Why does my steering wheel shake at 55?

Question

I buried my 2000 Ford Windstar in a ditch last week and I had to be pulled out. Now my steering wheel shakes a little bit when I get up to 55 M.P.H.

Answer 1

I'd first check to see if you lost a weight off one of the tires, sounds like you have a tire out of balance.

Answer 2

I would say check alignment and steering components. You probably knocked something out of line when you ditched it. If your tires were out of balance, it would not shake at only about 55, you would feel it at lower speeds also.

Answer 3

Could be mud on the wheel, back side, or knocked the wheel weight off, or even possibly damged the rim, or tire. Or worse yet, broke the sway bar, or endlink on the front end. You had possibly hit something when it got into the ditch. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Any number of things from a missing wheel weight to a bent rim, broken tire belt, bent tie rod, etc. Take it in and have it checked by a pro before you kill someone because it had a cracked ball joint or bent strut!

Answer 5

Get wheel balancing done in your car. It should help. If necessary, get your car serviced a little bit so that you can cut down on unnecessary vibrations.

Answer 6

you may have thrown out the alignment and balnce of the tires, a rim might be bent alittle too. check the tie rods as well.

Answer 7

it is probably the balancing or you need to get your tiers an Alignment

Answer 8

you probably have play in your steering geer, tightening it up should fix your problem

Answer 9

your tires need balancing and alignment.