Thread: Steering wheel shaking

01 GP GT

My steering wheel started shaking when I was about a couple hours into a 3 hour drive. I ended up just slowing down and driving the rest of the way but the shaking still was there even at low speed 35mph or so. It's not a vibration like unbalanced tires but where the wheel shakes back and forth in your hands. If you take your hands off while driving it moves about a good inch almost 2 inches from side to side.

When I got home I assumed it was a front wheel bearing, tie rod end, or maybe the ball joint so I jacked it up to check but I can't find any play in them at all. SO now I'm stumped. The only other thing I could think of was the alignment but I didn't hit any big bumps or curbs recently and was driving 65 on the highway when it started doing it.

What am I missing.

you may have tossed a wheel weight. try rotating the tires fronts to the back. if the vibration moved its the wheels or a even a bad tire.

The tires aren't balanced so it always has a small amount of vibration but this is more than just a vibartion. The steering wheel actually jerks side to side very rapidly.

id still rotate them. its free and if your tires are old and worn they could be the issue.

Alright I'll go try that. See if it helps. It would be nice it that was the issue

So it still shakes after the tires are rotated front to back..... could it be work strut mounts?

could be a bad axle. does it seem to stop when your off the gas coasting?

Does it do it at low speed? I had this problem but a few belts broke on my tires. Inspect the tires good to make sure they arnt bad, I also had my dad drive my car at me from a distance at different speeds, how I determined which tire was bad watching the front end move. But you said you rotated the tires and it still did it tho.