Mikeyjohn said:
The weather was a bit better to-day than it has been , but I had to take a short trip this afternoon and it is still doing it. My car is garaged but I don't keep heat on unless we are working in there, but it is well insulated, so I don't believe this is the problem. There may be something to self seal stuff in the tires as I have never had that before.
If it is the tires, then I will be putting in a complaint with DC, as we should not expect to have this problem when the weather gets cold.
I took my car in first thing this morning, and the service writer brought out about a 2-3 pound blob of self sealant to show me. It was taken out of my right rear tire.
Apparently there is a self seal bladder that is put inside the tire and is heated to the inside bottom of the tire and I guess mine let go and it formed a ball about three times the size of a softball and caused my car shimmy at certain speeds.
I then find out that Ford and GM in Canada warranty their tires but DC does not, so we had to contact the local supplier of Contis who stated that this was DC's problem, so I was getting hot under the collar and so was the service manager of the dealership. We contacted Conti direct and they set them straight. I will have my new tire installed on Wed., only because I am off that day.
The service manager had never heard of this problem before, but suggests that if any one else has this problem, then we as a group should get in touch with DC and have a TSB put out and maybe we can get these tires changed. I tried to get all four changed but I sure wasn't going to win that war. If any of the moderators want to move this thread to the tire one, please feel free.
By the way, out temp to-day is way above normal and I saw people wearing shorts this morning. The roads will sure get sloppy!!!!!