Power Steering Fluid Problems of Jeep Wrangler

The contact owns a 2012 Jeep Wrangler. The contact mentioned that he noticed that transmission fluid was leaking from the vehicle. The contact mentioned that he received a notice for NHTSA campaign number: 13v234000 (power train , steering) and was awaiting for the parts to become available. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the transmission oil cooler tuber came in contact with the power steering return tube which caused the leak. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 32,000.

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Chrysler had a safety recall (n28 / NHTSA 13v-234) trans oil cooler tube may come in contact with the power steering fluid return lube. Prolonged contact could cause a leak in the tran fluid and loss of trans function and increase risk of a crash. I have called my local dealership suresky in goshen, NY and the parts are still not in and it has been over 2 months. I drive my two year old to school every day and this is not acceptable.

I received a recall notification in September, 2013 warning that the transmission oil cooler tube may come into contact with the power steering fluid return tube, causing a leak and possibly a failure or crash. The vehicle has been to the autonation dealership on 116th Ave. In bellevue, wa a total of three times since September 2013 to address this issue. It is now almost March 2014 and it still has not been fixed. They are placing all the blame on Chrysler for not being able to supply the parts. I called Chrysler this morning to confirm the insane waiting time for the parts to remedy the recall. The idea that it takes in excess of 5 months just to get parts for a serious recall issue is preposterous, and the lack of action negligible.

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The contact owns 2013 Jeep Wrangler sport. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 13v234000 (power train , steering) and stated that the recall repair had surpassed a reasonable time for repair. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was advised that the part needed for the repair was not available. The manufacture was not replying to the dealer to advise of when the part would become available. The contact stated that transmission fluid was leaking from the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 8,000.

This is a recall that has not been fixed I have called dealerships since 2013 and no one has call me back. This recall is for the transmission oil cooler tub may come in contact with power steering fluid return tube. Prolonged contact with the tubes could cause a leak in the transmission oiler cooler tube. Operating the vehicle with insufficient transmissiom fluid may cause damage to the transmission and a loss of transmission function which increases the risk of a crash.

I have experience what is commonly referred to as the "wrangler death wobble" on over three occasions. These are dangerous situations where the steering begins to wobble uncontrollably side to side. The violence of the wobble increases quickly making it tough to hold onto the steering wheel and maintain control, especially if this occurs in multi-lane roads. Increasing speed results in the wobble becoming more violent. The only way to recover is to brake quickly and bring your vehicle to a near stop (at least under 5 mph) before the wobbling subsides. The "death wobble" appears to be brought on by the Jeep tires hitting a pot hole, railroad crossing, or other rough spots in the road at a slight angle. Usually around 35+ mph. Faster speeds, such as highway (55-75) do not seem to create the issue but accelerating to enter a highway does, and has in my case as you pass between 30-40mph. To recover the driver aggressively apply the brakes (without warning to those behind them) as the wobble severity increases quickly. This creates a safety issue. The wobble also has an adverse affect on the steering dampers which soon begin leaking fluids from the violent wobbles.

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The past couple years I've noticed my Jeep having a wobble while crossing 60mph, below 57 it stopped above 63 it stopped. I had new tires and balance completed. The wobble was still present. While driving down a 4-5% grade on state route 285 (4 lane divided highway most of the way) I touched the brakes and the front end started to violently wobble. . Enough to rip the steering wheel from my hands. This almost put me into oncoming traffic. The wobble finally stopped at 25mph. The tires chirped in tune to the vibration. I have to assume from loss of contact with the road. The vehicle jerked side to side during this wobbling. Once stopped I checked under the front end and only noted that my stabilizer was now leaking fluid and was bent. This happened around July 18th with my 8 year old in the vehicle. Once I was able to get the vehicle back to town I took off the old track bar, did this due to the overwhelming number of posts on the internet. I took off the original bar and noted the back side of the upper and lower brackets "hollowed out" or oblonged. I removed the track bar and placed the bolts back into the mounts and wiggled them to assess if the mounts were out of round. I noted the bottom back mounting hole had approx. 1/4 inch of movement and the top back mounting hole had 1/8 inch of movement. I am currently seeing a Jeep certified mechanic to have stainless steel washers added to the brackets to eliminate the source of the shaking. The mechanic stated this is a known issue that the brackets were made thinner then previous years. He also stated the "washer" fix is also a known solution to this issue. However I noted there isn't a smooth pivot surface on the bolts they are threaded and ate into the steel insert in the track bar bushing. I expected to find a bolt with a smooth surface for the bushing to ride on and threaded end for the nut.

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Power steering pressure hose develops leaks at the crimped connection. Power steering fluid can come in contact with hot engine components.

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About a month ago, as we were traveling on the highway, my Jeep started to violently shake as we hit a bump going about 60 miles per hour. It felt like we had a flat tire so we quickly pulled over. We checked the vehicle and couldn't find anything wrong. Since it continued to drive fine, we didn't think too much about it. Three weeks later, driving again on the highway, the same thing happened, this time much worse. The vehicles shook so violently I had a hard time controlling it. This was especially scary because the roads were wet. Luckily, we were seat belted in, but my poor dog got tossed around like a salad. Shaking, and very upset, we pulled over to the side of the road. It continued to happen two more times. The next day we immediately took the car to our mechanic. Although he couldn't find anything at first, we did some research. We went to the internet and typed in the search Jeep violently shakes. ¿ we were quite surprised and shocked with what we found. Apparently, this is a problem that has been occurring for years with Jeep. It has even been termed the death wobble because of all the problems. We found thousands upon thousands of people with this similar problem dating all the way back to the early 90s. With all these problems, Jeep has not issued a recall on 2007 models but apparently will gladly charge their customers hundreds of dollars to fix parts that may not fix the problem. The main problem appears to be with the steering damper. The damper is too small. Although Jeep wont officially recognize this as a problem, it has been fixed with the 2010 models by putting in a larger damper. When I called a few dealerships to find the part, I was told the damper doesn't exist in my model. I was able to find a 2010 damper and had my mechanic put it in my vehicle. The one that he replaced was not only twice the size of the existing one, but the existing one was leaking fluid.