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Originally Posted by carpen
There is a vibration on my 2008 LE V6, which the stealer can't seem to fix. There is a vibration between 65 and 80 mph. After I rotate the tires the vibration is much less noticeable. Then after another rotation, which happens every 5000 K, the vibration comes back and is very noticeable.
The toyota technical rep test drove and could not seem to agree to any problem, which is not a surprise - but had the stealer replace 2 Bridgestone tires. This did not help.
The tires/wheels have been rebalanced 3 or 4 times and car has 16k miles on it. This problem was noticeable since the car was new.
Do you think I need to find a shop with a better Hunter road force wheel balancing machine? Or is it possible it could be an out-of-round rim?
Any help and/or insights would be greatly appreciated.
rgds,
mitch
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Hi Mitch,
I also own a LE V6, a 2009 though, but been having similar issues. I looked through the TN archives and found some posts of other Camry owners who've had this type of problem before, but no fix seemed to have ever been identified. There was an owner who ended up changing all tires and enjoyed vibration-free driving for a months only to end in square-1 later that year.
My LE currently has 8k miles on it. When I took her in for the 5k service, I had the tires rotated and that was when I started noticing the vibrations. It started with the front end almost shimying at low speeds and now there's vibrations at freeway speeds (i.e., steering wheel shakes).
A few weeks ago, I was preparing to have the four wheels balanced THEN aligned, but it seems that....again basing on your post and from others....it will be money down the drain.
Just out of curiosity, does your LE have alloy wheels or hubcaps on steelies? How often do you....uh, 'remind' yourself of the power of that V6? I've done a few hard launches where the tires chirped...even 'axle hopped'. Mine did not come with traction control. My tires are still OEM - Michelins S8. I'm just wondering where the other commonalities are as these problems seem to happen with V6-equipped (or in blown Camrys
) and most are LEs.
LEphant
