2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

I EXPERIENCED THE"DEATH WOBBLE" IN A 2009 4DR JEEP WRANGLER LAST WEEK. SHORTLY AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD,WE EXPERIENCED VERY ERRATIC SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT WHEELS WERE SHAKING AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO FALL OFF. WHEN WE SLOWED DOWN TO A SLOW SPEED OF ABOUT 25 MPH,THE SHAKING STOPPED. WE PROCEEDED TO OUR DESTINATION AND TWO MORE TIMES THIS ACTION HAPPENED AFTER HITTING SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. ONE TIME ON A THREE LANE HIGHWAY IN NEW JERSEY,WE HAD A TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER PULL UP NEXT TO US AND TELL US TO PULL OVER,BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE OUR FRONT WHEEL WAS FALLING OFF.WE HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO A NEARBY CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE WHICH HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. HE MADE IT OUT TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND I JUST WONDER WHY I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS ANYWHERE BEFORE.I SEARCHED DEATH WOBBLE" ON MY WEB BROWSER AND GOT THOUSANDS OF HITS AND VIDEO ON U-TUBE. COULD YOU PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS AND FIND OUT WHY THIS SO SECRET ,BUT YET SO COMMON. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER AROUND OCTOBER, NOVEMBER 2009, USED WITH ABOUT 16,000 MILES FROM WORLD CAR NISSAN WITH A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILE WARRANTY. THE JEEP CAME WITH AN AFTER MARKET LIFT KIT OF APPROX 4 INCHES WITH 33 INCH TOYO OPEN COUNTRY TIRES "RANCHO SHOCKS, SKY JACKER LIFT" WORLD CAR TOLD ME THE JEEP CAME LIKE THIS ORIGINALLY FROM THE DEALER. WORLD CAR ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE THE JEEP AND TEST DRIVE IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER RETURNING THE JEEP I TOLD THEM THAT I LIKED THE JEEP BUT IT HAD HANDLING ISSUES ON THE ROAD. WHILE TEST DRIVING THE JEEP ON NORMAL ROADS I NOTICED THE JEEP WOULD TRACK HARD AND PULL TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT ALMOST CAUSING ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WORLD CAR SAID THEY WOULD CHECK OUT THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND BALANCE THE TIRES. I PURCHASED THE JEEP. WHEN PICKING UP THE JEEP THEY TOLD ME THEY TOOK CARE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS. JEEP ASSURED ME THE HANDLING ISSUES WERE DUE TO THE LIFT AND LARGER TIRES. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER LEAVING WORK I TURNED A CORNER AND MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE STARTED KLUNKING AND WOBBLING. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS MISSING 4 OF 5 LUG NUTS AND HAD ONE BROKEN STUD. ONLY ONE LUG NUT WAS HOLDING MY TIRE ON. THE JEEP HAD TO BE TOWED. WORLD CAR GAVE ME A LOANER CAR, REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, WITH NO APOLOGY AND NO EXPLANATION. AROUND JULY 2009, I DROVE TO PORT ARKANSAS TEXAS, I DROVE TO THE BEACH. I ONLY DROVE IN THE NORMAL TRAFFIC LANES NO FOUR WHEELING. THE NEXT WEEK ON FRIDAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN IH 35 THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED TO THE LEFT ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. ON SATURDAY I NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK HANGING DOWN.THE UPPER SHOCK SUPPORT PIN WAS BROKEN OFF. JEEP ACCUSED ME OF FOUR WHEELING AND ABUSING THE JEEP, THEY REPAIRED IT AT NO COST TO ME. SOME TIMES THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM COMES ON PRE-MATURELY WHILE MAKING CORNERS MAKING THE JEEP HARD TO HANDLE. NOW THE ESP BAS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. ON JEEPFORUM.COM ESP BAS FAILURE APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TENSIONER BROKE. IT RENDERS THE E-BRAKE INOP. THE CAR MUST BE PARKED IN GEAR IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING AND MAY STILL ROLL DEPENDING ON THE HILL. THIS IS NOT A ONE OF A KIND OCCURRENCE AND HAS BEEN REPORTED MANY TIMES IN THE JEEP JK FORUMS. THE TENSIONER SPRING IS TOO BRITTLE AND BRAKES AT THE CRIMP POINT ON THE BRAKE HAND LEVER. *TR

SHIFTER CABLE ON TRANSFER CASE BROKE, DURING NORMAL USE. I WAS SHIFTING THE TRANSFER CASE INTO NEUTRAL AND THE SHIFTER JUST WENT LIMP AND FLOPPED AROUND. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED WITH 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION FIRST GEAR SLIPS OUT VIOLENTLY TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES NEW TRANS HAS BEEN PUT IN EVERYTHING AND ITS STILL HAPPENING THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED I WAS STOPPED ON A HILL IN SYLVANIA OHIO WENT TO DRIVE OFF FOR THE GREEN LIGHT IT VIOLENTLY POPPED I ROLLED BACK AND HIT A CAR BEHIND ME.. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS AND ITS EXTREMELY COMMON I'VE TALKED TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAYS IT HAPPENS ON ALMOST EVERY 6SPEED MANUAL HE'S HAD IN THERE THIS HAPPENS TO ME AT LEAST ONCE A DAY AND I DON'T DO ALOT OF DRIVING.. PLEASE RESEARCH THIS AND PUSH FOR RECALL. *TR

TRANSMISSION OIL OVERHEATING.... WHILE MAKING LONG ASCENTS (CLIMBS) UP HILL IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS OVERHEATED TWICE IN MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNDER NON-RIGOROUS CONDITIONS (DIRT ROAD). THIS OCCURRED TWICE OVER THE PAST 4 WEEKS, WHERE I IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE AND LET IT COOL OFF EACH TIME. I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WAS HAVING PROBLEMS BECAUSE I RECEIVED A "HOT OIL" WARNING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I HAVE TRAVELED THESE ROADS IN OTHER 4X4 VEHICLES IN THE PAST WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND LET IT COOL OFF, OTHERWISE THE VEHICLE COULD CATCH FIRE DUE TO THE HOT TRANNY OIL BOILING OUT AND COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. I TOOK IT THE TO THE DEALER (MOORE JEEP IN PEORIA, AZ) TWICE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO KNOWN CORRECTION FOR THIS AND SINCE NOTHING WAS TECHNICALLY BROKEN, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THEY OFFERED TO PUT IN A TRANNY COOLER AT MY EXPENSE, HOWEVER, THIS WOULD VOID MY LIFETIME TRANSMISSION WARRANTY. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER DIRECTLY AND FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. I ASKED THAT THEY SUPPORT ADDING A TRANSMISSION COOLER OR REPLACE THE TRANNY TO THE JEEP, AND THEY DENIED THE REQUEST BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY REPLACE ITEMS THAT ARE BROKEN. SINCE THE TRANNY HAS NOT COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN, THEY DON'T SEE A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS FIXED. THEY APPLIED RECALL J31, WHICH MAKE A CHIME WHEN THE TRANNY OIL OVERHEATS - TELLING ME TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND LET COOL. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. I HAVE A 9 MONTH OLD GRANDCHILD WHO TRAVELS WITH ME IN A CHILD SEAT AND I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE VEHICLE STARTS ON FIRE, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO UNBUCKLE HIM OUT OF THE CARSEAT IN THE BACK FAST ENOUGH. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I HAVE A 2009 FOUR DOOR JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED WITH A DEFECT IN THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY SYSTEM. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE IN MAY 2010, THE DASH BOARD SLIPPING INDICATOR LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE CLAMPED DOWN ON THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE DRIVING ME OFF THE INTERSTATE INTO THE GRASS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE HAVING AN ACCIDENT. THE SYSTEM THEN INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THE ESP DISARMED ITSELF WHILE DISABLING THE ESP. THE BAS INDICATOR LIT. SHORTLY BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE, THE ESP MODULE APPARENTLY RESET ITSELF AND THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT (FRONT RIGHT BRAKE AGAIN CLAMPING DOWN) WHILE I WAS GOING 30MPH. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE 3 MPG VIDEOS OF THIS 2ND INCIDENT BECAUSE I HAPPENED TO HAVE MY CAMERA IT THE PASSENGER SEAT. VIDEOS OF 2NF INCIDENT AND REPAIR RECEIPT: HTTP://WWW.ECJONES.ORG/JEEPESP/ ON MAY 20, 2010, COGDILL DODGE (865-690-1611) REPLACED THE ANTILOCK-BRAKE/ESP MODULE. UNFORTUNATELY, LAST SATURDAY JUNE 4, 2010 WHILE DRIVING HOME, THE VEHICLE ESP SLIPPAGE INDICATOR AGAIN FLASHED AND THE JEEP SWERVED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. MY SON [XXX] WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME WHILE I WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. [XXX] STATES THE JEEP WAS ALSO TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE. I BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM IS A FAILURE OF THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR GETTING THE SPEED INDICATION TO THE ESP MODULE. THE MODULE WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. [XXX] P.S. THE JEEP IS CURRENTLY PARKED WHILE I AWAIT A 2ND REPAIR BY JIM COGDILL DODGE THIS WEDNESDAY.

I HAVE HAD A "HOT OIL" LIGHT COME ON MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER A FEW TIMES. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL OUT ON THIS ISSUE ALREADY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE "HOT OIL" LIGHT. THIS IS NOT A FIX! ALL THIS LIGHT IS DOING IS SAYING THAT YOUR TRANSMISSION IS HOT ENOUGH TO THE POINT TO CAUSE A FIRE.

MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. I MANAGED TO STEER OFF TO THE SIDE, BUT THE MOTOR AND ELECTRICAL SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT SINKS DOWN WHEN ADJUSTED UP. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VISION PROBLEMS IN MIRROR. THE SEAT WILL EVEN SINK DOWN WHEN IT IS PARKED OVERNIGHT WITH NO ONE IN THE SEAT. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AND IS NOT A ONE TIME PROBLEM. *TR