Steering Wheel Vib in Brand New 2012 - Stumping the Dealership

I had a vibe on my 09' and it pulled to the right as well. Took almost a year and several trips for them to physically see the abnormal wear on the tires. Replaced my front 2 tires at 14,000 miles free of charge, no questions asked. Vibe got worse after that. Took it back 2 times before it went away.

3 month ago I purchased new tires (now at 44k miles) no vibe. Balanced correctly from the start. This was at Americas tire company. Been fine till today..

Had new rims installed today (ATX Artillery) and have a bad vibe from 45-65ish. I'll he returning tomorrow for a rebalance. Sometimes it just takes persistence and several balance attempts. Be patient and keep insisting.

 

Have same vibe on my brand new 2012. I am a technician for Toyota, so I'll let you know what I find. I have the bridgestone duelers though. 265/65R17

 

I have Dunlops on my DBDC and cannot stand them! Wish I had forced the dealer to mount Michelins on it.

 

Well, my last car was a 2002 Lexus GS430. The forum I was on was clublexus and many many people had vibrations between 45-60. I heard many conversations around harmonics and how the tires are affected at those speeds. It was a common issue and we found a few things did help.

Getting the road master balance done correctly. It is more expensive, but that's the dealers problem, not yours.

Steering tension had an adjustment that could be made to the pretensioner. Lots of us lowered our cars and it usually made the vibes worse, but if you knew how to adjust the pretensioner, most people would state that this fixed the vast majority of their vibes. I'm better behind the wheel than under the hood, maybe someone could confirm if there is a pretensioner and see if that would help by adjusting it.

I've seen dozens of conversations over this and people spending tons of cash to figure it out. If it's new, start keeping records on how much time its in the shop and if there is downtime. I don't know about lemon laws in Canada, but it seems like if the issue is there, they won't want to buy your truck back from you if that can't fix it.

I also agree with others, you carting around town spending your time and money to see specialists? I don't think its out of line to tell them to step up and fix the truck, using their resources and their money time, they are in deed, the service department.

 

I have the same issue on my 2012. I have the TSS Edition wheels, 265 65 17 BFGoodrich Rugged Terrain T/A.

Dealership has rebalanced a couple of times, replaced one tire, and in a few days is installing a new wheel. Turns out I had a defective wheel. I hope this helps with the issue.