When driving along quickly 120km/h steering wheel shake ??

 

balance your front tires, or come to think of it, since it's middle of winter, you may just have some ice accumulated inside rims.

 

Yea, more than likely a wheel/tire problem. Have the front wheels put on the rear and the rear wheels put on the front and see if the problem goes away.

When you do, inspect the wheels for crud/mud/ice inside the rims, missing tire balance weights and or something big stuck into a tire.

 

I have the same problem after rotation, then wheel inspection, then new Michelin Tires. It happens after a lot of braking and downhill driving.

 

Not sure what you mean "after braking" If steering wheel shakes when you press on brakes, you have brake pads material build up on front rotors that needs to be cleaned. If seat/car body shakes, it's rear rotors same cause.

 

This thread is 6 months old... He/She has probably figured it out.

 

AJ,

123stephen posted two days ago....

 

No it's the front. Ok I'll do that.

 

Stephen,

Have someone put a run out gauge on your rotors to see if they are warped. Another possible problem would be an out of round tire. As a last resort, check the struts as they can bypass fluid after getting hot and let too much vibration go undamped in the front suspension.

 

Rotors do not warp. It had been confirmed beyond any doubt even by Big Three. They have a conference once a year, lead engineers, where they discuss common issues and solutions. They clearly said that for rotors to warp, they have to be heated to white hot and that is not happening on TCHs. But lack of proper bedding and proper braking habits slowly builds up uneven pads material on rotors, causing runout and shake.
Common folk simply takes rotors to a shop that turns them. You might as well take them to a power tool and remove build up in your garage with same effect. But it's VERY dusty and hazardous job. Then again, $79 to turn 2 rotors sucks too.
Please read:
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Unfortunately, every Toyota and Honda we owned or own, has rotors material that, if not properly bedded in, is very prone to those build ups. On my 04 CR-V I had to turn rotors every 15 000 miles, until I found about bedding. Thereafter - 75 000 miles on same rotors till she was sold. From that on, if I am forced to turn rotors - my wife has no clue how to brake properly - I bed them the very moment wheels were put back on.