Death Wobble Settlement?

[Archie PJ]

My mail is usually a little slow getting to me, but in this shipment there was a card regarding an apparent death wobble lawsuit.

sorry if this is a repeat but I haven't noticed a thread about it.

Ut basically provides extended warranty for the steering stabilizer.

Anyone else get this?

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[GATORB8]

Yup. $4M for the lawyers, extended stabilizer warranty for you.

 

[jaymz]

Yep. Got it a couple of weeks ago. The settlement is hardly worth the paper it’s printed on. For the consumer anyway. But the lawyers just got rich(er).

 

[Yawnie'sPapa]

It's not final final yet, but that's the proposed settlement unless the April thing decides it's not good enough.
Some interesting engineering information came along with that card - I had no idea that death wobble was only a thing in 2018 through 2020. I could have sworn some with a 2021 or even a 2016 have experienced it, but according to this, it's not a thing in other years.

 

[GATORB8]

It's not final final yet, but that's the proposed settlement unless the April thing decides it's not good enough.
Some interesting engineering information came along with that card - I had no idea that death wobble was only a thing in 2018 through 2020. I could have sworn some with a 2021 or even a 2016 have experienced it, but according to this, it's not a thing in other years.

This really isn't general "death wobble", this is a material failure of the stabilizer used for those years.

The TSB has a new version installed with a specific orientation.

 

[Jhint77]

Yup. $4M for the lawyers, extended stabilizer warranty for you.

And I just replaced mine like a sucker!

 

[Yawnie'sPapa]

This really isn't general "death wobble", this is a material failure of the stabilizer used for those years.

The TSB has a new version installed with a specific orientation.

And that's why it shouldn't be referred to as a death wobble settlement. It's a steering stabilizer defect.
Too much connection to that device as far as cause and effect and cure.

 

[Yawnie'sPapa]

And I just replaced mine like a sucker!

You have a '21 so won't be impacted by this in any case.
I've only ever had one go bad or have any issues - that was on a 1982 SX4 with 160,000 miles.
My 2020 Gladiator I traded last summer had 27,000 miles and that part was fine on that truck.

 

[Jhint77]

You have a '21 so won't be impacted by this in any case.
I've only ever had one go bad or have any issues - that was on a 1982 SX4 with 160,000 miles.
My 2020 Gladiator I traded last summer had 27,000 miles and that part was fine on that truck.

I came down on a rock and put a hole in mine. Took it off and upgraded.

 

[Yawnie'sPapa]

I came down on a rock and put a hole in mine. Took it off and upgraded.

Good excuse for an upgrade. Good that other parts are mostly protected or you could have been in a world of hurt.
That should have been warranty since dealers routinely display things things perched up on rocks.

 

[Shibadog]

Wonder if we ca elect just to take the 75 cent cash back instead of a new stabilizer??. I replaced mine over a year ago?

 

[Crowbar]

I wouldn't want another POS stock stabilizer if they gave it to me. Mine was total junk in less than 3 years and 34K miles. When I removed it, the stabilizer could be freely moved by hand without any resistance.

 

[hoch]

I wouldn't want another POS stock stabilizer if they gave it to me. Mine was total junk in less than 3 years and 34K miles. When I removed it, the stabilizer could be freely moved by hand without any resistance.

Just replaced mine after the initial fix 2 years and 20k miles ago. Lots of play. Went with AEV. Seems solid so far.

 

[ReimundKrohn]

It's not final final yet, but that's the proposed settlement unless the April thing decides it's not good enough.
Some interesting engineering information came along with that card - I had no idea that death wobble was only a thing in 2018 through 2020. I could have sworn some with a 2021 or even a 2016 have experienced it, but according to this, it's not a thing in other years.

I have a 2021 JLU Islander (Sport S), no lift, same lousy all season tires it came with, regularly serviced, and I have experienced death wobble. Again it happens occasionally, always at highway speed, and from hitting small bumps/imperfections in the driving surface. Not pot holes, but bumps or ridges. If Jeep fixed the issues in 2021, I didn’t gain from it.

 

[yokramer]

And that's why it shouldn't be referred to as a death wobble settlement. It's a steering stabilizer defect.
Too much connection to that device as far as cause and effect and cure.

Its unfortunate that the term "Death Wobble" has become so diluted. 90%+ of people that have had "death wobble" probably havent and its no more than general shake in a SFA/Steering Box vehicle that would have had in an 80s pickup.

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