I own a 2000 OBW (Limited). I have noticed that with or without my snow tires on the car a low to mid speed vibration completely smooths out at high speeds. By low to mid I mean 30-60mph. Does anyone have any ideas?

It is not caused by poor balancing(as far as I can tell) or snow in the rim..The car has 106,000 miles with original struts, half-axles and rims. Anyone have any ideas?

 

 

Thanks in advance!

Wanton

So, no matter what tyres you use. Do you use the same rims?

 

To being with, I would recommend re-fitting each wheel and tightening the nuts with a good torque-wrench. Make sure you tighten them in steps and in a "star" pattern as shown in your owners manual.

 

Max torque should be around 95Nm. Step up from 20-50-80-95.

I own a 2000 OBW (Limited). I have noticed that with or without my snow tires on the car a low to mid speed vibration completely smooths out at high speeds. By low to mid I mean 30-60mph. Does anyone have any ideas?

It is not caused by poor balancing(as far as I can tell) or snow in the rim..The car has 106,000 miles with original struts, half-axles and rims. Anyone have any ideas?

 

 

Thanks in advance!

Wanton

You might have a bad spindle bearing. Jack up the car and see if you can wiggle any of the wheels in any direction.

You might have a bad spindle bearing. Jack up the car and see if you can wiggle any of the wheels in any direction.

Thanks...i'll try retorquing the wheels and wiggling the tires to check for bad bearings...

 

Wanton

Our '99 outback has done that for the longest time, almost since new, at around 30-35 MPH. I am convinced it's the axles. I just drove it to the store and it seems to be getting worse.

ball joint or tie rod