Chewbacca2264
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- 2018 JLU Sport S
The stabilizer seems to be more of a solution for the DW, not what I experience yet. It seems like a great idea for that problem and I think I’m going to push for that to be done at the same time other repairs are done as a preventative measure. I really got,very minimal response until I got a little firmer in my stance with FCA and said this drifting is totally unacceptable and starting talking buy backs and legal action since I recently came within 1 inch of a semi as I drifted into his space. Fortunately the tech at the dealership with 20 yrs of Jeep experience substantiated that there is a real issue here.
I’m hoping to get a steering box and whatever a track bar is. If I can also convince them the yeti stabilizer would be a benefit itsmthe perfect time to do it.
They have done alignment, realignment and whatever else they could.
Update....I just looked online at what a “track bar” is, and it appears to be exactly the same item as the YETI stabilizer so maybe that’s what they plan to install anyway. It would be nice.
Sorry guys I have been gone since I swapped the JL for a JKUR, stopped by today to see what is going on and found this thread has grown a bit! Just to follow up a bit on Rdmitch, I will try to keep this short as I don't want to come off as a crusty Jeep guy......but listen our problems are not stabilizer based. There is no way in hell a stabilizer is causing the gear to go bad, can run without one....at least on a JK. Also it is not the trackbar, put a Yeti on and helped about 2%....maybe. I also got a new steering box put on, felt better for about 150 miles and then ended up looser than the first one. Bottom line is that I added caster, adjusted toe so many times it was ridiculous, added a stabilizer, went with the beefiest trackbar on the market, changed shocks, changed coils, changed tires......all to no avail. This is not a design flaw, it is not a run of bad parts causing some Jeeps to handle poorly. There are good Jeeps out there and if it was a run of bad parts it would have been identified. For FCA to keep dangling the line "there are parts coming" is a real smack in the face to those of us who have already spent our hard earned money to replace the very parts they are claiming are causing the problem. Honestly for them to claim that it is a poor trackbar and poor stabilizer seems awfully convenient, seeing as they are amongst the least expensive of the steering components. I have simply come to the conclusion that somewhere in manufacture there is a serious QC issue that FCA has not tracked down. To shut down production would cost money so it continues as now there are 19's with steering issues. I have given up on the idea of driving a JL and am perfectly happy back in a JK. Not as refined but on the way home after purchase it handled better on stock KM's the dealer inflated to 46psi then my JL ever did. Lowered the air to 32psi and been smiling ever since. As a die hard Wrangler guy I sincerely hope that FCA gets this figured out and to all of you guys I wish you the best in your efforts to have a safe vehicle that handles properly. Unfortunately I have a feeling that it is going to be awfully elusive as I have come to the belief that there is a significant geometry issue due to poor QC during manufacture and if I am correct in that belief it is possible that some of the worst handling of these Jeeps may not be fixable. Good luck guys, hope I am wrong.
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