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  1. #1
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    Exclamation BMW X5 2003 3.0i Steering Wheel Shakes!!!

    Hi everyone,
    I would appreciate your help in this situation.
    I have a BMW X5 2003 3.0i and also have the issue with it of the steering wheel that shakes while driving more than 55 mph.
    Also I can feel the weirdly shacking of the car even when i drive 10-20 mph not in the steering wheel but in the gas and brake pedals and car seat and also in the armrest, i can feel that the whole car shakes even looking thru the windshield you can tell that car is shacking up left to up right like driving a boat.
    I have performed all of this things already on the car:
    1) About a year ago put a new rack and pinion (the steering wheel started shacking about 3 moths after)
    2) About a year ago Put a new suspension on it all arms.
    3) Not too long ago put new shocks on it (front and back)
    4) Not too long ago put new Wheel Bearings and new Hub (Front both) cause they had some noise.
    5) About 2 days ago performed a Road Force Balance ( it helps usually with this issue but didn't save my situation ), cause I've done about 3 regular balance and nothing was helping.
    6) About half a year ago I've put new brake rotors and new brake pads.
    Nothing of the listed things helped my problem even slightly, its still the way it was.

    I have one more thing that i will do, I will be changing the front both Brake Calipers (I have a feeling that they are sticking), because When i Brake i can feel just a tiny bit of hit in the steering wheel. And also 1 out of 10 times of braking it pulls my car to left drastically. I will change those and also bleed the system and see how it will go after this.
    I will keep you guys posted about this, have no idea if it will help and have no idea if its the front ones which are bothering my Drive and not he back ones as well.

    Thank you guys ahead if anybody knows this issue and had same symptoms please help!
    Last edited by Exot1ck; 10-13-2018 at 10:03 AM.

  2. #2
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    2001 525it
    I would take the car to a BMW shop and let them have a look you can't keep throwing parts at it

  3. #3
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    SF Bay Area
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    98 M3 vert, 05 X5
    Shot in the dark here -- you didn't mention checking your alignment -- and didn't mention how old your tires are. Perhaps one or the other is the cause of shaking, which sounds like worsens with speed.....(?)

  4. #4
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    2012 X6 35i
    Check your R&P preload, had the same issue on my FJ and a $300 Snap-On torque-wrench which measures infinitesimally-small torque fixed it
    2007 FJ Cruiser (best vehicle to date)
    2012 X6 35i Sport
    2013 ML350 BT
    2019 4Runner

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