I have a wobble in my...?

Question

'96 Plymouth Grand Voyager. When I reach a speed of 35, it feels like it's going to fall apart at the seams. It stays that way until I reach a speed of 50, then it stops. It has been determined that the tires and wheels are fine. I don't need transmission fluid, the steering wheel does not vibrate, and I don't need a front end alignment. I did just have a back shock fall off, (the original) but after replacement of two shocks, this problem did not get better or worse. I can't explain the feeling, except maybe to say it feels like both front tires are coming off the rims, or I'm running over a few deer. Again, tires, rims, etc have already been checked. Can you solve the mystery? It's a 3.3, and has almost 170 thousand miles on it, with regular maintenance and care by the same mechanic, that I completely trust. Also, it has run out of gas twice recently, even though both times, the gas gauge says over a 1/8 of a tank. At 1/4 of a tank, it starts feeling like it doesn't want to run.

Thanks "myf". It DOES have a low pitched squeal, that is not always there, and sounds like bad brakes. The squeal stops when I brake. The brakes are not very old, and neither are the tires.

Answer 1

check the axles first then check the bushings in the fount end. if not that then check the rack and pinion bushings on the rack it self.and for any loose hubs. the hubs are sealed. you can jack up the van and shake the wheels if bad.

Answer 2

"The squeal stops when I brake. The brakes are not very old, and neither are the tires."
That sound like wheel barrings are bad or need to be greased. The other problem could be front shock.

"high or low pitched wine that dont go away"
The noise will go away when more wight is on the bearings or when less wight. But they have been know to make a noise all the time.

Answer 3

i seen that you had a front end alinement, well maybe you need to have the reaerend aligned, because when back shocks or struts are changed, they also need an alignment just the same as the front, im guessing that the back needs aligned and its tryin to twist the van while your going down the road, if the problem was in the tierod, or tie rod ends, you would feal some magic in the wheel, but if it is in the back, then the front will act fine, even though it could make noise from the frnt, dont mean its a problem in the front i would have the rearend aligned

Answer 4

You said the car feels like its falling apart at the seems right? Does it do it during idle also? If so then it has nothing to do with the suspension. It sounds like your motor mounts went out. When your motor mounts go out your hole car will shake when you start it up and drive. It goes away after you hit a certain MPH. Try replacing your motor mounts and see if that fixes the prob. You can get them at any Napa, O'Rielies, or Auto Zone.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

could be tie rod ends have your mech. check them my car does the same thing i fixed both inner tie rod ends and it fixed it with the same feeling also the wheel bering could do this but would also have a high or low pitched wine that dont go away

Answer 7

Tire rotatation or balancing is needed.

Well, thats my guess anyway. I'm way overdue for a tire rotation... lol.

If it's an old car it may very well be just falling apart like my friend's did. I'm just thankful he was only doing 30 when his axle snapped in half

Answer 8

You probably have "choppy tires"-unevenly worn sections on your tires, although the tred looks fine to the eye. My Sebring gets wobbly around 50 mph.