Fabia VRS Vibration / Wobble

[engpk]

Hi,

Recently purchased a 06 Fabia VRS that has done 76,000 motorway miles / field engineer.

I soon noticed the car appeared to have a wheel balancing problem and the steering wondered tracked the road – Steering issue fixed with new track rod ends fitted.

All four wheels were removed from the car, all balancing weights were removed and any old balancing weight sticky back tape, tarmac tar lumps removed cleaning the rims back to new. The rims were then taken to a local tyre & alloy company and balanced via the computer balancing machine.

At first I thought this had fixed the issue but now after a few weeks of driving the car under different road types and air temperatures I'm not so sure.

The problem I have is I can at times feel some form of vibration whilst driving even at low speed under no acceleration then other times I feel it at static speed or speed under acceleration it does not feel like any wheel balancing issue I have had on other cars I have driven.

I'm also thinking it is worse when conditions are warmer, drove this weekend on the motorway during the day early afternoon and it felt quit bad, drove home tonight in the dark and cold and it was hardly noticeable. I'm thinking possible engine & gear box mounts, steering rack or front wishbone console bushes.

Any advise or suggestion recommendations please ?

[ric04vrs]

have you got any warranty on the car ?

might be worth popping it back to the garage you bought it off to get it checked out

[MoggyTech]

Really needs to be checked out by a garage. Could be anything from a defective tyre, to engine or gearbox mountings. Could even be console bushes.

[engpk]

Thanks for your reply's.

Unfortunately the car has no warranty, it was purchased from a friend who had the car from new.

The car has never been involved in any form of accident and has been regularly serviced.

My previous car was an 03 Fabia SDI and that also had this issue but was hardly noticeable, I'm beginning to think it is not a fault and just a feature of the Fabia.

Doe's your VRS have any form of vibration / wobble under any type of road driving conditions that you can feel not necessary through the steering wheel, would be interesting to know.

Please note this vibration / wobble is not serve, most of the time you don't even notice it.

[cjb]

Doe's your VRS have any form of vibration / wobble under any type of road driving conditions that you can feel not necessary through the steering wheel, would be interesting to know.

Please note this vibration / wobble is not serve, most of the time you don't even notice it.

Mine didn't have any I noticed.

[engpk]

Found the issue - Split console bush

[ap0gee1978]

Fairly typical problem, that - they usually give plenty of warning of their demise by getting creaky, but this may have been (not saying 'was') hidden by the seller drenching them in WD40...