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Vibration update after the road force balance

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Old 03-31-2004, 11:20 AM
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WHAT!?! Dealers are not always honest? ;....( You burst my bubble!
Old 03-31-2004, 11:34 AM
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Default I've got the same issue with my car. Front right tire area causing a vibration at times.

You've gone and replaced a lot to find this problem and it continues to plague you. Makes me wonder if I should even start spending any money to try and find this problem also. Maybe just deal with it might have to be the answer...

I feel you pain.
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Only two wheels were less than 1oz out of balance
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Actually I replaced all that just for my personal tastes. Only now am I trying to zero in on prob
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Nice.

There is a post a few posts up from this one asking about the same type of vibration we have.

Dallas2.7T answered commenting that it could be the tie rod ends. Have you had them looked at?
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Nope, I'm going to check for tie rod ends tonight - see above post
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Default Let me know of your results...

Like i said, I'm taking my car in tomorrow. If you do notice something tonight play with your wheels, let me know.

Maybe based off what you find, I might be able to give the service department better information to go on.

Thanks.
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Default Also see the above link that I posted of the A4 tie rod replacement

and I'll be sure to re-post my results after I get home tonight.
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Default This is a well known and well documented issue with the S6...

Well documented in that alot of S6s have this issue but very few have solved the problem. In my opinion you can mess with the wheels and tires all you want, this vibration is cuased by a flawed design in the suspension. Search through the archives there is ton out their. In the end AoA decieded to settle me S6 Lemon Law cause out of court. I loved the S6 hated the vibration!!!
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Default I hear you. None of the archives really show a definitive answer to the prob and this is why I'm

worried. I would have done the wheels/tires/suspension anyways - this was not my solution to the problem. Now that I have the car the way I want though, I really want to try and eliminate most of the vibration and it's just bugging the sh*& out of me! Sounds like I may be barking up a tree however.


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