shakey towing of jeep cherokee

PRodacy wrote:
I've owned Jeeps for over 40 years. Sounds like it's definitely a death wobble. It's not as common on Cherokees as on Wranglers, but it happens. It's usually caused by worn bushings, worn tie rod ends or draglink ends, or some of each. Basically, when these parts get worn, even a little bit, there is enough looseness in the front end that death wobble occurs. There should be videos showing how to check a of these components. Otherwise, go to a good four wheel drive shop - dealers almost never have the experience to diagnose or fix this problem. I generally have to replace the bushings In the upper and lower control arms every 40,000 miles or so, and rebuil the tie bar and drag link ends every 50,000 to 60,000 miles. The reason for your Death wobble can be hard to find unless you know what to look for, but it's usually not too hard to fix.

You're addressing Jeep's that have quite a few miles on them...OP would have to tell us how many miles he has on his 2014 Jeep....My 2014 Jeep had 21,000 miles on it and no problems.

Again, never heard of death wobble on a Jeep Wrangler, or Cherokee..really wasn't aware, but does it happen earlier than the 40, 50, 60K you're speaking of or is it something that develops over time with mileage adding up?

Heard of it on some Ram trucks that were like that straight off the dealers lot, though I've never had that issue either with the 3 I've owned....