I appreciate you telling us what DOESN'T cause shaking. Prevents untrustworthy mechanics from charging us extra work. SUPER HELPFUL thank you

Hey man…I can count the number of times I’ve commented on anyone’s KZfaq video on my left hand which is missing two fingers. The reason being is that it’s a waste of my time. This being one of the few exceptions to write you a long winded thank you. Not just for this video but for all of them. You are on point bro. You saved me a lot of money and pain over the years for real. Your tutorials are the easiest to grasp. So thanks for explaining it so that a dumb rough neck like me could understand it enough to get by. It really means a lot to me. Sincerely-G.

I appreciate this! I took my car on a bit of a road trip last week and noticed the issue. It's due for a tune-up anyway, so it works out.

This was exactly my problem. Had the front wheels balanced and no more shimmy. Thank you. Please keep posting

This sounds exactly like the problem I have on a 230,000 Mercedes 300D: I was thinking motor mounts and or shocks. This 68 year old appreciates your videos! I will try this since my front tires are getting thin and I have two more to replace them. Please keep them coming. Thanks!

Warped brake rotors can cause vibration also. If you notice a pulsating feeling or a shake when you brake, try getting your rotors turned, or new rotors.

I have watched the video a . Now I'm going yo scroll through the comments to find out what he did wrong and what he didn't do right . Its so lovely that so many mechanics are willing to sacrifice their time here on KZfaq :)

Thank You so much RnW. Too many vids on vibration issues on Rear Wheel and All Wheel vehicles but do not address the vibration issues with the Front Wheel Drivers. Thank You so much for enlightening us on this common issue 👍.

I have a 2010 dodge grand caravan with aftermarket rims and new tires I bought last fall. I knew from, my past experience that your diagnosis of vibration is caused by bent rim or wheel balance issues. Wife will now go to a mechanic and not get ripped off because your video will give the easiest remedy and go from there. Thank you and I will inform you of our success soon! thanks!

Very informative and well explained. helped me figure out my issue! Thanks!

Thanks so much. Glad nothing happened to you while driving and recording the video. Have a great weekend.

Thank God for this video. A while ago the tire hit a pothole. The car began to shake. My tire almost blew up on me this morning. A woman told me that the tire was shaking. After feeling the tire imbalance, it was true there was damage. Thankfully, the tire shop had a quality replacement tire available.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video

I had vibration at many different speeds , and u r correct the tire guy advice balancing my front tires , and solve the issue . Thanks for the vid .

Thanks bro!Just got this problem done just now and tested.Now no more shaking steering wheel!

Well that helped me rule out everything I was thinking of doing to my suspension. Just the video I needed to run down exactly where I should be looking for the vibrations. Thank you for the video, major help.

I absolutely love your channel.

I've had a vibration issue on my 05 TSX for half a year and it doesn't help diagnosing when multiple suspension components are also worn out, haha. Thanks to your video, I have now narrowed it down to the CV axles, they're the original ones. I recommend to stay away from Duralast axles if you have a Honda, vibrations will persist. Acura has stopped selling remanufactured axles for the first generation TSX. I'm going to buy my axles from insane shafts.

I found this video very helpful! Thank you.

Super helpful! Really glad to have seen your yt channel!

Thank you. This video was very helpful. You're awesome!!

Really easy to understand and very helpful thank you

A sticking brake caliper will also cause serious vibration issues especially in the front. A good way to check is to see if one of your wheels is hot to the touch. If it is then that's your problem. You will also most likely need new pads as one side will be worn down more than the other.

I had vibrations too. Got my car checked and they found out that the front passenger alu rim is bent in the inside lip. I just put that rim to the rear and the vibrations are gone but im gonna get that rim straighten soon.

Great video and very helpful. Keep it up!!

Video info. was very helpful..!!

Thanks for the insightful and informative video!

Great video, I would like to add that shaking can also be a result of soft control or thrust arm bushings.

Thank you for this video really helpful and brought me ease of mind

Thank you for the video.

thanks man on how you thoroughly explained things.

I went to do alignment at Jupiter Chevrolet Dealer in Dallas after some work done on the suspension. Since I balanced the new tires just w/Harbor Freight Balancer, I ordered balancing as well, hoping on their good equipment. But when I checked the torques on wheels and drive axle, I was amazed to see, that the lug nuts on rear wheels are coming out by hand. I always check the torques after any shop, since they never do it to specs (or undertorque or overtorque), but I've never seen the lug nuts to be left so loose. Most likely after I did the rear suspension part, I didn't torque the rear wheels, thinking I'll do everything after the front suspension part. After the front suspension I decided to check AC, replaced many parts there, installed a new radiator, so it was a lot, and I didn't check the rear wheels after all that, thinking if the cover plates are there, I torqued them. It was my mistake most likely, but then it comes that the wheels (at least rear) were never taken off, bcs how an expert fm Dealer could not to tighten wheels on the rear at all, if he removed them to put on the machine and put them back. So I'm in doubts about all that, and try to determine if the wheels were balanced or not with the methods described in this film. Thank you, it was very informative.

I appreciate this video. My Sentra shakes at around 50MPH and it gets better when I go faster but it still there. I’ll do all the steps before doing the hard part.

Thanks this really helps me out with my vibration issue.

Thank You so much for this video man!

finally someone who knows what he's talking about

I had a mystery vibration on my 04 Lesabre. Lot of folks complained about it and it was a common complaint. I even read people saying the lower control arms being aluminum made the wheels sensitive to how tight the lugs were (yeah okay now they were just reaching). So I went on a quest to find out the cause. I had already eliminated the bad tranny mount jerk that is common but every so often I would still feel it happen if braking then quickly accelerating. This told me it had something to do with that front mount. What I discovered was it was one of the few cars that got powered by a 3800 Series II and a 4T65E trans that didn't have top torque mounts. Sorry to say but the lower one just isn't enough to keep the engine from rolling back. This is also causes a vibration to be transmitted back to the driver and passenger along with an occasional jerk. How to eliminate the problem is easy but requires quite a bit of work and a trip to a local junk yard. First you will need the top mount bracket from a Impala the one that mounts to the driver side and bolt it to the same spot on the head. Next you need one of the Y mounts too don't matter the car they are all the same. Then you will need the bracket in front of the radiator from an 00 to 02 Olds Intrigue. This bracket was made slightly different and actually curves downward. You need to remove the lower portion of it then cut an access hole in the rad bar on the Lesabre then take your intrigue mount and drop it in front of the fans with the bulk facing the engine. The Y needs to be positioned pointing down towards the rad to clear the rad bar. Bolt everything together and bring it into alignment. This made a huge improvement but a little fab work is required. GM should have included the top mounts on the Lesabre instead of depending on a single crappy designed mount to support it. This still allows the engine to roll slightly back with greater ease thus no vibes or jerks are felt by the occupants. Sorry for the long winded explanation but a lot of people have this vibration in the Lesabre and would benefit greatly from the info. Good video BTW.

Great Video! Thanks for the help.

Hi nice educative video,im having the same issue since the front tires bearings wea replaced. the steering wheel and both normal gear and fourwheel gears are also shaking very rapildy at 60kmph .what could be the issue ?im driving a suzuki jimny manual transmission.

4:34 "I recommend replacing both front cv shafts", do you have any advice about aftermarket CV axles? Genuine parts for my vehicle run $550-$650 for one axle, but I've heard various comments and advice that aftermarket CV axles are hit or miss. I've read one guy say they skimp on grease, another one mentioned Volkswagon having a TSB on aftermarket axles causing vibration issues. I'm looking at these SurTrack axles there's not much reviews for my vehicle but that brand on other vehicles seems to have favorable ratings on Amazon. What's your take on aftermarket axles?

Yooo seriously solid advice my guy!

Thanks for the tip, my front tires need changing asap! I ran my hands on them and I notice depression on both sides.

Thanks. I have a 1999 Bonneville SE. 144k miles. Put in 2 new front tires. Signification vibration at 70 to 77 mph made worse when cruise control is turned on. Are the CV shafts the issue here also? Thanks !

Great video. I like your thought process. Subscribed for more. I would also suggest road hazard balancing tires too. Did wonders for me.

Thanks for the tips!

My tire was slowly leaking and I put some tire inflator on it and didn't drive around long enough. The next day my steering wheel was shaking. Th an you for the tip and the other popular KZfaq video conveyed to me that I needed to change the shocks. I didn't look at KZfaq again for a week and a half trying to find a way to come up with $500 for new shocks. Then I find this video and now I'm going to the tire shop to get my wheels balanced.

You the man! keep it up!

Thanks man,great vid

thanks so much my friend! subscribed!

Can the bad tire vibration cause side mirrors to shake too when driving on higher speeds? Looks like the driver side mirror on my car shakes more than the passenger side outside mirror. Any thoughts?

Very helpful video, thank you!

thanks brother, this video helped me alot. just a question, i have nissan altima 2012 2.5s and it is shaking once it reaches 90 kmh and go on. can you please explain what to do. i fixed full suspension with all 4 mounts and 4 shock absorbers kyb. still it does.

Man, i'm glad I saw this video, took you advice about balancing my tires when I was keep getting these wheel shakes when i'm going 50+mph. Go them balance and ran like new, ...come to find out although they were brand new tires, those clown never balanced them, it was 4.50 off on both front tires damn. Thanks again man!

Thank you for this video. . . PROBLEM SOLVED!

Just bought a 01 Legacy GT from a private owner and that car had the same issue. I noticed the steering wheel would shake when I got to 55-70mph too. Glad I found this vid and I'll follow those steps. Hope it's just a bad tire or the tire needs to be balanced.

Great Video 👍👍

THANK YOU For Posting This Video, NOW I Know That The Culprit of My Problem is The CV Shaft..

Great video bro. What a blessing this is to me

My wheel only vibrates slightly at 64-65 mph. It's very minor but very curious what it could be.

Nice,,, well explained, thanks...

You rock thank you so much I'm taking my car in Friday for a tire swap fronts back hopefully that helps my vibration 😃😆

Thank you so much for this info I thought the engine was the problem👍👍

So I um well I have a 05 Saturn ion and kinda did a burn out on a curb and after it started doing this shaking at 55 and above could it just be the tires got worn? They are basically new tires and the burn out was weak and short but I’m not sure also was doing some e-break drifts in the snowy parking lots 😬😬 any ideas??

Moral of the story: Wheel Alignment doesn't cause this issue. Thank you for saving me a few hundred bucks

I recently developed a front end vibration at highway speeds right after I installed new front KYB struts on my 02' Camry, (a few months ago I replaced all 4 tires and rims and got them balanced). Any ideas on what I should check for to eliminate the vibration? Thank you!

Very helpful and honest video. My problem is minor but noticeable vibration at the steering wheel starting at 57 mph and peak vibration at 60-63 mph, then appears to go away. Exactly what you described. I had my tires and tie rods and alignment checked and OK, but did not balance the front wheels. Will do balancing next. Thank you , Sir! Thumbs up!

I had a problem with my vibration. Had them balanced etc.Didn't solve my problem. Thought maybe wheel bearings etc. Than I decided to take a known good tire from my other vehicle and installed them one my car, a 2010 toyota camry se. I took it for a test drive on the highway until till the vibration finally went away. I found the suspect tire. Bought a replacement tire. And installed it. Problem went away. Checked the suspect removed bad tire and visually from the outside it looked great. However when inspecting the inside part of the tire saw a noticeable lump on the tire. From the outside it looked great in that spot. Anyways problem fixed.

Thanks for the tip, my tires have like 50,000 miles, but they are in good shape, I drive lot of highway miles. I do get them rotated every 10,000 miles or so. I'll try to get them balanced first and if it it doesn't work, then I'll replace them.

my jeep shakes 43--50 mp I don't know what it is I already did rotation to the back and and balance the two front wheels the person at the tire shop told me that the two front tires are badly worn. out so he switched them to the back and balance the ones that stay in the front can that be my problem do I just need time for the Tigers to get worn out properly evenly someone please help please

Very helpful tips thank you

Good info i had a ball tire. Fixed it. Thanks

Thanks for the info... have this issue with our 2006 Nissan Armada SE Off-Road

I have a 2003 Honda Odyssey (123K miles) has steering vibrating severely at 60-75 mpg. I recently replaced all four shocks, the backward lower control arm bushing (they were cracked), but the steering is still vibrating especially in high speed. All four tires are still new, and today I rotated the tires, but the vibration still would not go away. What do you think I should go after next? The ball joints seem to be good, although the lower ball joints have some leaky grease but it shouldn't be the main suspect for continuous vibration, right?

I get vibration only at low rpm when accelerating about 1,500rpm and 70mph when going up a slight hill on fwy. Any thoughts?

Hey video is great. You should also talk about a stuck caliper or warped rotors. My caliper went bad in the winter and when the tires got hot enough the car would get severe wheel vibrations as the brakes swelled up

My car is giving me mild vibrations on take off. It then runs smooth till ~85km/h. Above this speed or >90km/h, the vibration seems to soften out but is still there. its worst point is around 85km/h. Doesnt matter if I'm accelerating, cruising or braking. The highest level of vibration is at 85km/h and when I go around a gradual bend. I've had it aligned and my wheels and tyres are brand new and all balanced. Does anyone have any suggestions? Car details: 2017 Australian Ford Ranger PX2 XLT

thanks man very helpful

Good advice 👍👍

My new used crossover use to shake when ever I hit around 90km, plus mine would pull hard to the left, I had 2 alignments done and it didn’t help. It ended up being the cheap tires that mine came with because soon as I dove the car with the new Goodyear’s it drove like a new car. Smoother, quieter, no shake or pulling. Never go the cheap route when buying tires is what I learned lol.

I just replaced new front struts, and the car is having vibrations on 65 mph and higher. Do i need wheel alignment after replacing the struts or maybe ill do the wheel balancing first?

Perfect man. Cheers

helpful video..thank you

Mines do the same thing at 55 mph and up my passenger side seat headrest shakes when this happens also I can feel it in the gas pedal the steering wheel doesn't shake as bad, what is your expert opinion of what could be the problem? Thanks in advance

been having this issue for a while. was hard to pin down what it was because I had a bad alignment too. after aligning it myself (not perfect but it is much better than it was) it feels better but I can feel my wheel imbalance now, and the wheel I think its coming from has much less tread left on it

lots of good info here

Hello mam u video is awesome I have a Jeep Wrangler shaking Soo bad sometimes I hear alot people different options I would like to take know some people say is the Ball join ,I all ready balance the 4tires but when I put In neutral stop shaking thanks

If i live in a snowy area and snow builds up in my wheel well and touches the tires of my car could this cause shaking at high speeds? Cause i got on the interstate today and right at around 65+ mph the vibrations got really bad and also if the psi in the tires is off by like 2 or 3 psi could this cause it too and my car is fwd btw if that helps

Many thanks! Much appreciated!

Great video man...my tires are all jacked up causing horrible vibration when accelerating.

My car is vibrating horribly from 65 to about 80. Am I right to assume that it is not the tires since this has been happening for years even before and after rotating the tires and having them balanced? If I get it up over 80 it seems to not vibrate as much so there is some kind of resonance where it's peaking at about 70 mph. I'm worried something is rubbing or loose and that means it will wear down and become worse. I just took it to Goodyear and told them but I doubt they even looked at it. The rotated the tires (supposedly but when I called back the lady said they only BALANCED them even though I told them the day I took it in I needed them rotated AND balanced and the pulling to the right fixed AND the vibrating IF POSSIBLE). So, instead of taking it in to goodyear AGAIN tomorrow and not having my car, I thought to avail myself of the net and see if I could maybe diagnose it or a range it could be. Some axle bent or something loose maybe? It still vibrates lower than 70 just not to where it feels the car is about to literally fall apart. It's a Buick LeSabre 2004. Anyway, thanks.

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. I HAVE DONE THE FOLLOWING; REPLACED TIE RODS; SWAY BAR LINK, CONTROL ARMS WITH BALL JOINT, STEERING 7 SUSPENSION KIT, ALSO ALIGNMENT AND BALANCED. BUT IS STILL SHAKING ONCE I HIT 60+ MPH. IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE I CAN CHECK OR WORK WITH?... HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU... THANKS FOR YOUR HELP...

I just had mine tire rotate and balanced last month but still the vibration doesn't stops when i hit 70 miles/hr. Few months back i saw that few grease was leaking from my passenger side wheel. Does this looks like my CV axle needs to be replaced? But i don't hear any clicking noise when i make a turn.

I got new wheels and tires installed. They said they aligned and balanced them but my steering wheel still shakes even the passenger can feel it. Sometimes it doesn’t shake though. Should I go to another place to get them balanced for sure or replace the cv bars?

After change the rotor does it need alignment?

My car seems to shake at low speeds right up to about 60mph then you can't feel it. My passenger could feel it too, so it's not just through the steering wheel. Any ideas please? I had a quick look underneath and I think I could see grease somewhere near the front drivers side wheel. Don't know if that's related. I need to have a good look. Your help would be much appreciated thanks

Hi there I have a 2003 Nissan sentra my car got stuck in the mud and it shakes when driving over 50 miles an hour. I cleaned everything off and balanced the wheels could it be the hub? When I was stuck I turned the wheel and heard a pop.

I got vibration at 45 an 80 an it stops when placed in neutral.wheel does wobble when jacked up and no sign of bad bearings or tie rod just replaced bal joint scion TC.any ideas

What about steering wheel vibration at 35-40 MPH on grooved pavement that is being prepped for paving? My car has new tires, alignment, drives very smooth on highway, however when the conditions I explained above come up, my steering wheel vibrates and it feels like Tires are out of balance.

HELP! I have new tires, I had the wheels balanced again and I replaced the cv axles (both). Some of the shaking went away and I can drive about 10 mph faster but above 70 the car shakes too much. The steering wheel does not shake. It's just the front end. Do you happen to have any other ideas of what it might be? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

I have a 2006 Impala. My steering wheel doesn't vibrate but when driving on the highway up to 60 - 70 mph my passenger seat trembles a bit, i would get off and feel what i may assume is my muffler moving a bit so i hit the emergency brakes and release and the trembling stops, i went to a muffler shop and they said all is good that it might be the motor supports so i switch those but the problem persists.... I know I might need an alignment since my tires are getting eaten up, and my wheel carriages need maintenance as well as new brakes. Could that be the problem or any other ideas.