2021 Tahoe Shakey at 80mph

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So I took my Tahoe into the dealer yesterday. The woman at the service desk's first response was ... "you're not supposed to drive over the speed limit". I thought she was joking but realized that she was serious. I understand that maybe dealer service departments don't have a dyno that they can test these things on (they really should), but her response floored me. But after confirming with her colleague that they could in-fact check this problem out, they did take my vehicle out for a drive.

They concluded that they did feel what I reported, and have told me that the left rear wheel is slightly bent.

New car. ~5600 miles. I've never bent a wheel in all my years of driving. Haven't hit any major pot holes with this vehicle or driven it over anything notable enough that should have caused a bent wheel, but here we are. Was it bent from the start? Maybe - probably didn't do much higher-speed driving till recently, but I have no way to prove it. Anybody have suggestions for how to remedy apart from just replacing the wheel, which they quoted me ~$550.

I'm planning to take it to a tire specialist to see if they have a different conclusion.
 
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So I took my vehicle out on the highway yesterday and got up to highway speeds where it had been exhibiting the shake. No shake at all. I have no explanation for why it's gone. As far as I know, the dealer didn't perform any mechanical fixes on the vehicle. I don't believe they removed the wheels - but perhaps they did, or perhaps they tightened something?

I'm happy -- but dumbfounded.
 

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