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Gmac I experienced the death wobble again this week when towing my 2013 Cmax. We were approaching a downhill right hand turn and as I braked the wobble started. I stopped and started and only got the wobbled when I was applying the brakes. I disconnected the air-brake line from the Cmax and experienced no more problems for 500 miles. Have you ever made the connection that your Cmax tows fine without the auxiliary brakes?? Are the front tires locking up when braking maybe and causing the wobble?? Have you found any solution at all?? This wobble was the same thing I experienced in Florida just one time last spring.I have towed this car for about 10000 miles and encountered this wobble only twice.But when it happens it is serious!

Gmac We tow a 2013 Cmax Hybrid. Our coach hitch point is about 9 inches taller than the Blue ox baseplate. I have always used a drop hitch since buying the car. We have driven it 36000 miles and towed it 12-14000.We have had problems dragging the hitch so I had a welder adapt my original 6 " drop down to 3 1/2" and I don't drag as often but I must be very careful. At ride height my tow bar is right at 3" slope from coach to car. My hitch was also kind of loose until I bought and installed 2 hitch stabilizers. However, according to several Ford dealers I had already cupped the tires and now we have a lot of "road noise" when we drive the toad.I have been holding off on new tires but 'Im getting close to 50000 total miles on the original so I will change them soon.sure hope we get rid of the road noise but I suspect it may come back after some more flat towing. We also had one disturbing "shaking" occurrence in Florida last year after getting fuel.After reading your post I was re-thinking the episode. The entire coach shook violently until I pulled over and stopped. We looked all around and under and saw no problems. I was at a very bad place on the highway so I decided to "limp" down the road a little to a safer place. We didn't shake at all as we moved down the road a little and since I was scheduled into Alliance for some repair work and only 40miles away I decided to drive it on. I never exceeded 45 mph and I never got anymore shaking.Alliance mechanics could find nothing wrong with the coach. We all blamed it on the Blue Ox Tru-center stabilizer that had failed. But now I wonder since I never really ever used that stabilizer since I bought coach. We didn't even know was there! It makes we wonder about the Cmax now. The fuel stop was tight and I had to maneuver in and out to get the fuel and the shaking started as soon as I got up to speed leaving the station. I will be interested in hearing more about this issue. We like our Cmax other than this stupid road noise and the hitch height.I just get a stomach ache every time I think about trading it for another set of problems and buying all the towing package and brakes,etc.i