Three problems related to power steering failed have been reported for the 2007 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Intermittent problem occuring almost exclusively at highway speeds. While driving at highway speeds suddenly, without warning, the vehicle shuts off. All warning lights on the dash board appear, engine completely shuts off which leads to power steering failure and loss of safe control of the vehicle. While the engine shut off is intermittent and does not last for more than a few seconds before it turns back on without use of the key or any other means of manually restarting the vehicle, it is highly unsafe and can lead to severe injury or death. We have noted this issue occuring approximately 1-2 times per month. We finally took the vehicle to the dealership to service and locate the issue with the vehicle on October 20, 2011. The dealership stated they could not find any issues with the vehicle, with the exception of unusally high oil consumption. The dealership advised we do an oil consumption test which will be completed in 3000 miles or 3 months.
The power steering pump has failed 4 times. The vehicle is now 21 months old with 19,000 miles. This has become a safety hazard as I was in philadelphia twice when it failed on a weekend and had to travel over 100 miles to get the Jeep home. Somebody is going to get hurt or cause an accident. If this happened to a women I hate to see what would happen since it makes it very difficult to control the vehicle.
The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated while driving the vehicle 30 mph it pulled excessively to the right. The contact tried to turn the steering wheel back to the left and it responded as if the power steering failed. The contact applied the brakes in order to stop the vehicle and there was no response. The emergency brake also failed when it was engaged. The failure caused the contact to crash into a viaduct. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic and inspected by the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated nothing was wrong with the vehicle. The vehicle was deemed destroyed. The failure and current mileage was 6,000.