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In December last year I had 4 new tyres fitted to my car and the wheels aligned.

Since then, I have noticed that whenever the speedo hits 100km/hr that the steering wheel starts to shudder slightly.

When I back off on the speed a wee bit it stops shuddering.

Should I be concerned about this?

Cheers

Shelley

From the "Ask Jack" archives - 23 April 2010

The car has a wheel balance problem which should have been checked when the tyres were replaced.

Maybe a wheel weight has been dislodged which can happen.

Take the vehicle back to where you had the tyres fitted and ask them to recheck the front wheel balance.

They should do it while you wait and if they are customer focused it should be done for free.