steering wheel vibration
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steering wheel vibration
I have noticed that when pressing on the brakes at 50 MPH and higher my steering wheel starts vibrating and it feels like the car is being tugged a little to the left. This started a couple of weeks ago, any idea what might be causing this?
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What wheels are you running? Car is lowerd? Did you hit ant pot holes big time? Did it start all of sudden or it just a became worse and worse?
Check the obvious first like your steering arm, bushings, loose suspension parts. If your car pulled to one side as you said, these are things I would check first. If all were good maybe an alignment would fix it.
Check your brakes too, maybe your brake pads are done.
Check the obvious first like your steering arm, bushings, loose suspension parts. If your car pulled to one side as you said, these are things I would check first. If all were good maybe an alignment would fix it.
Check your brakes too, maybe your brake pads are done.
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I know that many people experience a "shutter" around 55-60 mph, which has become a norm for our cars. I think most owners just live with it. But your case might be different as you're feeling a pull when braking. I would also direct troubleshooting to either rotors or pads.
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I know that many people experience a "shutter" around 55-60 mph, which has become a norm for our cars. I think most owners just live with it. But your case might be different as you're feeling a pull when braking. I would also direct troubleshooting to either rotors or pads.
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just one of many threads... https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...el-wiggle.html
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If this link was for me, apologies if it wasn't, I've read a lot of those. I have no idea why certain cars do this but the answer "they all do that" is absolutely silly. Really. Lots of theories from "Lexus screwed up the suspension design" to weird mysterious frequencies because of some weight, length, speed combo of this car. Now I believes tearing wheels vibrate and some have not solved the issue, but refuse to believe it's endemic to the car design. If someone with skin in the game, a suspension designer or someone at a high level of racing tells me it's something I have to live with, the car's gone. My car doesn't do it, Not a trace of it. It's bone stock with run flats. I have the service records from day one and not one mention of vibrations. I'm just sayin'.....
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I feel like its just a gremlin in the car... but it all depends on the variables. This could include break in period for new brakes or rotors or even personal driving style. I understand where you're coming from but I feel like as its a common problem across so many models that its a gremlin (similar to repeat dead batteries due to phantom parasitic drain) that many just learn to live with as it doesn't ruin the driving experience. I've never thought about selling my car b/c of some minor steering wheel shake at 55 mph. Seems petty. Not worth it to me trace it down since lots of owners that have no mods to their cars have the same symptoms.
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