car shaking at above 80km

[godsson10]

I have a 2004 mazda 3gt 5 speed and today my car started to shake when I went above 80km I have no idea why it's doing this. Everything else seems normal except when I go above 80km any idea what it could be?

[rwatt]

First thing would be to check for snow and/or ice stuck to your rims. I get that every time after a big snowstorm.

[matt]

tires need to be balanced probably

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

tires need to be balanced probably

+1. It can be caused by other things, but 9 times out of 10, when a car shakes on the highway, the tires are not balanced correctly, or have gone 'out of round'.

[MAZDA Kitten]

After yesterdays snowfall I bet 100% its snow in your steelies/rims

[Jeff-TheBiz]

and even more likely the case if you are sporting steelies with hubcaps.

[Noisy Crow]

And this is the hazard of hubcaps in the winter! The snow gets in, and then when you park it melts a bit from the heat of the brakes, slides to the bottom... and freezes.

(And yeah, I am running hubcaps this year. Still haven't decided yet whether I like them better than the plain steelies or not... they sure aren't my RPM2s!)

[bluemazda3]

perhaps thats whats happening to my gf's honda..

[dentinger]

After yesterdays snowfall I bet 100% its snow in your steelies/rims

this.

my car wasnt braking or driving that great this morning.
ended up being ALOT of snow in the wheel wells, behind the wheels, and engine bay.
i got most of it out, and everything was fine afterwards.

[asmo]

I had same thing today, when I got to where I was going, cleared all the snow, all better now.

[Thrizzl3]

mine was shaking today too..but i think i may have bent one of the rims when i hit a nasty pothole:flaming

[ZoomBoom]

I had the same problem, Mine was snow in the steelies (man they pack snow) , but another thing is if these are snow tires that u put on recently u may need to go over the bolts and re tighten them, they can loosen up

[b]

After yesterdays snowfall I bet 100% its snow in your steelies/rims

+ 1. Almost all of us have this after snowfall.

[godsson10]

I ended up going to the coin-op and sparyed all over the tires and through the rims the brakes and it worked the shaking stopped and everything seems normal again.

[ZoomBoom]

I ended up going to the coin-op and sparyed all over the tires and through the rims the brakes and it worked the shaking stopped and everything seems normal again.

Good to hear

[matt9]

+1!

[RedRaptor]

+1 and this was on the 16" OEM alloys.

[igzy]

LOL, I had the same on mine yesterday... Felt like 007's martini - shaken, not stirred :P

[aris]

I had the same problem last night...it was the snow in my rims

[MAZDA Kitten]

ok so we have established that it was snow in the steelies :chuckle

[Thrizzl3]

I had the same problem last night...it was the snow in my rims

what if i told u i hit 30 potholes yesterday..wasn'y my fault as the snow was covering them

[aris]

what if i told u i hit 30 potholes yesterday..wasn'y my fault as the snow was covering them

I would have to say that sucks for ya..lol

[Thrizzl3]

I would have to say that sucks for ya..lol

may need a new front bumper with the snow shovel on the front as i am plowing like "Mr. Plow"

back on topic..

[cosic]

ok so we have established that it was snow in the steelies :chuckle

Thank God! I thought that must be it. My steering wheel isn't effected by this vibration so I knew it couldn't be that bad. Just figured it was my 16" stealies that JUST cover the caliper..

[baymoe]

Had the same thing happen yesterday. Pull and handbrake U-wee and had a ton of snow shoved into the wheels. Good thing I had a Swiffer duster, it fitted between the spokes perfectly to clear it of snow.

[Halogen]

Baymoe - that avatar is good times...

This car was doing the hippy shakes tonight too, I hope its warm tomorrow, I'll spray that snow clear away. W

Hey would giving the inside surface of the alloys a spray of lithium grease help prevent snow and ice build up ?

[Dave Ace]

I have a 2004 mazda 3gt 5 speed and today my car started to shake when I went above 80km I have no idea why it's doing this. Everything else seems normal except when I go above 80km any idea what it could be?
Since I live in the Caribbean the only time the car shims after 80kph(40-45mph) is because there are worn out outer terminals or bushings. I have also found that steel belted radials and potholes don't have a good love relation, and when you hit a pothole and the steel belt warps inside the tire, sometimes you can't notice it until you drive it past 80kph. If it shims around 35-45kph you need to check the tire balance. I picked this up watching the front end mechanic at where I worked when I was a young chap at a tire store. But the variant about the snow of course cannot be overruled for you guys in the great white North. Good luck, hope a trip to the car wash will fix the problem. Driving in snow is Yay!! Yuk! Me don't like.

[brucewayne]

i think that might have been the biggest bump in the history of the interwebs......

[SToda]

Little more background on topic?

[ottoyu34]

Hopefully OP doesn't have any more shaking anymore.