You probably need a Road Force Balance. If your dealer doesn't have the equipment to do it, look at some of the large chain tire stores. It is probably not an alignment problem, and it is not normal to have the vibration.
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I have similar issue on my 05 LE. When I first got it, the steering wheel will start shaking when I drove above 75-80MPH. Brought it to dealer and the tech checked it out and told me he could not reproduce the problem. I asked him how fast did he drive. He said at speed limit (65MPH). I was like ... :duh:
I then took a drive with him (after another trip to the same dealer). I drove the MADA since he told me he could not drive above the speed limit because of the libility issue... fine !!! I reproduced the issue. He took the MADA in, rebalanced the tires. I picked the truck at the end of the day... drove it home ... still shaking !!!
ullout:
I went back the next day and spoke to the service advisor ... this is what he said to me, "What do you want me to do???" I was almost going to curse at him but I remained calm. I escalated to the service manager and she was playing the delay game ... stating the wheel balancer was out of spec and they need to get someone to recalibrate the machine.... yada yada yada ...
Long story short ... I finally took my truck to American Tire for road forced balance. They found one tire which was hard to balance ... they have to stack two layers of weight on the wheel. The manager was so nice that he did not chance me a penny for the work (due to the previous tire purchase I had with him on my Acura). After the road forced balance, the MADA rides a lot smoother. The wheel which was "out of spec" was moved to the rear. I am waiting for these crappy tires to wear out to get something better.
That's my story.
I then took a drive with him (after another trip to the same dealer). I drove the MADA since he told me he could not drive above the speed limit because of the libility issue... fine !!! I reproduced the issue. He took the MADA in, rebalanced the tires. I picked the truck at the end of the day... drove it home ... still shaking !!!
ullout: I went back the next day and spoke to the service advisor ... this is what he said to me, "What do you want me to do???" I was almost going to curse at him but I remained calm. I escalated to the service manager and she was playing the delay game ... stating the wheel balancer was out of spec and they need to get someone to recalibrate the machine.... yada yada yada ...
Long story short ... I finally took my truck to American Tire for road forced balance. They found one tire which was hard to balance ... they have to stack two layers of weight on the wheel. The manager was so nice that he did not chance me a penny for the work (due to the previous tire purchase I had with him on my Acura). After the road forced balance, the MADA rides a lot smoother. The wheel which was "out of spec" was moved to the rear. I am waiting for these crappy tires to wear out to get something better.
That's my story.
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