10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 1 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 52,430 miles
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Terrible wobble at 45-55 mph. Tires and front end wobble until I stop or slow below 40 mph. It causes driver to slow at highway speed causing near rear end collisions when other drivers are following. At times wobbles so violently have to exit freeway in order to get it to stop.
- Parkersburg, WV, USA
The Wrangler "death wobble". violent shaking after reaching speeds of approximately 50 mph. Must slow down and almost come to a stop to stop the shaking. First occurred a year ago. Took it our repair shop. They replaced the steering stabilization shock, which seemed to repair the problem. It then started to re-occur approximately 6 months later. Now it is doing it all the time, even at low speeds.
- New Market, VA, USA
While driving at 55mph - 60 mph on the highway and hitting a bridge joint, pot hole, or other road surface bump, the vehicle starts to violently shake and become uncontrollable. The only way to stop the shaking is to slow the vehicle to less than 30mph.
- San Diego, CA, USA
When I was driving around 50 mph I hit a pothole and the vehicle start shaking violently. I had to hold the steering wheel so hard it almost went to the other side of the road. This happened already 5 times, I am so scared to take it on the highway, because I might get into a wreck. I have to come to a complete stop for it to stop shaking.
- Clovis, NM, USA
When the Jeep is in the 40 to 50 mph range, a "death wobble" happens. Sometimes by itself and sometimes when I hit a pothole or street patch. I have had auto professionals look at the car and they cannot figure out what the problem is. Most of the time the solution is to fix a symptom but not the actual cause. When this happens the brakes must immediately applied hard which has cause near rear end collisions. If auto professionals cannot find the cause then this is not a maintenance issue. This is a design flaw. This is not a remote issue. If you google death wobble Wrangler it will return over 110,000 hits!
- Madison, AL, USA
We are experiencing the "death wobble". have been to the repair shop several times but the wobble returns shortly after we get the Jeep back on the road. Help....
- Ellicott City, MD, USA
Incidents with stock 2003 Jeep Wrangler X 35,000 miles. Vehicle will shake violently out of control when driving over 40 mph. Incident is known as the death wobble and is very dangerous. Has occurred to my vehicle on many occasions. It is very hard to Jeep the Jeep on the road when this death wobble happens.
- Medford, NJ, USA
Ball joint cracked while making a left turn onto a heavy traffic intersection, at low speed. Vehicle when out of control spinning several times before hitting medium.
- Chicago, IL, USA
While driving 55 mph the steering wheel failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they indicated that the passenger side axle broke. The axle was replaced.
- Weston, MA, USA
Jeep shakes at 40-55 mile per hour, 16,000 miles.
- Midland, GA, USA
- Ellisville , MS, USA