scrambld
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2004
- Location
- Belchertown, MA
- TDI
- '06 Jetta...TDI/5spd :) >>>now a '15 Passat TDI/DSG
Hi everyone,
On my 2015 Passat TDI/DSG (145K miles) I've got a vibration/steering wheel shimmy starting around 65mph getting worse approaching 75mph and the vibe isn't always of the same intensity. The vibration DOES get worse under increased load/pressing the accelerator. This has occurred with my old summer tires, my winter tires, and now with my new tires. Things I've done: New tires, old ones were pretty shot, had both axles replaced with Raxles axles, and a couple tire rotations since. Nothing I've done changed anything. Vibe under LOADING typically indicates a drivetrain issue. There are no other strange issues or symptoms, other than the vibration/steering wheel shimmy. What else should I look at? Thinking about a tire rebalance/road force balance but also thinking that will likely be waste of time and money since the symptom has been with three sets of tires now.
Car is on stock suspension, no wheel spacers, OEM 18" wheels, and I've had this car since it had 28k miles on her. Just got back from a front end shop that specializes in alignments, tire balancing, and etc....he says axles. I could see axles if I used crap replacements but I doubt the same EXACT symptoms will be present even if cheap replacements were used. Thanks in advance for any leads.....and I doubt I've left out any important details. If I remember something later, I'll update post. Thanks again!
On my 2015 Passat TDI/DSG (145K miles) I've got a vibration/steering wheel shimmy starting around 65mph getting worse approaching 75mph and the vibe isn't always of the same intensity. The vibration DOES get worse under increased load/pressing the accelerator. This has occurred with my old summer tires, my winter tires, and now with my new tires. Things I've done: New tires, old ones were pretty shot, had both axles replaced with Raxles axles, and a couple tire rotations since. Nothing I've done changed anything. Vibe under LOADING typically indicates a drivetrain issue. There are no other strange issues or symptoms, other than the vibration/steering wheel shimmy. What else should I look at? Thinking about a tire rebalance/road force balance but also thinking that will likely be waste of time and money since the symptom has been with three sets of tires now.
Car is on stock suspension, no wheel spacers, OEM 18" wheels, and I've had this car since it had 28k miles on her. Just got back from a front end shop that specializes in alignments, tire balancing, and etc....he says axles. I could see axles if I used crap replacements but I doubt the same EXACT symptoms will be present even if cheap replacements were used. Thanks in advance for any leads.....and I doubt I've left out any important details. If I remember something later, I'll update post. Thanks again!