New Infiniti G35 Sedan Vibration (Right tires replaced)

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ing35
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I recently had a mishap and blew the right wheels. Dealer replaced the right front wheel, and right tires. The car came back into alignment. After I picked it up I noticed that when I sped up beyond 50mph and sometimes when slowing down, I could hear (not feel) vibration coming from the right side (I think it is from the right front). I drove back to the dealer, and the dealer suggested I give the tires time to wear and settle, and to come back in a few days if I can still hear the vibration. Is this reasonable or should I insist the dealer do something about it right now? Thankyou.


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Tell us about your accident. I would have them check the balance on the wheels again. My guess is that you bent something in the suspension, a wheel hub, rotor, something that hasn't been replaced yet.

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Sure. I was going about 60mph and had a green on an intersection. Person on the other side ran a red and I had to immediately turn right to miss him. Since I turned right at such a high speed, I ended up on the other side of the median. I panicked and went back on the right side (going over the median yet again) blowing both the right tires. Got a new wheel for the right+front, and new tyres (right front and back).

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Some cases of early failing wheel bearings on G35!

Anytime you do enough damage to have a wheel replaced usually the entire front suspension suffers damages.

New car buyers should pay to have an immediate alignment so that these printed out documents can point the way to solutions for future problems.

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Sure sounds like you may have done way more damage than just the wheels and tires ...!

Something is probably not right with hub, bearings or rotors, etc.

Check it out for bent or loose suspension components too.

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We posted at the same time!

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Just to follow up. I drove the car quite a bit to try and figure out exactly how to recreate the audio vibration. This only happens when Im above 45mph and when the road curves to the right. When Im driving straight, or curve to the left, there is no noise. The vibration noise is also not constant (ie rumpph, pause,rumpph, where rumpph is the kind of noise you get when driving over roads that are designed to roll you to a stop - sorry if this is confusing :-)

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Like "rumble strips" on the side of the interstate?

If it's just happening when you turn one way, I would think more in terms of something bent in your steering linkage.... tough call though.

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Q451990 wrote:Like "rumble strips" on the side of the interstate?

If it's just happening when you turn one way, I would think more in terms of something bent in your steering linkage.... tough call though.

Heath
Yup! Just like when on the rumble strips!


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