2020 Jeep Gladiator

THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY JEEP GLADIATOR HAS A LOT OF PLAY WHICH ALLOWS THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT THE WHEELS MOVING. AND ALSO THE WHEELS CAN MOVE LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CORRECT THE STEERING. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN MAY OF 2020 ABOUT MY CONCERN BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL. RECENTLY FCA CONTACTED ME ABOUT A FIX WHICH INVOLVED REPLACING THE STEERING GEAR BOX. HOWEVER I'M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE REPAIR PERFORMED.

THE VEHICLE STARTS WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION MOVING UNCONTROLLABLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND YANKS YOUR STEERING OUT OF CONTROL ( DEATH WOBBLE) DID IT 6 TIMES TO THE POINT THAT I CAN NOT TRUST THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT GOES OUT OF STEERING CONTROL BOTH FRONT TIRES MOVE UNCONTROLLABLY SIDE TO SIDE LIKE IF BOTH WHERE FLAT AND YANKS YOU SIDE TO SIDE TAKES YOU OUT OF ROAD

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, WENT OVER A ROUGH SURFACE ON THE ROAD AND THE GLADIATOR STARTER SHAKING AS IF I HAD HAD A BLOW-OUT. ONCE I SLOWED DOWN IT STABILIZED. HOWEVER, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TWICE IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. UPON RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, I'VE COME TO LEARN THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" THAT HAPPENS ON JEEP OFF-ROAD VEHICLES, WHICH MAKES IT ALL THE MORE CRITICAL THAT NHTSA REQUIRE CHRYSLER-FIAT TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. THANK YOU.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH ON A 2 LANE ROAD, MY STEERING WHEEL BECAME STUCK OR FROZEN IN ITS POSITION. I WAS UNABLE TO COURSE CORRECT, AND ENDED UP BRAKING INTO THE MEDIAN. I NEVER LOST ENGINE POWER, OR POWER STEERING. THE WHEEL WAS SIMPLY LOCKED, STUCK, OR FROZEN. ONCE STOPPED, I TRIED THE WHEEL AGAIN, AND IT WORKED. I'VE SINCE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO JEEP, AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING REPAIR.

EXCESSIVE STEERING WANDER/ROAD WALKING. THIS IS BEING REPORTED IN LARGE NUMBERS OF JEEP GLADIATOR VEHICLES IN ALL JEEP FORUMS. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND WITH INCREASED WINDS, OR TOWING. JEEP CURRENTLY HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 08-074-20 ACTIVATED, BUT DEALERSHIPS DON'T HAVE AVAILABLE STOCK OF THE REPLACEMENT STEERING BOX CALLED FOR, AND SEEM DISINTERESTED IN REPLACING BECAUSE IT IS NOT A RECALL. THIS CONDITION AND PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE, AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH REPORTS BY OTHER BUYERS ACROSS ALL FORUMS. PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A RECALL, AS THE PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS, AND AFFECTS MOST VEHICLES, SO AS TO FACILITATE REPLACEMENT.

TRUCK WANDERS ON HIGHWAY. STEERING HAS PLAY IN IT THAT IS BASICALLY A DEAD SPOT ROUGHLY 2 INCHES EACH WAY FROM CENTER. RETURNED TO DEALER THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. SERVICE MANAGER TOLD MY WIFE AND I THAT JEEP DOES NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AND QUOTE "YOU CAN EITHER DRIVE IT THE WAY IT IS OR LET IS SIT IN DRIVEWAY". SERVICE MANAGER UNSURE WHAT THE ISSUE IS BUT ADMITTED TO ME THAT THERE IS PLAY IN THE STEERING. WE DROVE A COMPARATIVE NEW FROM THE LOT AND THE ISSUE WAS SLIGHTLY WORSE ON IT. STILL WAITING, NOW SIX CALENDAR DAYS, FOR RESPONSE FROM SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT NEXT STEPS. I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND WOULD LIKE TO COMPANY TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE

VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. STEERING IS EXTREMELY LOOSE CAUSING VEHICLE TO WANDER LEFT AND RIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN LANE.VERY UNSAFE IN MODERATE TO HARD BRAKING AS WELL. MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED A TSB BUT DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT FORTHCOMING IN THE REPAIR. THIS NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL BEFORE PEOPLE MORE PEOPLE ARE HURT/KILLED