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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 10:16 PM
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Warped rotors cause the steering wheel to vibrate while stoping; Not to sure why it would do it while your driving. ^^^ what they said sounds about right.
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Old Apr 12, 2012 | 02:19 PM
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Thanks all for the reply, appriciate it.
I'm considering changing my lower control arms asap.
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Old Apr 12, 2012 | 03:48 PM
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I recently replaced my front rotors and pads and it cleared a slight vibration while braking in the higher speeds, if going 60-80 mph, the first initial contact of the brakes would make my steering wheel vibrate - gone now.
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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 06:55 AM
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Have You allready solved the problem? What was it?

I tested yesterday a 530dAT with roughly 240 tkm in odometer. The car was surprisengly good, hard to tell any difference to my earlier E60's which had rougly 100 tkm less driven, but:
That tested had one problem with the steering (servotronic, not active):
When turning wheels stationary or at a low speeds, everything worked perfectly well. But in speed of 70 - 80 km/h, steering wheel started to vibrating and it got much worse when turning, even a bit. I think I know how it feels when tyres are out of balance, but I was not sure about this. I got a feel that the problem is in servo pump. Maybe the same reason that in Your case.
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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If the endlinks would go bad, than you would hear cling going over some potholes right? In my car, driving about 100km/h when i accelerate I Can feel little vibration, and that's only time whe i can feel it...I was thinking it might be bushings???
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Old Jun 13, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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Guys I replaced my lower control arms in the dealer, some of the vibration is gone but some is still their I have a front shock leaking oil I have been adviced to change it as that might be the problem, but I don't think a shock would do that, I also have been adviced to make a road force balance that my solve the problem.
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 02:24 PM
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did you get the problem sorted in the end?
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 05:56 PM
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This thread is 5 1/2 years old. You're not likely going to get an answer.
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