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My car just started to shake real bad at 65+mph. What could be causing this? TIA!

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Old 12-03-2002, 01:08 PM
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Default My car just started to shake real bad at 65+mph. What could be causing this? TIA!

BTW its FWD with like 96,500 miles on her. Thanks!
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where do you live? Snow on the ground?
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Ya sounds like snow in the wheels to me too if it was that sudden with no potholes or anything
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Default hmm, the roads are cleared by now but ya know what?.....

I was out messing around in the snow last night and I bet there IS some snow or ice stuck in the tread. I'll have to check. Thanks again!
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Don't worry about the tread - check the spokes and inner rim of the wheel, not the tire.
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Default Good idea, something similar happened to me...

It was after a monster storm and when I was shoveling between cars, snow got shoved against the wheels and in between the spokes. It had to be the snow, because the vibration went away after it melted later that day.
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bumpy road
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Default alignment, shocks, flat tire, earthquake, sonic boom, nuclear blast, being drunk...

no but seriously, it could be the shocks or the alignment or even the wheel isn't balances (as in the little weight that keeps it balanced came off). see if the car drifts on the freeway under normal conditions and if it still happens take it to the shop to get checked out.
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