Constant subtle vibration
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Constant subtle vibration
Anyone have a slight vibration at any speed over 30mph? Car has 1600 miles has been there since new. Gear nor speed change the vibration. I can be in full auto or in M and it doesn't change. V4/V8 doesn't change it and RPM has nothing to do with it. No pot holes or anything to make me thing bent wheel. You can feel a very rythmic pulse in the steering wheel.
Im sure most will say take it in for alignment and balance which is what I will do. Just wondering if any one else has simillar problems with their c7 Z.
Im sure most will say take it in for alignment and balance which is what I will do. Just wondering if any one else has simillar problems with their c7 Z.
Burning Brakes
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Anyone have a slight vibration at any speed over 30mph? Car has 1600 miles has been there since new. Gear nor speed change the vibration. I can be in full auto or in M and it doesn't change. V4/V8 doesn't change it and RPM has nothing to do with it. No pot holes or anything to make me thing bent wheel. You can feel a very rythmic pulse in the steering wheel.
Im sure most will say take it in for alignment and balance which is what I will do. Just wondering if any one else has simillar problems with their c7 Z.
Im sure most will say take it in for alignment and balance which is what I will do. Just wondering if any one else has simillar problems with their c7 Z.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: FEMA Region 4
You're on the right track by ruling out the obvious. Hopefully, it's just an out of balance front tire. If the vibration wasn't there when it was new, it's still possible to have a bent wheel or maybe had a weight fall off.
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From: NJ
there is a stretch of the garden state parkway that has caused EVERY SINGLE hi-po car of mine and my 16 Sierra to do this, subtle oscillation/vibration and it drives me nuts. it's maybe 1/2 mile long.
if your car's doing it on every road? then it's the car, but if you notice it in the same place, or particular neighborhood etc, then it's just the road. don't discount the surface, i've tracked this for years and this goes back to several repave jobs as well. i cannot explain it.
i can cruise at 75-90 and nothing everywhere else even same parkway without issue but for that one stretch
if your car's doing it on every road? then it's the car, but if you notice it in the same place, or particular neighborhood etc, then it's just the road. don't discount the surface, i've tracked this for years and this goes back to several repave jobs as well. i cannot explain it.
i can cruise at 75-90 and nothing everywhere else even same parkway without issue but for that one stretch
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Anyone have a slight vibration at any speed over 30mph? Car has 1600 miles has been there since new. Gear nor speed change the vibration. I can be in full auto or in M and it doesn't change. V4/V8 doesn't change it and RPM has nothing to do with it. No pot holes or anything to make me thing bent wheel. You can feel a very rythmic pulse in the steering wheel.
Im sure most will say take it in for alignment and balance which is what I will do. Just wondering if any one else has simillar problems with their c7 Z.
Im sure most will say take it in for alignment and balance which is what I will do. Just wondering if any one else has simillar problems with their c7 Z.
Did you ever figure out the issue!
