1999 V70 awd vibration at 45 - 60 km/h

rmcmighty · Post by **rmcmighty** » 03 Dec 2013, 16:23

the weather has changed here now in Canada ..... winter .... its getting a little colder and ive noticed a vibration between 45 - 60 km/hour .... its worst at about 50 and seems to almost jar the car. if you are under 40 or over 60 its fine ... no vibration and drives straight.
i'm thinking maybe engine or tranny mount .... any advise ??

sit22II · Post by **sit22II** » 03 Dec 2013, 18:25

Before anything i would check for snow or mud stock on the inner side of the wheels.

mfagus · Post by **mfagus** » 03 Dec 2013, 21:45

Had same issue on another car, go to a tire shop and have them check the tires and see if they are properly balanced. A weight might of come off and the symptoms you describe are exactly what i had.
0-45 MPH, no vibration, 45-60 vibration, 60+ no vibration.
wheels balanced, problem solved.

Mark

rmcmighty · Post by **rmcmighty** » 09 Dec 2013, 11:58

there is not any snow or ice built up in the wheels .... im hoping i dont have a seperated tire

Post by **abscate** » 09 Dec 2013, 14:38

My V70 would go resonant at 40 mph if I had any window down by a cm or two...make sure that's not it!!

rmcmighty · Post by **rmcmighty** » 10 Dec 2013, 19:01

Today i took the car into the tire shop and had 4 new tires put on the car as well as having the wheels balanced ..... drove the car out of there and thought id take it for a little spin and see if the vibration was gone? drove for a bit to get the suspension moving around and stuff .... after about 5 mins of driving the vibration came back, seems to only do it once you are driving for a couple mins and then every time you hit 45 - 60km per hour the whole car vibrates ..... could it be a Ujoint or something else?
I've tried getting it up to 50 and slipping it into neutral .... still vibrates ... no change
maybe engine or transmission mount

rmcmighty · Post by **rmcmighty** » 10 Dec 2013, 19:57

abscate wrote:My V70 would go resonant at 40 mph if I had any window down by a cm or two...make sure that's not it!!

thanks ... but nope .... windows all up.

Post by **phils94850** » 10 Dec 2013, 20:09

could be a bad cv axle

Post by **rmmagow** » 11 Dec 2013, 07:30

Propshaft for the AWD. I don't know how to check it but my 98 AWD started doing this and taking out he propshaft fixed the vibration. Before going nuts, have it removed and see if the vibration goes away.

rmcmighty · Post by **rmcmighty** » 28 Jan 2014, 19:52

i will be removing the propshaft this evening, i changed out a bad cv shaft and it didn't fix the vibration.
I found a great link with detailed instructions on removing and reinstalling the propshaft though
http://www.swedespeed.com/artman2/publi ... epair.html
Enjoy