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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:46 am 
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I have a vibration in the left front wheel. It starts at about 50 mph, sometimes it is bad, but it will also calm down at times. I noticed that the inside edge of the tire is wearing faster than the rest of the tire. I swapped the front tires and it made it slightly worse. Am I going to have to get an alignment, or is something broken? I also have the ABS/traction off lights, but I dunno if they are related to the vibration.

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 Post subject: Re: vibration
PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:46 pm 
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I've been having the same issue (@50-55mph)with mine for years. I bought new tires 3 years ago hoping to fix it...not. Changed out many parts since then, too many to list. However, when I was getting the tires re-balanced the other day the technician noticed the TIRE had a tread defect which was noticeable only when the tires were spinning;looked like it had a slight wobble when looking from a rear aspect of the tire. The tread, not the tire itself.
I noted where I placed that tire(front left) and took it for a ride. I still had the vibration and could feel it in the steering wheel. I put said tire on the rear. I could still feel the vibration but not in the steering wheel...Bad, bad tire!
What pisses me off the most is spending $$$$ trying to fix this and it was a bad tire I purchased years ago and none of the technicians balancing the tires noticed it till now.
Not saying this is your problem but it's worth a try.


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:34 pm 
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Move rear tires to the front, and vice versa, and see if that helps it at all.

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 Post subject: Re: vibration
PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:56 pm 
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I switched the tires and it vibrated less, but when i switched the tires, i noticed the one was worn through and the steel inside was visible. I had a good used tire put on and everything seems good now. Although I think I may need an alignment because of how the one tire was worn.

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 Post subject: Re: vibration
PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:50 pm 
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Glad to hear it worked. These cars are vulnerable to shake when anything is out of whack to include tires, rims, rotors, alignment...
I just changed my tires and wheels and my vibration is gone, hallelujah!!! Three years of troubleshooting this vibration and it was the new tires I bought to correct the problem in the first place.


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