Car shaking...

[QDiver]

Just took her out for a spin... went for a little fun in the snow and damn was it fun! esp off... and woooooooohoooooo.. then went to the movies and everything was fine, however on my way back... the car started shaking when going above 45mph.. the faster the more car was shaking.. any idea what that might be?

[Charlescrs6]

Snow/ice in your wheels will throw the balance off of them. Clear all the ice/snow out and you should be golden.

[QDiver]

yea.. kinda noticed some snow in the wheels. i guess it was from drifting in the snow

[Larson7.62]

Same problem on a 300 mile drive home from college. Mine was bad after 30 mph though. Eventually the snow came off and it was ok.

[sakimano]

yeah, I have 18" wheels on my S4 for winter (7 twin spoke stock wheels) and they LOVE to get clogged with snow. I have to really pray it melts off overnight in my garage or I'm either

a) driving in the slow lane

or

b) getting a full body massage/bone rattle on the highway

[pOrKcHoP07]

I got that too. Snow + Ice = wobbly ride haha

[QDiver]

wow we had aloooooooooot of ice today our whole driveway was ice, and i live on a mountain :) took her up to 120 today, no sign of any shaking :)

[Charlescrs6]

wow we had aloooooooooot of ice today our whole driveway was ice, and i live on a mountain :) took her up to 120 today, no sign of any shaking :)

Feel free to + rep me, and maybe I'll do the same for you

[vinny.dtw]

Just dont drive it like that too much. You can potentially damage some suspension components.

[EBG 18T]

Just dont drive it like that too much. You can potentially damage some suspension components.

2nd this. clean out the excess snow and ice other wise you risk damaging other componets.

[QDiver]

2nd this. clean out the excess snow and ice other wise you risk damaging other componets.

well of course.. give me some credit, i like to have fun but i take care of my cars... that would be the reason of me posting.

[Charlescrs6]

Rep returned!

[EBG 18T]

well of course.. give me some credit, i like to have fun but i take care of my cars... that would be the reason of me posting.

don't take it personally. you would be amazed at what some people ignore.

there was a guy a year or so ago on AW that drove for 2-3k miles without wheel weights on his new wheels since he didn't like the look of the stick on wheel weights. he kept wondering why his car was shaking.

[sakimano]

what's with the rep love-in?

does anyone care about rep? Let's start a poll...

good to hear the OP got rid of his wobbles. The wobbles first happened to me about 9 years ago, and I was on the phone to my local dealer trying to book an alignment/wheel balancing instantly (total car noob at the time).

The lady in service (MB) said 'it's just snow. Park in a garage so it melts off and I bet it's fine later'. She was right. She could easily have screwed me into $200 or so for balancing and alignment check. Glad it wasn't that dealer with the rock in the sunroof!

[Charlescrs6]

what's with the rep love-in?

does anyone care about rep? Let's start a poll...

good to hear the OP got rid of his wobbles. The wobbles first happened to me about 9 years ago, and I was on the phone to my local dealer trying to book an alignment/wheel balancing instantly (total car noob at the time).

The lady in service (MB) said 'it's just snow. Park in a garage so it melts off and I bet it's fine later'. She was right. She could easily have screwed me into $200 or so for balancing and alignment check. Glad it wasn't that dealer with the rock in the sunroof!

I like getting + rep, want some?? I'm gonna give it to you anyways .

[Jimbobdaga]

I just take a hockey stick and clean it out :)