# Tire hop or vibration. 85 buick le sabre the car has 137k original miles. I just. Replaced front and rear shocks and still feels un safe

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-hop-or-vibration-85-buick-le-sabre-the-car-has-137k-original-miles-i-just-replaced-front-and-rear-shocks-and-still-feels-un-safe/132255>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-hop-or-vibration-85-buick-le-sabre-the-car-has-137k-original-miles-i-just-replaced-front-and-rear-shocks-and-still-feels-un-safe/132255 "2019-01-08T15:22:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dayner1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dayner1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dayner1)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-hop-or-vibration-85-buick-le-sabre-the-car-has-137k-original-miles-i-just-replaced-front-and-rear-shocks-and-still-feels-un-safe/132255/1 "2019-01-08T15:22:24Z")

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85 buick has sudden vibratibv"

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-hop-or-vibration-85-buick-le-sabre-the-car-has-137k-original-miles-i-just-replaced-front-and-rear-shocks-and-still-feels-un-safe/132255/2 "2019-01-08T15:25:33Z")

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Have the tire checked at any tire shop. The tire may have a belt that broke loose.

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-hop-or-vibration-85-buick-le-sabre-the-car-has-137k-original-miles-i-just-replaced-front-and-rear-shocks-and-still-feels-un-safe/132255/3 "2019-01-08T16:13:53Z")

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Could also be that the bad old suspension got the tires good and cupped.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-hop-or-vibration-85-buick-le-sabre-the-car-has-137k-original-miles-i-just-replaced-front-and-rear-shocks-and-still-feels-un-safe/132255/4 "2019-01-08T16:25:16Z")

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Tire balance, bad tire, worn suspension are good guesses.

How old (years and miles) are the tires?