# 1998 Lincoln Town Car vibration at high speed **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** towncar, lincoln\ **Created:** [October 28, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705 "2018-10-28T17:31:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ClarkeMelville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@ClarkeMelville](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ClarkeMelville)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/1 "2018-10-28T17:31:33Z")
High speed vibration perhaps, but not necessarily, related to transmission moving to overdrive ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/2 "2018-10-28T18:13:51Z")
Question?? ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/3 "2018-10-28T20:30:59Z")
How about a LOT more information . . . At what vehicle speed? On the freeway? Steering wheel vibrating? The entire vehicle is vibrating? ---
**Author:** ![ClarkeMelville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@ClarkeMelville](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ClarkeMelville)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/4 "2018-10-28T21:18:42Z")
Hey ho: 90 to 120 kph – on freeway or secondary road. It presents in the steering wheel, but passengers notice. The Linc only has 90,000 km (55,000 miles) on it. Had the tires balanced and alignment done, and mechanic advises front end is tight. Leaving me to think that it may be in the drivetrain. _ **Clarke** _ ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/5 "2018-10-28T21:53:25Z")
Any bent rims . . . ? ---
**Author:** ![ClarkeMelville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@ClarkeMelville](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ClarkeMelville)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/6 "2018-10-28T22:47:39Z")
Interesting question. I will have my mechanic check – they are factory mag wheels. The problem is annoying because this car should float quietly and smoothly at freeway speeds. sigh _ **Clarke** _ ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/7 "2018-10-29T12:50:32Z")
Find someone with a Hunter GSP9700 balance machine. Have them tell you what the RoadForce values are. I’ll bet they are over 30 pounds. [http://www.hunter.com/gsp9700](http://www.hunter.com/gsp9700) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-lincoln-town-car-vibration-at-high-speed/127705/8 "2018-10-30T04:43:46Z")
If you think it is the overdrive, can you use d3, or some other button to turn off overdrive and test it out?