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71 messages, Last post on Mar 25, 2009 at 7:52 AM
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I was driving my 2005 Jeep Liberty on a smooth paved highway at 130 kph when all of a sudden I seem to lose control of the steering wheel and the front tires seem to wobble. The feeling is like when you drive over a rail road track where the tires would wobble left and right and the steering wheel would turn left and right as well except that it's not bumpy like on a rail track. I didn't notice anything bumpy that woudl suggest something I drove over that would cause the wobble. I was fortunate not to panic or I could have pulled the steering wheel hard which could have resulted in a rollover at that speed. I stopped and had it towed to my dealership. Now, problem is they can't find anything wrong. They'll again take a look at it today. If they can't find anything wrong with it, how could anyone drive it again especially with a wife and kid inside? Has anyone experienced this? Thanks. |
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Replying to: tigerkuds (May 16, 2006 8:13 am) |
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Replying to: tigerkuds (May 16, 2006 8:13 am)
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Replying to: bvcrd (May 16, 2006 10:28 am) As of yesterday, they tried to duplicate the problem and had it road tested. They were not able to duplicate the problem. They also told me that they can't find anything wrong. I don't know how much they checked though. I told them I won't mind them driving the jeep for 3 hours on the highway at 130 kph. That's because I'm not satisfied that a 10 or 20 minute road test is enough. If they have to drive the vehicle for 1 day at 130 kph I won't mind at all.
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Replying to: tigerkuds (May 16, 2006 11:45 am)
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Replying to: bvcrd (May 16, 2006 3:20 pm) Aliens are out of equation. I didn't experience any missing time. 
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Replying to: tigerkuds (May 17, 2006 8:20 am) |
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Replying to: tigerkuds (May 16, 2006 8:13 am) I had a similar problem that you described on a new car. My problem did not show up until I had several thousand miles on the tires. When I reached about 75mph, the right front tire [and the car] would start shaking violently... felt & sounded like the tire had come a part[or running over railroad tracks, as you described].I took the car to the dealership and they checked the front end out, including the tire, test drove & could not duplicate. As soon as I left the dealership, I duplicated the problem at about 75mph. I went to a tire store & had them inspect the inside of the tire. They did not see a belt problem, but I replaced with a new tire. Problem solved. Apparently a belt was seperating at high speeds, and was not visable when static.
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Replying to: onecobra (May 17, 2006 5:32 pm) |
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Replying to: tigerkuds (May 16, 2006 8:13 am)
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