Vibrations through steering wheel, seats, & mirror...

Sixxcat1 · May 25, 2015

Hi Everyone.
New here with a 2 day old 15 Comp Orange 5.0 GT auto with the oem 20" wheels & the P-Zeros.
I have less 100 miles on the car, & am getting a vibration through the steering wheel, seats, & rear view mirror @ 50mph on up to 65mph, haven't gone any faster, so I don't know if it gets better or worse? the vibrations aren't bad, but noticeable. I just went back to the Ford dealer & drove another auto Mustang with the 20" wheel package (it wasn't a 5.0), but it was as smooth as glass at any speed up to 65mph...
Anyone else have any vibe issues on their new 2015?
Thanks in advance.

mjhousto · May 25, 2015

I've had a 15 GT Auto for about a week and a half and haven't noticed any vibrations.

BronxbomberMM93 · May 25, 2015

Sounds like the wheels need to be rebalanced.

GT Pony · May 25, 2015

BronxbomberMM93 said:
Sounds like the wheels need to be rebalanced.

Yep, first place to start. If they have a road force balancing machine, that's the best way to have them done.

foghat · May 25, 2015

There should not be any vibrations like that. As noted, take it back and have them rebalance the wheels - I'm sure they will come to the same conclusion after a quick test drive.

Cars_1959 · May 26, 2015

Sixxcat1 said:
Hi Everyone.
New here with a 2 day old 15 Comp Orange 5.0 GT auto with the oem 20" wheels & the P-Zeros.
I have less 100 miles on the car, & am getting a vibration through the steering wheel, seats, & rear view mirror @ 50mph on up to 65mph, haven't gone any faster, so I don't know if it gets better or worse? the vibrations aren't bad, but noticeable. I just went back to the Ford dealer & drove another auto Mustang with the 20" wheel package (it wasn't a 5.0), but it was as smooth as glass at any speed up to 65mph...
Anyone else have any vibe issues on their new 2015?
Thanks in advance.

I've seen this in other posts. 50mph - 70mph seems to be the range where this poltergeist kicks in for a few new owners. I haven't seen a fix but I'd start with rebalance first too.

DJinAC · May 26, 2015

I just started getting this vibration this past weekend. I have an EB with the 20" wheels and the P-Zeros. I will have them look at it when I take it in for the first oil change. I have about 4300 miles on my car btw.

flyboy34 · May 26, 2015

vibration

My car has 800 miles and definitely have noticed the same issue. I wondered if it was the noise pipe or balance of wheels, etc. Just made an appointment for Friday this week to have it checked out.

fionic · May 26, 2015

I would've taken it in immediately. That's not normal. Definitely sounds like a balancing issue.

Sixxcat1 · May 26, 2015

Thanks for all the replies so far. I have an appt Wed to get the wheels/tires forced balanced.
Hopefully that solves the issue, if not, I'll probably try one of the aluminum or carbon fiber one piece drive shafts...
Will update after the balance.

foghat · May 26, 2015

Sixxcat1 said:
Thanks for all the replies so far. I have an appt Wed to get the wheels/tires forced balanced.
Hopefully that solves the issue, if not, I'll probably try one of the aluminum or carbon fiber one piece drive shafts...
Will update after the balance.

If the balance doesn't fix it, get ford to fix it.

Don't going buying aftermarket parts to fix a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place. Especially since you have no idea what the issue is (if it isn't a balancing issue) or what parts will fix it.

RSPEC-015 · May 26, 2015

foghat said:
If the balance doesn't fix it, get ford to fix it.

Don't going buying aftermarket parts to fix a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place. Especially since you have no idea what the issue is (if it isn't a balancing issue) or what parts will fix it.

This is good advice.

Don't know about Ford US but over here in Australia if you fit an aftermarket drive-shaft Ford Australia will void the powertrain warranty.

dcrypter · May 26, 2015

RSPEC-015 said:
This is good advice.

Don't know about Ford US but over here in Australia if you fit an aftermarket drive-shaft Ford Australia will void the powertrain warranty.

Ford legally can't do that in the US unless they can prove that it somehow caused a malfunction that would be handled under warranty. Even then they can only deny that warranty claim not void the whole warranty.

That said don't go blindly adding parts to fix things. You shouldn't have any unusual vibrations, that's Fords problem.

foghat · May 26, 2015

And I should add: you should get Ford to look at it first and get them to do the balancing if that is what they deem the issue is. Why pay out of pocket for balancing? Will especially suck it the balance doesn't fix it.

GT Pony · May 26, 2015

I find it very strange that some of these cars don't exhibit this vibration problem until they get some miles on them.

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