (WE DID NOT HIT A BUMP ON THIS TEST DRIVE)

NHTSA ID

10876643

Incident

Jun 25, 2016

09 JEEP WRANGLER HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND GOES IN A VIOLENT VIBRATION (WOBBLING TO THE POINT YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. VERY SCARY! I OWN THE CAR SINCE NEW. INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE ON LINE AND AND FOUND OUT NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE!

NHTSA ID

10811603

Incident

Dec 20, 2015

Mileage

80,000 mi

MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4DR JK SUFFERS FROM THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WHENEVER DRIVING OVER 55 MPH AND HITTING A BUMP A CERTAIN WAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSING THE JEEP TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND HAVING TO STOP TO GET THE JEEP UNDER CONTROL. BECOMES A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION IF HAPPENS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY/BRIDGE/ETC. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. THERE ARE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES FROM OTHER OWNERS WHO SUFFER FROM THIS SAME PREDICAMENT.

NHTSA ID

10807584

Incident

Nov 29, 2015

Mileage

83,000 mi

JEEP HIT A BUMP IN ROAD AND FRONT END STARTED SHAKING. HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, TRYING TO PULL OFF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, BEFORE SHAKING(WOBBLE) STOPPED. AFTER THE JEEP STOPPED SHAKING, I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE, HIT ANOTHER SMALL BUMP, AND THE WOBBLE CAME BACK AGAIN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10648976

Incident

Oct 19, 2014

Mileage

68,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 65 MPH I ENCOUNTERED A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED FOR ANY VISIBLE ISSUES, BUT FOUND NOTHING, SO I CONTINUED WITH MY TRIP. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN LATER THAT SAME DAY IN VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 65 MPH HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD, AT A TRANSITION WHERE THE BRIDGE OVERPASS MEETS THE ASPHALT, THE CAR AGAIN BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND I HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE AGAIN TO REGAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE SHAKING. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I LEARNED THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH JEEPS KNOW AS THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10564331

Incident

Feb 13, 2014

Mileage

44,400 mi

WHEN MY JEEP HITS A BUMP THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10560997

Incident

Jan 14, 2014

Mileage

36,000 mi

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROX 50MPH, HIT A SMALL BUMP AND THE JEEP STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH. I HAD TO GRAB THE WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS PUSH ON THE BRAKE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THINKING MY TIRE HAD FALLEN OFF (EVERYTHING WAS STILL THERE). WHEN I GOT HOME I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEPS, THEY HAVE LABELLED IT "JEEP DEATH WOBBLE". I LIVE IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, WHICH HAS WINDY ROADS WITH NO GUARD RAILS. IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON TIOGA RD. I DON'T DOUBT IT COULD END IN A FATALITY. THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" NOW HAS ME SCARED TO DRIVE MY JEEP AND I'M NOT THE ONLY JEEP OWNER THAT FEELS THE SAME WAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10545737

Incident

Sep 27, 2013

Mileage

41,000 mi

ESP/BAS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD CLOCK SPRING, THEY FIXED IT SINCE IT WAS JUST UNDER THE 50K MILE WARRANTY, THREE WEEKS LATER I WAS OVER THE 50K WARRANTY AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, TOOK IT BACK AND IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING AGAIN DEALERSHIP FIXED IT AGAIN THEN A BIT OVER A YEAR LATER IT WENT AGAIN, I DON'T GO OFF ROADING OR ANYTHING CRAZY NOW I HAVE TO DROP 600 BUCKS (PARTS+LABOR) TO FIX IT AGAIN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THE AIRBAG GOES OFF IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT CRAZY THIS IS NOT A RECALL YET, A COMMON JEEP PROBLEM THAT EFFECTS AIRBAGS AND SUSPENSION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10514670

Incident

Feb 15, 2012

Mileage

55,000 mi

THE WHOLE JEEP STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO HOLD ON TO. HAD TO SLOW DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. MY JEEP IS STOCK, AND THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRACKBAR WHICH SEEMED TO HELP FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S BACK AGAIN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10507060

Incident

Oct 15, 2012

Mileage

39,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING THE JEEP DOWN THE HIGHWAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND IT VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AFTER I DROVE OVER A BUMP. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN VERY QUICKLY DURING RUSH HOUR AND WAS ALMOST HIT IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER CARE SO THE WOBBLE WOULD GO AWAY. I TOOK IT TO HAVE IT FIXED AND WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON. I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE AND WAS AMAZED. FOR A NEWER VEHICLE I WAS FLOORED THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY JEEP. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TOO. I TOOK IT TO JEEP AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO PAY TO FIX IT, SO WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO DRIVE AND UNSAFE CAR (AND IT IS UNSAFE, ANOTHER CAR ALMOST HIT ME). I PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED. THEY REPLACED A DAMPER AND GUESS WHAT THERE IS STILL A WOBBLE. THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS ISSUE AND YET JEEP WILL NOT STAND BEHIND A POOR DESIGN THAT THEY CLEARLY KNOW IS A PROBLEM. SO, I AM LOOKING FOR HELP MAKING IT KNOW THAT IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE ADVISED JEEP AND NOW NHTSA. I WILL SURELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY AND BECOME VERY PUBLIC THAT THERE HAS BEEN WARNING OF THIS. ALL I WANT IS FOR MY WIFE AND KIDS TO BE SAFE IN A CAR. JEEP SHOULD STEP UP AND CORRECT THERE PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10482198

Incident

Sep 27, 2012

Mileage

46,000 mi

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO A DANGEROUS SPEED IF YOU CANT PULL OVER RIGHT AWAY TO STOP. THE CAR SHAKES AS IF IT IS FALLING APART. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WE BROUGHT IT TO OUR MECHANIC. THEY INFORMED US THAT IT WAS THE STEERING DAMPENER AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT IS HAPPENING TO JEEPS ALL OVER AND THAT CHRYSLER IS NOT COVERING REPAIRS. AFTER MY MECHANIC FIXED THE STEERING DAMPENER, THEY TEST DROVE IT AND FOUND THE SHAKE TO STILL BE THERE AND DID FURTHER INVESTIGATING. THEY FOUND THAT MOST OF THE PARTS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM WERE DAMAGED, IE. TIE RODS AND STEERING DRAG LINK. I AM BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO MY JEEP DEALER AND HAVE INFORMED CHRYSLER OF THE SITUATION. I AM HOPING THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THE BAD PARTS BUT DO NOT HAVE A GOOD FEELING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10481204

Incident

Oct 9, 2012

Mileage

45,000 mi

VIOLENT FRONT WHEELS WOBBLE AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON A ROAD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10459563

Incident

May 9, 2012

Mileage

40,000 mi

THE VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION AND STEERING BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH AND I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL JEEP UNTIL I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND BROUGHT THE JEEP TO UNDER 40 MPH OR A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10458766

Incident

Jan 17, 2012

Mileage

25,000 mi

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I HIT A UNLEVELED SURFACED JEEP WENT JUMPING ALL OVER THE ROAD. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE AND DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT LATER. BUT IT IS CONTINUING TO GET WORSE. I HAVE A APPT. TUESDAY WITH DEALERSHIP AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF MY WARRANTY WILL COVER THIS. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DEATH WOBBLE UNTIL THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAVE THE DEATH WOBBLE. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS? THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE SO I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT DRIVE IT. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE!!!!!!!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10455261

Incident

Jan 25, 2012

Mileage

30,000 mi

I LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. I EXPERIENCED WHAT IS BEING REFERRED TO AS "WRANGLER DEATH WOBBLE" ON OR ABOUT 11:55 P.M. ON MARCH 15, 2012, WHILE I DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR EAST LOS ANGELES. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN AND SUBSTANTIAL PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE/SUSPENSION/STEERING COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE WELD OF THE TRACK BAR HOUSING/BRACKET ON THE AXLE SIDE WAS RIPPED COMPLETELY OFF OF THE FRONT AXLE. THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT TOOK ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO BRING IT UNDER CONTROL BY APPLYING BRAKES AND HOLDING ON TO THE VIOLENTLY SHAKING STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR SWERVED INTO ADJACENT LANES. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO CARS NEXT TO ME A THE TIME. I PURCHASED THE 2009 WRANGLER FROM FOLSOM LAKE FORD IN FOLSOM, CA ON JANUARY 28, 2012, ONLY 46 DAYS BEFORE I EXPERIENCED THE WRANGLER DEATH WOBBLE. THE TRACK BAR HOUSING WAS RE-WELDED TO THE AXLE AND A GUSSET ADDED IN LOS ANGELES TO ALLOW ME TO RETURN HOME. I INCURRED SIGNIFICANT COSTS FOR REPAIRS. TWO EXPERT TECHNICIANS HAVE EXAMINED THE SUSPENSION AND CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO QUESTION THE DEFECT EXISTED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE OBVIOUS DEFECT AND "PLAY" SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED BY ROUTINE VISUAL INSPECTION. FOLSOM LAKE FORD V.P. OF OPERATIONS, JOHN SEARS REFUSES TO EVEN INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO SEE WHETHER IT IS NOW SAFE TO DRIVE OR TAKE ANY ACTION AT ALL TO FIX THE DAMAGE. [XXX] HAS STATED IN WRITING THAT MY ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST FOLSOM LAKE FORD. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10452720

Incident

Mar 15, 2012

Mileage

38,600 mi

JEEP FRONT END BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKING CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN CROSSING HIGHWAY SEAMS, SMALL BUMPS, ETC ESPECIALLY WHEN TIRES HIT THEM ONE TIRE AT A TIME. JEEP MUST BE STOPPED TO CORRECT SHAKING. NO MODIFICATIONS COMPLETELY STOCK. DEALER CLAIMS EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH VEHICLE AND IN PROPER WORKING ORDER. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER AND OVER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10432296

Incident

Oct 14, 2010

Mileage

41,000 mi

AT 55 MPH ON INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF 635 IN DALLAS MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER ( WITH 28,000 MILES ) UNLIMITED'S STEERING AND FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY UPON DRIVING ACROSS THE SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY WHERE THE ROAD AND OVERPASS SEAM MEETS ...I HAD TO SLOW TO 35MPH TO GET THE WOBBLING AND SHAKING TO STOP. I HAVE NOW HAD THIS RE-OCCUR AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN LESS THAN 2000 MILES WITH 6 SERVICES VISITS IN 2000 MILES! ON THE FOURTH VISIT TO THE JEEP DEALER THE SERVICE AGENT ACTUALLY WROTE THAT I WAS EXPERIENCING THE JEEP "DEATH WOBBLE" !! WHAT?!? THE ISSUE ACTUALLY HAS A NAME CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE, THAT A CHRYSLER JEEP SERVICE AGENT USES???? MY FIRST VISIT WAS TO NTB TIRE TO GET THE TIRES, ROTATED AND BALANCED, THEN TWO WEEKS LATER AFTER THE SECOND, SAME INCIDENT, I TOOK IT THE LAST 5 TIMES TO HUFFINES JEEP DEALER WHERE THEY , BALANCED THE TIRES 3 MORE TIMES , DID AN ALIGNMENT, TIGHTENED THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER TWICE?!? I NOW VIDEO TAPED THE CAR SHAKING PROFUSELY ON HWY35 9/12/11 45 MILES AFTER THE LAST SERVICE VISIT .. NO CLASS ACTION, NO RECALL, HOW DO I SELL THIS DEFECTIVE CAR WITH CARFAX AND NOT TAKE A HUGE LOSS ON THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT LEMON? *TR

NHTSA ID

10425098

Incident

Jul 5, 2011

Mileage

28,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 IN A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED (STOCK) APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES INTO A TRIP THE VEHICLE HIT A DEFECT IN THE ROADWAY AT 65MPH AND WE EXPERIENCED SEVERE DEATH WOBBLE, IE THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT WAS NOT STEERABLE. WHEN SLOWED TO 30MPH THE CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL AND WE STOPPED TO CHECK THE FRONT COMPONENTS NOTHING WAS BROKEN OR APPEARED TO BE ASKEW. AS WE CONTINUED OUR TRIP WE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME CONDITION/PROBLEM 5 MORE TIMES AT SPEEDS OF ANYWHERE FROM 55-70 MPH AND THIS DID NOT HAPPEN EVERYTIME WE HIT A BUMP/POTHOLE ONLY ON SOME. AFTER THIS CONDITION HAPPENED FOR THE 3RD TIME I JACKED UP THE FRONT END AND CHECKED THELUGS AGAIN NOTHING VISUAL SHOWED WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING. WE HAD TO CANCEL OUR TRIP AT THAT TIME DUE TO THIS SAFETY CONCERN. THE 4TH AND 5TH TIMES WERE ON WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE RETURN HOME HOWEVER WE EVENTUALLY HAD TO PARK THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT COULD BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. ( MY BEST GUESS IS THAT THE DEALER WILL AGAIN SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM) THIS VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY SERVICED BY A DEALER AND AFTER THEY WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS AT 40 MPH.THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECTS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. IN ADDITION 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS TRIP WE ALSO HAD THE TIRES AND WHEELS ROTATED AND BALANCED TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FIX THIS CONDITION WHICH I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ( HOWEVER OWNING A JEEP VEHICLES FOR 24 YEARS I HAVE EXPERIENCED DEATH WOBBLE BEFORE BUT NOT LIKE THIS) BUT MY WIFE HAD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10424637

Incident

Sep 10, 2011

Mileage

38,000 mi

2009 JEEP WRANGLER X-UNLIMITED (COMPLETELY STOCK) WITH 20K MILES. THIS IS A NOTORIOUS PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN LABELED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" BY MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS AFTER A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH, AS WELL AS HORRIFIC YOUTUBE VIDEOS. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, A POT HOLE OR BRIDGE JOINT INITIATES A HORRIFIC WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END. COUNTLESS INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST 3K MILES WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS JERKING LEFT AND RIGHT AND TIRES BEGIN HOPPING ON THE ROAD. THE WOBBLE FORCES YOU TO HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN AS LOW AS 30 MPH OR EVEN ALMOST STOP TO ELIMINATE THE WOBBLE. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE WOBBLE, IT IS EXTREMELY LIKELY TO HAPPEN SOMEDAY. SLOWING OR STOPPING SUDDENLY ON A THREE LANE HIGHWAY WHEN OTHER MOTORISTS ARE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY NEED TO STOP OR SLOW WILL RESULT IN A REAR END COLLISION. IF UNABLE TO SAFELY SLOW DOWN, CONTINUING DRIVING WITH THE WOBBLE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN FIX. MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT BY CHANGING VARIOUS FRONT END COMPONENTS BUT THE WOBBLE RETURNS. A JEEP ENGINEER STATED "IT IS NOT A JEEP ISSUE IT IS MORE OF AN ISSUE RELATED TO THE FUNDAMENTAL ARCHITECTURE OF A SOLID FRONT AXLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS". A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, ONSET AT 17K MILES ON OUR JEEP AND AS LOW AS 6K MILES ON OTHER JEEPS, IS A JEEP PROBLEM. BASED ON ACCOUNTS OF MANY OTHER OWNERS, DEALING WITH A JEEP DEALERSHIP IS A VERY LONG PROCESS OF MANY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, WITH NO END RESULT AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT I FEEL NEEDS THE ATTENTION OF A HIGHER ENTITY BEFORE THE NUMBER OF PROPERTY DAMAGE OR WORSE, PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS CLIMB AS A RESULT OF THIS 'NON-JEEP' PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10402550

Incident

May 20, 2011

Mileage

17,000 mi

I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EXPERIENCING THE "DEATH WOBBLE" THAT A LOT OF JEEPS HAVE EXPERIENCED. I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO TAKE IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET REPAIRED BUT THIS IS THE 2ND 4DR JEEP WRANGLER THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS IN. THE FIRST JEEP WAS MY FATHERS 2007 AND HIS ENDED UP BEING REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE STEERING STABILIZER. MY JEEP RECENTLY HAS BEEN DOING THIS WHENEVER I AM ON THE HIGHWAY GOING OVER 60 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS BACK AND FOURTH VIOLENTLY AND THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE JEEP SHAKES SO HARD I FEEL LIKE I CAN HARDLY CONTROL IT. I HAVE TO REDUCE MY SPEED TO ABOUT 35 MPH FOR IT TO FINALLY RECOVER, WHICH IS NOT AN EASY TASK ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. MY WIFE HAS BECOME FRIGHTFUL TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND I AM NOT THAT COMFORTABLE MYSELF SINCE IT IS CERTAINLY LACK OF CONTROL OF A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT AT SUCH A HIGH SPEED. THIS IS DEFIANTLY A SAFETY CONCERN AND IT WILL BE AWFUL WHEN SOMEONE'S LIFE WILL BE THE COST TO HAVE THIS BROUGHT TO ATTENTION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10397511

Incident

Apr 24, 2011

Mileage

24,923 mi