Vibration felt when holding steering wheel

[rjd324]

Hello all,

E250 2015.

I think I can feel a vibration in the steering wheel when I am travelling at about 70MPH. The problem is trying to prove it. On a lot of roads you get vibration anyway. But on smooth roads while driving on the dual carriage way I believe I feel it every 3/4 seconds. If you were to look at the level of vibration on a graph with y axis amount of vib and x axis time I believe I would see that pattern... A spike every 3/4 seconds when travelling at about 70MPH... For sure, there would be a lot of noise in that graph due to vib you get driving anyway.

Anyway, I take the car to independent specialists. The guy have tested it out and feels that the vib is just normal behaviour but I am not convinced.

The vib is not massive! If you took your hands off the wheel you would not see the steering wheel shake. But I believe it to be there. I think he believes there is nothing wrong with the wheel balance either.

I had my car tested for codes and one came back. The one about the gear box where the guys should take it apart and clean it and put it back. No idea which code. Can get that if anyone needs it.

Has anyone experienced this or am I just paranoid?

 

[RichardF]

You're looking at the vibration every 100m or so.

Road surface?

 

[Deleted member 65149]

You say "the guy believes there's nothing wrong with the wheel balance." Have you actually had the balance checked? Like everyone else, the guys who do the balancing can make mistakes and get it wrong. Last year I had new tyres fitted all round and I felt a vibration in the steering at above 60mph on my drive home. I turned round and went straight back to get the wheel balances checked. One of them was quite a long way out. The vibration disappeared after the wheels were correctly balanced.

 

[whitenemesis]

Resonant harmonics?
Out of balance wheel(s)
Buckled wheel(s)
Out of round tyre(s)
Engine and/or gearbox mounts
Dented propshaft, or loss of balance weight

 

[Teego]

Just go to your local F1 tyre shop and get them to check your wheel balances. They can also check tyre wear patterns to see if any other problem is indicated. If it feels wrong to you, it probably is.

 

[W1ghty]

You're looking at the vibration every 100m or so.

Road surface?

Or REALLY BIG wheels