Americas Death wobble at 90-100km/h

[constantin]

I have a 2024 Grenadier with a post-market Fox stabilizer bar, odometer 8300km.

Yesterday, while driving on a highway at around 90-100km/h, I hit a moderately-sized pothole and the car went into a prolonged wobble, I had to use all my force and nerves to keep it straight and brake. Luckily I was on the right lane. I returned home driving at less than 90km/h, nothing happened afterwards.

Is it a case of death wobble? Solutions? I bought the car new last autumn and haven't even drove it offroad yet...

Thank you all for any infos,

Constantin

 

[DoubleDoom]

You should get the car inspected to see if the pothole has damaged anything. That is abnormal in a new vehicle and a Grenadier in good working order and maintained should not suffer it.

 

[Dokatd]

I have a 2024 Grenadier with a post-market Fox stabilizer bar, odometer 8300km.

Yesterday, while driving on a highway at around 90-100km/h, I hit a moderately-sized pothole and the car went into a prolonged wobble, I had to use all my force and nerves to keep it straight and brake. Luckily I was on the right lane. I returned home driving at less than 90km/h, nothing happened afterwards.

Is it a case of death wobble? Solutions? I bought the car new last autumn and haven't even drove it offroad yet...

Thank you all for any infos,

Constantin

If you have the non adjustable FOX then it's likely just a perfect storm. Get the FOX ATS adjustable and run on the stiffer side of things. Or worst case get a factory stabilizer.

People don't want to admit it but he Grenadier does have a tendency to death wobble in the right situations. I used to to joke about why Ineos chose such a heavy steering stabilizer, but I am afraid the real reason is a bit more troubling. Regardless, death wobble is ultimately tameable on the Grenadier.

 

[MileHigh]

High speed and rough pavement/potholes is going to unbalanced a lot of vehicles. Especially if damage has been done. I find the Grenadier actually tracks very well. It did have some issues when I was over speed going downhill and on rough payment I 70 but that’s a Colorado thing not a Grenadier thing.

 

[Dokatd]

High speed and rough pavement/potholes is going to unbalanced a lot of vehicles. Especially if damage has been done. I find the Grenadier actually tracks very well. It did have some issues when I was over speed going downhill and on rough payment I 70 but that’s a Colorado thing not a Grenadier thing.

Death wobble and unbalanced are two different things in my book. Unbalanced suggests the vehicle becomes a bit harder to control. Death Wobble means the truck is virtually uncontrollable outside of braking or accelerating. You are mostly just along for the ride when Death Wobble kicks in.

 

[Shopkeep]

I have a 2024 Grenadier with a post-market Fox stabilizer bar, odometer 8300km.

Yesterday, while driving on a highway at around 90-100km/h, I hit a moderately-sized pothole and the car went into a prolonged wobble, I had to use all my force and nerves to keep it straight and brake. Luckily I was on the right lane. I returned home driving at less than 90km/h, nothing happened afterwards.

Is it a case of death wobble? Solutions? I bought the car new last autumn and haven't even drove it offroad yet...

Thank you all for any infos,

Constantin

Type “death wobble” into the search bar and you will find the issue has been extensively discussed on the forum. It seemed more common a while ago when the vehicle was first launched in the US and dealers were enthusiastically fitting the fixed Fox stabilizer to improve the steering feel. It has died down for a while, probably due to the a switch to variable rate stabilizers and others just accepting the factory setup.