Observations on OEM shocks

[Red Rubi 22]

I haven't heard of the 4XE issues before. However, it was easy to fins reports using google. Here is the one I spent the most time browsing.

4xe Death Wobble | Jeep Wrangler 4xe Forum

Strange to me that this seems to be 4XE specific. I don't have an answer for that. Best guess would be that the 4XE runs on a different assembly line and they are screwing something up. One post on the thread I shared above mentioned the 20" wheels on the 4XE. Is the 4xe wheel tire combo heavier than other jeeps?

My Wife’s 2022 Sahara 4xe 100% stock had death wobble. Dealership did what they do to correct it. Moved on from that to her 2025 Grand Cherokee that has intermittent rear camera blue screening issues. I’ll take that over death wobble, lol.

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[alphawolff]

I haven't heard of the 4XE issues before. However, it was easy to fins reports using google. Here is the one I spent the most time browsing.

4xe Death Wobble | Jeep Wrangler 4xe Forum

Strange to me that this seems to be 4XE specific. I don't have an answer for that. Best guess would be that the 4XE runs on a different assembly line and they are screwing something up. One post on the thread I shared above mentioned the 20" wheels on the 4XE. Is the 4xe wheel tire combo heavier than other jeeps?

It's the additional weight. That's it. The things weighs nearly 800lbs more than the normal wranglers. The larger wheels don't do any favors either.

The slammed the normal damper onto the 4XEs and they just can't cope with the weight, hence all the replacements. The standard JLs also fail just much less commonly. It's a shit part through and through

I believe that the death wobble you are talking about (wheel shake) and the death wobble I am talking about (violent front end shaking that requires a vehicle strop) are not the same thing. Your post is the first one I've seen blaming death wobble on the rear shocks.

I'm talking specifically about JKs here, not JLs. I've seen on multiple occasions rear shocks be completely blown and be the source of a death wobble on JKs. In some cases the rubber bushings were totally gone.