What 721 owners told NHTSA about the 2019 Jeep Wrangler 2-door

THE VISOR BREAKS AND HANGS DOWN IN THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE ON COMING TRAFFIC.

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WITH ONLY 266 MILES ON THE WRANGLER, THE AUTOMATIC 8 SPEED TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE FREEWAY. IT BECAME VERY JERKY AND APPEARD TO BE DOWN SHIFTING WHILE ACCELERATING. I STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. TURNED ON THE ENGINE AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION. I GOT UP TO 3RD GEAR AND THEN IT STARTED DOWN SHIFTING AGAIN. I COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE BLOCKING A LANE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A REAR END COLISSION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE D ON THE CENTER COUNSEL WAS BLINKING. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE ENGINE. I STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND TRIED TO BACK UP A FEW FEET AND IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. THE R ON THE COUNSEL WAS ALSO BLINKING. I WAS AFFRAID TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE WRANGLER AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THAT SOLD ME THE CAR LESS THAN 7 DAYS EARLIER. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 6 DAYS AND AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE FACTORY FOR ADVISE ON HOW TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE WAITING FOR TOOLS SO THEY CAN BEGIN THE REPAIR. THIS IS A 4 DOOR RUBICON WITH THE 2.0 LITER ETROQUE TURBO ENGINE. I PURCHASED THE JEEP NEW ON JAN 30TH, 2020.THE MANUFACTURING DATE ON THE DOOR JAM INDICATES THIS JEEP WAS MANUFACTURED IN JULY 2019, I THINK ON THE 26TH.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT YET NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400.

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2019 JEEP JL RUBICON 2 DOOR EXHIBITS LOOSE STEERING AND CONSEQUENTLY WANDERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT DEPENDING UPON CONDITION OF THE ROAD OR WHETHER BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED. DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN LANE AT TIMES WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR WHEN UNDER SEVERE BRAKING. WHEN LOOKING AT STEERING SHAFT INTO THE STEERING BOX, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE FREE MOTION BEFORE NOTICING MOVEMENT ON THE OUTPUT STEERING BOX SHAFT.

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AFTER GOING TO DEALERSHIP AND GETTING DEATH WOBBLE FIXED VEHICLE BY REMOVING AND REINSTALLING THE STEERING DAMPENER THE CORRECT WAY AND EXHIBITED THE SAME ISSUE AND ONCE AGAIN ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT VEHICLE TRAVELLING AT 50 MPH ON HIGHWAY 290 HOLY CROSS CORNER AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 30MPH TO MAKE THE PROBLEM GO AWAY CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO ORDER A NEW STEERING DAMPENER

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ONGOING ISUE WITH DEATH WOBBLE BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A THIRD TIME AND THEY CHANGED OUT THE STEERING DAMPENER ASSURING ME THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH ON RTE 290 AUBURN MA VEHICLE HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AND STARTED THE WHOLE JEEP SHAKING AND CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION

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WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED 50MPH ON RTE 290 AT COLLEGE SQUARE CORNER VEHICLE FELT LIKE WHEELS WERE GOING TO FALL OFF LOT OF SHAKING AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL VERY DANGEROUS SLOWED DOWN TO 30MPH AND VIBRATIONS SUBSIDED THIS HAS HAPPEND ONCE BEFORE ON SAME DAY JEEP WRANGLER HAS 500 MILES ON IT DEALER "PUTNAM JEEP" HAS BEEN CALLED AND WILL BE BRINGING JEEP INTO SHOP ASAP

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WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE STEERING HAS ROUGHLY 1.5 INCH PLAY IN THE WHEEL TO EITHER SIDE THAT MAKES THE CAR FEEL LIKE IT IS FLOATING ACROSS THE ROAD. IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN THERE IS WIND AS IT TAKES LARGE CORRECTIONS ON THE WHEEL TO KEEP THE CAR IN THE LANE.

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THE STEERING ON THE 2 DOOR WRANGLER JL IS VERY VAGUE WITH SIGNIFICANT PLAY . IT TAKES A MUCH EFFORT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT AND TRUE IN A LANE.

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WHEN TRAVELING AROUND 65 MPH ON A CHICAGOLAND EXPRESSWAY, THE VEHICLE HIT A SMALL UNEVEN PORTION OF THE ROADWAY (I.E. SMALL BUMP OR HOLE) AND VEHICLE STARTED THE KNOWN "WRANGLER DEATH WOBBLE", "...A BYPRODUCT OF THE WRANGLER'S SOLID FRONT AXLE DESIGN, AND CAN CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR OTHER ROAD IMPERFECTION AT HIGHER SPEEDS..." SO, I HAD TO SLOW DOWN WHILE IN THE THIRD LANE FROM THE RIGHT, CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN (I.E. AROUND 40 MPH) WHILE CHANGING LANES TO THE RIGHT, AND AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS THE WOBBLE STOPPED AND THEN I HAD FULL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE VEHICLE. 5,743 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

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WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 12/14/19 AT A SPEED IN THE 70MPH RANGE THE JEEP WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN IT WENT OVER ROUGH ROAD OR A BRIDGE. MY DAUGHTER SAYS SHE HAD TO HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC. SHE SAYS IT ALSO HAPPENED ON THE RETURN TRIP 12/17/19. MY WIFE HAD AN EPISODE YESTERDAY 1/27/19 AFTER PICKING UP THE JEEP FROM SERVICE IN WHICH THEY REPLACED THE WARRANTY RECALLED JL STEERING DAMPER (PHOTO OF INVOICE ATTACHED). SHE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIT A BUMPY SPOT. SHE SAID IT STARTED SHAKING AND WAS SCARED SHE WAS GOING TO LOSE CONTROL WHILE SLOWING DOWN ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I AM LEARNING OF THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AS THEY CALL IT. WE HAD A 2014 JEEP WRANGLER FOR 5 YEARS AND OVER 100K MILES AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS. IT IS NOT SAFE. I LEFT A VM THIS MORNING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER AT ED VOYLES IN MARIETTA, GA.

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STEERING WANDERS FROM THE FIRST TIME I TOOK POSITION OF THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WOULD PULL TO ONE SIDE AND WHEN MAKE A LITTLE CORRECTION, IT WOULD PULL TO THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF I WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH OR 50 MPH. I THOUGHT IT WOULD IMPROVE THE MORE I DRIVE IT BUT IT DID NOT GET ANY BETTER. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUR TIMES. THE STEERING BOX WAS REPLACED ON THE THIRD TIME THAT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THEM. THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RETURNED BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SINCE DECEMBER 26, 2019. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR A TECH FROM FICA HOPEFULLY BY MID-FEBRUARY 2020. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT FICA ADVISED THEM THAT THEY'VE DONE ALL THEY CAN DO AND NOT TO TOUCH THE VEHICLE UNTIL A TECH FROM FICA CHECKS THE VEHICLE. I ADVISED THE MANAGER THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I WAS NOT TAKING IT BACK ON THE ROAD. SO THE VEHICLE IS SITTING AT THEIR PARKING LOT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR OVER 3 MONTHS SO FAR AND COUNTING.

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UNABLE TO DISABLE SIRIUSXM TRAVEL LINK WEATHER ALERTS. THEY BLOCK THE WHOLE SCREEN AND DISTRACT THE DRIVER BECAUSE THEY FORCE THEM TO MAKE A RESPONSE. SOME MANUFACTURERS WITH XM ALLOW ALERTS TO BE DISABLED, BUT FCA DOESN'T. THESE ALERTS ARE OFTEN IRRELEVANT- I'VE SEEN SOME FOR AREAS OVER 100 MILES AWAY. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE, AND FOUND THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON SAFETY COMPLAINT FOR FCA VEHICLE OWNERS.

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UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING WHEN HITTING A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON HIGHWAY

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SECOND ATTEMPT AT RECALL BY DEALER, DEALER IS CLAIMING FAULTY PARTS BY FCA. WITHIN 12 MILES OF DRIVING THE JEEP AFTER RECALL WAS COMPLETED FOR A SECOND TIME DEATH WOBBLE IS BACK. HAPPENS WHEN GOING OVER BRIDGES ON HIGHWAY AT AROUND 72 MPH. EXTERIOR TEMP 31. SHAKE HAPPENS TILL SPEED IS DROPPED TO BELOW 60 MPH.

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VEHICLE WANDERS, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TRACK BAR HAS BEEN REPLACED PER TSB 02-003-19, STEERING DAMPER REPLACED PER V41 RECALL, AND TO DATE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALIGNED MORE THAN THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (EVEN ON MULTI-LANE FREEWAYS) DESPITE THE REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENTS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER.

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AFTER RECALL FOR DEATH WOBBLE, REPAIR MADE CONDITION WORSE, AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD, REQUIRES DROPPING SPEED TO BELOW 50 MPH TO GET SHAKING TO STOP

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I PURCHASED A 2019 JEEP WRANGLER JL IN SEPTEMBER 2019 BRAND NEW 8 MILES ON THE CAR . I GAVE THE CAR TO MY WIFE AS A GIFT . SO SHE STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE STEERING SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A COUPLE OF STEERING PARTS LEFT THE DEALER AND RIGHT AWAY I NOTICED THAT IT WAS STILL DRIVING THE SAME WITH TO MUCH PLAY ON THE STEERING . CALLED THEM RIGHT AWAY AND THEY SAID BRING IT BACK THEN A STEERING BOX WAS REPLACED STILL NO CHANGE HARD TO KEEP IN THE LINES SOME TIME IT HAS A HARD SHAKE ON THE RIGHT FRONT . SO WE TOOK IT BACK THEY MAID ADJUSTMENT, STILL THE SAME WIFE IS SCARED TO DRIVE IT . SO TOOK IT BACK 7 DAYS LATER THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG IT DRIVES AS DESIGNED SO 1 1/2 TO 2' PLAY ON THE WHEEL IS NORMAL STILL THE JEEP IS ALL OVER THE LINES AND TO TOP IT OFF MY WIFE WAS PULLED OVER BY FL KEY POLICE THING SHE WAS DRUNK AND HAD TAKE A ALCOHOL TEST AND SHE WAS CLEAN AND LET GO. THIS WAS A HORRIBLE FOR HER . WE DON'T WANT THE CAR ANYMORE WHAT CAN WE DO. MUST OF THIS HAPPENS AFTER 45 MILES PER HOUR . MY CONTACT NUMBER IS 7862852804

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STEERING/WANDERING ISSUE WITH 2019 UNLIMITED SPORT STOCK TIRES/CONFIGURATION. SEEMS DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD. DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AND RETURN TO STRAIGHT AFTER TURNING. WON'T GO BACK TO STRAIGHT AFTER TURNING AND SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF SLACK IN THE STEERING.

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THE VEHICLES WANDERS THE ROAD AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT IS A NIGHTMARE TO KEEP IN THE LANE . I AM ALWAYS STEERING TO KEEP IN BETWEEN THE LINES OF TRAVEL, AT LOW SPEEDS AND DEFINITELY HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

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AT 70MPHON THE HIGHWAY, WRANGLER WAS SHAKING ITSELF APART, IT BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE (WRANGLER 2019 TWO DOOR). HITTING A BUMP (ROAD AND BRIDGE SHIFT OF MATERIAL). HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR IT TO STOP TO EXTREME VIBRATION. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED ONCE AND DEALER STATE " THAT IT WAS FIXED". WHOEVER ON 9 JAN 2020 DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES (THREE TIMES WORST THEN THE FIRST TIME).LUCKY THAT NO ONE GOT INJURED OR KILLED AND CAR DAMAGES. THIS WRANGLER IS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE

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THE CAR HAVE MULTIPLE DEFECTIVE PARTS INCLUDING STEERING COLUMN CONTROL MODULE, CONSOLE SHIFT MODULE. THE CAR HAVE A HARD TIME SHIFTING IN TO APPROPRIATE GEAR. THOSE DEFECTIVE PARTS CAUSE ABS TO FAIL. WHEELS KEEP GETTING LOCKED WHEN BREAKING, LEADS TO INCREASED BREAKING DISTANCE.

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MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER AT 55 MPH LOST CONTROL OF STEERING ON INTERSTATE 99. SHE DESCRIBED IT AS A FLAT TIRE. UPON INSPECTION- NOTHING FLAT. I AS HER MOTHER DROVE- SANE CONDITIONS. SHE ALMOST WRECKED AND CAUSED A SERIES OF VEHICLES BEHIND HER TO DO SO AS WELL. IT IS A PROBLEM OUR LOCAL JEEP DEALER HAS TRIED TO REPAIR. RECALL PERFORMED AND YET STILL PRESENT. IT'S A VERY VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE. SHE'S IN COLLEGE AND UNABLE TO DRIVE TO CLASS. THE DEATH WOBBLE IS INFECT THERE. I WILL SUE WHOMEVER IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HER OR ANYONE ELSE. I LOVE THE JEEP PRODUCTS. THIS HAS LESS THEN 6000 MILES ON IT. I HAND ANOTHER ONE SAHARA. 2019- SANE BULL BEGINNNJNG AT 3790 MILES. I AM SEEKING A LAWYER. BOTH MY OLDER TEENS ARE IN DANGER AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. WE PAID CASH IN FULL AND THE JEEPS HV TO SIT HERE!

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UNCONTROLLABLE "WANDERING" AND "DRIFTING" ISSUE WITH VEHICLE AND STEERING AS WELL AS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES THUS FAR AND THE ISSUE HAS BEEN VERBALLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY TECHNICIANS. HOWEVER, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS TECHNICIANS ARE CURRENTLY UNWILLING TO GO ON RECORD OR TO FIX IT PER JEEP CORPORATE INSTRUCTIONS.

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ONCE I HIT A SPEED OF 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IF I HIT THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, MY ENTIRE JEEP STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IF I KEEP MY FOOT ON THE GAS AT MY STEADY SPEED, IT JUST GETS WORSE. THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE, AND HOPE I DON'T CRASH BC AT THAT POINT I HAVE NO CONTROL. I CANNOT MERGE INTO OTHER LANES TO TRY TO MAKE IT OFF THE HIGHWAY FOR SAFETY AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ACCEPT WAIT FOR THE VIOLENT SHAKING TO STOP. ALSO TO HOPE ALL VEHICLES SURROUNDING ME THAT ARE GOING HIGH SPEEDS ARE PAYING ATTENTION SINCE MY SPEED DRASTICALLY CHANGES AND THEY DON'T CRASH INTO ME. I HAVE TWO TODDLERS AND THEY SCREAM AND THEIR HEADS ARE JOLTED FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN THEIR CAR SEATS AS I WAIT FOR IT TO STOP. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST, IF NOT ALL, ANY TIME I GO ABOVE 70 MILES AN HOUR AND THERE IS A BUMP IN THE ROAD. IT HAS NOT BEEN ONE TIME ONLY. I NO LONGER CAN DRIVE MY BRAND NEW JEEP WRANGLER ON THE HIGHWAY AND I DO NOT TAKE MY TODDLERS IN THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY ANYMORE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND I COMMITTED TO THE LARGE MONTHLY AUTO LOAN PAYMENTS TO ENSURE MY KIDS WOULD BE SAFE WHILE DRIVING AND I WOULD HAVE A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE. I HAVE NEITHER BUT I STILL HAVE THE LARGE MONTHLY PAYMENT.

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