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2018 Jeep WRANGLER Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1615849
Internal NHTSA #	11277846
Manufacurer	Chrysler (FCA US LLC)
Brand	JEEP
Model	WRANGLER
Model Year	2018
File date	05/10/19
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	We drove our 2018 jeep wrangler about 15 mph down a residential street, slowed down, turned right, and the steering wheel locked up! It would not move at all and the car was still running. We had purchased the car on oct. 1, 2019, from a local car dealership. The dealership had been using this car as a loaner vehicle for four months. The next weekend we traveled to sugar grove, il, to visit relatives. On saturday afternoon, one owner entered the passenger side of the car to program an address in the navigation app. He used the acc function without fully turning on the car. After 15-20 minutes, the co-owner entered the driver's side of the car and did not turn the acc off before pushing the brake pedal and starting the car. That is when, after a slow right turn, the steering wheel locked up and would not budge. The driver turned the car off and then on several times and then tried putting the car in reverse. Finally the steering wheel moved. We were several hundred miles from home in a car that did not feel safe. We called the nearest jeep dealer, which was in north aurora, il. It was late afternoon and almost closing time, but they told us to bring it over and they would see what they could do. They entered the car's vin in the computer and found that a recall for a steering damper (v41) had not been done. They did not have the part in stock, but were sure that this would not have caused the steering wheel to lock up. Next, they did some tests on the vehicle but did not find anything. We felt extremely nervous, but drove it home and took it to the seller's dealership. They replaced the recalled steering damper and did a tsb 08-092-18 to address a steering issue. Then they told us that there were no guarantees that it wouldn't happen again because they did not know what caused the steering wheel to lock up. This extremely dangerous safety issue needs to be addressed!
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	3000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DONNELLSON, IA
VIN pattern	1C4HJXEG5JWXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	5
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2018 Jeep WRANGLER Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2018 Jeep WRANGLER Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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