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      07-23-2012, 03:16 PM   #17
ognam
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Another Spanish with steering wheel vibrations.. Everything beguns when i've changed the 4 wheels. I decied to avoid Goodyear RoF and move to ContiSport3 non-RoF just because I need something with more grip, but then, suddenly started my pains..

Facts:
Wheels:225/18/45 91v
Engine: 2.0 Sdrive

1st set of ContiSport3:
60-80km/h steering wheel wobbles..
120-145km/h whole care vibrates..
Several balances with no improvements.
Continental veredict= Whole set out of tolerance (disorted)

2nd set of ContiSport3:
60-80km/h steering wheel still wobbling..
120-145km/h whole care vibrates but much less.
Several balances with no improvements.
Continental veredict= Whole set out of tolerance (disorted by external conditions)

3rd set of ContiSport3 in that case just a pair of front wheels).
60-80km/h steering wheel still wobbling..
120-145km/h As commented before
Several balances with no improvements.

1st Dealer Service:
No evidence of anything that could cause those vibrations, according to dealer must be the wheels. There is no problem to use a non RoF in the X1.

2nd Dealer Service: ( to change front brake pads because normal wearing)
60-80km/h steering wheel still wobbling but has drecased a lot, i can only notice in certain circumstances and paying much more attention than before, but still there..
120-145km/h I can still feel the slightly vibration.

According to dealer, there is no cause-effect between changing the front pads and the vibrations. So it must be that the wheels have been mounted in different position than before decreasing the vibrations..

So after this horror movie, i think that the olny thing i can do its try to balance the wheels mounted in the car instead of do a regular balance..


What do you think?


NB: The car never vibrates when breaking.
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