Recently my car (2004 Accord EX sedan 4 cyl.) has starting a pretty bad vibration/wobble. I feel it in the front and once it starts happening it happens at speeds 40 and higher. It also continues when I brake until I reach slower speeds to like 35mph or so. Also, sometimes If I get off the highway and stop at a red light it will go away when I go back up to speed. It might take more than 1 stop though. Here are the list of things I’ve done:

1. Balanced the two front tires.
2. Replaced my driver side outer tie rod.
3. New Caliper on driver side
4. New guide pins, greased.

After the tire balance it starting doing it the same day. Later, I noticed my driver side wheel would get considerably hotter than my passenger wheel so I thought it could be the caliper getting stuck or be sticking. At 190k miles I decided to just buy a new one. After that it was shake free for 3 days I believe and it started doing it again. My driver side wheel still gets hotter than the passenger side. I’m thinking of changing my brake line, as I’ve heard that could be the culprit. What do you think it could be? Axle? Simply alignment? Thanks in advanced for any help.

 

This happened once to me a long time ago. I replaced a list of stuff, starting from the traditional cures. I'll skip the story.

Try swapping wheels and tire with a friend. Not to keep, just to try it out. Don't try to trade cause you'll loose a friend.

So that was my story. I did everything with no success. When I put on a another set of wheels and tires. No wobbles or shakes.

And I end up buying a brand new set of wheels and tires.

Sometimes, no matter what the shop does, there are some things they just can eliminate no matter how good they are. And it's nothing against them.

 

Probably worn bushings.

Either front compliance or rear trailing.

Often when the rtabs go, people think the problem is in the front of the car.

 

Even before trading wheels with a friend, try a rotation. Front to back, back to front. If the vibration moves, then there's your problem.

 

Thanks guys.

I forgot to mention that sometimes the car will not move when put in D or R. It did it today after my wife told me it was shaking on her way over to my job. So I put in P and pumped the brake hard two or three times and put it back in R and it moved that time. Also, the driver side wheel is still getting hotter than the passenger one. Lastly, the wobble/shake doesn't happen all the time, just sometimes.

I still think it will have to be my brake line. Have any of ya'll thoughts changed now?

 

I would get the car looked at by a professional that can effectively diagnose the issues before it gets worse and causes more damage, or worse - causes a crash.

 

Very true testify...as of now I'm trying to do the work myself since I can and have the community help diagnose with their personal experiences and knowledge.