2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE CONTACT RESUMED CAUTIOUSLY WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

EVERY TIME DURING FUEL FILL UP ON 07 JEEP WRANGLER 4DR UNLIMITED X, THE FUEL WILL SPIT ANYWHERE FROM 1-3 PINTS BACK OUT OF THE GAS TANK ALL OVER THE VEHICLE AND THE GROUND. I FIND THIS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN FOR BOTH EMISSIONS AND VERY POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARDS, NOT TO MENTION THE IRRITATION OF WASTED GAS OVER TIME= WASTED HARD EARNED MONEY. UPON RESEARCH, ITS A POOR DESIGN WITHIN THE GAS TANK AND/OR THE EVAP SENSOR ON THE EVAP CANISTER. PLEASE HELP US CUSTOMERS BY GETTING CHRYSLER/JEEPS ATTENTION TO RECALL THIS POOR DESIGN THAT IS AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF JEEP OWNERS. *TR

REFUELING, AT UNDER 2 GALLONS, FUEL SPRAYED OUT THE FUEL FILL. TRIED FILLING AGAIN, AT ALMOST 18 GALLONS, DID IT AGAIN. SPILLING FUEL ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE GROUND, AND ME. *TR

BOUGHT MY AUTO-TRANSMISSION JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X 2007 (JK) LAST NOVEMBER, TOOK IT TO AN 4 HOUR TRIP (FIRST TIME LONG TRIP) IN APRIL. ON OUR WAY WE NOTICED THAT THE CONTROL PANEL FOR RADIO BECAME HOT. WE STOPPED A LITTLE BIT THEN CONTINUED TO DRIVE. SUDDENLY THERE WAS A "HOT OIL" WARNING LIGHT UP. WE HAD TO STOP AGAIN AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER 2 HOURS TO HIT THE ROAD. I HAVE NEVER DONE TOWING OR OFF-ROADING OR ANYTHING - JUST DRIVING IN 2-WHEEL DRIVE ON A HIGH WAY, WHY THE HOT OIL LIGHT WENT OFF? THEN I DID SOME SEARCH AND FIND A LOT OF WRANGLER CATCHING FIRE VIDEOS ON YUTUBE. AND PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT "HOT OIL" AND INSUFFICIENT TRANSMISSION COOLER. I FIND THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR AUTO-TRAN 2010 MODEL TO INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL COOLER. I ALSO FOUND THAT THE 2011 AND 2012 MODEL JEEP WRANGLER AUTO-TRAN COME WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION COOLER. BUT HOW ABOUT 2007, 2008 AND 2009 MODEL? THE PROBLEM IS ENDEMIC TO 100% OF AUTOMATIC JKS. THE RISK OF FIRE OR TRANSMISSION DAMAGE WHEN USING THE VEHICLE IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH IT'S INTENDED USE IS UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS ALSO ILLEGAL! *TR

AS I WAS PULLING OUT FROM A GREEN LIGHT, THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER WAS VIOLENTLY THROWN OUT OF 1ST GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER ACTUALLY LEFT A SMALL BRUISE ON MY RIGHT HAND. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. AND WAS TOLD THAT A TSB WAS OUT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE "INNER" SHIFT BOOT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED, AND/OR REPLACED. I DID EXACTLY AS THEY SAID AND REMOVED THE INNER SHIFT. I DID NOT REPLACE THE OUTER AS I WANTED TO SEE IF THIS SOLUTION WORKED. IT DID NOT. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME ANY POWER IS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE IS IN 1ST GEAR. MY WIFE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS SHE WAS UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. AS SHE PULLED INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL, AND SHE WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE DRIVER PULLING OUT BEHIND HER. *TR

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

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

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

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