Help - feeling a little Raptor regret

[cmcpolo]

Lemon law on a used vehicle? No way

I'm in NY. Lemon laws do apply to used vehicles under certain conditions and I meet those conditions. I have 60 days and less than 3,000 miles to pursue this option. If there is an applicable law, you can always assume NY has one.

 

[smurfslayer]

Try a tire rotation, that can help in eliminating possible causes of vibration and rebalance the tires

Good idea. I was planning on this as well as having my dealer do a road force balance.

while a good suggestion, from a troubleshooting perspective, make only one change at a time and reassess. Either rotate or balance, not both. If you have a good balance and the vibration is not caused by the lack of balance, you just created another problem that may mask the fix !

Don’t rebalance if they can’t do a road force balance. look at your tires, you should see about 6-18 ounces of weights. One of my wheels stock had 22 ounces IIRC, but it rode smooth as glass. Also, alignment is 99.9% of the time not responsible for creating or contributing to a vibration in the steering wheel or chassis.

 

[New recaros]

You can return your car if if don’t work right for a full refund, but not your wife.

 

[cmcpolo]

while a good suggestion, from a troubleshooting perspective, make only one change at a time and reassess. Either rotate or balance, not both. If you have a good balance and the vibration is not caused by the lack of balance, you just created another problem that may mask the fix !

Don’t rebalance if they can’t do a road force balance. look at your tires, you should see about 6-18 ounces of weights. One of my wheels stock had 22 ounces IIRC, but it rode smooth as glass. Also, alignment is 99.9% of the time not responsible for creating or contributing to a vibration in the steering wheel or chassis.

Thanks. Yes, I wouldn't rotate and balance at the same time. I would rotate first and see if the shaking moved.

As far as the alignment goes, I didn't request it as part of a possible fix for the vibration. I was surprised to hear the dealer didn't do an alignment as part of replacing 4 tires. I think this is bad practice and I wanted to prolong tire life. Alignment was out of spec by quite a bit as well so I'm glad I asked it to be done. Well, sort of, until I found out they apparently can't do an alignment.

 

[cmcpolo]

You can return your car if if don’t work right for a full refund, but not your wife

LOL. I'm sure NY is working on a law for that too.

 

[Oldfart]

Good idea. I was planning on this as well as having my dealer do a road force balance.

If you do end up driving it back, check the tire pressures. Many dealers end up putting around 50-55 in the tires and it will ride terribly. You want somewhere around 38 front, 35 rear, it makes quite a difference in ride.

 

[cmcpolo]

If you do end up driving it back, check the tire pressures. Many dealers end up putting around 50-55 in the tires and it will ride terribly. You want somewhere around 38 front, 35 rear, it makes quite a difference in ride.

Will do. Thanks.

 

[Keith88]

I don’t know if this has been said yet but … try a different dealer.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

I don’t know if this has been said yet but … try a different dealer.

thats going too far. he should try a different dealer first, before going your route.

 

[TomDirt]

Is an alignment on EPAS different than on an old school hydraulic steering system?