Dakota176 Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 I picked up this vehicle with 5 miles on it and I noticed vibration at 50 and above in the steering wheel. At 900 miles, the alignment and tire balance was done and alignment was out slightly. Took it on a trip via interstate and at 70 the vibration was strong and the vehicle and seats shake. At 1800 miles, I had the car inspected and the tires were road force balanced. Headed back home on interstate and same issue with vibration so I took it to the Dodge dealer. They said it was the tires causing the vibration and they couldn’t help me. At 3600, I took it to another tire place and they performed another road force and adjusted mounting to get the tires under 10lbs but this didn't correct vibration issue (was reduced some). Also when driving at 70, you can pop into neutral and the vibration doesn’t change. Back to the Dodge dealer again and left the vehicle there for several days and they replaced the viscous damper on rear axle. This did seem to smooth out the car but shortly after at 4200 miles the vibration is coming back and getting more pronounced at 60 to 75 mph. The car has Nexen tires and they look ok and have been independently checked by four shops so I took it to another Dodge dealer and they think the issue is with the tires but wont work on the vehicle unless the tires are changed out by Nexen under warranty, but they wont facilitate the warranty (told me to talk to Nexen-I did and they told me the dealer should do it). Any suggestions here since my experience with Dodge product and dealers is at a all time low due to not standing behind their product—Dodge sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhareFred Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 Sounds EXACTLY like my 09. The seats would vibrate at highway speeds, free massage. Not even on the options list, Massaging seats at highway speeds. Anyway, what size tires do you have? My 09 has 19’s on it and they have been a b@#%h to balance since day 1! Never got it right on the first try, always took 3. That was with the factory tires and a set of Michilene’s I now run Bridgestones and on the first try balance was great. Local Firestone dealer did it right on the first try. It’s all in how the weights are set. BTW, I hope you meant 10 ounces, not pounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota176 Posted July 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 Nexen 225-55/R19 tires. The road force is simulated using a Hunter Engineering Road force balance machine that pushes on and rolls the tire with about 1700lbs of force, and then the resistance is measured and adjusted to be lower. 15lbs or less of resistance indicates a reasonable amount of out of round condition between the tire and the wheel, but it will not detect a flat spot or defective belt. My tires road forced at 9, 8, 7 and 5 lbs, and on two separate tire services, they indicated that they had to adjust the weights so it seems that they tires will not stay in balance after driving the vehicle, which to me is a defect in the manufacturing process due to the variable spring rate in the tires. Pressures on all of the tires has been checked multiple times to be at 36 psi cold and then it'll show on the display to be 38-40 psi after running the vehicle which appears to be normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 -i love cooper cs5 touring tires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhareFred Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 Ahh, thanks for the explanation! Wasn’t clear on the 10 pound thing, and now I am.. 2late4u 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota176 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Tire vendor indicated that the Nexen tires were missing weights and were not balanced properly- its the same shop that did the last inspection/balance. All four tires replace with Yokohama, road force balanced, and alignment checked to be Ok. Noticeable improvement now but, yes but, it still has a vibration at 60-70 mph with the seats shaking and not much in steering wheel...suspect something is wrong in the drive line...will take it back to Dodge now to investigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 let them know that you keep bringing it back for the same problem and that you are starting to think you have gotton a lemon and check out your lemon laws in your state, who paid for the different tires? keep up with the dealership and your timeline on what you are taking it back and what for,i think they are just hoping you will give up on getting it right till they tell you well its to late and to many miles for anything to be done jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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