2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

09 JEEP WRANGLER HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND GOES IN A VIOLENT VIBRATION (WOBBLING TO THE POINT YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. VERY SCARY! I OWN THE CAR SINCE NEW. INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE ON LINE AND AND FOUND OUT NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE!

THE AIR BAG LIGHT TURNED ON AND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED AND HIT ANY BUMP THE LIGHT DINGS AND STAYS ON

WHEN FILLING WITH GAS, WHEN THE PUMP CLICKS OFF ABOUT A PINT OR MORE OF GASOLINE COMES RUSHING BACK OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE AT THE OPERATOR. IT IS VERY UNSAFE. CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I SEDE ON THE JEEPFORUM THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM, VERY SCARY AND UNSAFE.

MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4DR JK SUFFERS FROM THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WHENEVER DRIVING OVER 55 MPH AND HITTING A BUMP A CERTAIN WAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSING THE JEEP TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND HAVING TO STOP TO GET THE JEEP UNDER CONTROL. BECOMES A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION IF HAPPENS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY/BRIDGE/ETC. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. THERE ARE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES FROM OTHER OWNERS WHO SUFFER FROM THIS SAME PREDICAMENT.

MY AIR BAG LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND OFF WHEN CAR WAS RUNNING AND WOULD DING WHEN IT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY FOUND THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS BAD. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IF I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED MY AIR BAG WOULD WORK.

BAD DESIGN ON SHIFT CABLE BUSHING. IT DISINTEGRATED WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE TRANSMISSION, BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT PART FROM THE DEALER BUT IT WON'T STAY ON. SHOULD BE COVERED ON THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY BUT DEALER SAYS IT ISN'T.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES OFF AND ON AT ALL SPEEDS/DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CLOCK SPRING THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON RIGHT SIDE STEERING MODELS ONLY. I HARDLY THINK THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE DEFECTIVE PART ON LEFT HAND MODELS EITHER AS IT IS THE SAME PART. IT WOULD BE NEGLIGENT NOT TO RECALL ALL OF THESE. LOOKING AT COMPLAINTS AND ONLINE FORUMS THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE.

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP STATES THAT $550 TO REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING WHICH HAS A RECALL FOR A SMALL MANUFACTURE DATE. STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER MODELS AFTER THE RECALL WHICH JEEP FAILS TO FIX. EVEN AFTER CONTACTED JEEP THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES ON EVERY OTHER MINUTE WITH A CHIME, AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONING OR INTERFERING WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS.THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR MANY 2008, 2009, AND 2010 JEEP WRANGLER OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL. THIS FAULTY CLOCKSPRING IS THE CULPRIT FOR POTENTIAL AIRBAG FAILURE IN THE 2009 JEEP WRANGLER DURING AN ACCIDENT OR PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING AROUND. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN OF THEIR FAULTY CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING."

MY WIFE AND I WERE GOING SHOPPING, WE HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES FROM OU HOME, WE WERE CROSSING OVER THE EXPANSION JOINT OF A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATING WILDLY. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN AND EVENTUALLY CAME ALMOST TO A STOP, SO AS TO STOP THE SKAKING AND VIBRATING. WITHIN A FEW DAYS I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THEIR RESPONSE WAS "OH, SO YOU EXPERIENCED THE JEEP WRANGLER DEATH WOBBLE". I ASKED WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. THEIR RESPONSE WAS, WELL WE CAN TRY A MORE HEAVY DUTY STEERING STABELIZER. I SAID OK, LET'S DO IT. THEY INSTALLED IT AND IT COST ME $204.05. I LEFT AND PROCEEDED TO GO HOME. THE SAME TYPE OF SHAKING AND VIBRATING STARTED AGAIN. I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, AND THE SAID THAT THEY WOULD TRY AN EXTRA HEAVY DUTY STABELIZER. THEY DID. IT COST ME $150.00. I DIDN'T WANT TO PAY ANYTHING, BUT THE GENERAL MANAGER AND I NEGOTIATED, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE EXTRA HEAVY DUTY STABELIZER DIDN'T STOP THE PROBLEM, THAT HE WOULD REFUND, TO ME, THE FULL AMOUNT THAT I HAD PAID. THE EXTRA HEAVY DUTY STABELIZER DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR AS OFTEN. I DID RECEIVE A FULL REFUND, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. MY FEELING IS, THAT THE EXTRA HEAVY DUTY STABELIZER SIMPLY COVERS UP THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE TIMES THAT I CAN FEEL THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTING TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET (JEEP WRANGLER DEATH WOBBLE), IS A FAIRLY COMMON HAPPENING, AND THAT JEEP/CHRYSLER ARE FULL WELL AWARE OF IT, BUT HAVE DONE NOTHING. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THUS FAR HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO FORCE JEEP/CHRYSLER TO FIX IT. MAYBE THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY/ENOUGH DEATHS YET!