Redfour5
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I drove 500 miles to get a 30% off MSRP. It's a Granite Crystal, Freedom, that in a Ram they would call "the night package and charge you 4K for "black accents."
The first 300 miles home I was going slow never engaging the cruise control, varying the RPM's constantly and under 65. Nothing happened. But once I hit 300, I said, OK, gonna try things out, went to like 77 mph (80 mph speed limit), put it on cruise, hit the transition point on a bridge and boom, there it is... slowed, down, at 58 mph, it goes away, and for the next two hundred miles, I identify exactly what triggers it from a driving/road stand point. Pretty much speed is critical. Under 65 mph, it doesn't happen. IF you are on the gas and stay on the gas and hit any irregularity in the road, like a repaired area, bridge transition areas, boom there it is... So, it's perfect. hit the start of a bride, big long ones over the Clark Fork River north of Missoula MT and get death wobble relatively violent...
So, Monday, I will be at my dealership and ask them to fix it. So, steering damper?, check. ALL the torque specs on every steering related fitting?, check. Camber?, Check, track bar? check, Ball joints? check., Understanding of the lemon law? check, Anything else to tell the service guys to to look at? This forum is great for helping in this kind of situation...
How do I get hold of those "Jeep Cares" people. I'd like to see if they really do, particularly since I called home and left a message for my wife saying if I died on the way home, it was Jeep Death Wobble... I figured some lawyer would check things out. That first one was extremely dangerous. If I had been on a bridge, with a semi next to me, it could have been a very bad outcome. I'm surprised Jeep doesn't key on this, or have a recall. This is a serious problem on a brand NEW Gladiator a few months out of production. I mean after all these years, you would think somebody would find this important.
I mean I read other similar posts to mine and they fix them with everything from new steering dampers, tightening track bars.
PS, in checking through the threads and posts, it appears that the "death wobble" is associated with mods almost always. Mine is a fresh off the dealer's lot, straight from the factory unit.
The first 300 miles home I was going slow never engaging the cruise control, varying the RPM's constantly and under 65. Nothing happened. But once I hit 300, I said, OK, gonna try things out, went to like 77 mph (80 mph speed limit), put it on cruise, hit the transition point on a bridge and boom, there it is... slowed, down, at 58 mph, it goes away, and for the next two hundred miles, I identify exactly what triggers it from a driving/road stand point. Pretty much speed is critical. Under 65 mph, it doesn't happen. IF you are on the gas and stay on the gas and hit any irregularity in the road, like a repaired area, bridge transition areas, boom there it is... So, it's perfect. hit the start of a bride, big long ones over the Clark Fork River north of Missoula MT and get death wobble relatively violent...
So, Monday, I will be at my dealership and ask them to fix it. So, steering damper?, check. ALL the torque specs on every steering related fitting?, check. Camber?, Check, track bar? check, Ball joints? check., Understanding of the lemon law? check, Anything else to tell the service guys to to look at? This forum is great for helping in this kind of situation...
How do I get hold of those "Jeep Cares" people. I'd like to see if they really do, particularly since I called home and left a message for my wife saying if I died on the way home, it was Jeep Death Wobble... I figured some lawyer would check things out. That first one was extremely dangerous. If I had been on a bridge, with a semi next to me, it could have been a very bad outcome. I'm surprised Jeep doesn't key on this, or have a recall. This is a serious problem on a brand NEW Gladiator a few months out of production. I mean after all these years, you would think somebody would find this important.
I mean I read other similar posts to mine and they fix them with everything from new steering dampers, tightening track bars.
PS, in checking through the threads and posts, it appears that the "death wobble" is associated with mods almost always. Mine is a fresh off the dealer's lot, straight from the factory unit.
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