I had my tyres replaced on Saturday, my original bridgestone turanzas that were on the rear of the car were moved to the front, and I purchased two new Michelin Exalto P2's to be put on the rear (The fitter reccomended this rotation). I was also offered a free alignment check. This revealed the front left was 2mm out, not suprising since this wheel had hit a kerb and ever since the tyre wear was uneven. I paid to have the alignment corrected, but now at high motorway speeds there is severe vibration through the steering column and the whole car, so bad that the glovebox flew open yesterday morning!!.

My question is, should I go back to the fitters and ask them to check again, or do I maybe have to wait for these new tyres to wear in? Apparantley the equipment they have is state of the art, I was promised that the car would now be smooth at high speeds, but it's worse than before

Don't be daft, take it back. Balancing doesn't 'bed in', it's right or it's not.

I had my tyres replaced on Saturday, my original bridgestone turanzas that were on the rear of the car were moved to the front, and I purchased two new Michelin Exalto P2's to be put on the rear (The fitter reccomended this rotation). I was also offered a free alignment check. This revealed the front left was 2mm out, not suprising since this wheel had hit a kerb and ever since the tyre wear was uneven. I paid to have the alignment corrected, but now at high motorway speeds there is severe vibration through the steering column and the whole car, so bad that the glovebox flew open yesterday morning!!.

My question is, should I go back to the fitters and ask them to check again, or do I maybe have to wait for these new tyres to wear in? Apparantley the equipment they have is state of the art, I was promised that the car would now be smooth at high speeds, but it's worse than before

Hello skodayouth,

Fully agree with neileg, no grey areas on this note.

Ian. 10/11/2009.:thumbup: