Jeep Wrangler Complaints (2018)

1,827 consumer complaints on file.

#11206626May 9, 2019
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT TURN LEFT. ALSO LOTS OF PLAY IN THE STEERING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206133May 7, 2019
STEERING
STEERING IS LOOSE AND VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. VEHICLE WANDERS AROUND THE ROAD AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO SWAY INTO OTHER LANES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205782May 6, 2019
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60MPH AND ABOVE) EACH OVERPASS, SEAM OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD CAUSES MY 2018 WRANGLER TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. AT TIMES THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" IS SO VIOLENT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO PULL OVER AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IMAGINE TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR JEEP WHILE IT'S SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND YOU HAVE TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO PULL OVER. THIS WAS MY EXPERIENCE ON 5.4.19. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME. THIS IS ALSO AFTER THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER HAVE "REPAIRED" THE ISSUE ON 3 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205850May 6, 2019
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE DEFROST WILL NOT CLEAR THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IT BLOWS IN THE CENTER OF THE VENT AND THERE IS NO AIRFLOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE. IF THE WINDOW FOGS UP YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER SO YOU DO NOT WRECK. I HAVE A PHOTO OF THE ACTUAL WINDOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205859May 6, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE JEEP MANUFACTURED AND WARRANTIED 2 INCH MOPAR LIFT KIT AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP, THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END WILL VIOLENTLY SHAKE AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT SPEEDS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR AND ABOVE. THIS WAS MOST COMMONLY SEEN WHEN DRIVING OVER BRIDGES AT SPEEDS OF AROUND 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHEN THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE RESULTS. I THEN HAD TO RISK MY OWN SAFETY TO DEMONSTRATE TO A TECHNICIAN THAT THE PROBLEM WAS INDEED HAPPENING. THIS OSCILLATION OF THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND REQUIRES ME TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL STOP SHAKING. I ALSO HAVE LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY. THE PROBLEM IS ONGOING AND HAS YET TO BE SOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205388May 2, 2019
STEERING
STEERING IS LOOSE AND VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. VEHICLE WANDERS AROUND THE ROAD AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO SWAY INTO OTHER LANES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205408May 2, 2019
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR I RAN OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT ON A BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY TEN OR MORE TIMES DURING MY TRIP. ON THREE OCCASIONS WHEN I RAN OVER THE EXPANSION JOINT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UP THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING ME TO LEAVE MY LANE OF TRAVEL. I FEEL IF A CAR WAS NEXT TO ME AT THE TIME I COULD HAVE CRASHED. APPLYING BRAKES AND SLOWING ENDED THE PROBLEM EACH TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204685April 30, 2019
STEERING
FRONT WHEELS SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING SMALL BUMP IN HIGHWAYS AT CRUISING SPEEDS,STOCK ROAD TIRES AND WHEELS, DEALER CHANGED STEERING STABILIZER , HELPED BUT STILL DOES IT,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204772April 30, 2019
STEERING
JEEP WILL START DEATH WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING OVER 60 MPH IF VEHICLE DRIVES OVER UNEVEN ROAD, BUMPS, DIP IN ROADS. ENTIRE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SPEED IS DECREASED BELOW 45 MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204512April 29, 2019
STEERING
WANDERING AND LOOSE. STEERING DOES NOT TRACK ON CENTER BUT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY CORRECTED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO CHECK ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. AT SPEED IT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE AS IT WILL WANDER AND HAS A DEAD SPOT WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS LEFT AT THE CENTER POSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204167April 27, 2019
POWER TRAIN
GEAR IS STUCK IN PARK. NOT ABLE TO MOVE GEAR FROM PARK TO ANY OTHER GEAR. HAVING TO WAIT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME FOR TRANSMISSION TO COOL DOWN IN ORDER TO SWITCH GEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11203941April 26, 2019
STEERING
VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES FROM THE SLIGHTEST CRACK OR IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROAD ALSO WANDERS BACK AND FORTH MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN LANE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11203969April 26, 2019
STEERING
THE VEHICLE WANDERS ON THE ROAD AND REQUIRES TOO MUCH CORRECTIVE STEERING. THE DEALER TOLD ME UP TO 2 1/2' OF STEERING WHEEL PLAY IS ACCEPTABLE, BUT I FEEL IT'S UNSAFE. ESPECIALLY IN WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND ABOVE 50 MPH, THE STEERING IS VERY UNRESPONSIVE AND THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES WANDERS SEVERAL FEET FROM THE TRAVEL LANE WHILE I TRY TO CORRECT THE ANGLE. THIS IS THE 32ND JEEP I HAVE OWNED, AND OUR FAMILY STILL HAS THREE OTHERS, INCLUDING A 35 YEAR OLD CJ-8. ALL OF THEM STEER MUCH BETTER THAN MY COMPLETELY STOCK 2018 RUBICON. MY JEEP IS 14 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 10,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER A FEW TIMES AND THEY TELL ME THE STEERING IS NORMAL FOR THIS MODEL, AT THE SAME TIME ADMITTING THAT THE JL STEERING IS WORSE THAN PRIOR YEARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THIS VEHICLE SAFER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11202777April 22, 2019
SEAT BELTS
I NOTICED, ALL BE IT 9 MONTHS AFTER BUYING, MY 2018 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED REAR SEAT BELT IS ALMOST CUT IN TWO PIECES. I DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN MY VEHICLE THAT OFTEN, MAYBE ONCE EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. I ADVISED MY DEALER OF THE ISSUE IN JANUARY WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME "THEY TEND TO DO THAT, ITS FROM THE SEATS BEING LAID DOWN". HE STATED MINE WAS SO BAD THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD WARRANTY IT. HE THEN TOLD ME TO TAKE IT AND HAVE IT PATCHED, REALLY HAVE IT PATCHED? HERE IT IS 3 MONTHS LATER AND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SEAT BELT IS DOING THE SAME THING AND MY SEATS HAVEN'T BEEN LET DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11202778April 22, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
SEVERAL TIMES WHEN DRIVING AT APPROX. 65-70 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY, I EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT END OF THE JEEP INCLUDING THE WHEELS, FRONT END, STEERING WHEEL AND DASHBOARD ETC. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SLOW TO ABOUT 50 MPH OR LESS. THIS OCCURS WHEN GOING ACROSS A SEPARATION ON A FREEWAY OR OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY. THIS FIRST OCCURRED WITH ABOUT 3025 MILES ON THE NEW JEEP. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY AS THERE MUST BE SPEED OVER 65-70 FOR IT TO OCCUR. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING TO HAVE TO DECELERATE IN THE FAST LANE OF TRAFFIC ON THE WORST AND MOST DANGEROUS FREEWAY IN AMERICA, THE 91 THROUGH CORONA AND RIVERSIDE, CA. VERY VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM FORTUNATE I DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE A SHORT VIDEO SHOWING ONE EPISODE WHEN I WAS ALREADY CONSIDERABLY SLOWED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11202895April 22, 2019
POWER TRAIN
MANUAL TRANSMISSION STARTED POPPING OUT OF 2ND GEAR AROUND 9500 MILES. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT 11,500 CREEKING NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT/RIGHT. HAD TO HAVE REAR AXLES & REAR DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11196093April 14, 2019
STEERING
STEERING HAS LOCKED UP NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT. HAPPENS IN COOL/COLD TEMPERATURES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194837April 9, 2019
POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED NEW 2018 JEEP WRANGLER ON MONDAY APRIL 1,2019. NOTICED VEHICLE WAS LEAKING IN DRIVEWAY LESS THEN 24 HOURS AFTER PURCHASE. CALLED DEALER AND RETURNED VEHICLE FOR EVALUATION OF LEAK. ISSUE-FACTORY DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. HAD NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY INSPECTED PRIOR TO DELIVERY AND WAS DELIVERED TO US WITH FACTORY DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION DUE TO CRACKED CASING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194851April 9, 2019
STEERING
THE VEHICLE STEERING IS SOMETIMES UNCONTROLLABLE. THE VEHICLE MERGES RIGHTS AND EVEN PULLS RIGHT WHEN YOU TRY TO STEER TO THE LEFT. THIS HAPPENS AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194495April 7, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
VEHICLE SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN HITTING A BUMP AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 50MPH OR HIGHER. IT FEELS AS IF YOU'VE POPPED A TIRE. SHAKING WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS ISSUE IS OFTEN CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE.' NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE VEHICLE, LESS THAN 7 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT. CONSISTENTLY HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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