01-25-2017, 06:55 AM | #1 |
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Vibration now solved!
So since iv picked my car up there's been a vibration through the car at motorway speeds. I looked at the rear wheels and noticed the lack of weights. So I thought this must be it and took it back to the garage today. They have put weights on the car but there is no motorway near the garage so couldn't test it there and then. On the return home I think it's got worse! The other thing is they put new tyres on the back and when I checked the pressures one of the wheels was very low. I am now thinking that the rim could be buckled?
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01-26-2017, 12:00 PM | #4 |
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its a cast wheel i assume you have, so its pretty unlikely its bent. i mean, when i hit holes to bend my various wheels with a 30 or 35 series tire, its easy to tell that type of force was going to bend a wheel...so i'm saying, if you bent a wheel, you'd know it.
and bent wheels wouldn't generally leak air anyways unless its an extremely sharp bend, but your tire installer should have mentioned if he saw something that might compromise his work or if the tire had a hard time beading correctly. give those guys a chance, and they'll take any disclaimer so that you can't blame them later. noticing the weights is the best bet. try balancing at another shop |
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02-01-2017, 04:05 PM | #7 |
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Did it get fixed? Mine is with the dealer now for warranty work. They took it on a drive and identified the vibration at motorway speeds. They have examined it though and can't find any evidence of wheel damage or anything else so they suspect it's just balancing. Typical as that's not covered under warranty but at least it could be worse
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02-02-2017, 04:33 AM | #9 |
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I've just heard back from the dealer. They've had a good look and definitely can't find anything seriously wrong, but they did notice the offside front tyre is slightly worn in a strange pattern, possibly due to low pressure over time, but still legal. Also they said the offside rear is shaped slightly like a 50p piece! So if that's true then a combination of those tyres plus balancing is probably causing the vibration. Might be an excuse for a Michelin tyre upgrade all round!
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The problem is that the supplying dealer would be the one to cover that cost, who are 200 miles from me and a different group to my local dealer who are replacing the headlight, boot struts, fitting the upgraded seat repair kit and so on, so I need to try and convince them to cover the tyre cost (which isn't a typical warranty item) and then pay my local dealer for them.
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so the dealer won't reimburse the whole cost but they will pay the cost of the tyres that have uneven wear, I'm probably going to get about £300 from them. I now need to find somewhere that actually has Michelin PSS in stock in a reasonable time. They are discontinue now so hard to get hold of it seems
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02-12-2017, 02:16 PM | #16 |
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So an update regarding the issue. It seemed better after the new tyres and alloys they put on BUT it still never felt better than my F31 which I was surprised about Bering in mind these are nearly 70k cars. After a few trips down the motorway I came to realise it was still shaking. I got all 4 wheels rebalanced just to rule that out but it seems if anything worse. A question for other coupe/grand coupe owners is does the car feel like it's got scuttle shake going over bumps? Also I made the abs kick in today going at a low speed and the car felt like it clunked to the left and felt disjointed. This along with the passenger head rest shaking leads me to believe that there's some thing wrong with the left hand side front suspension?
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02-24-2017, 01:59 AM | #18 |
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So yet another update regarding the issue. Turns out one of the alloys had a tiny flat spot on it. I'm getting the seat base replaced too whilst it's in the garage as there's a very small patch near the front of the seat thats worn the colour away. Hopefully get it back today or tomorrow morning and hand that Nast 220d grand tourer back!
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I am having something similar. Camera has been catching, not fully closing, and is setting off a camera malfunction warning every time I shift into reverse
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