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Strange vibration problem

Old Jul 23, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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Recently te last few nights when I'm on the express way when I get to about 65+ there is a lot of vibration and what seems like a really strange "bassy" noise coming from the front end. Then I'll slow down to 55 for about a minute and when I accelerate between 65-80 there's no vibration anymore. Could this be an alignment issue or something else?
Old Jul 23, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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Check your lugnuts first - make sure there's nothing loose.

Could also be a tire balance problem or an alignment problem - both of which would take a shop to diagnose.
Old Jul 23, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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In my experience, when you get a vibration through a specific speed range like that, it's usually caused by tire/wheel balance. If it appeared suddenly, rather than gradually, then you probably lost a wheel weight. If you get it balanced the shop should retorque your lugs properly. If you've done any work on the car recently, or had the wheels removed for any reason, then it quite possibly could just be a loose lugnut. Any time you have aluminum-alloy wheels you should re-torque the lugs after about 60-100 miles of driving. Steel wheels have a bit that flexes when you tighten the lugs down - it works just like a lock washer. Alloy wheels don't have this, so when the wheel heats and cools (causing the metal to expand and contract) from driving the lugs may come loose.
Old Jul 24, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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Just got the tires balanced, problem persists, going to get them aligned on monday, hopefully that fixes it, if not I have no idea what it could be.
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