2021 Jeep Wrangler Steering Problems

“I purchased this 2021 Jeep Wrangler unlimited on september 9, 2020. It is a totally stock vehicle with no modifications of any sort. It has not been driven off road at all, and only on city streets, highways, and interstates, no accidents. While driving on a nearby interstate in january of 2021, at about 77 MPH, a minor seam in the road sent my vehicle into what is commonly known as 'death wobble' mode. Had about 4,000 miles on the odometer. …”

“A bunch of codes flashed on my dash screen and then steering wheel locked up when I was driving on a city street I had just turned and was going straight at about 30 MPH. I had to use excessive force to pull the car over and turned car off and on and then I regained steering. Although the steering was back, the check engine light turned on. I was out of town so I took it to a dealer to see if it was safe to drive 2hrs back home. They checked it said a bunch of codes came up but they cleared them and didn't find anything wrong. …”

“Purchased 1/3/2021. Steering wander, pulls to right, and 2' dead zone in steering wheel. Dead zone has no tire resistance in the steering wheel. Always a need to keep a tension on the wheel to prevent going to the right. Maiden voyage up the az 87 mountain freeway and second time up and down the twisty 87 freeway in arizona several times constant wandering. A couple of times it felt as if I was about to loose control of the Jeep at 65mph. Immediately I slowed down below the speed limit. I am very familiar with this freeway. Jeep pulls to the right even from the left lane. …”

“Navigating steep downhill hairpin turns total steering loss. Got vehicle stopped, shutoff vehicle restarted and had steering but check engine light was on. Continued on to get off of hill. Smell of hot electrical in cab. Took to dealer vehicle has 6000 miles on it. Vehicle has been at dealership since. Long list of codes for communication failures. When checked at dealership. Traction control activated and could not move vehicle until it was shutoff and restarted..”

“The Jeep has excessive steering play and wanders in the lane. When travelling in a straight line, the vehicle requires constant and significant steering correction. This issue becomes more pronounced and dangerous at speeds above 60mph. Two repair attempts have been made by Jeep only of las vegas, but the problem persists. This vehicle has the new black steering gear box and 840 miles. After the last repair attempt, the problem is worse. Vehicle is now too dangerous to drive.”