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Old 07-22-2016, 02:05 PM
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Car wanders and some steering wheel vibration . No correction necessary when car wanders, it seems to return by itself. Dealer states one new front tire and one old tire 12000 miles could be the reason. Any thoughts?
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Old 07-22-2016, 02:12 PM
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Tires.
 
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Old 07-22-2016, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by sov211
Tires.
Called jaguar dealer where the car was purchased , and told them of my concern. Asked why 3 tires are new (2 rears 1 front) he said he will will find out if they can do anything . He couldn't figure out why only 3 were replaced . More later
 
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Old 07-22-2016, 02:20 PM
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Make sure you don't have a bent wheel.
Did you get both wheels balanced when that front tire was replaced? Maybe lost a wheel weight.
 
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Its definitely the front tires
 
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Old 07-22-2016, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
Make sure you don't have a bent wheel.
Did you get both wheels balanced when that front tire was replaced? Maybe lost a wheel weight.
Yes old tire was balanced after I bought the car. Needed over an ounce of weight
 
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Originally Posted by F355c5
Yes old tire was balanced after I bought the car. Needed over an ounce of weight
Won't balancing a wheel and tire show a damaged wheel?
 
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Originally Posted by F355c5
Won't balancing a wheel and tire show a damaged wheel?
Maybe. Did they do a 'road force' balancing?
 
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Don't know , didn't ask Furestone dealer
 
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Don't know , didn't ask Furestone dealer
You might want to check, and get it done if they didn't do that. Can make a difference on these low sidewall tires.
 
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Update- nothing wrong with tires or wheels, by son told me the road road I was having the wandering on is bad crowned. I hadn't noticed it on my other car because it was a 4 wheel drive. Lots of silly expense to chase a non existing problem.
 
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I think old tires can cause a wandering behavior. When I had old tires the car seemed to follow grooves in the road and I would have to counterterrorism based on the crown/cross slope. When I got new tires, the car drove straight as an arrow!
 
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