Well I'm sad to report the steering wheel wobble is back. I've taken the vehicle out twice since the tires were replaced. My first drive was good with only a little wobble in the steering wheel. That said it was minor and I would have been happy to live with it. Today however, the wobble was just as bad as it was before the tires were swapped out. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

I have had the same isssue since day 1 and the dealer nearby refused to acknowledge that the wheel shakes around 70 mph and finally admitted that it does but not to the degree that it needs to be addressed. I have gotten used to it but now the vibration can be clearly felt in the seats as well. The car has 41,000 miles on it and I am ordering new 22" wheels for it. Once installed I will revisit this thread with an update.

 

I would appreciate that. Thank you

 

Swapping wheels and tires completely solved the vibration issue that had been with the car from the start. Because it had gotten progessively worse (seats were shaking as well as the steering wheel) I believe one of the wheels may have been damaged and ran further from true as time went on.

 

Thanks for the update AMG. Its good to hear that new tires may solve this issue. I've tried bumping up my air pressure in the fronts to 40psi to see this helps resolve the problem. Two short drives and no issues. That said, this issue always comes and goes so I'm not to optomistic yet. I don't want to go two high on the fronts though as the rears are still at 36PSI and if I go higher the clunk from the rear end becomes apparent. Out of curiosity, what type of tires did you go with?

 

That would have been appearent had they checked the wear patterns on the tires. If the tire wasn't true I'd have looked for a snake-like wear pattern as the tire would be forced left then right then left etc. as the wheel revolved.
Nonetheless, glad the problem is solved.

 

Two week update and the steering wheel wobble has returned on an intermittent basis. The wobble now occurs around 62mph where before it was 70+. The seats do not shake any more which leads me to believe the very worn oem tires may have caused that problem which started around 40,000 miles.

 

Thats what I feared. I think there is more going on here than tires. I was cleaning my Durango a couple days ago and while doing so I noted that the steering wheel has a lot of play even when locked in while the car is off. It suprised me that simply wiping the steering wheel it caused it to bounce side to side. Curious, I pulled the wheel in one dirction then let go. This caused a resonse similar to the wobble while driving. The wheel wobbled back and forth probably up to five times. The best way to describe it was like the column was made of softer rubber which just bounced around. I tried this with my Dodge Charger and Pontiac Montana and both were stiff and locked in with little to no play. Is this normal for the Durango.

 

Are you sure it's not the road? Frequently (especially in a place like FL) an asphalt highway with lots of rush hour traffic can actually get wavy and cause a little shake in your steering wheel. Where I live I know exactly where I'm going to get it -- it's where the road experiences the most stop and go in rush hour, and the trucks wind up having to hit the brakes a lot. That causes the road in hot weather to get waves in it.

 

That's not unusual on any car if the wheel is on-center when you turn off the car. If you turn the wheel and then turn off the car (putting a load on the rack) and lock it, it should be tight as can be.