# New tires **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, murano\ **Created:** [September 18, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires/68023 "2011-09-18T17:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mmarsh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mmarsh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires/68023/1 "2011-09-18T17:57:26Z")
I purchased new tires for my Nissan Murano in April of this year. I bought Goodrich longtrails as my research showed they were recommended. As soon as I drove it there was a vibration in the wheel so I took it back to have the tires re-balanced. When I picked it up it was clear that the new balance had helped but they had warped my front rotors and now I had a vibration in my brakes. I took it to a difference service person who changed my rotors and re-balanced my tires. Now my brakes work well but I still have a bad vibration in the steering wheel between 60-80 miles per hour. Is balancing tires really that difficult or is there something else that could be causing this vibration? ---
**Author:** ![PhillipNeuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@PhillipNeuman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PhillipNeuman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires/68023/2 "2011-09-18T19:56:13Z")
You could have a bad tire. Try rotating the tires from front to back and see if the problem is the same. A wheel can be balanced correctly, but still cause vibration. Look at the balancing weights. If one wheel has a much larger weight on it than the others, I would suspect that tire, first. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires/68023/3 "2011-09-18T22:31:06Z")
A tire shop that warps your rotors is not a good tire shop. New tires, properly balanced, should not vibrate. I, too, think you may have a faulty tire. It happens now and then. You didn’t mention wheel alignment. Did you have the wheels aligned when the tires were installed? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires/68023/4 "2011-09-19T12:07:36Z")
There is another property of tires called uniformity - think “out of round” and you’ll be close. A tire (and wheel) can be perfectly balanced and still be “out of round”. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires/68023/5 "2011-09-19T15:56:27Z")
One other possibility, you could have an out of round rim. This is not from your driving, but carelessness with the tire mounting equipment can lead to a bent rim. Have the wheels inspected by an independent mechanic and document if a rim is bent. Take pictures if any damage is visible from the equipment. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires/68023/6 "2011-09-19T16:31:36Z")
I agree with others that you may have a defective tire. Find a shop that does “road force balancing” and have them check the wheels. If you do have a defective tire, take the report to the shop where you bought the tires and have them replace it. These machines spin balance the tires with a simulated road force applied, using a spinning drum pressed against the tire. They’ll detect internal defects and out of round (or coaxiality) problems that regular spin balancers cannot.