# Steering Wheel

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 21, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292 "2009-01-21T17:20:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jtara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jtara](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtara)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292/1 "2009-01-21T17:20:44Z")

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I have a 99 Camry with 166,000 miles. I have recently noticed that I am having some unusual vibration and movement in my steering wheel much like a wobbling effect. I have checked my tires, however, it seems to be on the right front end…  
  
 Any ideas on what would suddenly cause this?  
  
 Janice

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292/2 "2009-01-21T17:24:36Z")

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One of the most common reasons is an out of balance tire. If it appeared very suddenly you might have just lost a wheel weight and it is easy to have the tires rebalanced.

But then there are quite a few other things that can cause this like worn suspension and/or steering components. I would take it to a good front end shop for a test drive & a once over. If nothing obvious shows up start with having all of the tires rebalanced.

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292/3 "2009-01-21T17:27:00Z")

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Car out of alignment or bad tire(s) are the two main possible causes for this. There are other possibilities too, but I would eliminate those two before looking elsewhere.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292/4 "2009-01-21T18:08:10Z")

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This time of year we see a lot of such problems due to a chunk of snow on the wheel throwing it out of balance. Also pot holes can damage the internal tyre and cause such a problem.

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**Author:** ![jtara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jtara](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtara)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292/5 "2009-01-21T18:43:29Z")

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Makes sense to me…I’ll bring it in for a balance check. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel/25292/6 "2009-01-21T19:20:14Z")

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In addition to the other suggestions make sure the lug nuts are tight. I had lug nuts loosen up 2 or 3 months after I changed a tire on my Ford Windstar.