2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4 Complaints

I JUST PURCHASED A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X THAT IS ENTIRELY STOCK. WITHIN ONE WEEK AND THE SECOND TIME ON A HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCE WHAT HAS BEEN NAMED THE "DEATH WOBBLE." WITHIN SECONDS IT WILL GO FROM A SHIMMY TO A VIOLENT SHAKING THAT FORCES YOU TO SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ON A HIGHWAY IN THE LEFT LANE DOING 55MPH! SINCE IT STARTED IT HAS OCCURRED EVERY TIME I TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AMONG JEEPS BUT CHRYSLER IS IGNORING THIS DEFECT AND STATING IT IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

WHILE FUELING UP AT GAS STATION, STATION FUEL NOZZLE DID NOT SHUT OFF AFTER TANK WAS FILLED. IT IS NOW MARCH OF 2014. THE PROBLEMS WITH FUELING UP HAVE GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. IT SEEMED TO BE SPORADIC WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS A COUPLE YEARS OLD. WHEN TRAVELING OUT OF NJ, I CAN USUALLY STOP THE GAS FLOW BEFORE IT OVERFILLS. CURRENTLY, NJ IS NOT SELF SERVE, AND THE ATTENDANTS TELL ME THAT THIS IS A JEEP ISSUE. I BECAME CURIOUS AND LOOKED AT THIS NHTSA SITE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. 2009 JEEP IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN WOULD RANDOMLY HONK. DEALER ADVISED THEY FIXED THE CLOCK SPRING. THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AGO; HOWEVER, IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. MINE IS LEFT HAND DRIVE. RIGHT HAND DRIVES WERE RECALLED AND IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR THE OTHERS NOT TO HAVE BEEN RECALLED WHEN IT IS DOING IT AGAIN!! WHEN IT WAS REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME, DEALER DID NOT HAVE UPDATED PART. I'M NOW PENALIZED AND HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET FOR CHRYSLER'S FAULTY PART. I READ THE RECALL AND RHD UNITS BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINDOWS DOWN AND THIS IS "SEVERE DUTY." PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A POORLY SEALED CONVERTIBLE AND DUST IS SIMPLY PART OF A JEEP WRANGLERS EXISTENCE. EITHER WAY, THE PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO RHD; IT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL THOSE THAT MANIFEST THE PROBLEM OR SEE SIMILAR SEVERE DUTY. *TR

FIRST A WHINING SOUND BEGAN IN THE CASE AND GOT WORSE OVER THE NEXT 10,000 MILES, THEN AT 90,000 IT WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE FOR A VARYING AMOUNT OF TIME MAYBE 15 SECONDS ONE TIME OR 10 MINUTES OTHER TIMES ETC. WHEN IT DID SHIFT OUT OF 4 WHEEL IT WOULD BANG SO LOUD AND HARD IT FELT LIKE YOU RAN OVER A LARGE OBJECT, IT ACTUALLY THREW YOU UP IN THE AIR A BIT .WHEN YOU GOT STUCK IN SNOW AND NEEDED 4 WHEEL IT ONLY WOULD MAKE A RATCHETING SOUND. JEEP REFUSED TO FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE ITS A RHD POSTAL JEEP. IT COST $1744.00 TO FIX IT WITH A REBUILT CASE THAT CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED FROM JEEP. IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WHEN IT SHIFTED IT WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND WHEN YOU WERE STUCK IN SNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IT WOULD SHIFT INTO OR OUT OF 4 WHEEL. *TR

WHEN FUELING UP THE GAS PUMPS CONTINUALLY SHUT OFF EVERY FEW SECONDS. GAS COMES OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE ONTO ME, THE VEHICLE AND THE GROUND. NO FIRE YET. HAD THIS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY A COUPLE YEARS BACK AND NOW HAPPENING AGAIN??? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 65 MPH I ENCOUNTERED A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED FOR ANY VISIBLE ISSUES, BUT FOUND NOTHING, SO I CONTINUED WITH MY TRIP. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN LATER THAT SAME DAY IN VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 65 MPH HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD, AT A TRANSITION WHERE THE BRIDGE OVERPASS MEETS THE ASPHALT, THE CAR AGAIN BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND I HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE AGAIN TO REGAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE SHAKING. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I LEARNED THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH JEEPS KNOW AS THE JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET MY AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND I GOT AN AUDIBLE CHIME. THE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND OFF EVERY 10-15 MILES AND CHIME EACH TIME. NOW, NEARLY A MONTH LATER, THE LIGHT STAYS ON ALMOST ALL THE TIME. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, I'VE FOUND THAT THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THIS IS THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. IT LOOKS LIKE IF IT'S NOT CORRECTED THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE AIR BAG WON'T GO OFF IN THE CASE OF A COLLISION. I KNOW THAT CERTAIN YEAR MODEL OF THE WRANGLER ARE COVERED BY A PREVIOUS RECALL. I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE RECALL EXTENDED TO ALL YEAR MODELS THAT UTILIZED THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHTS KEEPS TURNING OFF AND ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES. LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE JEEP HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON MOST VEICHLES AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING. I CALLED MY DEALER AND I WAS TOLD I AM NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO WHERE MY JEEP WAS MADE. SO THAT BEING SAID A COMPANY THAT TOOK OUR TAX PAYERS DOLLARS AND GOT BAILED OUT CANT HELP MAKE SURE A JEEPER OWNERS AIRBAGS WILL WORK! *TR

WHEN MY JEEP HITS A BUMP THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING AIRBAGS TO BE DISABLED. THIS IS A VERY WIDE SPREAD ISSUE ON 07-2011 JEEP WRANGLERS, WELL DOCUMENTED ON MANY OWNER BOARDS. AN OFFICIAL RECALL EXISTS, BUT ONLY FOR RHD MODELS AND 2007 LHD MODELS. THAT IS IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE FAILURE PRONE OE PART WAS USED ON WRANGLER MODELS THROUGH 2011. THE PART NUMBER OF THE IMPROVED DESIGN REPLACEMENT PART IS 5156106AC, WHICH SERVICES ALL WRANGLES 2007-2014. *TR