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Car starts to vibrate at 130+ kph (81+ mph). Anybody else?
I haven't been on a highway drive in a long time but today I decided to go on a fairly long trip. I have noticed that every time I hit 130 kph (81 mph), the car starts to vibrate/shudder. Even at 170 kph (106 mph) it continues to do so, so it's safe to assume that it happens at 130+.
It's quite noticeable and it's the first time that I have experienced this in 18 months of ownership. Has this happened to anybody else and what could possibly be the problem? |
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I had a slight vibration when I first picked up my car and brought it back to have the tires rebalanced. That did the trick. Why it now showed up after 18 months for you sounds odd? Has anything recently stuck to the inner surface of the wheel? Splash of mud? Asphalt/road tar? How about a wheel weight suddenly missing?
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I always check my wheels/tires for stones stuck in the tread. I once found a large piece of asphalt stuck to the inner wheel surface (then remembered when I went thru a section of highway where they were paving). A bubble in the tire (hit a pot hole lately?) could also cause the vibration.
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Hope this is not happening to me now. How did the fuel sensor cause the vibration though? |
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I think it was preventing the correct amount of fuel being given to the engine or something, anything over 80mph caused pretty violent shaking.
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This is more than likely tire/wheel related; it's not out of the question to have an out-of-round RFT tire or a slightly bent wheel or a missing wheel weight from the initial balancing. There's a slight possibility it could be related to an unbalanced driveshaft, but it's more likely something to do with wheels or tires.
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If it's a whole car type of vibration, high odds it's your driveshaft. Had this problem with a buddy's track built Mustang |
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