2016 Jeep Death Wobble. Vehicles affected by this design are the Jeep Cherokee XJ, the Grand Cherokee ZJ and WJ, Jeep Wrangler YJ, TJ, and JK, and also include Ford and Dodge trucks and early Ford Broncos. It has earned this name because it feels like your Wrangler is shaking itself apart and that letting go of the steering wheel can lead to a bad day.
Death wobble is a term used predominantly by Jeep and specifically Wrangler owners to describe a violent steering wheel oscillation, typically caused by hitting some form of bump or pothole at. And while the explanation is simple, the cause of death wobble can be a bit harder to determine. very powerful shaking of your entire vehicle, which seemingly occurs out of. We asked what caused it each time we went into a Camper World but no one was aware of what we were talking about.
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Not just the steering wheel and not just the normal vibration or shimmy.
Jeep owners, for example, have complained, "On the highway when I hit bridge seams or bumps the Jeep goes into a shaking pattern that makes it near to impossible to steer. Death wobble is very unnerving, don't let your wife lose her confidence in the. First off, get under your Jeep and make sure nothing is bent or broken.