2007 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

TAKATA RECALL; S33/ NHTSA 16V-290. WHILE TRAVELLING FORWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION, A VEHICLE TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF ME AND OUR VEHICLES COLLIDED. UNABLE TO APPLY ANY SORT OF BRAKING, MY JEEP'S FRONT CENTER AND FRONT LEFT SIDE STRUCK THE LEFT FRONT, LEFT FRONT QUARTER-PANEL, AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. MY JEEP SPUN APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. I SUFFERED INJURIES TO MY LEFT HAND, LEFT THUMB, LEFT WRIST, LEFT FOREARM, LEFT SHOULDER, LEFT SIDE OF MY NECK, LEFT SCAPULA, CHEST, RIGHT HIP, LEFT KNEE, LEFT, SHIN, AND LOWER BACK. AS OF THIS TIME, I AM STILL TREATING MY INJURIES. THE IMPACT FORCE WAS ENOUGH TO BEND MY STEERING WHEEL AS WELL.

WHILE DRIVING, IF THE VEHICLE HITS A SMALL BUMP, THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH UNTIL I AM ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AS THE "JEEP DEATH WOBBLE". WE'VE SPENT $900 TO HAVE THIS FIXED AND HAVE BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT GARAGES TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THE MECHANICS CAN'T FIND ANYTHING MORE THAT IS WRONG AND CLAIM IT'S A DESIGN FLAW IN THE VEHICLE.

JEEP VIOLENTLY POPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE L. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. FROM DOING RESEARCH ONLINE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO OWN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION JEEP JK MODEL. THIS CAN BE EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS WHEN GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS OR CHANGING LANES AS THE JEEP WILL POP OUT IF GEAR AND NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE DAY ONE OF ME PURCHASING IT.

BAD CLOCK SPRING. AIR BAG LIGHT AND RELATED CHIMES CONTINUE TO GO OFF. HAD SHOP CHECK CODES AND FOUND CLOCK SPRING BAD.

VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING AN UNSAFE SPEED WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 40 MPH, VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50K MILES, I ALREADY HAD ALL OF THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS REPLACED AND THE CONDITION REMAINS, CHRYSLER/JEEP AS A MANUFACTURER SHOULD COME UP WITH A REPAIR WHETHER IT IS COVERED BY MANUFACTURER OR BY CUSTOMER PAID, THERE SHOULD BE A PROPER REPAIR FOR THE PROBLEM, THIS CONDITION COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND INJURY

I HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD MY CLOCKSPRING REPLACED TWICE PER CHRYSLER AND FOUGHT TO GET REIMBURSED. NOW, MY CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT FUNCTIONING WHICH PERTAINS TO THE CLOCKSPRING. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING IS COMPROMISED AND WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL AS THE PREVIOUS TWO HAVE. A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRBAG WILL DISCHARGE. IT IS A CONTINUING CONCERN.

MULTIPLE TIMES YESTERDAY, STARTING WITH (WHICH I THOUGHT NOTHING OF INITIALLY) THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TURNING ON WHILE THE JEEP WAS IN PARK NOT MOVING. SHORTLY THERE AFTER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A HIGHWAY ABOUT 45-55 MPH A KNOCK OR CLUNK WAS FELT BENEATH THE FLOOR, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE EAS, TRACTION CONTROL, ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHED, THE WIPERS RUNNING EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE OFF, A HARD PULL TO THE RIGHT AND HIGH RUNNING/INCREASING RPM'S ON A LEVEL ROAD WITH MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. I HIT THE HAZARDS, PULLED OFF THE ROAD, LOOKED AT, IN AND UNDER THE JEEP, NOTHING LOOKED AMISS. MY HUSBAND TOOK OVER THE DRIVE, MADE IT ROUGHLY 8-10 MILES WITH OUT ISSUE AND THAN AGAIN EVERYTHING ABOVE BUT IN ADDITION THIS TIME THE HORN BLARED FOR PROBABLY 2 MINUTES, IF NOT MORE, HE PULLED OVER SHUT IT OFF TURNED IT ON WE WENT HOME, WAITED ABOUT 2 HOURS, DROVE ABOUT 15 BLOCKS CITY ROADS WITH HILLS AND TURNS LESS THAN 25MPH ROUND TRIP AND NOTHING HAPPENED. MIGHT BE WORTH MENTIONING, FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO IN HIGH HEAT 80 DEGREES AND UP, IT HASN'T BEEN STARTING THE FIRST FEW TURNS, BUT THE BATTERY IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD.

FUEL SPITBACK. WHEN FILLING 2007, JEEP, WRANGLER IT ALWAYS SPITS BACK OUT OF THE FILLER WHEN USING AUTOMATIC FILL ON HANDLE OF GAS PUMP. IF I HAND FILL IT AND LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY I CAN HEAR THE FUEL RISING IN THE FILLER NECK AN STOP THE SPLASHBACK ABOUT HALF OF THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED, THE CLUTCH PLATE SQUEAKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH PLATE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN FORBES ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2007 JEEP WRANGLER RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. ALSO, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". *JB