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BilboBoggles
22nd April 2013, 03:35 PM
8 week old MY13
Got 3,000ks on it.

Heavy vibration in steering wheel, to the point it makes the hands go numb and tingle. It's a high frequency vibration in time with engine revs, more like a buzz than a vibration. Only occurs under heavy acceleration over 75kmh and only when turning the wheel to the right. You can make a tune by just feeling a little right hand turn on a freeway at 100k's in 5th or 6th whilst accelerating.

Take your foot off - no vibration - regardless of the wheel input.

I thought Intercooler hose rubbing, especially as the intercooler hose blew the other day. But now the hoses are replaced, the dealer tells me it's still doing it.

Dealer thinks it's a steering damper with a flat spot. But my experience of dampers is that if faulty it's more of a wobble, I would not have thought the steering damper could damped high frequency vibrations as they have rubber bushes and there would be too much play in those...

Any ideas?

wovenrovings
22nd April 2013, 07:07 PM
All I can think of is that something is rubbing when the engine is under power.
The only other thing is, I have wondered what a cv with no oil would feel like....maybe?

bee utey
22nd April 2013, 07:25 PM
Faulty front drive shaft universal? Possibly assembled with the incorrect phase angle. A bit of RH lock would tilt the axle slightly and increase the angle of the unis.

Yorkshire_Jon
23rd April 2013, 03:38 PM
I know its new, but has it got a lift on it?

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BilboBoggles
24th April 2013, 09:56 AM
No - still stock standard.

I got it back yesterday, it's not vibrating as badly in fact it's really only doing it occasionally now. they did replace the steering damper - but I bet that's not the cause of the issue. Will have to drive it some more to see is whatever it is finally breaks.