Death Wobble?

[Jehovasfitness]

Never had this happen before. Stock 2018 JL Rubicon auto 40k miles.

Temps in the 50s overnight, usually garage kept but not last night.

Anyway, I'm driving out of my driveway and hit 55mph all is good. Then as I let off the gas to get in a turn lane 40-55mph or so, the wheel starts shaking like crazy. I thought maybe I had a flat tire. I bring it to a stop and check tire pressure (all at 34 psi). I make the turn and then there is no issue for the next 20 miles.

Any idea what happened here? No check engine lights. The road was a major highway with no potholes or other road issues.

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[Testingthewaters]

I had some issues even with textured pavement, or wavy/wobbly pavement, something under the tires to initiate vibration - even if not a pothole or similar. The wobble is just a frequency being reinforced by your front end, can be initiated by a number of different things.

Will want to make sure all the components are torqued/tightened, and any worn components replaced or upgraded.

Tire pressure itself can also play a role (seemingly in my experience with low being problematic). When I run at 35-37 PSI I'm much more stable, even though I'd prefer to run 30-32.

 

[Flip]

Death Wobble bro.

I believe there's a list of what to check on this forum. I'll try to find it.

 

[2019JLUS]

torque every single piece of nut and bolt down there. 99% of the time it's something that has gotten loose

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