Steering Wheel Pulsation

[yotatechie04]

When I'm driving down the road, at about 25 - 30 m.p.h. the steering wheel pulsates and has this back and forth moving going on. Anyone know what causes this, and what can be done to fix this? (It seems like I'm having way too many suspension problems.)

[grapefury]

check your tires, pressure/alignment etc

[grapefury]

it happened to me also right after a shop did some tire work, but the problem went away by itself strangely heh

[Nick]

tire balancing/tire out of round

[Yanahdi]

Get your balance checked. If its not your tires then your rims might be out of round (maybe slightly bent). I've had both of these problems before.

Alignment will cause the car to pull to the left or right. Unbalanced wheels will make the steering wheel shimmy back and forth that will get worse the faster you go.

[Your Uncle Moe]

Yeah Get a tire balance. Around here they do it for $4 dollars a wheel. Real cheap and that might get rid of your problem.

[Camdaddy]

Unbalanced tires for or uneven wear patterns on tires cause by incorrect alignment angles....4 bucks to aligns thats amazing...I work at Sears Auto Center and they charge 11 bucks a tire....hehe...

[Your Uncle Moe]

I forgot to mention that its 4 dollars at the costco tire center.

I dont know how much it costs outside the Costco tire center. But all I know is that I paid 4 dollars a tire over there. Try your closest Costco. And if your not a member, go with a friend.

[yotatechie04]

Thanks for all of your help guys, I figured out that it was the tire pressure, it was really off. I had about 12 pounds in the pass. front tire, and about 20 pounds in the driver side. After leveling them out, the pulsating stopped.