Tight/defective rear CV joint?
Any easy way to check that?
Tight/defective rear CV joint?
Any easy way to check that?
The vibration or resonance you described is the typical symptom of out of balanced tires IMO. If tires have been re-balanced and the vehicle is still having vibration issue on the highway speed, it could be caused by lateral or radial runout and force variation on tires. Only Road Force Balancing can truly resolve these issues. Try road force balancing for your tires and it could resolve your vibration issue.I have the same issue on my 2016 AWD with under 17k. A resonance sound becomes barely noticeable at about 45-50 mph and peaks noticeably at exactly 60 at which time the rymthic sound can be felt in the steering and shift lever. The resonance disappears above 60 mph. Cant hear it at 62/63.
Took it twice to dealer and one mechanic said normal for this car coming from the tranny gearing. Tires all balanced. Its there even rolling in neutral at 60 so it doesnt make sense to me. Its terrible once you realize it because 60mph is used much in traffic and the sound stands out even with high music volume. Id swear its a drive axel or shaft out of true. Someone mentioned CV joint, is there a way to confirm any of these possibilities?
New to this forum. Purchased a brand new 2018 CX-5 back in October 2018. Did a test drive before buying the car, but not on the highway speeds. Started feeling there is something wrong with the car from day two and have been working with Mazda dealerships and Mazda Corporate since then but now it looks like they do not want to take interest. The car shakes side-wise and I have to struggle with the steering wheel to keep it in the lane. There are clear signs of lateral run-out on both front tires but Mazda says that is normal. I do hear the grinding noise coming from the tires at highway speeds, like the car is constantly skidding side to side. My steering wheel started wobbling in May 2019. I have taken to three different Mazda dealerships. First one, who sold me the car, said they re-balanced the tires and alignment was with-in the specs. Second dealership said they are unable to identify the problem. By third dealership visit, the car developed steering wobble. They did a road force balance, that fixed the steering wobble only for a couple of day. It did not address the original vibration and side-to-side shake problem. The steering wobble came back after couple of days. The car feels very unsafe to drive at highway speeds. I proposed Mazda swap all for wheels with a new car, but they have been reluctant in trying things out. They have done nothing other than re-balance and road-force-balance.
Here are the couple of images of front driver-side and passenger-side tires. I am wondering any of you also had the same issue with your front tires.
There're several threads discussing similar vibration issue on the highway speed from gen-2 CX-5. Yours seems very severe, and I don't know why your Mazda dealer and Mazda North American Operations are not willing to resolve the issue for you. One member claimed his problem is mostly resolved by using only Michelin Premier LTX tires after many tries with different ways. If I were you, I'd escalate the issue with higher management person in MNAO, and file a complaint to BBB and NHTSA for safety concern.New to this forum. Purchased a brand new 2018 CX-5 back in October 2018. Did a test drive before buying the car, but not on the highway speeds. Started feeling there is something wrong with the car from day two and have been working with Mazda dealerships and Mazda Corporate since then but now it looks like they do not want to take interest. The car shakes side-wise and I have to struggle with the steering wheel to keep it in the lane. There are clear signs of lateral run-out on both front tires but Mazda says that is normal. I do hear the grinding noise coming from the tires at highway speeds, like the car is constantly skidding side to side. My steering wheel started wobbling in May 2019. I have taken to three different Mazda dealerships. First one, who sold me the car, said they re-balanced the tires and alignment was with-in the specs. Second dealership said they are unable to identify the problem. By third dealership visit, the car developed steering wobble. They did a road force balance, that fixed the steering wobble only for a couple of day. It did not address the original vibration and side-to-side shake problem. The steering wobble came back after couple of days. The car feels very unsafe to drive at highway speeds. I proposed Mazda swap all for wheels with a new car, but they have been reluctant in trying things out. They have done nothing other than re-balance and road-force-balance.
Here are the couple of images of front driver-side and passenger-side tires. I am wondering any of you also had the same issue with your front tires.
Can you post a video of the shaking and skidding?
I don't know if it's a distorted pic or an optical illusion, but that pic of the left side looks like the tire is seriously deformed.
There're several threads discussing similar vibration issue on the highway speed from gen-2 CX-5. Yours seems very severe, and I don't know why your Mazda dealer and Mazda North American Operations are not willing to resolve the issue for you. One member claimed his problem is mostly resolved by using only Michelin Premier LTX tires after many tries with different ways. If I were you, I'd escalate the issue with higher management person in MNAO, and file a complaint to BBB and NHTSA for safety concern.
19 Signature Vibration/Shake
Something loose in the suspension?
Why everybody looks only at the tire?
Once, on my first car(88' Volvo 760T) a bushing at the rear differential had to be replaced, and the mechanic did not tighten some bolts. When I was taking a big turn on a ramp(going from a fwy to another) the car started shaking violently sideways.
FYI, I'm the OP of this thread. My original tires did not look like the ones you posted. Also, my vibration was more annoyance than severe as you described. Hope you get it resolved!