I recently purchased my scirocco, a 59 plate 2.0 tsi in rising blue, I love it and it's fantastic. However I have noticed that there is a sort of intermittent vibration when cruising at motorway speeds... Between about 65 and 80. It's possible to drive through the vibration and above these speeds it seems to settle down but for obvious reasons this isn't very practical.
Initially thought it was the wheel balance that was out but you can feel it more through the pedals and the floor than the steering wheel. There is also no sign of juddering under breaking.
Just looking for some thoughts from people with more experience before I go running back to the garage to get it fixed.
Any help would be massively appreciated. Cheers
Vibration at motorway speeds
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Cuprabob
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- I drive a: GT 2.0 TDI 170/184
- In: Rising Blue
- With a: Manual box
- Location: S/W Scotland
Re: Vibration at motorway speeds
Check the wear of the rear tyres. It's a trait of the platform that they can wear abnormally
Normally it just causes a drone or rumbling at certain speeds buy in extreme cases it causes vibration.
Obviously check all wheel bolts are tight and as you say balancing too. It's not unknown for the Scirocco wheels to buckle so check that too.
Normally it just causes a drone or rumbling at certain speeds buy in extreme cases it causes vibration.
Obviously check all wheel bolts are tight and as you say balancing too. It's not unknown for the Scirocco wheels to buckle so check that too.
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blower
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- I drive a: 1.4 TSI 160
- In: Reflex Silver
- With a: DSG box
Re: Vibration at motorway speeds
It will be the wheel balance - I have had a lot of experience with this on VW cars, the rear especially is very sensitive to anything slightly out of balance or round.
Do the above checks as cuprabob says, but if its still there you need to get a roadforce balance. A rhythmic vibration that builds and drops and builds, at between 65 and 85mph, is always wheel balance.
9 times out of 10 its balance issues that normal balance shops can't correct. Usually one of the alloy wheels has an unusual balance an the only way to correct it is to get it on a roadforce balancer where they line up the tyre rotationally to cancel out the weight differences. Also hunter roadforce balancer systems are much more accurate than the, usually out of calibration, cheap balances normal tyre places use.
http://www.balancemycar.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - shows you where the near roadforce balancer is.
Do the above checks as cuprabob says, but if its still there you need to get a roadforce balance. A rhythmic vibration that builds and drops and builds, at between 65 and 85mph, is always wheel balance.
9 times out of 10 its balance issues that normal balance shops can't correct. Usually one of the alloy wheels has an unusual balance an the only way to correct it is to get it on a roadforce balancer where they line up the tyre rotationally to cancel out the weight differences. Also hunter roadforce balancer systems are much more accurate than the, usually out of calibration, cheap balances normal tyre places use.
http://www.balancemycar.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - shows you where the near roadforce balancer is.
Re: Vibration at motorway speeds
Cheers for the feedback. It's got four brand new tyres on it so they shouldn't be worn yet. Will take it in to get the wheels balanced first. Hopefully a simple fix