does this sound like the comman vy power steering shudder ?

[evil_monkey]

hey people, just picked up my vy pretty wrapped with it apart from one flaw. i was kinda thinking it just needed a wheel aligment/balance and that the dealer kinda forgot to do it. (i rang straight after they said they would do it )

after beeing impatiant i took it and had a wheel aligment and balance done and im still getting a shake from the steering wheel at various speeds

basically the steering wheel shakes gently/quickly from left to right at the most around 40 - 60 kph sometimes it dosent do it other times it does and it can do it slightly around 100kph

so what im getting to is, i need this fixed under warranty so is this the power steering shudder everyone is talking about thats fixed by replacing the hoses ?

[vy_storm]

I think the power steering shudder was only experienced at full lock, and not speed dependent.

[evil_monkey]

hrrm ok looks like i have been shafted by the dealer anyway now another issue has come up

[Zep]

you have 3 months statutory warranty on it don't forget.

sounds like a bigger fault than the common low speed full lock problem..

[evil_monkey]

yeah its another issue now though along with the shaky steering, transmission is leaking fluid from the front seal

29xxx k's and a clear RAC inspection i would of thought id have less problems in the first day of owning it but hey **** happens

[Silver surfer]

I would check to make sure that your rims and tyres aren't out of shape had this issue in my cruiser.

[Raptorsc]

Check rims and tyres

[Silver surfer]

if it is your rims and tyres that are indeed out of shape on the front you will get a vibration through the steering wheel. How ever if you put those rims on the back the vibration will change from the steering wheel to the entire car shaking.

[evil_monkey]

yeah i donno this **** is stressin me out im gonna have to contact the dealer on monday morning and see what they are gonna do.

they obviously couldent be bothered fixing it before i bought the car even though i pointed it out and assumed it was just a wheel aligment/balance now i have to battle that and the trans leak

[evil_monkey]

i'll rip the rims off the acclaim tomorrow chuck them on the vy see how it goes thanks for the imput guys

[evil_monkey]

couldent be stuffed swapping the wheels around it went back under warranty this morning, no word on the steering yet but the leak is a faulty transmission pump apparently

[evil_monkey]

all fixed under warranty, replaced all 4 tyres to fix the shudder & trans leak was the housing that the front main seal is attached to, had a hole in it