2006 Jeep Wrangler

I'M 2ND OWNER OF AN '06 JEEP WRANGLER. MILES AT PURCHASE: 26521. STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AT 27,000 I EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" AT 55MPH. TOOK IT IN TO FERMAN OF PLANT CITY DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE DAMPER. WITHIN LESS THEN 1000 MILES IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TOOK IT TO XTREME JEEPS AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. I THEN TOOK IT BACK TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP, CITRUS CHRYSLER OF DADE CITY, FL AT ABOUT 28,000 MILES. THEY HAVE HAD IT SINCE 12/08/08. THEY SAY THE TIE RODS AND TRACBAR NEED REPLACEMENT BUT THEY CAN'T GET THE PARTS UNTIL AFTER 12/24/08. I RESEARCH THIS DEATH WOBBLE AND FOUND OUT THAT IT HAPPENS TO MANY, MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS. YOU JUST NEED TO DO A GOOGLE SEARCH TO SEE HOW OFTEN IT HAPPENS. CHRYSLER DO NOT OWN UP TO THE FACT THAT THIS UNSAFE PROBLEM EXISTS. THERE IS NO REPORTS OF THIS WHEN I PAID FOR A CARFAX REPORT. THIS IS A VERY, VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED IN TO. I AM EXPECTED TO BAIL THESE GUYS OUT WITH MY HARD EARNED TAX MONEY WHILE THEY HIDE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PRODUCING THESE UNSAFE VEHICLES. I AM NOW PAYING FOR A VEHICLE I CAN NOT DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS IT IN THEIR LOT WAITING FOR PARTS. THIS IS VERY UPSETTING AND YOU NEED TO LOOK IN TO THIS MATTER. HOW DARE THEM NOT RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND REDESIGN STEERING TO MAKE THEM SAFE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER AMERICAN MADE VEHICLE AGAIN. CORP GREED WITH UNSAFE PRODUCTS IS SO UN-AMERICAN!!!! *TR

BOUGHT A 2006 WRANGLER W/ 3500 MILES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, REALIZED THAT VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM - WHEN BRAKING AT SPEEDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH (GENTLY, MIND YOU, NO HARD BRAKING), VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHUDDER AND WOBBLE VIOLENTLY, AND THIS WOULD INCREASE IN SEVERITY UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWED TO 40 MPH, THEN SHUDDERING/WOBBLING WOULD STOP. TOOK TO PURCHASE DEALER FIRST (FORD) TO HAVE WHEEL BALANCED. THIS DID NOT FIX IT, SO, TOOK TO WARRANTY (JEEP) SHOP, WHO FIRST TRIED TO BLAME DEALER (FORD) SHOP, SAID LUG NUTS WERE SCREWED ON TOO TIGHT, THUS CAUSING ROTORS TO WARP. HAD FORD DEALER TURN ROTORS, BUT PROBLEM RETURNED SHORTLY. TOOK TO WARRANTY (JEEP) SHOP, INSISTED THEY FIX. THEY REPLACED ROTORS, BUT PROBLEM RETURNED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. RETURNED VEHICLE TO THEM, THEY "MACHINED" NEW ROTORS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE PROBLEM RETURNED. TOOK TO JEEP AGAIN, THIS TIME, THEY SAID IT WAS THE BALL JOINTS, REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINTS. PROBLEM REMAINED, BUT WAS SPORADIC RATHER THAN CONSTANT.. TOOK IT BACK TO JEEP, THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, "COME BACK WHEN PROBLEM MORE PRONOUNCED". WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, PROBLEM WAS CONSTANT AND VERY PRONOUNCED; SCARY, EVEN. TOOK BACK TO JEEP AGAIN THIS WEEK, THEY SAY IT IS THE ROTORS AGAIN, AND THEY WILL REPLACE THEM ONE MORE TIME UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NEVER AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP(S) FOR WORK ON THIS PROBLEM NO LESS THAN 5 OR 6 TIMES. DEALER IMPLIES THAT THIS IS ALL MY FAULT, EVEN THOUGH I DRIVE SUBSTANTIALLY FEWER MILES THAN MOST PEOPLE, AND MY DRIVING HABITS ARE QUITE DULL, TO SAY THE LEAST: NO TOWING, NO DRIVING ON THE BEACH, OVER ROCKS, ETC., NO HARD BRAKING, NO EXCESSIVE SPEED, ETC., ETC. (THEY TELL ME THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS THIS PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THE INTERNET IS FULL OF THESE KINDS OF COMPLAINTS.) IN THE LAST 16 YEARS, I HAVE DRIVEN 4 JEEPS, 3 FORDS, 1 MAZDA, AND 2 VW'S, AND THIS 2006 WRANGLER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS EVER HAD A ROTOR PROBLEM OF ANY KIND, MUCH LESS A CONSTANTLY RECURRING ONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP WRANGLER. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR WRANGLER GSA TIRES, SIZE 225/70/R15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE MALFUNCTION CAUSED STEERING DIFFICULTY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO A COMPLETE STOP AND BEGAN TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AND NOTICED BLISTERING ON THE SIDEWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO BLISTERING OF A DEFECTIVE TIRE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS REPLACED FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE SAME FAILURE FOR THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE; HOWEVER, THEY REFUSED TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,118.

I PURCHASED A 2006 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT ON SEPT 25, 2008. WITHIN ONE WEEK OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE I EXPERIENCED SEVERE WOBBLE (AKA "DEATH WOBBLE") WHILE TRAVELING AROUND 55MPH TWICE. IT HAPPENED WHEN I RAN OVER ROUGH AREAS IN THE ROAD THAT HAD BEEN PATCHED UP POT HOLES. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. I HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT WOULD STOP DO THIS. I FELT I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING. AFTER THE FIRST TIME I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM AND THAT MANY, MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. IT IS REFERRED TO AS THE "JEEP DEATH WOBBLE". I CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE JEEP IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO THEM THEY ACTED AS IF THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. THEY REPLACED THE DAMPER ON THE STEERING BUT I KNOW FROM MY RESEARCH THAT THIS IS JUST A SHORT TIME \"FIX\" AND THAT ALTHOUGH CHRYSLER HAS RECEIVED MANY LETTERS FROM CONSUMERS SUCH AS MYSELF, THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THEIR DESIGN IF DANGEROUS THEREFORE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL TO PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM. I THEN CONTACTED X-TREME JEEPS IN TAMPA FLORIDA AND THE OWNER INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM IS TO ELIMINATE THE DAMPER ALL TOGETHER AND INSTALL THE RUGGED RIDGE STEERING KIT WHICH ACTUALLY BRINGS THE MECHANISM BACK TO THE OLDER WAY THE JEEPS WERE MADE BACK WHEN AMC BUILT THEM. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE JOB, COSTING APPROX. $330. I CAN NOT AFFORD THIS PLUS THE MONTHLY CAR PAYMENT BUT THEN AGAIN, I CAN\'T AFFORD TO WRECK MY VEHICLE DO TO POOR DESIGN. I LIVE 17 MILES FROM MY JOB AND CAN\'T AFFORD TO GO WITHOUT MY TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE CHRYSLER DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBLE. WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP MY JEEP FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THEY REPLACED THE DAMPER I HAD TO COME UP WITH $83.63 FOR THE ROTATION/BALANCE OF THE TIRES. NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE BUT MY NERVES ARE SHOT OVER THIS. *TR

OUR WRANGLER RUBICON WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM A DODGE/CHRYSLER/JEEP DEALERSHIP IN BULLHEAD CITY DURING MODEL YEAR, 2006. SINCE THAT TIME, THE JEEP HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE WINDSHIELD RUBBER SEAL THAT CONTINUES TO SEPARATE FROM THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WINDOW FRAME. FIRST IT SHRANK IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. THIS CAUSED WIND NOISE AND EXCESSIVE DRAFTS. THEY PUSHED IT BACK INTO PLACE. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE ENTIRE GASKET SEPARATED AND FELL ONTO THE DASH! GOOD VISTA GLASS CAME TO OUR HOME CHECKED THE SEAL AND TOLD US IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE WHOLE RUBBER GASKET WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS. NOW THIS WEEK, WHILE THE JEEP JUST SAT IN OUR DRIVEWAY, WE DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE RUBBER SEAL AGAIN HANGING FROM THE WINDOW FRAME ABOVE THE DASHBOARD. THIS MAKES DRIVING THE JEEP TO GET IT REPAIRED DANGEROUS. AS I TYPE THIS, GOOD VISTA GLASS AGAIN IS PLACING A NEW GASKET INTO PLACE. I AM NOT COMPLETELY SURE ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE WINDSHIELD WHEN THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, THERE IS A DANGER OF THIS GASKET FALLING INTO MY VIEW AND/OR LAP WHILE DRIVING. MY VEHICLE HISTORY IS IMPORTANT TOO. I, LIKE A LOT OF 4 X 4 OWNERS, DO NOT EVEN TAKE THE JEEP OFF ROAD. I "BABY" THE VEHICLE AND KEEP IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. ALSO, ALL OF THE FOLKS I HAVE DEALT WITH AT SWANTY'S JEEP AND GOOD VISTA GLASS HAVE BEEN POLITE AND HELPFUL. NOW, I WAS TOLD BY THE GOOD VISTA GLASS TECHNICIAN YESTERDAY, 10/01/06 THAT THIS WINDSHIELD GASKET SEPARATION IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. MAYBE A RECALL SHOULD BE IN ORDER? ALL DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN RETAINED. THANK YOU, JOHN L JENKINS FORT MOHAVE, AZ *TR

2006 JEEP WRANGLER - EXTREME FRONT END SHUTTER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, USUALLY IN THE AREA OF 55MPH. THE SHUTTER IS SO BAD THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE. THE DEALER CLAIMS IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT THE PART IS OUT OF STOCK. THEY (JEEP) CALLS IT A SHIMMER, I* SAY IT IS A SHUTTER AND A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2006 JEEP CHEROKEE IN OCTOBER 2006 AND SINE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END STEERING. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT IT AND THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING. THE NEXT TIME WE TOOK IT IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, A FEW DAY LATER, THEY TOLD US IT NEEDED BALANCING. THE THIRD TIME WE TOOK IT IN THEY TOLD US IT NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. WE HAVE NOW DONE BALANCING AND ALIGNMENTS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 2-3 MONTHS. WE HAVE REPLACED THE STABILIZER ARM THREE TIMES SINCE WE BOUGHT THE JEEP AND NEED TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. THE STEERING GETS SO BAD IT ALMOST PULLS THE WHEEL OUT OF YOUR HAND AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. THE DEALERSHIP STILL SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR

'06 JEEP WRANGLER LOOSES POWER, BUCKS, SHAKES AS OF 20,000MI. GAS GAGE SOMETIMES DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY, AC GOES WARM AT NEUTRAL, SMELLED BURNING, COULD NOT SHIFT PAST 1ST . HAS HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. STALLS AND SHAKES INTERMITTINGLY DURING MOVING AND STOPPED POSITIONS. HAS A ROUGH IDLE, WHICH AT TIMES IS MORE SEVERE THAN OTHERS, BUT HAS NEVER DIED - JUST SHOOK SEVERELY A FEW TIMES. IT INTERMITTINGLY ACTS AS IF IT IS GOING TO LOOSE ALL POWER. THIS CAN OCCUR SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY, 1 TIME DURING THE DAY OR NOT AT ALL FOR 1 OR SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW. THERE IS NO SET PATTERN. IT OCCURS DURING COLD AND HOT WEATHER, WITH ELECTRICAL DEVICES ON OR OFF, IN NEUTRAL OR DRIVE, IF THE ENGINE HAS WARMED UP OR IS STILL COLD. HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER TELLS ME SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT THEY ARE UNSURE OF WHAT. THEY HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO REPLACE OR FIX PARTS WITH NO SUCCESS. CHRYSLER'S STAR MECHANICS ARE NOW WORKING ON IT. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE. DIES AT ALL SPEEDS, TIMES AND ROAD CONDITIONS. *TR