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Anyone experience a vibrating steering when stopping at high speed?(approx. 120km)

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Old 06-13-2001, 06:39 AM
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Anyone experience a vibrating steering when stopping at high speed?(approx. 120km)
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Default That is normal on any car. Car will vibrate when slowing down

dramatically at high speeds. This can not be helped. There are things you can do to make you car more rigid, but you will always experience this.
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Yeah a little but not drastic.
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Default A vibrating steering wheel?

Likely, it's warped brake rotors. If it's severe, take it to your dealer soon. If it's a mild vibration so that it's still safe to drive, then tell your dealer about it at your next service.
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I had the same thing when either three things happened.

1- I had too many rocks and dirt stuck in my wheels throwing off the balance.
2 - Wheels were really off balance
3 - lo air in one tire
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Yes...took it to the dealer and got new pads and rotors under warranty.
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Yo, whats up Fred!? Haven't been on the board much. I got to a point where it was just sucking too much time out of my very busy work day, but I like jumping on now and again. Is it just me, I scrolled down the page and hardly recognized any screen names - as opposed to just two months ago. Are there that many newbies on here these days? Or am I just out of the loop. The good thing, I am just as amped on my S4 today as I was the day I bought it almost two years ago. Hope all is well with you.
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Most likely warped brake rotors. Happened quite often on the old SVX.
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Yo! Whats up? Nothing much on this end. Yes, there are a lot of newbies here. Kinda nice. I don't know if you know, but my car is KIA sitting in the dealer lot. She died last week on the freeway. Torn TBB and some other leak with some funky MAF DTCs. Not good. I'll post up here when I get a response from my dealer. How sad!!!!
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Default Wow! No I did not know that. Sorry to hear. Good luck.

Are you back to stock for the time being? E-mail me an answer if you prefer.


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