Follow up on car vibration

Comment #17

justxploring — Sun, 06 May 2007 23:40:16 GMT

May 6 - just added 5 pounds of pressure to each tire and the ride feels much better. The sidewall indicates that 44psi is max pressure and the Toyota guide suggests 29psi. I brought the pressure up to 35psi and it feels more stable. I don't want to overinflate the tires, since that would be unsafe, but I am not concerned too much at this time about the wear since my main problem is comfort. Funny - most people say adding air makes the ride stiffer, but I am experiencing the opposite reaction.... [ More ]

Comment #16

justxploring — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:13:51 GMT

This is a mystery to me True Critic. I just got home and I feel as if I was on a roller coaster and my body is really hurting. I made an appointment with a tire place in Naples. He's a really nice guy who sold me tire for my Hyundai and was very honest. He said he'll take it for a test drive. I still think something is wrong with the car and it needs an adjustment. Today I had a lot of trouble braking. I was sitting at a light and the car wouldn't stay in one place. It jerked forward and I had to use 2 feet. I don't like this car. Funny how you wish for something and when you get it, it's not what you expected. I've had beaters that felt better. Hope it's only the tires.... [ More ]

Comment #15

truecritic — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:15:07 GMT

Tire balancing is always needed with new tires. Alignment should be OK, assuming no major pot holes from now until you get new tires.

Comment #14

justxploring — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:56:05 GMT

Hope your week gets better. By the way - regarding the tire comments & price. I just looked at my tires and they say Sigma Shadow (black) and run about $65 each. Looks as if they are made by Cooper. Not sure.

Comment #13

angelm — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:50:53 GMT

Came out of work yesterday-my tire was flat to the rim-Mondays are never good fo me!!

Comment #12

justxploring — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:37:42 GMT

Thanks, Rick. I'll look for that kind. Unfortunately, I just bought the car in Nov so I'll try to live with this problem. Later this year I'll need to spend $300 or more on the 30,000 service, so I am very disappointed I didn't notice this before. It does make sense that the tires are just cheap and I need better ones. The shop foreman said there's never any guarantee that will make a difference. I'll try to live with this for now, although sometimes I really hurt after only a short ride. I wonder if after changing tires if I would need to start all over again with the 4 wheel balance and the alignment which I just paid for last week.... [ More ]

Comment #11

Rick G — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:49:57 GMT

Considering the amount of miles you put on a car, it may be a good investment to go with a higher quality tire when you do change them.

Comment #10

justxploring — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:24:33 GMT

One more note - just went to the Tire Kingdom site. These tires are not the cheapest they sell for my car. They are definitely not expensive tires, but they had 3 other choices that were cheaper. Still, it looks as if decent tires run around $100 each.

Comment #9

justxploring — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:20:15 GMT

Thanks everyone for your input.

Comment #8

justxploring — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:06:41 GMT

Thanks, JAP69. Good point, but this was not a trade. I made sure of that when I bought it. I didn't want a trade-in. If someone traded in a car less than a year old I'd wonder why. Anyway, I asked for a detailed CarFax report on the VIN and it had never been titled to anyone. However, it is possible that the Enterprise location it was transferred from used switched out the tires for another customer or rental. I've purchased vehicles from rental places before, however. The Oldsmobile I bought in 94 was from Budget and was a great car. Saved a lot of money. I don't want to sound naive or gullible, but the people I bought my Camry from went out of their way to make it right for me. They even sent a touch-up specialist to my home to touch up the bumper since I live 45 minutes away. It's only been 5 months so I might call them up to ask if they can suggest anything, but as I said before, the car was okay for months. I had no trouble driving hundreds of miles Christmas weekend. I'll checkout the link.... [ More ]

Comment #7

SlingKing — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:56:25 GMT

If she bought the car from enterprise, they wouldn't waste time with switching the tires. But on another note, i wouldn't recommend buying a used rental car. The amount you save is not worth the hard miles put on the car. I can't stand cheap tires! They don't ride good, they don't grip the road good, they don't stop good, they go flat easy, they wear out fast. To sum it all up, cheap tires are dangerous. Replace'em asap.<br

Comment #6

JAP69 — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:35:25 GMT

I done a quick search and found this site. Maybe you can find info there. http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ee9e769

Comment #5

JAP69 — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:23:17 GMT

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Comment #4

justxploring — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:21:17 GMT

Pac, my car only has 23,000 miles on it. I bought it in Nov with 18,000 miles (it's a 2006) It is under warranty so I need to do whatever the dealer suggests or I'll void the warranty. Since a Camry gets such great reviews, I have to believe it has something to do with the crummy tires.

Comment #3

pacattack05 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:34:55 GMT

I doubt that the drive shaft is the problem in your case, considering the van I use is a 2003 GMC Safari, with almost a half a million miles on it.

Comment #2

SirMetro — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:28:34 GMT

Perhaps you can get some of the same material they use in the beds they advertise which asorb motion. It's kinda like foam, I will post the name when I remember it. I only remember they advertise how it was "developed for NASA". The small amount of seperation of your body from the car seat could help you some.

Comment #1

SirMetro — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:28:32 GMT

Original Blog Entry: Follow up on car vibration

justxploring — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:08:27 GMT