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What are you experiencing? People feel one little twitch, one little bumpity bump or vibration and they think it’s death wobble. There’s a reason why they call it DEATH wobble…….because it scares the bejesus out of you when you experience it.

If your dealership is telling you to change the tires…. It’s NOT Death Wobble.

So, what exactly are you experiencing?
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100% death wobble. Vigorous shaking and the vehicle seems to be falling apart while driving. It happens at speeds as low as 45mph usually after driving over a small ridge or bump in the road
 

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100% death wobble. Vigorous shaking and the vehicle seems to be falling apart while driving. It happens at speeds as low as 45mph usually after driving over a small ridge or bump in the road
This sounds like steering components to me. Like ball joints. Mine was shaking before dealership changed steering stabilizer but not what I would call death wobble. Steering stabilizer is not a fix for death wobble. If you are under warranty, by all means take it in.
 

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I didn't read the entire thread but balancing the tires stopped mine.
 

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So we have a 2024 Jeep Gladiator with max tow. Just barely under 8,000 miles. Today driving from WV to PA we had several incidents where over 70-80 mph and after hitting a bump or anything others described, the front end experienced a vibration that subsided after slowing down a few mph or just letting it ride for a second or two.
We had this same thing happen about 2 months ago with just under 1500 miles that was worse than what we experienced today. We don’t travel long distance regularly to know that it wasn’t a fluke the first time as we didn’t know what we were experiencing.

definitely was not a DW that made us stop to correct it.

Guessing it is time to call the dealer.
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