wicked vibration through-out entire car

[CA_Boxster]

You didn't say anything about whether it happens at specific speeds, but I had a similar problem in the high 60's to 80mph range and it turned out that one of the wheels was way out of balance. I have the adhesive weights and at least one had fallen off. A rebalance solved it.

[mach schnell]

box is in today - leading theory (at least when I dropped it off) was an out of balance wheel - hoping that Occam's razor applies here as i don't want it to be something major! Vibration or shaking through-out car is totally speed related - notice at about 65 - obvious above 70 and you want to pull the car over, get out and above 80!

on a side note - picked up a nice C class sport as my loaner - this could make a new car for my wife (she needs to learn how to take care of the car she has, first ). Even though there are a ton of these on the roads here in soCal, i really like it better than the 3 series bmw.

turns out, though, that although the loaner car is free the first day, I get charged starting the 2nd day - something like $37/day. i really don't think i should have to pay for a car (that's what i did when i bought the porsche!) to drive when my car is in the shop for warrantable service. i'm in the wrong business - maybe doc's should be able to just bill people for walking by the hospital

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by mach schnell

I'm in the wrong business - maybe doc's should be able to just bill people for walking by the hospital

My doctor sure did just that... put me in the hospital overnight two weeks ago to rule out my heart so he could prescribe some gastric reflux medicine. It's costing me a nice set of 18's AND a replacement top for the Boxster beyond what my insurance will cover.

And I have yet to see the bill for the doctor, who will surely bill me for walking past my room when I was taking a leak in the bathroom.

BTW - no heart problems... as I suspected.

[Brad Roberts]

What I have done in the past: Take the service writer for a ride. Make a mental note of where the car had the issue last as you drive towards the dealer. Take the service writer back to that same spot and duplicate the problem for him. 99% of all the dealers have a routine "path" that they follow on all test drives. This "path" may or may not duplicate your problem.

Oh.. ask them to TAPE all the weights on. It is is the ONLY way to gurantee they wont come off. It is very easy for a "grunt/tech" to bang the inside of the wheel on the caliper as they try to mount up your 30+lb 19inch wheel/tire combo thus possibly loosening the weight they just installed (or did a brake inspection).. The possibilities are limitless on how easy it is to knock a weight off.



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