Jennalee
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Jennalee
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2019
- Threads
- 15
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- 514
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- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 White 2 door Willys V6 Automatic
There are a lot of people who have serious steering issues. Besides the engine, steering a car is the MAIN thing about a car. You steer where you want it to go. Bad steering is dangerous and I don’t think they should be called complainers because they dropped 50k on a car they don’t want to drive their families in because they might swerve into the car next to them. They can’t even enjoy their brand new car!Yeah but this thread has no part of that, just a bunch of complaining, I’ve offered suggestions, answered questions and asked several questions in relation to factors that could contribute. Absolute crickets, no dialogue just complaining!! I agree with you, if this was one of those ask questions and try different things type of thread it would be great, but it’s not. And I hear this a lot, “I shouldn’t have to”, or “we shouldn’t have to”. And to some extent you’re right, you shouldn’t have to!! But in this situation you gotta do what you gotta do. This is my seventh wrangler, CJ5, CJ7,CJ7,TJ,TJ,JK and now the JLUR. So basically every generation except the TJ and they have all driven like absolute crap except the JL. I took the family out in my wife’s grand Cherokee last weekend and her steering is wheel is looser and requires more correction then my JL, our brains make us think problems are worse than they are and even create problems that aren’t really there. My point is this is a problem that jeep dealers cannot address because they don’t think it’s an issue, what’s the resolution?? Complain about it and get nowhere, find a resolution outside of Jeep or deal with it In a nut shell those are the only real options. I installed my first lift that I ended up swapping out for the Mopar lift and I had Jeep install my lift and tires because I didn’t want any hassle for future warranty issues that they could try and blame my lift on. When I got the Jeep back it drove OK but it had issues with axles shifting and Castor not where I thought it should be. I could’ve brought it back to Jeep but I know they wouldn’t be able to figure it out so I took it upon myself and fixed it, now I’m very happy and love my Jeep. I don’t mean to sound harsh because I really am sympathetic with everyone’s issues. But at the end of the day it’s time to put on the big boy pants and take action upon ourselves. There was enough information out there on this steering issue and buyers should have been well aware of these issues before hand. I also think a lot of it is first time jeep ownership and to much is expected from a vehicle that’s nothing more than a civilized Rock crawler.
Not everybody is mechanically inclined and telling people to “fix it or live with it because you knew what you got yourselves into” is so rude and incorrect. A lot of people bought Jeeps unaware of any steering issues and some people can’t afford to fix it themselves or take it outside the dealership.
You don’t know what other people are dealing with in their Jeeps or how bad their problems are and you’re complaining that they’re complaining. They are here because they are looking for others with similar issues, looking for advice and needing help. Nobody should be dealing with bad quality control or whatever is going on with these new Jeeps.
And why should they take action upon themselves? So they can void their warranty? They’re relying on their dealership to help, that’s what they’re supposed to do when they have problems with a new car they just bought from them. I had a Jeep Wrangler and never had an issue with steering before.
And if your wife’s Jeep Cherokee has bad steering I wouldn’t sit on it I’d try to get them to fix that too because nobody should receive a new car like that.
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