2007 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

2007 JEEP WRANGLER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNCONTROLLABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE LEARNED THE VEHICLE HAD AN ISSUE REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM. SOME PARTS WERE REPLACED TWO AND THREE TIMES. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON BUT WENT OFF. I WAS ON A NARROW ROAD AND WAS ABOUT TO PULL OFF THEN LIGHTS STARTED TO FLASH AND THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT WORK I STOPPED AND TURNED THE CAR OFF BUT IT WOULD NOT STOP. THEN I TRIED TO GET OUT AND THE DOORS ALL LOCKED ON ME.I GOT OUT AND NOTICED WHAT I FIRST THOUGHT WAS A BOILING RADIATOR BUT WHEN I WENT TO LIFT THE BONNET THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE. IT WAS GONE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. JEEP AUSTRALIA DENIED ANY CARS HAD CAUGHT FIRE HERE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE FORENSICS INVESTIGATE. AT 35,000 THE CLUTCH ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED WHICH JEEP ALSO SAID WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A MANUAL I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 17 YEARS. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER CARS HERE IN AUSTRALIA WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD

DEATH WOBBLE!!! DEATH WOBBLE!!! AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC, I HIT A BUMP GOIN 65 MPH AND SUDDENLY WITH OUT ANY WARNING THE FRONT END OF MY JEEP STARTED RAPIDLY WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ROAD, NEARLY CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. IT STARTLED ME SEVERELY, I WAS ABLE TO TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND STARTED TO SLOWLY DECELERATE WHILE TRYING TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER. IT TOOK UNTIL I GOT DOWN TO 25MPH FOR IT TO STOP SHIMMYING. I STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER TO INSPECT THE FRONT END OFF THE HIGHWAY, CHECKED MY TIRE PRESSURE, THE SHOCKS, AXLE AND ALL OTHER PARTS TO SEE WHAT BROKE. EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL AND I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT CAUSED THE SEVER WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH OF THE FRONT END, SO CARRIED ON, VERY CAUTIOUSLY. THIS HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, SOMETIMES GOING AS LOW AT 45MPH, BUT ONLY WHEN SOMETHING IN THE ROAD KNOCKS IT OFF BALANCE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY JEEP AT ALL. THE JEEP DEALER TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE JEEP'S SUSPENSION AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS TELL ME THEY DONT KNOW WHAT TO REPLACE INORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE LUCK WITH FIXING THE ISSUE IS TOO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT-END ALONG WITH THE AXLE. THIS IS THE TYPE OF ISSUE THAT THIS AGENCY WAS ESTABLISHED TO CORRECT. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED DUE TO A MAJOR ENGINNERING DEFECT BY JEEP. *TR

DRIVING ON I-40 APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. VEHICLE BEGAN TO EMIT DARK SMOKE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. WHEN SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN TO SAFELY EXIT HIGHWAY, DASH LIGHTS FLASHED AND ENGINE STOPPED RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL POWER AND STEERING. WAS FORCED TO STEER VEHICLE TO SIDE OF OFF RAMP AND WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BY THE FRONT WINDOW BURST INTO FLAMES. FORTUNATELY A TOW TRUCK COMPANY WAS VERY CLOSE BY, WITNESSED THE INCIDENT, AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE ALONG WITH A DRIVER FROM A LOCAL CABLE COMPANY. BLAZE WAS EVENTUALLY CONTROLLED ONCE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS INCIDENT, I AM VERY THANKFUL NO ONE WAS PHYSICALLY INJURED. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR REPORTS, IT WOULD SEEM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THE REAL RISK WITH THESE VEHICLES BEFORE ANYONE ELSE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT APPROX 65 MPH. I SWITCHED LANES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD THIS INTENSE SHAKING INITIALLY THINKING A TIRE WAS GOING DOWN. I DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 25MPH. I DID ALL I COULD TO KEEP THE JEEP IN THE LANE. I HAVE READ ABOUT DEATH WOBBLE...I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS IS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA 4-DR 4X4. *TR

THE 3.8 ENGINE USED IN THE JEEP WRANGLER LINE USES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. IT CAN USE UP TO 1 QUART EVERY 700-800 MILES. CHRYSLER HAS SAID ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THIS IS "NORMAL". THERE IS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS BOARDS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AS IT SEEMS TO AFFECT ALMOST ALL WRANGLERS. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SPENDING 35,000+ ON A VEHICLE THEY SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 70K MILES. *TR

I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT PREVIOUSLY REGARDING THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE OR TIPM AND HAVE BEEN WAITING ALMOST TWO MONTHS FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO GET ONE IN. I HAVE HEARD AND READ FURTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS MATTER AND I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON THE NHTSA FOR NOT CONDUCTING THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY. THEY FILED AN INVESTIGATION AND REOPENED THE INVESTIGATION ONLY TO RECALL THE VEHICLES FOR A TIPM REPROGRAM. WELL NOW ALL THOSE VEHICLES REPROGRAMMED ARE FACING A TIPM EQUIPMENT FAILURE AND THERE ARE NO MODULES IN PRODUCTION [ACCORDING TO JEEP DEALERSHIP] LAMPE DODGE AND JEEP VISALIA, CA. SO NHTSA REOPEN YOUR FAILED INVESTIGATION AND COMPLETE THE WORK BECAUSE JEEP DEALERS ARE CHARGING $ 700-1200 TO REPLACE THE TIPM MODULES. THIS IS RIDICULOUS HOW YOU HAVE ALLOWED THE JEEP MANUFACTURE TO CORRECT THIS ERROR. IN NOVEMBER, 2013 A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST CHRYSLER ACCUSING THEM OF EQUIPPING THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES WITH FAULTY TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULES (TIPM). YOU OWN OR LEASE A JEEP/DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLE AND ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH YOUR VEHICLE'S TIPM, OR IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CLASS ACTION AGAINST CHRYSLER, PLEASE CONTACT GIRARD GIBBS LLP AT 866-981-4800 OR BY EMAIL AT TIPM@[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FOR THE PAST TWO TIMES FILLING UP GAS IN MY WRANGLER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT FUEL OVERFLOW RIGHT AS THE AUTOMATIC RELEASE SOUNDS. I LOOKED IT UP TODAY AND SAW THAT THIS IS A COMMON MISHAP, THAT VARIES IN SEVERITY FROM JEEP TO JEEP, AND THAT SOMETIMES CHRYSLER WILL DENY THIS AS A PROBLEM, BLAME THE DRIVER FOR OVERFILLING, BLAME THE GAS PUMP WHICH DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. *TR

I WAS FUELING THE JEEP AND WENT BACK TO SIT IN JEEP, AND WHEN TANK WAS FULL, IT SPIT OUT GAS ALL OVER JEEP AND GROUND. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED SINCE I OWNED THE JEEP FOR A MONTH. *TR

ON FEBRUARY 26, 2015, DUE TO UNKNOWN EXHAUST NOISE, MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER WAS EVALUATED BY JIM AT DAVES AUTOMOTIVE IN VISALIA, CA. DURING THIS EVAL. JIM REPORTED BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS (STOCK) WERE CRACKED AND EMITTING EXHAUST. ADDITIONALLY JIM REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLDS THAT BOTH WERE MISSING BOLTS WHICH WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR LOCATION DUE TO THE FAULTY MANIFOLDS. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP LAMPE DODGE JEEP IN VISALIA, CA THEY INFORMED ME THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON AND THE REASON THEY KEPT THE MANIFOLDS IN STOCK. ADDITIONALLY, IN JANUARY WE HAD THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN REPAIRED AT LAMPE AND REQUESTED THEY EVALUATE THE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM WHICH ONLY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THEY REPORTED THEY KEEP THE TIPM MODULE IN STOCK TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM WHICH WAS COMMON IN THE JEEP WRANGLERS AND OTHER MODELS.