SHAKING CAR? What causes vibrations in ANY vehicle? CAR WIZARD explains how using a ‘99 VW Beetle
Вставка
- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- What causes any vehicle to shake while driving? The CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ explains multiple reasons that cause cars to shake and how they each shake a car differently.
🔮🔧 AMAZON AFFILIATE STORE: www.amazon.com... 🔧🔮
🇬🇧🇬🇧 UK AMAZON STORE: www.amazon.co.... 🇬🇧🇬🇧
🧰 BENDPAK LIFTS: www.bendpak.com 🧰
👕 CAR WIZARD MERCH: teespring.com/... 👕
📷 INSTAGRAM @realcarwizard 📷
🎸 MUSIC BY CLAYTON CAGLE: / claytoncalifornia 🎸
Hey Wizard & Mrs Wizard, congratulations to you Wizard on loosing weight, that's quite an accomplishment!!! I've battled weight issues for years so I commend you!!! 👍👍🙂
The hardest part is staying motivated.
I have as well. It will be a life long issue for me. I realized that I will have that hungry feeling for the rest of my life if I don’t want to be fat. I feel hungry 24/7 and I’m down 40lbs. If I ever try to get rid of the hunger I stop losing and start gaining 🥲
@@ohioplayer-bl9em Congratulations & good luck with your continued success!!
It's called the bidin diet plan
@@zackc.8015 I lost more weight from the lockdowns after trumps screwed up covid response. If he'd taken it seriously from the beginning we wouldn't be in this mess. He may even have won a 2nd term
I love these diagnosing walk throughs and the multiple choice game is the best, make it harder even to improve us, the fans! Thanks, I'll be hoping for more
Proud of the health change Mr. Wizard! Peace and love.
Milk? Dave, your educational work is much appreciated by this old man. Your video on the Vortec V8 Suburbans, Tahoe and and the rest of the GM pack was very on the money! Thank you Bruce from Arizona!
Wizard: losing weight lifting weights at the Y
Mrs. Wizard: not that easy for us women
Wizard: you just have to try.
Pretty sure you're going to pay for that remark😂
It looks like whatever happened right after that was left on the cutting room floor.
He was right though. :)
He’s not wrong.
I couldn't believe those words actually came out of his mouth 🤣🤣🤣
@@andrewthomason3857 She showed up with that giant wrench again!
I have one of these with the 2.0 and an automatic and I love it. The common fault with the fuel door on these is that the cable between the door and the actuator gets stuck. When I bought mine, the fuel door couldn't be closed. (At least I could fuel the vehicle!) The cable was stuck, and the actuator was roached from trying to move the stuck cable. One new cable and one new actuator later and I was back in business.
Congrats on the health work, wizard! That’s great man 😎
The amazing shrinking Wizard! Thanks for another great video. For someone who isn’t very mechanically inclined you sure have taught me a lot through your videos.
I had a crazy violent vibration at speed that I was feeling at my feet on my Toyota Sienna and it ended up being the plastic dust guard flapping in the wind against the frame.
Legend has it: David Hasselhoff calls the Car Wizard 'son'.
Chuck Norris calls him papa.
Great tutorial ! I’m happy 😊 about your health work! My transmission guy left in early 50’s because of health issues. You can get a new vehicle but not another life! 👏🏾👏🏾💪🏾💪🏾😊
Another fantastic video car wizard and it was great to see magic Mike using the Golden rule when it comes to anything mechanical go from the most simplest thing to the more complicated thing and generally it's the more simpler things that are causing a problem it was great to see him using that rule keep up the good work
The wiz is the only honest mechanic. Guy. Very valuable information.👍🤬😎❤️❤️❤️
I've been to all kinds of mechanic shops all over London, UK, none are half as good as you guys Omega
The Fat Car Wizards has the coolest walk on UA-cam! I'd love to see a continuous loop video of him just waddling around on his stubby little legs with Pantera's WALK as the background music!
1999 Beetle that looks new, with rarely a dent and is obviously serviced religiously. This is how you take care of your vehicle. Exceptionally presentable for a 23 year old car. And good thing the CW made this video because I've had cars which had the shakes at the highway. Educational video from the Wiz.
Did VW ever fix their issue with the electrical wiring deteriorating?
good advice on the lifting have seen a lot of cars with damage do to improper lifting
You should do a live stream diagnostic! We can all vote real time.
Love these vw beetles, especially the blue colour they can come in
Nice ride. Very Nice one. I just drop My vw polo 1.9sd for the same problem it's important yo check regulary the ruber protection on the drive shaft. The grease just fly instantly when the ruber is broken. This!
My LT1 Corvette has the dual-sided ribbed drive belt. Thing is way more expensive than the Vettes that got the normal belt. You should get your daughter and old school Beetle. I just bought me a 74 Super Beetle and that thing is freaking sweet. So simple, so analog, so awesome. Everyone compliments me on it.
I always wanted a Beetle. I always loved them.
Glad to see you happy about going down a size. Who doesn't love the Y M C A
That's still a good looking car for 22+ years!
I've always wanted one but they're reliability ratings aren't so good.
I have a 2006 mk5 5psd TDI. I have 395k miles on it and I still get 42-47mpg. I love it. Still all orginal except for normal stuff including the bearings. I just replaced the altternator. I still have orginal muffler.LOL. Your car is always walking to you. All you have to do is listen to her.
Yes Car Wizard I also think Beatles are freaking awesome, but I've never owned one, because it didn't suit my situation and work, great video 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘Cheers from Melbourne Australia
Thank Wizard and Mrs. Wizard on the video. I'm encountering a similar problem with my 2005 Mitsubishi Montero.
that BMW M3 that hoovie bought was a gem....wow what a POS....wizard u are a great tech!!!
I love my two door `03 VW Golf 2L auto. 170k on the clock and still going strong.
Note: I would have preferred the Beetle (better headroom) but impractical when compared with the Golf.
Is this the ancient 2L 8 valve engine with 115HP? My wife owns a 2013 Jetta with this engine and it still runs perfectly with 230k miles on the clock. This little engine seems to be too stupid and low tech to fail.
@@heiner71 naturally aspirated, no turbos. Classic VW quality. Won’t die.
I'm gonna guess C! I feel like A makes more of a vibration that is noticeable at speed, less on turns, B is ... I don't know, and D would shake when you brake. Well you do brake when turning... So maybe D. But I'm sticking with C because my gut said so! ;)
Power Probe is a great tool. Used it to diagnose a bad AC pressure switch on a Fedex van the other day. I always imagine Conan O'Brien saying "Power Probe" in his nerd voice.
Wow!!! It's been awhile since I've seen paper maps in a side door, but NEVER a Yellow Pages book on a side door...
I test drove a Nissan Murano about 10 years ago, and there was a mild shaking or shudder. Little did I know at the time that it was likely the CVT going bad. It’s a good thing that I ultimately passed on it and bought a Camry.
It was funny when Mr. Wizard told Mrs. Wizard, "Okay, well... You have to try" and suddenly the video was cut and subject changed. Probably some unscripted dialog going on that didn't make the cut... LOL
There are circumstances when you have warped rotors or a single rotor that you'll feel it in the brake pedal & not in the steering wheel . I have had this happen more then once where the lower ball joint was so bad that when the brakes were applied the steering wheel would shimmy so it's not true that when the brakes are applied and the steering wheel vibrates it's automatically the rotors . Another thing it's not true that when the front wheels are out of balance you'll only feel it in the steering wheel , you'll also feel it in the body (floorboard) or in the seat .
These Beetles are probably the best bet for a budget convertible.
When I asked the technician at Walmart if he knew how to switch his balancer from ounces to grams he had no clue what I was talking about. Then I knew that had no clue about to 180 the tire on a wheel.
Congrats on the weight loss .... looking good!
100 percent correct car car wizard
same exact thing happened to my girlfriend’s 06 jetta when we got it. i bought it knowing it had at least one bad wheel bearing, it vibrated the car so bad. so i replaced it. then after that i ended up replacing each bearing one by one.
Great job as always! I sooooo wish you wee my mechanic!
Back before 2000 I had a CV boot on a '96 gran prix I had burst open on a 100 degree day. It was a former enterprise rental I bought used with 28k. I eventually sold it at 105k miles
Out of balance tire/rims cause that as I've found when getting some snow stuck in a wheel of my car in the winter.
What is your opinion on a 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander GT with the 3 L V6 and the six-speed automatic from the Car Wizard?
Didn't KC & The Sunshine Band have a hit song about this? "Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your Beetle..." 😀
The beetle color I want and been looking for but in a convertible style.
Damn, 1000 bucks, even for that seems to be pretty pricey, a CV joint online for that car is like 50-80 bucks, and the fuel door switch is less than 100.
I'm sorry Wizard, that looks nothing like a cell phone for elderly people. lol!
BTW, I think that this Yellow is the same color that was used for the New Beetle concept car that led to the production of this generation of Beetle.
I own a beetle in this very same colour, I call it “faded yellow” lol
2003 tdi pd 100
I'm guessing it's A, out of balance wheel! Funny enough my '01 Jetta has had the shakes for a couple weeks now and I've been chasing it down and getting annoyed, hopefully this video helps out, thanks again Wizard!
Well, I hope it's not a CV shaft on my Jetta, but I'm afraid the vibrations have caused other parts to go too, like the passenger wheel has lots of play in it, which might be the wheel hub, but I guess it could have multiple things wrong with it.
I'm not a fan of working on VWs, but one thing they do make super easy is replacing halfshafts. I can usually do them without even popping off the ball joint.
Watch out for junk cv axles. Had a bad experience when I decided to replace both cv axles due to one torn cv boot...ended up with a worse condition due to new axles that were not straight and caused vibration. Of course from China. Thought I had pinpointed a brand that claimed to be reman’d in Taiwan, hoping for decent quality...but merchandise I received turned out to be from China. After going thru all that hassle, I would have been glad to pay a knowledgeable cv rebuilder to rebuild all 4 original joints...but sadly I could not find a single shop that offers that any more. Cheap import JUNK 🤮
"I've serviced this beetle for this customer for many years.... she bought it not long ago....." huh?!?!
I have that same plate on the front of my truck!
Each Beetle has me long for the one I had. Someday I'll have another.
Thumbs up for the weight loss! I'll cheer for anyone working to improve their health. I was a member of the Y and loved it.
I just got my 2nd (totaled first one months ago) 2001 VW Jetta 2.8L VR6 Engine and this one is a GLX deluxe model. Its very zippy and has only 81k miles with a 4- Speed Automatic Transmission. I love the handling and comfortable seats.
A No muffle version of this car would be good for no Mufler Newton
He says he’s serviced this beetle for the customer for many years. But says she didn’t buy it very long ago. How can that be
Please do more vids on mysterious vibrations !
Feels weird the 2.0 being the base engine. Over here in the UK we got a 1.4 and 1.6 variations also.
Unquestionably B is the hardest.
Love it when the wizard has beetles on
My wife has a 2001 1.6 petrol, manual here in Scotland!
One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone jacks up a car and folds the pinch weld over. God I hate that
That isn't the same daughter who wrecked your prelude....right? 😆
When I bought my 1994 Honda Accord with 267,000 miles, it had a vibration in the steering wheel from 60-70 MPH. I thought it was a bent rim. I took the rim off the car and brought it to a wheel repair shop, but they spun it up and told me there was nothing they could do; it was perfectly balanced. So I put the rim back on the car and my vibration was gone. It has never returned either. It was the most mysterious thing that ever happened to me.
Could have been loose lug nuts
@@TheSleepingonit yup I was gona say the same.
I agree that they shake when they’re nervous because they are afraid of destructive bears that pound at the fender.
Pretty much, had an e series van thats rotors were so warped it literally moved the steering wheel almost between 10 and 2 it was horrible!
Great video wizard..
My beetle fuel door latch was already broken when I bought it however when my rear hatch pop switch went bad a couple years ago I popped up the two switch pod and disconnected the fuel door plug and used that for my rear hatch button
She's got 532k miles...TDI
You have the skill to make a replica of the Rsi Beetle. That car was awesome on Gran Turismo.
Imbalanced tires were my issue, I changed the cv axle, control arm bushings, tie rods, and ball joints tryna figure out our beetle..
Wow 😏
Every car I've ever had has shook really bad at some point but every time it was tires.
Hey Car Wizard, my brother has a 99 TDI for sale, very nice car manual transmission let me know if you want pictures, I was his daily driver now he retired so the car just sits.
For the shakes of ANY type, I start by checking there isn’t snow or dirt built up in the wheels. It’s free, and easy and in snow country happens surprisingly often. With the weight of snow and mud that can pack up in high offset wheels the shake can happen at any speed.
Always liked the new beetle, especially yellow and a stick.
I had a CV joint go bad in a Kia Sportage, and in that case at first I could only feel vibration when accelerating or going up hill and mainly around 45 mph (later it would happen more often and at any speed above 40). It was hard to locate where the vibration was coming from, but I did notice it would disappear when I took my foot off the gas, and shifting gears didn't change it (other than disappearing during the shift) so I knew it wasn't the engine misfiring, even though it almost felt like that. It happened at about 95K miles, and the powertrain warranty actually covered it, so no cost to me for the replacement.
Hi car wizard!! Sry I don't know you name. I have a 2010 Nissan Altima 2.5 engine with insane vibrations in idle, I can feel the vibration in my seat, wheel, floor, doors, even my little girl behind in carseat, the vibration is present in the whole car, I recently change sparg plugs and coils, also engine mount, new air filter and the vibration is in my head right now, it's frustrating, in reverse gear it's feel more stronger than parking gear, any suggestion for me, thank you
Richard, did you ever find out what it was. And internal engine damage that you know of as you have seemed to cover the basic first steps
I wonder why my 2001 Nissan Maxima shakes every morning when I go to work. It only lasts couple of miles on highway use and then stops. I have no idea what's going on. Its minor but noticeable problem. Tyres are 4 years old. Are they too old?
It might be the old tires aren’t as flexible so when they sit overnight they develop a flat-ish spot that takes a little while to round out
Those bits on the tyres I usually call them the hairy bits 😂 .
Congrats on the weight lose Wizard!!! Keep it up!! Can't wait for the day you walk in on camera carrying Hoovie after one of his "Run away from the bill" attempts!
I bought my daughter a Beetle convertible of that generation. It was an absolute nightmare in my experience and all of this happened in the first 17,000 miles: The top hydraulics failed, the rear glass window separated from the canvas top. The microswitch that lowered the window when the door is open failed on both doors and is hard to replace. The rubberized dash turned to black goo. The speedometer failed. Both rear window regulators failed and are big bucks. Interior door skins were brittle and cracked causing the pull handles to break off. Several door window/lock switches same apart when using them too. Interior panels on sides of rear seat brittle and cracked themselves loose. The trunk would have to be slammed HARD to close and not able to fix it either. That car was a POS for sure, but I see lots of people love them and have good luck so this must have been a major lemon. It was actually embarrassed for VW because people I know were all horrified at the build quality when they saw it disintegrate in front of them. The only thing that worked on it was the powertrain so it's not all bad, lol.
That's what's kept me from purchasing one. I've heard they're nightmares
VW are junk
Congratulations Car Wizard!
Question: Did you recommend to the customer she replace the CV shaft on the driver's side of the car as well?
If the boots are not torn no need to
Personally, I would, especially with high miles. It's going to rip in the near future anyways.
Solid rear beam axles do flex. I added a rear sway bar to a car I had with that and it made a huge difference.
I wish u could take care of my bmw e39 530d. I cant find good mechanic anywhere in slovenia.
A Beetle with the engine up front? What kind of evil wizardry is this?!
Next you'll be trying to tell me the battery is no longer under the rear seat and someone converted it to negative ground. No, this is not a Beetle!
It's warm in the winter and you can actually defrost the windshield!
Pure alchemy...
That's pretty shoddy of the dub's bearings to give out after only two weeks of a torn boot.
Once dirt gets in the bearings it doesn't take long for them to be destroyed.
Thank you car wizard. I had a shake that started happening that felt at the feet and was really only happening under acceleration. I went outside and looked and of course my cv joint boot is torn.
Sadly soon all combustion cars and trucks including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-(
In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Car washs will be forbidden too because they are climate killers, now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. (BABVVEN & TEBBVEN & BEFVO laws)!
Funny, I was going to say motor or transmission mount
Don't forget to cover plates. You never know who has access to a plate database.
There's another obscure source of vibration and messed up alignment out there. IF your car has staggered wheels, espec where only the width is staggered, sometimes shops will rotate tires in an X pattern and put different width wheels on each side. This happened to me. It was exacerbated by a previous owner putting 245 ratio tires on all 4 wheels despite them being different widths (18x8s and 18x9s) so at a glance you don't realize they are different. Then on top of that he'd had the car aligned so it tracked straight. With 8s on one side and 9s on the other. So alignment was miles out. Didn't work that out till I was setting tire pressures and noticed the pressure chart had different wheels front and back. Then pulled wheels and read the sizes off the back and worked it out. One wheel swap and an alignment later and it finally tracked straight with minimal vibration. Final step will be new tires with correct geometry. I hope to eliminate all remaining vibration with that.
That shouldn't be a problem at a competent shop though it does happen occasionally, especially if it's a staggered setup on a fwd car.
@@ashravenpb the fact it has 4 identical tires on it that make it look apparently a square setup was a real good disguise. It wasn't till I Iooked at the tire pressures chart and noticed it was SUPPOSED to have 245/45r18s in front and 255/45r18s in rear that I figured it out. It had 245s all round. It actually still does, but I'll be sorting that later once I'm back in the US. The nextdoor neighbours kid needs some new 245s on the front of his Ford so I've said he can have mine once I pull them and replace them with 255s. He's broke as shit and his tires need replacing but he's a good kid.
Only shop I held this against was the "Jaguar specialist" the previous owner took it to cos they should know.
Everyone else I gave a pass. My alignment guy who is also a great mechanic but not a jag specialist laughed out loud when I figured it out and did the re-alignment/correction for free. You leave wheels on for alignment.
Moral of the story is with used cars, check everything against manufacturer specs, pull the wheels and actually read the sizes off the rims. Don't trust the tires. Cos someone might have put the wrong ones on. And then another shop dutifully rotated them as if they were square. When you say staggered wheels, everyone assumes different radius only. Nope, sometimes they are just different widths. And you won't know unless you look it up.
Don't want to change the alternator on that car. Great video Wizard
You look great wiz.
I had the switch problem and fixed it with contact cleaner!
If you go to the dealers for a vibration issue they will tell you its rock&pinion
A new and wrong installed exaust can cause the vibration. Had that problem. Bad mechanic.
Is a warped rotor going to telegraph into electronic steering?
I have heard that the "warped rotor" steering wheel pulsation is not necessarily due to a "warped rotor" but instead could be caused by hardened uneven deposits on the rotor. Do you find this to be true?
p.s. -- Great channel!
He said if you feel it in your seat, it's going to be something in the rear. There's a chance it's not the car at all. 🤣🤣🤣
I had a 06 convertible new beetle with the 2.5 that isold 2 years ago and I miss it . The interior painted plastic will break really easily so dont lean on them . Ill suggest getting interior metal door handles .