Keep patriot shake
02-18-2018, 05:42 PM
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Keep patriot shake
When accelerating on freeway at about 60-70 mph, front of jeep shakes a bit. Smooths out after 70 mph. No steering wheel shake or vibration. Tires rotated 4000 miles ago and are in good shape. This only happens when pushing on the gas.
02-18-2018, 05:46 PM
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Jeep patriot
When accelerating between 60-70 mph, front end shakes a bit. No steering wheel vibration or shake. After 70, it smooths out. Only happens when pushing on gas. 2011, patriot. Tires rotated 4000 miles ago and are in good shape. Haven't hit anything. Not sure what's going on?
02-18-2018, 06:54 PM
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Yep, I would guess tire balance also.
I buy tires through discount tire. They have free lifetime balance/rotation so I go in every 3k. I have gone in with no shimmy, and left with a bad shimmy. And I have had them rebalance to fix a shimmy, and had to go back 1 or 2 more times to get the shimmy to go away. So, the moral of that story is : just because you have rotated and/or balanced, does not mean it was done correctly...
I buy tires through discount tire. They have free lifetime balance/rotation so I go in every 3k. I have gone in with no shimmy, and left with a bad shimmy. And I have had them rebalance to fix a shimmy, and had to go back 1 or 2 more times to get the shimmy to go away. So, the moral of that story is : just because you have rotated and/or balanced, does not mean it was done correctly...
