general problems of the 2003 Jeep Wrangler

The contact owns a 2003 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated while driving 30-40 mph, the vehicle hit a bump in the roadway and the steering wheel started shaking significantly and the vehicle seemed to be at risk of a rollover. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact veered to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the steering column needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure reoccurred while driving. The dealer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to take the vehicle to be repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 141,999.

Violent shaking after hitting holes in the road during acceleration-less tan 30 mph. My vehicle has been inspected by my mechanic, who has knowledge of the “death wobble”. Safety was at risk due to front end shaking violently and almost losing control of the vehicle. The problem has been confirmed by mechanic. They started to manifest about 8 months ago.

Terrible wobble at 45-55 mph. Tires and front end wobble until I stop or slow below 40 mph. It causes driver to slow at highway speed causing near rear end collisions when other drivers are following. At times wobbles so violently have to exit freeway in order to get it to stop.

While driving at 55mph - 60 mph on the highway and hitting a bridge joint, pot hole, or other road surface bump, the vehicle starts to violently shake and become uncontrollable. The only way to stop the shaking is to slow the vehicle to less than 30mph.

When I was driving around 50 mph I hit a pothole and the the vehicle start shaking violently. I had to hold the steering wheel so hard it almost went to the other side of the road. This happened already 5 times, I am so scared to take it on the highway, because I might get into a wreck. I have to come to a complete stop for it to stop shaking.

The contact owns a 2003 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the vehicle started jerking violently. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was extremely hard to maintain control over. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the track bar and steering dampener needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 45,370.

When the Jeep is in the 40 to 50 mph range, a "death wobble" happens. Sometimes by itself and sometimes when I hit a pothole or street patch. I have had auto professionals look at the car and they cannot figure out what the problem is. Most of the time the solution is to fix a symptom but not the actual cause. When this happens the brakes must immediately applied hard which has cause near rear end collisions. If auto professionals cannot find the cause then this is not a maintenance issue. This is a design flaw. This is not a remote issue. If you google death wobble Wrangler it will return over 110,000 hits!.

Incidents with stock 2003 Jeep Wrangler x 35,000 miles . Vehicle will shake violently out of control when driving over 40 mph. Incident is known as the death wobble and is very dangerous. Has occurred to my vehicle on many occasions. It is very hard to Jeep the Jeep on the road when this death wobble happens.

Driving above 55 miles, going over a bump or rough area will cause the vehicle to shake violently (nick-named "death wobble" by Jeep owners) and becomes very hard to controll. Have to slow down or stop completly in order to get it stop. On the highway where speed limit is 75 miles, it could be deadly. So far we were lucky. . . We had new steering stabelizers, shocks put in, balanced the tires, had wheel alignment but it keeps on happening. Chrysler suggested to take it in to the shop again (and spend more money on a no-fix repair) is not the answer. It is well known that the Jeep vehicles have this whobble issue, they should all be recalled before someone will die. Please help us to get Chrysler corp to admit the problem and recall the vehicles.

Steering wheel shimmy on 2003 Jeep Wrangler. . . 100% stock equipment. . . Shimmy first noticed summer 2007. . . Had wheel alignment done with no effect. . . Had front tires rebalanced with no effect. . . Performed TSB 19-003-06. . . While a significant improvement the shimmy is not gone and at times the vehicle feels unsafe to drive.

Steering shimmied at 45 mph unable to control vehicle the same exact scenario as in all the other complaints listed here about the steering shimmy.