Just experienced death wobble on my stock JLU at 15k miles

[Dudley Dawson]

Confirmed it is pointing to the front of the vehicle so that’s not it. Thanks though.

I was thinking the oscillation would have likely occurred much sooner than 5k miles if it was a bad install. Good luck at dealer and keep us posted.

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[Whoisalejo]

If you check the sticky in the suspension section
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...ble-an-algorithm-to-diagnose-the-issue.62313/

It's a great way to beat it, i just had this issue at 8k miles, for me (and i posted on this thread about a day or two ago w my story) it was upgrading the track bar and upgrading the ball joints (seems to always be a ball joint issue)

 

[Silverblkrilla]

At 15k miles I’d bet your tires need to be re balanced or have slight uneven wear. JL’s like tire rotations more than any other vehicle I’ve owned. I had the wobbles around the same time and had the dealer put on some mule tires to prove that was the only thing wrong. Also JL’s really do need good stabilizers and my recall stabilizer made my Jeep drive worse. Good look.

 

[ForeOSU]

@JeepCares - I need some help on this one. My local dealer gave a shot at a “quick fix” and simply replaced the steering damper (CCUKV411AA) and a “steering box bolt kit” (CCUKV413AA) which did not fix my issue. I am still experiencing violent shaking of the steering wheel and tires when hitting moderate or worse bumps on the highway at speeds over 55mph. This is putting me in an unsafe situation.

My local dealer (Performance Jeepland of Centerville) does not have a service department available on the weekends, leaving me without a safe vehicle to drive to and from my job tomorrow and Monday.

I’ve spoken to their sales department and the only option they offered me was to try and drop my vehicle off on Wednesday Feb 17 and they would “try and fit me in” and could not guarantee a loaner vehicle.

To say I’m disappointed in the level of customer service on my 9-month old vehicle is a gross understatement. I need my Wrangler fixed and a reliable loaner while it is being repaired.

Thanks for the help!

 

[cmb396]

Great advice above. Curious - has the V41 damper recall been performed? If so - make sure it wasn’t installed upside down; it will cause the conditions you’ve described (happened to me).

This happened to me last week. Went in for a CEL light, and they swapped the factory ss without notifying me. Got a 1/4 mile down the road and had death wobble for the first time, and I've had 37s on mine since 200 miles, now have 18k.
took it immediately back, and it happened 2 more times on the way back.
They did not install the ss upside down, but they failed to bleed the air out of the replacement properly. Worked fine after that.
I don't think the replacements are faulty, they just need bled properly, and this was something even the service manager stated after re-doing mine.

 

[ForeOSU]

After multiple trips to the dealer, the issue appears to be fixed. They replaced the steering damper, track bar and the steering gearbox.

HOWEVER, now my steering is super sloppy. With my original gearbox, I had tight steering that I was really happy with. No wandering or sloppy feel. Now with the “new” gearbox, there is a bunch of play in the wheel, I move all over at highway speeds and the steering wheel has an annoying “rough” spot in it when moving the wheel back and forth. Something definitely doesn’t feel right - anyone else experience this with the steering gearbox “upgrade”?

 

[Crawldad]

there are at least two TSB's addressing this. get it to a dealer asap. plan on having a loaner. this is exactly how my DW started and it got worse and worse.
eventually it required a hd trackbar and steering sector brace to fix it. i believe one of the TSB's will actually cover you and replace the steering box and track bar.
good luck

if you are sure they replaced the steering box, maybe things are not torqued properly.

get a steering sector brace. synergy makes one, there is another brand around as well. the brace and a HD adjustable trackbar (several brands also available) will tighten the steering up.

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