Steering wheel shaking

[Mightybhwk]

Hi all,

On my drive into work today my steering wheel started shaking on the highway. Seems to get worse as I go faster. I thought it maybe the road but it was happening the whole 35 miles to work.
I've also noticed that if I let go of the wheel it will pull to the right. Tried that on multiple different roads and it was the same.
Checked the air pressure on the screen and all were reading about the same. When I got to work I checked all 4 tires and they look fine as far as I can tell. The car is about 2 months old and never had these issue before.

I booked a service appointment but the soonest is on 11/24. Could it be as simple as wheel balance/alignment/brakes? It's just odd that I didn't noticed this yesterday on the way home. I took some video and will try to post later.

Anyone else had this issue?

 

[Mightybhwk]

Sorry tried holding the camera as steady as possible

 

[BlueberryT]

Looks like lane keep assist is active and trying to keep you in your lane (the blue steering wheel icon is on to the left side of the screen)

 

[Mightybhwk]

It was doing it even with it off. I just put on autosteer to take the video.

 

[LionelHutz]

That’s very likely a wheel balance issue. You may have thrown a wheel weight, or possibly bent a wheel.

 

[captanzuelo]

Check all the lugnuts

 

[Mightybhwk]

Another shot

 

[Mightybhwk]

Going to look at the rims a bit closer when I get home and check the lug nuts. I was just reading about there is foam in the tires that could come loose? Never would of thought of that.

 

[NY_Rob]

As mentioned above, a wheel weight could have come off resulting in an out of balance condition which is causing wheel shake.

 

[NY_Rob]

You could also have a bent rim... hit any large potholes?

 

[Mightybhwk]

No big potholes. But will check the rim when I get home.

 

[db93]

Hi all,

On my drive into work today my steering wheel started shaking on the highway. Seems to get worse as I go faster. I thought it maybe the road but it was happening the whole 35 miles to work.
I've also noticed that if I let go of the wheel it will pull to the right. Tried that on multiple different roads and it was the same.
Checked the air pressure on the screen and all were reading about the same. When I got to work I checked all 4 tires and they look fine as far as I can tell. The car is about 2 months old and never had these issue before.

I booked a service appointment but the soonest is on 11/24. Could it be as simple as wheel balance/alignment/brakes? It's just odd that I didn't noticed this yesterday on the way home. I took some video and will try to post later.

Anyone else had this issue?

The wheel will shake if driving near lane dividers, this is a feature
Could this be what you are experiencing ?

 

[DaveORD]

There are settings that chime and/or vibrate to alert you depending on what you have chosen. I am not sure what vibrate does, could it be this shaking of the steering wheel = vibrate?

 

[Mightybhwk]

Shaking happened on the way home too. Tried turning off lane departure and that was no help. When I got home checked the lugs on each wheel and each torqued out at 129 ft#. Inspected the rims and no damage that I can see. I looked at the wheel weights and it doesn't appear that any are missing. I checked the app again and there was an earlier appointment so a changed it.

 

[Wennfred]

This is the 2nd post I read like this and the other person reported a tire foam the came loose inside. Need to figure out what corner it’s coming from and take it to Discount tires to have it looked at.

 

[Mightybhwk]

Just dropped the car off today at the sc. Forgot to mention about the foam issue. Hopefully I will hear back in a couple of days and will post what they find.

 

[Watts_Up]

I would have lifted the front of the car and try to spin the wheels by hand to feel if there was any resistance or abnormal noise.

Beside a problem with the wheel balancing, it could be a wheel bearing or a CV joint issue,
or shock absorption cracked, while not common on a new car.

Did you try at slow speed, like when maneuvering in a garage with the steering completely turned of the left or the right,
to heard any cracking noise or feel any vibrations at the steering wheel?

Also, without the Auto Pilot on, at slow speed, does the car was going straight or slightly turning on one side?

 

[Larryfl1]

I’m curious on the outcome of this as i have a slight shake also..not sure what it is..doesnt feel like traditional balance problem..

Car goes in to SC in 2 weeks...they are replacing the rear tires (10k miles on performance version) fronts look good still probably for 20k miles..

I will have them open up the 2 front wheels to check the foam and balance...

 

[gavine]

Did you happen to use a can of Fix-A-Flat? That can cause wheel shake when the "goop" pools in one spot.

 

[Mightybhwk]

Watts_up: I didn't try those things before I brought it in but it was fading to the right.

Gavine: No I didn't use any fix a flat.

Larryfl1: I just got the text that my car is now fix. (Only one day!) Going to pick it up soon. According to the report they replaced both front tires due to loose foam and did a 4 wheel alignment. (only 4K on 20" inductions) I'll report back after I pick it up.