jagalchi88

I didn't have this problem until last week. I realized that my steering wheel is shaking side to side when I drive over 75mph. it doesn't shake too much to the point that shakes the entire car, but it shakes my hands and my arms. It also shakes very fast so it's starting to get annoying. How can I fix this problem?!?

salimshah

Search would have found the answer.

Assuming no braking is involved, it is due to dynamic imbalance of the front tires. It can happen due to any tire, but since the fronts can turn the vibration travels up the steering column.

So why in the last week? Did you rotate the tires? Maybe some weight fell off? Or your tire has developed internal belt failure.

What can you do to confirm and or fix the problem? You can take it to a wheel/tire shop for balancing. You can move the back tired to the front to see if it makes a difference.

There is one more possibility ... play in the suspension [typically this is not very common]

Salim

JohnLX300

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I had a problem just like this. My wheel weights fell off, I didn't get them rebalanced in a timely manner, it ended up in a new set of tires. The tires had some crazy wear, in which my wheel shimmied even at low speeds no matter how balanced they were.

jagalchi88

I just rotated my tires last friday. Should I take my car back there to have them look at it again??

salimshah

Yes, take it back and ask them to check the balance on the current fronts before putting them back on. Depending on your contract with the shop, either you have a lifetime balance warranty or else you will be charged for ir

Salim