Driveshaft Problems of Jeep Wrangler

2017 Jeep Wrangler sahara unlimited smoky mountain 27000 bad driveshaft. No replacement part found Jeep has been at the dealership for 35 days and noone can tell me when the part is going to be in.

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Tl the contact owns a 2017 Jeep Wrangler. While driving approximately 60 mph, a loud banging and wrenching noise suddenly occurred and the vehicle began to shake violently from side to side. The driver could also feel heat coming from the floor of the vehicle. After stopping the vehicle, a tow truck was called to the scene. Upon inspection, it was discovered that the driveshaft had severed, separated from the steel encasement, and exploded through the floor of the vehicle. The failure caused a hole in the floorboard. The vehicle was towed to texan Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram (18555 hwy 59 n. , humble, TX 77338). The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 17,700.

Purchase date Jeep 7/2014 east hills Chrysler east hills NY. Upon driving the vehicle home. I noticed it had the rear seat belt ripped out, parking brake was defective and a nail in right passenger side tire. I brought the vehicle back and stated "how was vehicle past a safety inspection"? their was response was the "sorry". The car was advertised a pre-certified based on the a 100 point inspection, which it never had. They replaced the seat belt that night. 5/4/2015, driving home the real differential failed (miles 48806) both front and rear were leaking. I was driving at rate 50 mph. The chain of events of the failure affected the flange and yolk off the drive shaft. I took it back to east hills Chrysler. The power train warranty covered this repair however, during the failure, I could not shift to slow the vehicle, I had a lot of vibration in on the manual stick. I expressively asked the dealer to inspect the clutch, gear box and transmission for damage as a result from the of the differential failure. They said they would. The car was at the dealer ship for 2 weeks. Drove the car home and heard this whining sound from the clutch, brought it back the same day and explained to them what the issue was. The noise was and is the through out bearing. Appointment date 6/2/2015. The car was there for 2 weeks. Result, the tech said the noise was normal. The clutch was not under warranty, and the could no guarantee, the noise would go away. Again I explained it the clutch damage was as a result of the differential failing. Dealer ship stated that the clutch was fine next appointment 7/17/2015 - dealer states that the noise in the through out bearing of I told expressed to them. My concern aside from the repair cost is the safety of the people who place their trust in experts to fix and maintain the vehicles that being sold and misrepresented as safe.

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Brought my Jeep to an automotive shop to have crank case and transmission oil changed. They discovered that the rear drive shaft was in dire straights. There are 16 bolts; 8 at each end that keep the drive shaft in place. 1 was completely missing, 12 were broken (in multiple places on multiple bolts) and 3 bolts were all that was keeping the drive shaft in place and they were all attached to the rear of the shaft. The shop insisted that I see it first hand and that they had never seen anything like it before. I was completely horrified, there is no telling how long it had been that way. I am not hard on my vehicle, I don't hot rod, off road or go mudding. There were no indications of a problem and the Jeep service department didn't discover anything during their "umpteen" vehicle point inspection. The only thing I can figure is that the factory torqued the bolts too hard or used defective equipment or both. The complacency in quality control is disturbing; my life matters and there is no telling what might have happened if that part decided to let go.

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Rear drive shaft sheared in two at a weld joint located between the shaft main tube body and universal joint part. The failure appears to be associated with an improper weld seam (weld on apparently a third of the circumference of the shaft tube appears not to have been completed). I don't know if the welding process was done manually or by machine and if by machine how many other shafts are similarly affected. I will mail a more complete copy of a write-up of the incident as well as photographs (I sent Chrysler. I contacted Chrysler and they have not followed up on the incident (other than a voice mail acknowledging receipt of a letter from me and they would look into the matter. That has been close to 5 months of no response.

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2010 Jeep Wrangler. Consumer states problem with busted boot and vibration while driving which worsens as speed increases. The consumer stated he took the vehicle to the dealer four times, with no resolution. The dealer replaced the drive shaft, input shaft, torque convertor and a worn drum.

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The contact owns a 2004 Jeep Wrangler. While driving approximately 10 mph on a snow covered road surface, the rear end of the vehicle began to shimmy. Next without warning the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for inspection, and the rear passenger side drive shaft was replaced. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on two separate occasions for the identical failures. The vehicle was repaired for the malfunctions. The failure mileage was 58,000. The current mileage was 68,526.

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While driving at 30 mph driveshaft fell out. As a result, vehicle's rear end collapsed.

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Consumer was traveling about 70mph and heard loud noise, and back in lifted up. Front had dropped, and driveshaft was defective. Had it towed to dealership, and mechanic told him that crankshaft needed to be replaced. Consumer states drive shaft bounced off of street and hit floor board ripping hole in floor next to driver's foot.

Daimler-Chrysler is refusing to cover powertrain damage.

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While driving on interstate at 65mph, front end of drive shaft fell out. Luckily it did not flip vehicle. Bent the drive shaft in half.

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Whike driving at 65mph on interstate transfer case came apart and front driveshaft fell out. When this happened the airbags deployed,windshield wipers came on, washer squirted, dash lights came on. The passenger air bag busted the windshield, and the face of the passenger. Her jaw is broken in three places and her four upper teeth were removed from their sockets. She required extensive reconstructive surgery, and is still in the hospital. Noothers objects or vehicles were involved. The driver beat the airbag down and safely parked the car in the median. Why did airbags deploy and with such force?.

While driving 65mph, heard what sounded like a bomb had blown up under vehicle. Heard metal against metal rattling & then a loud bang. Vehicle stopped completely on highway. Had vehicle towed to dealer. Was informed by mechanic that the drivetrain had exploded. The dealership refused to repair due to not being under warranty.

Was driving approx. 35mps approaching a turn, had slowed down to 10-15mph, when turning vehicle felt a shake, the steering began to freeze/lock up and consumer then had no control of vehicle, resulting in drifting off road. When driver looked in rearview mirror she saw metal pipes laying on the road.

Clutch and catalytic converter both need replaced with only 20,500 miles . Also has had two driveshafts replaced with only 10,000 miles. Has seen very little 4-wheel drive use, and has 20,500 after 4 years as original owner.