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Old 12-28-2010, 01:39 PM
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Steering wheel vibration

Hey all,

I have a 2007 X5 4.8i (sports pckg with 20" wheels). I am experiencing significant vibration in my steering wheel (and in pretty much the entire vehicle) when on the highway. I just noticed the shaking last night at about 40-50 mph. We just had a really bad snow storm in the north jersey area and I spent the entire day yesterday digging my X5 out of the snow as I got stuck several times.

It does not look like I have any flat tires and my car isn't indicating any warnings, and it was running just fine on Sunday before the snow storm. Any chance this could be caused by freezing somewhere around my wheels? Hoping I did not damage anything when I got stuck in the snow.

Appreciate any input. Thanks...
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Old 12-28-2010, 01:42 PM
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You'd be surprised. Check your wheels. If there is snow jammed inside the rims, it causes them to be out of balance--thus the vibration.

Same happened to me. Just heat up the wheels and let that snow melt out of there

Edit, here's a picture to show u what I'm talking about. It's probably less severe in your case

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Thanks for the quick response Naz24... My wheels did look similar to yours at one point and I cleaned off a good amount of the snow already. I'm going to give it a closer look and try to melt some ice around the wheels as well.
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Thanks for the quick response Naz24... My wheels did look similar to yours at one point and I cleaned off a good amount of the snow already. I'm going to give it a closer look and try to melt some ice around the wheels as well.
good, I thought all mine was cleaned off. but it was on the inner part of the wheels. If you dont have a garage to let them melt in, try putting the car in direct sunlight after loosening up the snow inside the wheel
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