2007 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

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

EXPERIENCED DEATH WOBBLE WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND HAD TO HELP HER STEER IT OFF THE ROAD, SCARED THE [XXX] OUT OF US. JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THIS. CANNOT BELIEVE NOBODY HAS BEEN HURT BY THIS DEFECT OR WHATEVER IT IS. HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THIS SURE AS[XXX] WOULD NOT HAVE PICKED THIS MODEL. CANNOT IMAGINE DEATH WOBBLE AT 70 LORD HELP YOU IS ALL I CAN SAY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE PAST COUPLE YEARS I'VE NOTICED MY JEEP HAVING A WOBBLE WHILE CROSSING 60MPH, BELOW 57 IT STOPPED ABOVE 63 IT STOPPED. I HAD NEW TIRES AND BALANCE COMPLETED. THE WOBBLE WAS STILL PRESENT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 4-5% GRADE ON STATE ROUTE 285 (4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY MOST OF THE WAY) I TOUCHED THE BRAKES AND THE FRONT END STARTED TO VIOLENTLY WOBBLE.. ENOUGH TO RIP THE STEERING WHEEL FROM MY HANDS. THIS ALMOST PUT ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE WOBBLE FINALLY STOPPED AT 25MPH. THE TIRES CHIRPED IN TUNE TO THE VIBRATION. I HAVE TO ASSUME FROM LOSS OF CONTACT WITH THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE JERKED SIDE TO SIDE DURING THIS WOBBLING. ONCE STOPPED I CHECKED UNDER THE FRONT END AND ONLY NOTED THAT MY STABILIZER WAS NOW LEAKING FLUID AND WAS BENT. THIS HAPPENED AROUND JULY 18TH WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD IN THE VEHICLE. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO TOWN I TOOK OFF THE OLD TRACK BAR, DID THIS DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF POSTS ON THE INTERNET. I TOOK OFF THE ORIGINAL BAR AND NOTED THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER BRACKETS "HOLLOWED OUT" OR OBLONGED. I REMOVED THE TRACK BAR AND PLACED THE BOLTS BACK INTO THE MOUNTS AND WIGGLED THEM TO ASSESS IF THE MOUNTS WERE OUT OF ROUND. I NOTED THE BOTTOM BACK MOUNTING HOLE HAD APPROX. 1/4 INCH OF MOVEMENT AND THE TOP BACK MOUNTING HOLE HAD 1/8 INCH OF MOVEMENT. I AM CURRENTLY SEEING A JEEP CERTIFIED MECHANIC TO HAVE STAINLESS STEEL WASHERS ADDED TO THE BRACKETS TO ELIMINATE THE SOURCE OF THE SHAKING. THE MECHANIC STATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THE BRACKETS WERE MADE THINNER THEN PREVIOUS YEARS. HE ALSO STATED THE "WASHER" FIX IS ALSO A KNOWN SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER I NOTED THERE ISN'T A SMOOTH PIVOT SURFACE ON THE BOLTS THEY ARE THREADED AND ATE INTO THE STEEL INSERT IN THE TRACK BAR BUSHING. I EXPECTED TO FIND A BOLT WITH A SMOOTH SURFACE FOR THE BUSHING TO RIDE ON AND THREADED END FOR THE NUT. *TR

AT HIGHWAY SPEED MY STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS OCCURRED WHEN HITTING A SMALL JOINT IN THE PAVEMENT. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING WAS TO SLOW DOWN FROM 60 TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

I NOTICED THAT WHEN I FILL THE GAS TANK INSTEAD OF IT CLICKING AND SHUTTING OFF, GAS ALWAYS SHOOTS BACK OUT AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 WRANGLER, I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE FREEWAY AND THE JEEP STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT I COULD BARELY HOLD ONTO THE WHEEL. I WAS ACTUALLY ON MY WAY TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIFFERENT RECALL SERVICED, SO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THAT ALL IT WOULD TAKE IS ABOUT $300 TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER BECAUSE THE " FACTORY ONES ALWAYS LEAK." *TR

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK AS THE TANK REACHES IT'S FULL POINT THE FUEL WILL SPEW OUT, SPILLING FUEL OVER MY HAND AND DOWN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT FROM OVER FUELING; IT WILL HAPPEN WHETHER I USE THE LATCH ON THE GAS PUMP HANDLE OR NOT. IT BEGAN HAPPENING RANDOMLY BUT AS TIME PASSES IT HAPPENS WITH NEARLY EVERY REFUELING. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED (WHILE UNDER WARRANTY) AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THUS SENT ME ON MY WAY. IT HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SINCE, GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. *TR

WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE HORN BEGAN BEEPING ON ITS OWN FOR A FEW SECONDS AT A TIME AND THEN STOP. I EVENTUALLY DISCONNECTED THE HORN COMPLETELY. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON A BLINKED INTERMITTENTLY. IT STILL DOES IT TO THIS DAY. JEEP ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD CLOCK SPRING. I ALSO HEARD OF OTHER JEEPS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I BOUGHT THE JEEP NEW IN FEBRUARY/MARCH OF 2007. IN DECEMBER 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 45K MILES, I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM END OF THE ENGINE. TOOK THE JEEP TO MY REGULAR OIL CHANGE CENTER AND THEY CONFIRMED THE KNOCKING SOUND. I THEN TOOK THE JEEP TO LOCAL DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS SPUN BEARINGS AND THERE WAS METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. THEY PUT IN A NEW MOTOR (CHRYSLER OFFERED SOME ASSISTANCE AFTER MUCH COMPLAINING AND ARGUING ON MY SIDE, BUT IT STILL COST ME $1,500 AS IT AS OUT OF WARRANTY). NOW, IN AUGUST 2012, AT A TOTAL OF 90K MILES (APPROXIMATELY 45K ON THE NEW MOTOR), THE BEARINGS ARE SPUN AGAIN. THIS WILL BE THE 3RD MOTOR IN THIS JEEP. I HAVE THE RECEIPTS FROM MY REGULAR OIL CHANGE CENTER SHOWING THAT I HAVE REGULARLY CHANGED THE OIL. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER SAYS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER PPL HAVING THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PPL WITH 2007 JEEP WRANGLERS THAT ARE HAVING SPUN BEARINGS AT AROUND 45K MILES. JEEP SHOULD BE REPLACING THESE MOTORS AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT. *TR

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