| Problem |
Possible Cause |
Remedy/Repair |
The car's front end vibrates at high speeds and the steering wheel
shakes
|
- Wheels out of balance
- Front end needs aligning
|
- Have wheels balanced
- Have front end alignment checked
|
| The car pulls to one side while cruising |
- Unequal tire pressure (car will usually pull to the low side)
- Mismatched tires
- Front end needs aligning
|
- Check/adjust tire pressure
- Be sure tires are of the same type and size
- Have front end alignment checked
|
| Abnormal, excessive, uneven, or premature tire wear |
- Infrequent tire rotation
- Improper tire pressure
- Sudden stops/starts or high speed on curves
- Incorrect wheel size
- Wheels are out of balance
- Wheels are out of alignment
|
- Rotate tires more frequently to equalize wear
- Check/adjust pressure
- Correct driving habits
- Check if wheel and tire size are compatible
- Have wheels balanced
- Have wheel alignment checked/adjusted
|
| Tire squeals |
- Improper tire pressure
- Front end needs aligning
|
- Check/adjust tire pressure
- Have front end alignment checked
|
The car's wheel(s) wobbles
|
- Loose wheel lug nuts
- Wheels out of balance
- Damaged wheel
- Wheels are out of alignment
- Worn or damaged ball joint
- Excessive play in the steering linkage (usually due to worn parts)
- Defective shock absorber
|
- Tighten wheel lug nuts
- Have tires balanced
- Raise car and spin the wheel. If the wheel is bent, it should be
replaced
- Have wheel alignment checked/ adjusted
- Check ball joints
- Have steering linkage checked
- Check shock
absorbers.
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