My jeep started to shake violently after driving over some small bumps on the highway while driving 60-65 mph. i had to pull my car over. i thought i blew a tire, but i did not. i drove off without the vehicle shaking after i waited a few minutes. unfortunately, it happened again in the same day when i drove over a rough patch on the highway traveling the same speed. i pulled over again and waited before driving off. i did some research and learned this is a know safety problem with jeeps called a "death wobble". i made an appointment to have my jeep looked at on 2-4-2020, however the service garage had to cancel my appointment due to their internet being down. i have rescheduled for 2-7-2020. if the service does not correct the problem, what am i to do? thank you, [xxx]. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
Bad frame welds all over the frame. porosity, missing sections of weld, pinholes, excessive scatter, protective paint chipping.
When looking at the vehicle on a car hoist, unsatisfactory welds on the chassis were identified. the welds occurred at various locations and included defects such as excessive porosity, excessive weld spatter, and off location of the original weld and touch up welds. i am not a certified weld inspector, however i am a state certified welder, and federally licensed aircraft mechanic. i have been taught to identify weld defects, and understand effects they have on structural strength. for being a robotically welded frame i found the quality of some welds unacceptable, and should not have passed quality control at the factory. i am not an automotive engineer, nor am i a structural engineer, however i assume that the structural strength of the frame in this state is less of the original design strength. this issue should be dealt with before something bad happens.
Failure to start, randomly when vehicle is stationary. visible pertaining component parts such as battery, ignition switch, starter and voltage all in good order. after 30 minute waiting period car will start. steering wheel movement when exiting vehicle appears to trigger problem, quite often. has occurred 8 times in 4 months. dealer showed no error codes.
Vehicle was being driven approx 30mph on a city road when a loud bang was heard. immediately pulled over and luckily a stranger following behind quickly escorted the driver out as the vehicle completely went up in flames. metal chunks and pieces could be heard falling underneath the vehicle. upon closer inspection the transmission had completely exploded and ejected the clutch assembly shearing the input shaft and rupturing a fuel line. the vehicle was a complete total loss with flames immediately entering the passenger cabin in seconds. if it was not for a brave bystander serious injury or death would have occurred. this is a new transmission introduced in the new jl wrangler and gladiator and has been happening more and more. it's a serious safety issue that jeep refuses to look into and needs to be investigated immediately. transmission explosion to this degree not only can result in a fire but also metal projectiles hitting bystanders and coming through the floor boards and possibly resulting in injury or death. if you are reading this and have a manual jeep wrangler have it checked immediately! this was a completely unknown problem showing no symptoms whatsoever.*jb
Back in october 2019, i rented a new jeep wrangler from enterprise for a trip to chicago for work. while both traveling to and from chicago, i had two instances while traveling on route 80 in ohio, where i went over small bumps, and this caused the vehicle to shake violently. on the return trip home, i actually had to pull off the side of the highway and slow down to approximately 25 miles per hour to get the shaking to stop. when returning the vehicle to enterprise, i informed them of what happened. they then stated they get a lot of complaints about the wrnagler and would take some money off of my bill. i told them they don't understand, and that there is something seriously wrong with this vehicle and that my wife has the same vehicle and if this happened in her car, i would not allow her to drive it. fast forward to the night of 12/6/2019. while traveling to my wife's christmas party (in her 2018 jeep wrangler) on route 680 northbound at 60 mph, i hit a small bump in the road. the steering wheel along with the rest of the ...
While driving northbound on i-275 to tampa from sarasota with my wife and newborn son, the vehicle began shaking violently after going over a bumpy part of the road around a curve of the highway. this continued until i pulled my foot off the gas and allowed the vehicle to slow 10-15 mph.
Severe shaking in front end . also porosity in frame welds
Had the recall for the steering dampener done a couple months ago. experiencing extreme vibration and jerking of the steering wheel and vehicle after going over minor imperfections in the road. online research finds it to be the "death wobble" where i have to slow the vehicle down below around 40mph. has happened three times on the highway since getting the recall. did not happen prior to the recall.
On 9/30/19 at 4:30am, odometer reading of 170 miles, while at highway speed, approx 70 mph, on i-295, the vehicle began to violently shake. it was uncontrollable until my speed reduced to 35 mph. at 35 mph the shaking began to subside while i continued to slow to a stop. the incident appeared to be triggered by a slight bump or seam in the pavement. on 9/30/19 the vehicle was serviced at cherry hill dodge chrysler jeep, 1708 w. marlton pike, cherry hill nj 08002. they determined cause to be faulty steering damper and replaced it with part number 68251580ad which i was told was an improved part over the original. at first the problem seemed to be resolved. then on 11/3/19 at 9:30pm, odometer reading 1,490 miles the violent shaking occurred again. circumstances were the same, traveling at highway speed, approx 70 mph, had to reduce speed to stop the shaking, again on i-295 but different location, again apparently triggered by a slight bump or seam in the pavement.
Just got onto highway, going about 72 mph, hit a small bump and car started violently shaking (frequently referred to as death wobble). once i pulled over and stopped the wobble went away. this happened the day after i brought my vehicle in for a recall to replace the steering column damper which supposedly caused this problem to begin with. never had this problem until i brought it in for the recall. brought it to the dealership two days later and they told me nothing was wrong with it but if it happens again to bring it back in. they told me my wheels were slightly out of alignment which may have caused it but there is no way; the vehicle was shaking violently back and forth, it had nothing to do with a slightly off alignment.
Just had the steering damper recall performed - never had any wobble issues before completing the recall. i completed the recall as i thought that was what good car owners do. now, just 3 days later i am experiencing the wobble at highway speeds. very scary! had the entire family in the car coming home from dinner - did not hit any irregular bumps or anything out of the norm. was driving on the highway on a stretch we drive almost daily and out of nowhere, just hitting some "normal" michigan road bumps the steering wheel and front end started shaking. it eventually stopped itself - but then happened 5 more times. we did not know what was going on as we were not aware of the issue or even why there was a recall repair. after getting home and searching the internet i found all sorts of complaints and the reasoning behind the recall. ironically again, i did not have the issue before i had the recall work completed. after reading the article i immediately left a message for my service manager at the dealership and then looked under the jeep to confirm that in-fact the part was replaced ...
Violent shaking while highway speed over 55mph when driving normally. and disappeared slowly when it reduce down to 52mph.
Wandering and loose steering issue persist. 1. steering wandering first wheel alignment was off and it had to be redone. problem still occurred than was informed that wranglers aren't meant to go highway speeds. 2. ac blows out warm air and was told that's normal. today i brought in for the first oil change and 3. steering damper recall. well good thing i double checked their work. they installed the replacement recalled part the wrong way. now the jeep wandering is worse and the vehicle shakes at highway speed. we can't keep the jeep straight.
On friday, september 20, 2019, we were towing our jeep wrangler behind our 25 foot coachman prism rv on highway 95 in maryland. we hit a bump in the highway going about 70 mph and our rv was shaking so bad and sounded like we had a flat tire. the shaking wouldn't stop so within a half mile we managed to pull over to the breakdown lane and stop. we got out and checked all the tires because we thought we had a flat tire. nothing was wrong. we continued on a trip about 5 miles further up the road it happened a second time. this time we couldn't pull over but we slow down and the shaking went away. we reached our destination and met up with family and before we could tell them what happened my sister who had just bought a jeep wrangler two weeks earlier asked if we had heard about the death wobble. i went online and learned about the death wobble and i'm certain this is what was occurring to our jeep while being towed. we had already replaced the damper as a recall and this still occurred. went to the dealership ...