2008 KK - Hood shake at 75 mph?????

cgreen · **Posted:** Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:12 pm

I've noticed my hood shaking/vibrating near the windshield at about 75-80 mph going down the interstate. Anyone else had or fixed this? My first thought was to run the rubber hood stop out - then I found out the KK doesn't seem to have any....

Cherrie 274 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:17 pm

Yes mine shakes,took it in dealer said "they all do that". I told them to do something,then I had so slam the hood hard to latch it. Took it back and said there must be some middle ground, so now I can close it but it shakes.

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:20 pm

I noticed mine shakes a little bit but nothing that I find a concern

stubble88 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:09 am

its heavy and it shakes :5SHOTS:

richd · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:46 am

Thats called poor aero dynamics,or a brick driving through the air.

Scar0 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:47 am

And a bug deflector on the front makes it shake worse.

Elt31987 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:04 am

Mine shakes about this speed at the very front edges, never bothered me as long as it doesnt open..... :dead:

GREEKJEEPER · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:12 pm

yes mine has the same problem.I think the metal sheet of the hood is not that strong like my old XJ

Jeepin_it_real · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:09 pm

they all shake but there are two rubber stoppers u can adjust under the hood to make it less... when you open your hood first look at the plactic peice attached to the grill... then you should see two rubber stopped that look like a rubber bolt... turn those and they raise and lower... going higher means it makes contact with the hood sooner... this pressure stabilizes the hood from going up and down :wink:

geene519 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:49 pm

on my old 08, the hood rattled and shaked a lot...

however on my new 2010 liberty it doesnt...its a jeep what can i tell ya... :lol:

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:01 pm

Just line x it to add more weight :lol:

E2 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:17 am

Hmm have not noticed.

wecwbe · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:13 am

Mine does not do this at up to 80. I haven't gone much faster than that.

Pierocksmysocks · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:37 am

Holy crap. That noise has been irritating me for the past two years on my libby. I've taken it in quite a few times and they weren't able to tell me what was causing it! It's like a windy/vibrating noise on the passenger side when I'm going between 70-85ish. Might try some of the workarounds with this to see if I can get it to knock it off. Driving from Sioux Falls SD to Charlotte NC with the Libby and that noise was a real pita....

tools113 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:14 pm

I had this problem - found out that one of the rear wheels was out of round - the tire dealer had a special balancer that matches the roundness of the tire to the wheel. Solved problem. They said that the reason is that being a for wheel drive car that the vibration travels through the whole car through the drive shafts. On a front wheel or rear whell car this would not be noticed until that out of round wheel was put on the front

2008 KK - Hood shake at 75 mph?????

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