First post - driver not a wrencher so need some advice
‘07 GTI owned since new, 161k miles
in the last two weeks, I’ve taken it on several long-distance trips and noticed a new shimmy/wobble/something. At first it felt like buffeting from wind, but then I noticed the car doesn’t move. It only happens at speed - 60/65-80 - and only occasionally. It feels like the car is rocking left to right, and looking over the hood, that’s what it looks like too.
Now, I do know that I have one bent rim that I need to get re-done, but the car tracks and the wheels hold true, it feels like the car moves side to side but it’s just the body, and there is also zero feedback in the steering wheel so I’m a tad skeptical it’s the wheel, but what do I know.
Thoughts? Could it be shocks or something else with the suspension? Could I be dealing with something that’ll catastrophically fail? Driving has been fairly normal otherwise but it has felt a little soft cornering.
Thanks!
‘07 GTI owned since new, 161k miles
in the last two weeks, I’ve taken it on several long-distance trips and noticed a new shimmy/wobble/something. At first it felt like buffeting from wind, but then I noticed the car doesn’t move. It only happens at speed - 60/65-80 - and only occasionally. It feels like the car is rocking left to right, and looking over the hood, that’s what it looks like too.
Now, I do know that I have one bent rim that I need to get re-done, but the car tracks and the wheels hold true, it feels like the car moves side to side but it’s just the body, and there is also zero feedback in the steering wheel so I’m a tad skeptical it’s the wheel, but what do I know.
Thoughts? Could it be shocks or something else with the suspension? Could I be dealing with something that’ll catastrophically fail? Driving has been fairly normal otherwise but it has felt a little soft cornering.
Thanks!