Hello:
I recently changed my tires at Firestone (Bridgestone Botanza All Season Performance Tires), and when I got my car back, I felt that my steering wheel vibrated when I drover at high speed (from 60mph to 80mph+).

I took it back to Firestone and the service guy said it was probably related to tire balancing. He re-did tire balancing for my car free of charge, but somehow I still feel the vibration from my steering wheel when I am at high speed; the vibration is rather subtle now.

I am not sure if I am being over sensitive here. I know the ride in a G is bumpy and not smooth, but I never really recall that my steering wheel vibrates to a degree that my hand in charge of steering gets a bit numb (after a 30 minutes drive). I drove my other car, an accord, and my gf's Bimmer 530 and I do not feel that kind of vibration. I know it is a bad comparison because our car is in a different class.

Do you feel subtle vibration from your steering wheel when you are driving over 60mph (assuming road condition is flat and no dip, etc)? The vibration speed/frequency is somewhat like a cell phone's vibration. When I first saw the work order printout, the service guy mis-noted my car for a G Sedan with 17" Wheels. I told him that mine is a coupe with 18" but he said it doesn't matter for tire balancing. Is that true?

Your comment is appreciated.

 

No vibration on my wheel my tires are just loud overall being BFG kdw..but i dot feel anything better get it check out sound like thye didnt tighten soemthing or gave you ****ed up tires

 

To me it sounds like it might be alignment on your car, steering wheel shakes at high speeds if the alignment it off.

Warped rotors are also a possibility.

 

maybe you need hubcentric rings if you have affter market wheels

 

Perhaps the tires are defective and out-of-round tire?

http://www.trustmymechanic.com/besttires.html
Click on link for more info regarding out of round tires.

 

since you cant put wheel weights on both the inside lip and outside lip,ask them(and make sure they show you)that they used stick on weights on the inner most part of the wheel and the outer most part of the wheel.if they just used weights on the inside lip,that is called static balancing and you will most likely feel the vibration you are feeling.

 

locate a Hunter gsp9700 www.gsp9700.com it works for me.

 

Take to another shop to check balancing and alignment...also could be the wheel bearings...

 

there is few things mix-up here....

First:

1- does your car goes strait if you take your hand of the steering wheel?

If not you need alignment.

2- Does your steering shake or brake pedal pulsate WHEN YOU BRAKE?

If not your disc brake are ok

3- Does your car steering shake over 100 km/h (60 mph) when cruising?

If yes you need to balance your wheels.

There is three option to balance, clip weight, glued weight, static balanced weight.

Clip weight= weight are clipped to wheel edges, most good looking wheels no more have clip edge on the outside because it's ugly and it's damage the wheel each time ou clip/unclip them. Many wheel still used clipped weight in the inside of the wheel, the side that is not visible.

Glued weight= same thing as clip but they are glued inside wall of the rim to prevent damage and look better than clipped weight on the ousite lip. Generaly used with clipped weight in the inside edge.

Static balanced= cheap way to balance wheel, not really recomended. Wheel are balanced only by the inside edge, only clipped weight are used and nothing is used on the ousite edge. This method can be used when speed of car do not exceed around 160 kph. Over that speed vibration can occur.

Diagnos a bit now, check what method it was used to balance and come back to us. Do a quick road test too to test what I just said.

 

man, places really suck now a days.

I had this problem with a place and I went to STS who had the latest Hunter balance machine and it fixed it all completely.

 

Ok Firestone has tried twice to correct your tire/wheel
out of balance problem, it's time to move on.
Firestone needs to have their balance maching
recalibrated....should be checked several times a
year! Find another tire store and let them know what
is going on with your vibration problems....I'll bet
they can fix the problem for ya.

 

Alignment does NOT cause vibration. Warped rotors would most likely cause a vibration during braking.

Vibration at a certain speed usually is a tire being out of balance or out of round. Even new tires can have defects causing an out of round condition. Vibration can also be caused by a bent or out or round wheel.

It seems like he started experiencing the virbration after he had new tires installed. I would have to point to a defective tire as the culprit.

 

^^ +1

 

i was actually putting new rotors and pads on my mothers POS van cause she wore the pads down to the metal and it ate through the rotor so now her car is a POS but anyways i was talking to my dad he used to own a body shop up north and he said if the steering wheel is vibrating it is 90% of the time the balancing weights on the inner part of the rim make sure they are on..also do you have vibration in your seat?

 

Definitely need alignment after new tires.