Anybody here that owns a jeep. Step inside..
 

..so i have an 02 grand cherokee laredo. But thats besides the point. Love my jeep so far.

Have any of you experienced what they call the "death wobble?

If so, what was your experience like and were you able to diagnose where it was coming from? Did you get it fixed? Ik it it has to do with the suspension.. Track bar, pitman arm, tie rods, control arms, bushings and bearings, all those things are parts of suspension and what not. What did your end up being caused by


Just curious

I have a Jeep but it’s from this decade so never heard of the death wobble

Have a Jeep
Shit was wobbling like a mofo the other day but that’s because 4 out of 5 of my lug studs had snapped.
Rode home on one, and made it
Had to pound out the broken ones and seat new ones
Left the one that made it because he’s a goddamn hero

Lmao, you’re such an angry Jew.

Lol. Jeeps of this decade suffer it as well bro. Just read about a 2013 that had it. NO ONES SAFE!!!!

Id never heard of it until last night either..

This is it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xOaa-1p5ww

I have a jeep.... 2004 liberty... and I think I might know what you're talking about, one of the first posts that I posted on this site was about this...

between like 45-50 the thing kind of rattles which is kind of disconcering but mine has the OD thing on the shifter.. so when it does that I click that on, so you wonder like, is it the transmission.. nah.. not in my case...I know a little bit about cars.. more than the average person i'd guess., but I took it to someone who should know more than me and said one of my cylinders wasn't firing, its a 4... and we put a 'pack' into it, didn't do anything... but i've been driving that thing for 4 years bought it for like 3500, its still running great... on the highway its smooth as fuck.. 194k miles on it

the 4 wheel high, 4 low works.. the radio doesn't and only one speaker does... but yeah that is the best car i've ever had in my life, still going... when you fuck with used cars its always a toss up... when I was younger I got this hyaundai sonata... 2001 I think it was.. when i was a somewhat kid... and fine.. like 4.5k is what I paid, something called the crankshaft possistion sensor went out... which was like 1.5k... no insurance or wahtever straight cash.. I paid it.. shit went out again FUCK

the first car I ever actually owned... or I should say was bought for me, but my first car was a 1994 ford thunderbird and that thing was awesome... it was lx 4.6 liter i think.. and that thing ran for a loong time.... but now that I think about it, my jeep liberty might actually be better

Huh

That’s not great

yea when i first bought mine i thought it had it so i'm familiar

mine luckily just needed a new steering stabilizer, which i actually put on myself and felt like a fucking man lmao. but word my shit shook a little and took turns kinda roughly, the steering stabilizer solved it though.

i got a 2000 cherokee. i keep wanting to get rid of it and cop something nice for once but it just runs way too good so i keep pushing it

im at like 148k.

I feel you. Mines getting a stabilizer and a tie rod. Doing it monday

the stabilizer was simple enough to install, but i also had the body shop tools to help, if i remember right it was basically like two nuts, but one end goes through a hole in like the axle or some shit. im mechanically retarded. but yea the end that went through the hole was really stuck in there, but since i had the air hammer thing i was able to bust it out. the new one slid right in and put the two nuts on bing bang boom. brand new.

tie rods and ball joints etc all are a nightmare tho

i hate working on my own shit.

coincidentally enough im taking mine to get the brakes done tomorrow and oil change etc

Werd. I did tie rods on my last car. The alignment is whats over my head. Did control arm on my subaru.. Bent the fuck out of it.. Lmao driving where i shouldnt have been. But ya man. The stabilizer sounds straight forward enpugh. Im letting the shop do it. I dont like getting dirty under vehicles no more. Fuck that shit. About 350 for thhe stabilizer tie rod and alignment al together so i aint pressed. Shit that aint bad for real.

yall niggas are disregarding what I've said though... I have a 2004 jeep liberty.. I don't know the exact milage but around 180k... the thing is a champ

when it goes between 45.. and 55 it shakes, before that it doesn't after that it doesn't. I took it to some guy and they said it was one of the pistons wasn't firing. I'm not a huge car guy, but I know the difference between the transmission slipping, and let a lone something on the physical frame.. I've by hand put in ball joints.. not on this car but others.. and I don't consider myself some mechanic... if you hear the pop pop pop, check the ball joints out

and if the alignment is fucked up

You need your bearings checked. Does it howl at those speeds? Idk what type of shaking your talking. Death wobble is the worst shaking ive ever experienced.

But f its mild you probably just need your suspension items fixed. Especially at that mileage im sure the parts down there are worn and way over due for replacement

its impossible for me to me able to explain it... the jeep has 150k miles on it... and where I live ( mid michigan ) you really need something with a 4 wheel drive.. like I dont live out in the middle of the woods or anything, but where im at my jeep.. I try to run up upone time just to try.. and the tires spin and its all fucked up.... I put it in 4 high... I go out like nothing

I have no idea what any of that means. Is that english?

the jeep liberty is like the ford tauras

brush up on ya english

I really want to know this.... my car really really needs an oil change... and of course I can do it myself.... but its fucking winter, so it makes things harder.... i'd have to lay a matt out under it... and blah blah blah.. but right around here all said and done ... meaning like the chepeast oil and the blah blah blah dispososal fee for the oil thats in ya shit... it was like 58$ and then the other one I checked out was like 52$ or something and I've got all that money.. but also... I know what that is I can do that myself.... and thats like a rape price as far as im conecerned

Me personally.. I can't pay someone 50$ for something I know I can do myself for like 15$

Well. Nothing would be as cheep as 50 suspension wise for one. 50 for the part maybe. Your talking between 85 and 125 an hr for a mechanics time, usually. But hey. Good luck diagnosing which element is bad. Doing the work is the easy part. Knowing what to do and how to identify it is what mechanics get paid for bruh

yeah im not a mechanic and not pretending to be.. but I can do more than the avearage person I would guess.. like I can change a serpantine belet ( thats probably not speled right).. I can change my own oil, I don't do it now because I have the money to pay someone to do it for me... but I still could

and yeah btw when you're talking about jeeps i've got a 2004 jeep liberty and that thing is amazing... and my girlfriend has a new jeep cherokee.. fuck that thing... other than the fact that its new it sucks

Yea I paid like 60 for the oil change. I'd gladly pay it again. Working on cars is the second most thing I hate in this world after moving.

Apparently my brakes were fine tho, they were screeching for weeks tho so I assumed they were shot. But they couldn't replicate it and I haven't heard it since I got it back?

I got a bearing starting to go bad a sway bar is bad and the shocks are close to needing replaced tho. Fml.

Ya dog. That sounds like a steep fucking bill. Did my stabilizer tie rod and alignment and it was 399. And some change total. So well call it 4... Your shit finna be over a stack. Lol. Damn

This is why I got a 4runner

yeah see I'm not good at it... I can def change my own oil... except in super new cars that have weird things that you'd need a specific tool and or hoist for.

But i'll pay for my oil change during the winter because i've got this mat that still has my dads name and vietnam number on it.. haha.. i'll put that down but cold as fuck.. nah i'll pay for it.. but when its not super cold i'll do it myself.. I wouldn't say I like doing it but i'm cheap and I can by the oil and filter from auto zone or whatever and not get raped by the easy labor so I do it.

and what I do with other things.. like I've done brakes on mine once... and with other things the serpantine belt... on my other cars a few things...

but I try everything, and I'm not a patient person either so, i'll try for a day... and if I really get pissed off i'll try for half of the day the next day... and if I still can't do it.. take it to a pro and pay

sometimes I can't do it because I don't have the tools, sometimes I can't do it just because I can't... but I dedicate a day to trying... and then try part of the next day.. then fuck it.. have someone else do it