2007 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND THE GAS PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED TO BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF TO APPROX. 45 MILES PER HOUR WHILE I WAS STEPPING ON THE BRAKE, IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FOR APPROX. 15 SECONDS. THE CAR EVENTUALLY STARTED TO FISHTAIL AFTER I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I LOOKED TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS STUCK ON THE GAS PEDDLE AND THERE WAS NOT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND HAD TO TAP ON THE GAS PEDDLE TO GET IT TO COME UP FROM THE FLOOR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I AM VERY FRIGHTENED OF DRIVING IT AGAIN IN CASE THIS HAPPENS ONCE MORE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE. *TR

I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON MY MORNING COMMUTE ON INTERSTATE 95 WHILE RIDING NEXT TO A TRACTOR TRAILER. MY FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY...I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SLAM INTO THE SIDE OF THAT TRACTOR TRAILER. THE SO CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" IS A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE, AND FRANKLY SOMETHING THREATENING MY LIFE REALLY PISSES ME OFF. MY JEEP IS STOCK..NEVER LIFTED AND NO MODIFICATIONS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION HAS LET THIS ONE SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. I AM GOING TO SEE A LAWYER. I HAVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED..AND I AM STILL NOT SAFE IT IS STILL HAPPENING..HAPPENED YESTERDAY. NOW I COULD TRADE IT IN OR SELL IT, BUT THAT IS SOME REAL BAD KARMA COMING BACK. I AM LOOKING FOR THESE MANUFACTURE ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED AND TO KNOW THAT WHEN I DRIVE MY JEEP TO AND FROM WORK EVERYDAY THAT EVERYTIME I HIT A SMALL BUMP OR CROSS OVER A JOINT IN A BRIDGE, I AM NOT AT RISK OF KILLING MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE DUE TO DRIVING A JEEP WRANGLER. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND JEEP TO ANYONE AT THIS POINT. IN FACT PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME HOW I LIKE IT AND I TELL THEM IT IS A PIECE OF CRAP AND I WOULDN'T BUY ONE. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME REGARDING THESE ISSUES. I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THEM BEFORE AS THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY COMMON (THE VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE FRONT END EVEN HAS IT'S OWN NAME...THE "DEATH WOBBLE"). WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT AND BUY A WRANGLER AND PUT YOUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS IN IT AND DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70? WOULD YOU OWN A JEEP WRANGLER OR BUY ONE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROADWAY AND I HIT A BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL AND TIRES BEGIN VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS FOR OVER A YEAR AND HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL THINGS IN MY FRONT END WITHOUT LUCK. MY JEEP WAS COMPLETELY STOCK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THIS HAPPENS MORE OFTEN DURING THE WINTER AS I HAVE PUT UP WITH THIS FOR THE SECOND WINTER NOW. I HAVE TAKEN THE JEEP TO 2 DEALERSHIPS IN MY AREA AND THEY BOTH TOLD ME THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. AS EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" BEFORE IT IS EXTREMELY COMMON AND JEEP WONT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND WILL INJURE SOMEONE SOONER OR LATER. SADLY MY FELLOW JEEP OWNERS AND I, LOVE OUR JEEPS AND JUST CONTINUE TO PUT UP WITH THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP US PUSH JEEP INTO FIXING OUR JEEPS AND REDESIGNING FUTURE JEEPS. *TR

WE PURCHASED THIS JEEP IN SEPTEMBER 2011 FOR OUR GRANDDAUGHTER AND WITHIN ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASING IT SHE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN THE FRONT END BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO SLOW DOWN, AT WHICH TIME THE SHAKING QUIT. THIS SAME INCIDENT HAS BEEN OCCURRING SPORADICALLY EVER SINCE SO WE TOOK IT TO A TIRE SHOP/MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED THE SHIMMY SHOCK AND CHECKED THE TIRES AT A COST OF $201.22 ON 6 OCTOBER. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SHAKE ON OCCASION SO WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP ON 17 OCTOBER AND THEY SUGGESTED CHANGING OUT THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS TO SEE IF THAT WORKS AT A COST OF $184.46, BUT WOULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SINCE "GOOGLED" THE WORDS "DEATH WOBBLE" ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE JEEPS BUT APPARENTLY CHRYSLER IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IS A PROBLEM AND MOST PEOPLE ARE SPENDING AROUND $1000 IN HOPES OF FIXING THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO TRADE IT IN AND LET SOMEONE ELSE DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM. WE WENT TO VISIT FAMILY OVER THE WEEKEND IN ARKANSAS AND THE SHAKING WAS FAIRLY FREQUENT AND NOW THE GRANDDAUGHTER IS AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS VEHICLE IS ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE ROAD SINCE IT IS A HAZARD TO NOT ONLY THE VEHICLE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS BUT TO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD SINCE THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO STOP RAPIDLY ON THE ROAD TOTALLY DISREGARDING CARS IN FRONT OR BEHIND YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME STATS ON VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, SPECIFICALLY REAR END COLLISIONS INVOLVING JEEPS. *TR

DURING FUELING, AFTER THE AUTO-SHUTOFF OF THE FUEL PUMP STOPS THE FUEL DISPENSING, FUEL OVERFLOWS (APPROX. 1/2-1 GALLON) FROM THE FUEL TANK PAST THE STILL IN-PLACE PUMP HANDLE CAUSING FUEL TO SPILL ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE GROUND, AND ON ANYONE STANDING DIRECTLY BESIDE THE FUEL INLET. *TR

SINCE EARLY 2011, THE GAS TANK OF MY JEEP WRANGLER OVERFLOWS WHEN BEING FILLED WITH GAS RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF GAS BEING SPILLED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO JEEP IN JUNE. THEY HAVE NOT YET FIXED THE PROBLEM. *KB

WHEN FILLING UP WITH GAS AND SETTING THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE FUEL NOZZLE, UPON FILLUP, FUEL WILL SPRAY OUT OF THE FUEL FILLER BEFORE THE NOZZLE DISENGAGES. THIS HAS BEEN REPEATED AT ALL OF THE SUBSEQUENT FILLUPS, USING DIFFERENT STATIONS AND PUMPS. FUEL WILL SPILL ONTO THE GROUND, SIDE OF VEHICLE, BUMPER AREA, AND ON THE PERSON REFUELING. *KB

WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE JEEP STARTED SHAKING LIKE CRAZY COULDN'T CONTROL IT ALMOST CAUSED WRECK BETWEEN TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS THOUGHT IT JUST FELL OUT OF GEAR BUT THEN A WEEK LATER IT DID IT AGAIN GOING AROUND A CURVE AND ALMOST WENT OVER A VERY STEEP HILL SIDE TO LATER DO RESEARCH FOUND OUT THAT IT HAS BEEN A ON GOING ISSUE CALLED DEATH WOBBLE SEVERAL THINGS CAUSE IT THAT ARE DEFECTS TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE DAMPER BRACKET KIT, STEERING DAMPER, DAMPER TIRE ROD, DAMPER BRACKET NUT AND A BOLT ONLY HAD THE JEEP 3 MONTHS THE DEALERSHIP HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT WHICH I WAS TOLD THEY SAY THAT THRU THE ONLINE COMMENTS FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM I PRINTED OUT ALL INFORMATION SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON NOW THERE CHARGING ME TO FIX THE PROBLEM TO ALSO FIND OUT THAT THE JEEP NEVER WENT THRU THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT UNTIL I TOOK IT BACK ASKING WHEN THE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION WAS DO ON IT THERE WASN'T ANY RECORDS IN THERE SYSTEM OF IT BEING THRU THERE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SO THEY JUST PUT ON THE LOT TO SALE BASICALLY SO THEY CHANGED THE OIL THEN AND SERVICED IT NOW IM WITH OUT A VEHICLE FOR 5-6 DAYS WHILE THEY ORDER THE PARTS AND FIX IT I'VE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH TROUBLE OUT OF A VEHICLE PAYING SO MUCH MONEY FOR IT AND 3 MONTHS IN ALREADY HAVING TO FORK OUT MONEY TO HAVE IT SAFE AND DRIVABLE SO FILING THIS COMPLAINT TO HOPEFUL HELP OTHERS IN MY SITUATION ON A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE COMPANY AND NOT THE INDIVIDUAL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED LIKE I DID ALMOST TWICE BEFORE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. *KB

AS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE CLICKING NOISE, CALLED LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP AND BROUGHT INTO SHOP NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR OIL LIGHTS ON, SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THAT OIL WAS 5 QUARTS LOW IN A 6 QUART ENGINE AND THE ENGINE BEARINGS WERE STRIPPED NEED NEW ENGINE AND LIFE TIME POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER ENGINE. WHEN I ASK SERVICE PERSON WHY THIS HAPPEN HE COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT GIVE STRAIGHT ANSWER SIMPLE SAID " AFTERMARKET OIL FILTER, AND I FOUND NO LEAKS" THEN ASKED IF IT WAS THE OIL FILTER HE SAID " NO I'M NOT TELLING YOU IT WAS THE OIL FILTER!" THEN I SAID "IF IT IS NOT THE OIL FILTER NOR YOU FOUND NO LEAKS WHERE DID THE OTHER 5 QUARTS OF OIL DISAPPEAR TO. IT MUST BE A DEFECTED ENGINE. I JUST CHANGE THE OIL 2000 MILES AGO!" IN ALL SERVICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT TELL ME WHY THE ENGINE FAILED OR HOW IT HAPPEN NEITHER WILL CHRYSLER. *KB

THE SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION CONTINUALLY JUMPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT TO OCCUR IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS TO JUMP OUT OF GEAR DURING A TAKE OFF AND CROSSING LANES OF TRAFFIC. I ALSO AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, NOT ONLY HAS CHRYSLER SHIPPED A NON-FUNCTIONAL VEHICLE BUT HAVE KNOWINGLY IGNORED A FIX AFTER 5 YEARS. *KB