Three problems related to sway bar have been reported for the 2012 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Jeep started violently shaking when hitting a bump in a city road, tightened lose sway bar, but a couple weeks later noticed violent shaking again when traveling on the highway and almost caused me to lose control of the vehicle and had vehicle towed home. Will not drive as I am terrified of causing an accident and death.
Electronic sway bar control module short circuited due moisture invasion. Poor water resistance in housing quote replace $2100 without labor. This problem occurred during normal highway unit short circuited.
Tl the contact owns a 2012 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a "death wobble". While driving approximately 50 mph, the steering column shook from side to side and the wheels lifted off the pavement. The vehicle was taken to lakeland Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram (2875 mall hill dr, lakeland, FL 33810, (863) 687-2501) to be diagnosed, but they could find the cause of the "death wobble. " the dealer suggested replacing several parts, including the axle, which alone would cost over $3,000. The contact had the vehicle serviced for wheel alignments, new tires, new rims, new wheel bearings, new axles, new hubs, new half shafts, new ball joints, new tie rods, anti-sway bars, bushing springs, shocks, alignment brackets, and steering dampeners. The failure recurred. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The manufacturer placed a metric bolt into a nine sixteenths hole for the front anti-sway "track bar" at both ends of the axle at the mounting location bracket upon the axle. The failure mileage was 95,000.