Five problems related to vehicle shudder have been reported for the 2008 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, when drive over a bump, the vehicle began to shake and he was unable to control the steering wheel causing it to became difficult to control. The contact stated he depressed braked pedal multiple time to have the vehicle stop at the side of the road. The contact stated he turned off the vehicle and waited 30 before driving again. The contact stated he continued to experience the failure while driving back to his residence at a slow speed. The contact stated no warning light were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to local dealer pomoco Chrysler Jeep Dodge ram of newport news located at 12629 jefferson Ave, newport news, va 23602, (757) 369-3565, were made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired as of yet. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer has not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was 122,460. Dp.
Vehicle stationary and in motion a single ding will go off every couple of minutes, more often at slower speeds. No dash light on no indication as to why it is dinging. Also parked on hill when I put it in reverse to begin going into motion the vehicle shakes at an unsettling feeling until I get to flat ground and put it into drive.
On approximately 01/21/13 at about 8:00am, while traveling on the 405 freeway at about 50mph, my Jeep got the "death wobbles". It was found the entire front housing snapped off. It was fixed and returned to me. On 02/11/13 at about 10:30am, I was merging on to the I-5 n/b from sand canyon in irvine. When I reached 45mph, I got the "death wobbles" again. This time, the dealer said it was because I had cheap tires on the vehicle. I have nitto tires which are about $250 each. I have looked into the death wobbles and it appears Jeep has a real problem. The vehicle shakes so violently you feel like you are losing control. Someone is going to get killed and Jeep knows it. I have had my vehicle in twice now for the same thing. Once more and I am going lemon law. If they give it back and my family is injured as a result of a known flaw. Stand by! this is crap. You cannot knowingly sell a defective vehicle can you? seems like it would be criminal to defraud or fail to disclose this death wobble issue to buyers. I did not know anything about this until it happened to me.
Known to many who have Jeeps, the "death wobble". When this first happened to my daughter's car, thankfully I was the one driving. It was on the interstate and I thought a tire had blown. The steering wheel vibrated uncontrollably and I pulled over. Nothing looked wrong but I called a tow truck regardless. They looked at it at the station and could not find anything wrong. I had no idea this was a problem Jeep created when they built the vehicle. It is a situation where the front axle begins oscillating with such violence that control of the Jeep is difficult until slowed down, and the entire vehicle shakes to the point you feel it will come apart.
To whom it may concern: I had purchased a 2008 Jeep Wrangler about year ago from a local dealership in prescott, arizona. About 2-3 weeks after buying it my son had come home saying the whole vehicle started shaking while he was driving down the road. We took the Jeep out on a ride and could not make the vehicle shake again. A few weeks later it happened to me, so we took it back to the dealership (tims auto in prescott. ) they had our vehicle for a few weeks, and when we went to pick it up we were told they found no problems. They had, 'taken it apart, put it back together and driven it around,' with no issues. They acted like I was making up the whole problem. Since then we have only had a few outbursts, but we just lived with it. Then, today (1-4-11) as I was driving on the highway it began to wobble a little. I was close to home, so I kept going. The Jeep started to veer into oncoming traffic, I slammed on the breaks and it started to turn the other way. I was on a four lane highway, going 65 mph with cars on either side. I was almost hit twice (both would have been caused by me) by the time I got onto the side of the road. My husband was out of town and daughter was working two towns over, I had no choice but to drive home. I got back into the car, started driving, and got about 5 miles farther before the vehicle started shaking again. I put on my emergency flashers and got to the side of the road. I called and could not get a hold of any one so I got in and drove home at about 15 mph, shaking all the way. Currently, my Jeep is in the driveway, I am up against a wall with this vehicle! repairs are not 100 percent reliable (based on past experience) and online reviews seem to say that a lot of other people are having this problem. I hope someone with your company can help me with this, because as of now I have a $35,000 deathtrap sitting outside of my home. [xxx] Chrysler-Jeep, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).