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Old 08-22-2008, 01:55 PM
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I'm getting vibrations that I can feel in the steering wheel and it vibrates the entire dash of the car only between 20-30mph. it's smooth below 20 and smooth above 30. If I'm breaking from say .... 60+, it breaks nice and smooth until it gets to about 30, then the vibrations start and it goes away once the car slows under 20.

Any suggestions as to what this can be?
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:03 PM
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get tires balanced, you should do that to prevent uneven wear on your tires, and it is the number 1 cause of front vibrations
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:14 PM
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sounds like an unbalanced tire, its an easy fix take it to a shop they'll prolly charge 3-5 bucks a tire and you'll only need to get the front ones done.
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:28 PM
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Tires were balanced 4 months ago.
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:31 PM
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hmmm maybe one of the wheel weights fell off, might not of been put on all the way. or maybe the balancer is starting to go out...not sure if this would happen just between 20-30 tho.
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:32 PM
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Get all 4 balanced that way if you go to rotate the tires you wont be back with the same issue lateron, unless you are gonna be getting tires in the near future.

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Old 08-22-2008, 03:13 PM
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I highly doubt a vibration at 25 mph is a wheel balance problem. Especially if it goes away after 30. For the sake of simplicity it wouldn't hurt to start there though.

Before you remove the tires. Lift the car up. Spin the front tires with your hands. Note the tread runout. It should be less than 0.040".

Carefully inspect the sidewall, high spots in the tread and low spots from wheel lock up during braking.
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