Steering wanders on highway speeds. does not keep in lane, needs constant steering correction and input. you cant take your eyes off even for a second as it could mean the jeep could be going into oncoming lane or adjacent lanes.
I have 2019 jeep wrangler and something is wrong with the steering you can't keep it in the lane. you are always correcting your steering to keep it going straight. i have had 2 other wranglers and none of them drove like this. i have brought it to the dealership and they keep telling nothing is wrong. something is wrong with this jeep. this happens when driving at any speed but is more noticeable when you are going 50mph on any road type.
Excess play in steering while driving. the excess play gets worse at highway speeds and requires constant small corrections in the steering in order to stay in your lane. this "wandering" of the vehicle gets dangerous as your are constantly trying to keep the vehicle from wandering into other lanes. needles to say, it is also exhausting on trips. this is a known issue by the manufacture however is not affecting all of the wrangles as some of them have no steering issues whatsoever. most dealerships will tell you that the vehicle drives as designed, however, this is my 4th wrangler and i have never felt this play in steering before. i have test driven six wranglers in 2019 and some drive perfect, so i know the vehicle can drive much better and the "loose" steering is not driving as designed. if it is, jeep has a real problem on their hands as this will cause accidents.
Loose steering took to the dealer and they said its normal in a jeep to have that loose steering and nothing was done it is very dangerous to drive
After about 2700 miles on the odometer our stock jeep wrangler unlimited rubicon with no aftermarket parts started to have very poor steering, and was hard to keep in our lane. it also started to have the steering wheel shake back and forth fast when hitting an expansion join in the road or a bridge. the jeep is now difficult to keep in our lane, and is very difficult to drive on narrow, windy or roads with construction. we were almost in multiple accidents once this started on a road trip. this issue gets worse and worse with speed. you can grab the tie rods ends and track bar and other steering components and they all now have like 1/8 in of play at each end. you can easily shake them up and down / back and forth. this was not an issue for the first 2500 or so miles. this is a very dangerous situation as at times you have to slow down very fast due to the steering wheel shaking. also, it veers from side to side due to the loose steering where you can move the steering wheel over 1 1/2 inches without the tires moving at all. i have videos of all these issues occurring, and you can also see the steering components moving when the steering wheel is turned before the play is out and the wheels move. we are now scared to drive our vehicle due to our safety and the safety of others on the road.
Driving high way speeds hit a grove in the road on the highway and the whole front end turns to jello. the steering feel violently shakes to the point where you lose steering. you can't get over to slow down to slower speeds and you cannot grip the steering wheel too tight because the vibration will have no where to go and you will eventually flip over.the only thing to stop the vibration is to slow down which is impossible on a highway where everyone is driving 75mph. i have attempted to have this fixed twice. jeep keeps trying to put a steering damper on it that does not work. they refuse to check for welding work or anything else manufactured defective that would cause the issue. this has happened multiple times march 2019 and october 2019 are the date i sent it in for service. please help us consumers i have children and its not safe
Play in steering wheel of 0.75 inch to each side. jeep tried to fix issue by installing an upgraded track bar, steering damper and intermediate steering column shaft. issue improved to 0.75 inches of play to each side from about 1 inch to each side. steering play mainly noticable at highway speeds over 60 mph. constant correction is required to stay in lane. issue is really significant on windy days since over correction is likely. i had a situation passing two trucks in the middle lane and i could hardly manage the turbulence and not hitting one of the trucks. my daughter is not driving the the wrangler since she feels not save. my wife and i getting tired driving really quickly. jeep has no solution and the dealer says that there is no fix. if i move the steering wheel by .75 inches the steering column turns , the link to the steering gearbox turns but the output arm of the steering gearbox is not moving.
#1, steering control is terrible with this jeep. have to correct the steering continuously just to keep it in the proper lane. other new jeep owners that i have listened to complain about this problem to their dealerships. they get the same answers as i have receiver from the service managers "it's a jeep thing and you just have to live with it". this is a safety hazard and the company needs to correct it before someone gets killed. #2. drivetrain. i have owned other jeeps in my time but never one with a transfer case as still to shift as this one. and once again i am not the only jeep driver complaining about how hard it is to shift from hi tolo four wheel drive and impossible to get into low low. i am not exactly weak and i have to pull on the lever to get it into low with all my might. my dealership tells me it will loosen up the more you use it. my wife drives this vehicle and she finds it impossible to put into low range no matter how hard she tries. i bought this new vehicle to be able to use it now not some time in the future.
Loose steering. large dead spot. off centered. very wobbly and not stable. wanders on the highway and won't drive in a straight line. dangerous.
The vehicle wanders all over the road. i am constantly moving the steering wheel just to keep it between the lines. if i hold the steering wheel straight the jeep will suddenly and very sharply pull to the right or the left into another lane. it makes no difference whether the road is smooth or rough. it happens all the time. the faster i am going the harder it is to keep control. it is actually frightening at speeds above 45 mph. i wouldn't even consider taking it on a highway at 70 mph. this isn't just "jeep steering". this is my 4th wrangle and they all had "jeep steering". this is a very dangerous problem that jeep seems to be ignoring.
Loose steering, lots of play on center, very hard to steer on back roads, constant adjustment required to stay straight. 3 inches of play in each direction with no movement of vehicle. not safe to operate on 2 lane roads
Brand new 2019 jeep jl wrangler rubicon. has less than 700 miles; problem was noticeable immediately upon delivery of vehicle. issue: steering has a "dead spot" when wheels are straight center. this dead spot is about 2 inches of play, and most noticeable when driving over 50 mph. i have rough jeep in several times. v41 recall (steering damper) already completed, along with all steering components to include: steering box (ae); track bar; front bar; drag link; tie rod; socket drive (connects to pitman arm). tire pressures checked and realigned. no change. not sure where else to go now. driving at freeway speeds is not safe! i constantly have to correct steering on straight sections (like a bowling ball going down alley with bumpers on sides). in other words, you have to over-correct to because jeep does not start to turn until past dead spot.
The steering in very loose at highway speeds allowing vehicle to wander all over. very hard to keep in traffic lanes. dealer has been unable to fix since new. less than 1500 miles on unit now. the jeep is very dangerous to drive and all other new jeep wranglers tested feel the same way. all older models tested were a lot tighter and easier to control at highway speeds.
Steering has a dead space, about a 1.5" to 2" until it starts turning. while going over 50mph it tends to drift away from the road. i'm constantly adjusting my steering.
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 jeep wrangler. the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle drifted from side to side and was difficult to drive in a straight line. the cause of the failure was not determined. the manufacturer and local dealer was not yet notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 400.
Steering: vehicle wanders and steering is loose in efforts to correct direction. angle of road surface such as crown sometimes results in unexpected direction change toward another lane and the slop in the steering itself makes it challenging to correct without over-correction. in traffic this results in intense effort to maintain position which results in increased physical and mental fatigue over relatively long drives. the steering seems inconsistent as it varies from minimally problematic to a white-knuckle driving experience. have not been able to determine if this is due to road condition versus steering component. dealer has performed the v41 steering damper recall which improved only excessive wheel shudder when driving over road imperfections and did nothing to improve the wandering/looseness. they also did adjust alignment which they said was off slightly. no notable improvement from that. i have advised dealer that the repair effort was not effective and i will now have to take the vehicle back in, but they tend to just provide the ?it?s a jeep - that?s the way they are? line. the steering in the jeep is not typical and i see similar complaints in forums where a single thread has half a million views. something is not right here.
Loose steering, and wandering with extreme wobbling when hitting any variation in road surfaces. certainly has an unsafe feeling at highway speeds. something is not right in the design of either the steering boxes and or front end suspension components of this vehicle. already had steering damper replaced with no improvements.
Stealing unstable wobble on highway speeds. danger due to need to rapidly slow down in traffic to correct situation.
Steering stiffens up at 50mph and up.unable to shift lanes,it loosens back suddenly when speeed drops to 30 and below causing car to sway if not paying attention
In december, on two different occasions, i experienced what i have come to find out is known as the 'death wobble' in my new wrangler jl. after going over a series of small bumps on a highway at 65-70mph, my jeep went into a violent shaking episode. i actually thought one of the wheels was coming off. the dealership said that this could be repaired by replacing the stabilizer bar with a heavier duty one. they did the repair. on friday of last week, i had 6 episodes of the death wobble in one day. the dealer is taking my jeep back in tomorrow to look at it again. this might be the scariest thing i have experienced in my 30+ years of driving.
While driving vehicle wether on street or highway, the vehicle tends to wander from lane to lane and from middle of the street to shoulder with alot of imput to the steering back and forth . brought the vehicle to the dealership twice and i paid for an alignment that seemed to do absolutely nothing. the dealership test drove it and said it was normal but i know this not to be true it is a safety matter that needs to be corrected or it will lead to an accident.
Jeep is almost impossible to drive in a straight line. we are avid jeep people and tire pressure is correct. jeep needs constant steering input to be drive down the highway or any straight smooth road without any other forces acting against. seems like no matter what you do you are always correcting to try to drive down the raod straight. there is about 2" plus you can turn the wheel back and forth and nothing happens on the road or wheels actually turning at all. this is dangerous and needs to be fixed. i took it to the dealer and they found nothing wrong but i disagree with this. we have a 2016 wrangler lifted with big tires and it drives straight a's an arrow just like our brand new volvo. jeep only has 2800mi. !!
I received the rubicon on 12/8/19. less than 2k pavement miles later, on 1/7/19 i experienced severe intermittent power steering failure. i left work at 6p, 40 degrees, no precipitation. after driving 1/5 mile, 10 mph, i pulled to a stop to yield on to a 4 lane highway. after stopping briefly, i pulled onto the highway in very dense rush hour traffic only to find i had no power steering. i got two lanes over to the turning lane and pulled to a stop at the traffic light. the power steering came back on. when the light turned green, i turned left onto the highly traveled, extremely windy road. a couple hundred feet onto that road, driving 20 mph, the power steering turned off again. i pulled into a housing development, turned the vehicle off, waited some time, then back on. i traveled through the development at 10 mph and the power steering remained on. i turned back on to the main road, a few minutes later the power steering again turned off. the power steering continued to turn off and on for the next hour of driving 5 mph to 50 mph on windy roads that were filled with bumper to bumper traffic. the power steering turned off and on no matter what speed or what direction i was going. i got the vehicle to diehl dealership that evening. it is now 11 days later and they have still not performed any service on my vehicle. jeep has not acknowledged the situation to my knowledge so diehl service is just guessing how to fix this life threatening situation. the jeep was less than one month old when this happened. i am now paying for a 55k vehicle that i haven't had in my possession for almost two weeks.
Steering wanders, floats, cannot hold jeep in straight line. very loose steering. 2nd problem- motor or transmission surges and lurches forward at low rpm's and low speeds causing vehicle to jump or lurch forward
Steering issues caused by weak steering components and poor suspension geometry. death wobble and jumpy, loose, wandering steering from factory. brought into dealer may for updated oem trackbar with stiffer bushing update and updated steering stabilizer. this has tightened steering somewhat and reduced the amplitude of death wobble but has not eliminated it. jeep still wanders and jumps onto adjacent lanes when hitting expansion joint on freeway. dealer service manager refuses to consider alternative fixes that have been shown to have positive results for others. wind noise from a pillar and freedom top. dealer noted but failed to fix inadequate defroster channeling results in the defroster only clearing the center of windshield. driver cannot see out of wi shield. design flaw since this is on all 2018 and 2019 jl. dealer refuses to fix fragile windshield glass. service manager ager refuses to consider this an issue eve. though 1000s have lost their windshield and have broken numerous ones in short about ts of time too short lower control armcountry ol arms in not enough caster and lack of a caster adjustment results in poor steering. all above items occur when jeep is in motion and represents ts a hazard on the road. *dt
My steering has a lot of play and it makes it hard to stay between the line. i brought it in and the dealer found the computer update it needed, we lowered tire pressure and it helped. i even bought an after market steering stabilizer, but it's still not right.
Car as a very obvious steering play, more obvious at speed above 40mph. the jeep is hard to keep on lane in normal highway driving and dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 jeep wrangler. within the first fifty miles of driving, the vehicle drifted from side to side. the failure occurred while driving 50 mph or more. the vehicle was taken to jake sweeney chrysler jeep dodge ram (85 w kemper rd, cincinnati, oh 45246, (513) 782-1000) and was kept for five weeks before it was returned to the contact. the failure remained and there was a lot of play in the steering wheel. the manufacturer stated that the vehicle was performing normally. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure mileage was 50.
The steering is very loose (lots of play), wanders back and forth in lane and is overly sensitive to input - constantly darting back and forth as if on ice. this occurs most when on rough / wet pavement, on curves in construction zones, when large trucks pass, on windy days - it is very difficult to control above 40 mph. dealer has been responsive and helpful - we have replaced track bar, replaced tie rod bushings, updated steering control module, adjusted alignment, reduced air pressure in tires - all of which has helped reduce wander and improve control. but, still has some wander and is very sensitive. replaced steering stabilizer with custom adjustable stabilizer, which i expect will eliminate wander and tighten / firm steering. but, i believe problem is defective steering gear / box, and settings in steering control module - which should be recalled and replaced. needs firmer, tighter steering with less play. vehicle is unsafe, steering issue is resolved. *dt consumer stated at this point it will be up to the mfr to see if they can eliminate it with upgraded steering box and steering control. pending some action like that, for which i'm not going to press the dealer / mfr, "it is what it is" and we will just have to take extra care in driving it in construction zones, heavy traffic, rough pavement, and strong winds.*jb
Jeep wanders back and forth between lanes. the amount of effort to keep it straight is exhausting.
Vehicle has been at dealer since october with what i have found by research to be called a "death wobble" the vehicle shakes uncontrollable around corner and over bumps and cannot be driven. i have contacted jeep customer service several times per week since this has started with zero resolution. i attached service records of what they have tried to fix and hasnt worked. i need help.
Purchased a 2019 wrangler unlimited for over $40,000 on may 4, 2019. immediately noticed an issue with steering. it sways left to right when driving straight and it's exhausting to keep the car in the lane. brought it to the dealer at around 100 miles and they said nothing was wrong. i asked the tech to take mine and one on the lot for a test drive which he did. he immediately saw the issue. he searched for a fix and found that there was a part he could try to replace to resolve the issue (track bar). i brought the car back at 212 miles and they did the work. he said that's basically all they could do and hopefully it fixed it. well it didn't fix it at all. it's still exhausting to drive the car because you can't keep it in the lane. now when i drive straight, the steering wheel is crooked and feels like it's swaying left to right worse. i am honestly not comfortable driving this car far away from my home or on a highway because i may hurt some. i have had jeeps my whole life and my last two 2010 and 2011 drove perfect and the steering was tight as can be. when you drove straight the car just went straight. i am going to contact my dealer again to see if jeep has released anything on this issue. i see many complaints about this here so i know it's not me and i feel this is an absolute safety issue for both me as a driver and anyone around.