Severe problem towing 2014 Jeep Cherokee
I have a 2014 Latitude V6 with Active Drive II. While towing behind my motorhome on a 5000 mile trip last summer I experienced a severe side to side shaking in the front wheels of the Jeep about 7 tim...
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I had a similar problem with my Chevy Mini Van several years ago. For some unknown reason, at weird and random times, the front end would start shaking violently. It was very scary when that happened. And there seemed to be no pattern to it.
I finally took the van to my dealer to have them look at it. Turns out, the problem did start after I got all new tires. Tires balanced, look good, new and cost a pretty penny too.
Repair shop finally figured it out.
The tires, although new, had uneven tread lines. I can't remember now, but suppose there were 10 rows of tread around the tire. The first row was OK. The second row had high and low spots on it. The third and fourth row were perfectly fine. The fifth row had high and low spots on it. It was so slight a difference you couldn't see it, but they measured each tread line and figured this out.
All 4 tires had this same problem. Under most cases, the tires responded perfect. But when the first tire got in sync with the second tire at just the right spot at just the right speed.... it caused a violent shaking. Slowing down stopped it, but then when regaining speed, it would ot occur again. That's because the tread on the different tires were out-of-sync for the vibration to occur, causing a smooth ride.
I was shocked! The tires were new. I got them from Discount Tire and they were guaranteed. I then went back to Discount tire, explained the tires, and they replaced all 4 tires (and inspected the new one for true round tread on each tread line before installing). It never happened again.
So... you might check the true round of each tread line on your tires and see if that is causing the shaking?
I finally took the van to my dealer to have them look at it. Turns out, the problem did start after I got all new tires. Tires balanced, look good, new and cost a pretty penny too.
Repair shop finally figured it out.
The tires, although new, had uneven tread lines. I can't remember now, but suppose there were 10 rows of tread around the tire. The first row was OK. The second row had high and low spots on it. The third and fourth row were perfectly fine. The fifth row had high and low spots on it. It was so slight a difference you couldn't see it, but they measured each tread line and figured this out.
All 4 tires had this same problem. Under most cases, the tires responded perfect. But when the first tire got in sync with the second tire at just the right spot at just the right speed.... it caused a violent shaking. Slowing down stopped it, but then when regaining speed, it would ot occur again. That's because the tread on the different tires were out-of-sync for the vibration to occur, causing a smooth ride.
I was shocked! The tires were new. I got them from Discount Tire and they were guaranteed. I then went back to Discount tire, explained the tires, and they replaced all 4 tires (and inspected the new one for true round tread on each tread line before installing). It never happened again.
So... you might check the true round of each tread line on your tires and see if that is causing the shaking?
