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As the question states, im pretty sure my tires are balanced fine, as I just got them done for like the 5th time. I have an 04 with roughly 46k miles's. I im getting some slight viabrations and dont know where else to turn.

My front rotors are definately warped and will be replaced. In terms of suspension, my car is still under warranty but Honda claims nothing is wrong with the suspension.

Would the fact that the rotors are warped would cause viabrations even if the brakes are NOT applied? Ie. tight clearance with the rotor and pad causing the high point to meet the pad constantly??

Anything else?

 
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I have the same problem and I just had my struts replaced but the tech said that my tires may need rotated. The vibrations is not as bad now but is still there. Sorry if this doesnt help.

 
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Look for the simplist answer. Its probably tires, and your rear drums. When I brake I get a very shakey steering wheel. Just replaced the front pads a few months ago. Also I know I need to rotate my tires so all that plays a part with the feel of your car. Hope I could help

 
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Does it always vibrate, whenever it is moving at any speed or just higher speeds? If this scenario were true (pads hitting rotor), which seems very improbable, it would happen at all speeds, and as the pad wore at the contact point it would stop until the next time you applied the brakes. So basically, if the pads were contacting the rotors then it would eventually stop (i.e. long road with no stops).

Have you rotated tires to make sure you don't have 1 (or 2) that may be slightly out of round? I would put front driver to rear, drive it, front pass to rear, drive it, then front driver to rear and drive it. See if any combo makes more or less vibrations then concentrate on those tires. Some tires can "balance" but still be slightly out of round. Some places balance the tire loaded (I believe it's called road force balancing) which provides the best balancing, it might help.

 
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I dont understand how the rear drums could cause the steering wheel to viabrate?


I have actually used two different sets of tires/rims (winter and summer set) and both have a similar viabration happening. I can feel it starting at 50km/h and up. Like I mentioned, it just feels like im driving on rough roads all the time.

 
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check the front end for lose worn parts. Rear drum are NOT the problem. If you have changed tires around it either isnt the tires or ALL the tires you have tried are all BAD. Look for other rotating bad bent parts, axle, cv-joints, motor mounts..... any other symptoms, noise?

 
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if the rotors are warped bad enough, they'll be vibrating side to side as the car's driving. it could cause some minor vibration.

 
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You need to balance your tires, not rotate them. the only reason it's not as bad when you rotate them is probably because the back ones didn't need balancing as bad. or vice versa, it could have become a worse vibration if the back ones needed balancing badly. Trust me, i worked with tires for 4 1/2 years.

 
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he already did.....

 
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oops, i missed that part..

 
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^he also said it happens with two different sets of wheels/tires. i'd look under it, at the front end. as mentioned, check your cv joints/boots, tie rods, control arm bushings, etc. see if anything is loose, or worn.

 
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I dont think your rotors are warped... if so, how'd you do that? breaking around a corner isnt going to warp your rotors.

It mgiht be hot spots left after agressive driving from hard breaking (breaking friction=heaing up) and then holding that spot on the rotor when stopped.

 
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thanks for all the replies guys!!

rotors are definately warped, they became warped last year because of the 5 times i brought the car back to get the tires re-balanced, the morons over tightened the rims and ended up warping the rotors.......they are warped for sure

i brought it to honda again, they say that the tires are fine and that the car is fine!!!........where does that leave me?? nowhere!

They are replacing the rear right strut because its clunking in the cold......totally unrelated i think but they think it might have something to do with the viabrations aswell, i really doubt it.

The good news is, when i got the car back, the viabrations were reduced slightly. im going to call them on monday to find out what they touched/looked at that may have resulted in the reduced viabrations........im just crossing my fingers!

 
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Yes, warped rotors can cause vibrations even without braking. Happened to my wife's truck and we went thrugh the same song and dance you're going through until I replaced the warped rear rotors.

Another thought, which also happened to wife's truck. Both front tires were shot even though there was still plenty of tread left on them. The belts in the tires slipped and/or broke and her truck would shake like a muthaphooka past 60 mph. Check your sidewalls for any odd looking bumps (at least 1" in diameter or bigger) or dents of the same size. That may be your problem as well. And these were Coopers not BFGs. Oh well. Hope that helps!

 
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warped rotors will cause vibrations in a rythm, like tak tak tak. but urs is probably just unbalanced tires. rotate them and balance them and 9.5 out of 10 it will fix.

warped rotors also make noise and u should decrease in fuel efficiency.

ashok.

 
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He has balanced and rotated them.

 
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he's also tried different sets of wheels/tires. you guys need to read the whole thread.

 
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U can still balance a warped rim, If the weigh machine say 5.00 ounces and the other side says .75. It will balance, the rim is still warped. So thats something to think about.

 
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i guess you don't read. already been covered:

 
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ya but if it calls for 5 on one said and .75 o the other, then the wheel is bent or th tire is out of round. even if the machine says its balanced out the rim or tire is still messed up and will still cause vibrations wether its balanced or not. if i were you i would check for worn front end parts lie suggested already. your bearings could be it also. i would not worry about the rotors being the culprit. another thing, does the vibration get worse when you hit the brakes or does it get better or what?

 
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try checking engine mounts.