Tire Balance Issue -22" Rim/Tire Package

[DesertRivian17]

Ever since about 1,500 miles our R1S has had a vibration issue at freeway speeds. We first tried the mobile service and they rebalanced all 4 tires. This did little to nothing and the problem persisted. Then it went in for service at the center and they decided to replace the front two tires, again this improved the situation but did not resolve it....then 2-3K miles later it's almost as bad as before. So it could be a tire manufacture issue or there is an alignment issue that is wearing the tires and then causes balance issues which then cause the vibration. We always drive it in normal or sport never in conserve mode FYI. This issue is getting annoying! We had a 2004 Ford Expedition that had a similar issues, they kept balancing, replacing tires, but that truck also had a slight pull to one side and the vibration. They even replaced the entire steering rack and some other lower suspension parts before saying that was all they could do...we had to go Lemon Law on that one! This will be their 3rd attempt to repair the R1S vibration issue, if there is a 4th I will exercise the Lemon Law or offer them to replace this R1S with the newer version!

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[mczouav]

At least on yours they tried to fix it. Our r1s front axle vibrates randomly at 65-77 mph on highway when in conserve and motors are warm. Service center can t reproduce it as every time the motors are not warm enough. Big mystery. I had all 4 tires rebalanced and it kept doing it. Solution for now is to decrease tire pressure to 3.2 Bar only. It is 21´ inch tires set with 10k miles now.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

Here is what you need to do. This is a PITA situation and very frustrating for both sides.

Unfortunately, many auto makers don't know how to properly solve this issue.

Here is what i would do, and in this order to rule out alignment and tires/wheels.

1) 4 wheel alignment with before and after specs printed. Once you have alignment ruled out you can move to the next step.

2) Road force balance on a Hunter Elite balancer. Ask them to match mount the tires to the wheels and provide a print out of the amount of road force in each wheel/tire assembly. This may cost you $300 to $400 and will probably have to be done at an independent shop.

The hunter elite machines will tell you if the wheel or tire are out of round. Also, the tires may have variation in manufacturing resulting in excessive road force in the assembly. In that case the tire needs to be replaced to get the assembly down to an acceptable level.

Unfortunately I hear a significantly higher number of folks with 22s complain about vibrations.

I will also tell you that those are sport tires with less sidewall and generally will have more NVH transmitted though.

Best of luck and let us know if you get it resolved and what the resolution is.

 

[Flasch]

Took my R1T in for rotation, DFW service center .. Tire patch $120.00. RIDICULES!!!!!!!!

 

[DesertRivian17]

this time they found the rear tires with excessive road force, so they are replacing those tires and putting them on the front. I guess it’s possible that all four tires had excessive road force from the day we got it. So now all tires have been replaced as of this third visit. for the same issue. They have had our vehicle for two weeks now, fixed the front drive unit leak both the drain plug and one of the half shaft seals and the tire issue. I sure hope when it comes back everything is good!

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