When my car is stationary or moving, turning the wheel almost all the way to the left causes strong vibrations throughout the car. I told the mechanics about it, and they suggested replacing the engine mounts, but that’s too expensive and might not fix the problem.
To investigate, I checked where the vibrations were strongest and found it was coming from the left driver-side wheel well. I tried pulling on parts making sure everything was in place and noticed that if I pull hard on the CV axle during the vibrations, the problem goes away. Any idea? My car is a 2013 Elantra.
Raise the vehicle until the left tire is off the ground.
Grab the left tire at the 3 and 9 o:clock positions and try wiggling the tire.
If the tire wiggles, a bad tie rod end might be causing the vibration.
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Who were “the mechanics”? Some Jiffy Lube shop?
Find a local, independently owned shop that specializes in things like steering, suspension and alignments. Tell them about it and ask them to look everything over.
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Good ideas above. Might want to start there. My pinhead diy’er idea is the power steering pump might be the problem.
Your CV axle may need replacing. Seems I read another post somewhere where this was the problem and replacing the axle was the solution on a Hyundai.
“When my car is stationary or moving…”
Curious – How would defective CV axle cause vibration when car is stationary? Coupling engine vibration to running gear?
How, or what direction are you pulling on the axle?? like you are hanging from it pulling towards the floor? Or pulling it away from the transmission towards the wheel??
And pulling on the inner tie rod end the same way as the axle didn’t effect anything??
And zero vibration turning right?