If your car trembles when braking, it’s likely due to damaged brake rotors. These components are paired with your brake pads and work to stop your car’s wheels from spinning. When rotors are used for too long, they break down and get thinner from regular use, which can leave them easily damaged. When your rotors get to a certain point, they can become warped from the high heat that’s generated during braking. The rotor being warped can cause the brake pads to slip, thus making your car shake, which you’d usually feel in the brake pedal. These parts can last up to about 70,000 miles, but may need to be replaced earlier than that depending on your driving conditions and style.
Our next culprit for why your car is shaking may be the tires, which typically creates a tremble in a vehicle’s steering wheel. When your tires are misaligned, or perhaps even cold, your vehicle’s suspension is required to work harder in order to keep your car balanced. If you’ve hit a curb or pothole on the streets of Georgetown, that could be a cause for misalignment. You should have your wheel alignment checked up on every 5,000 miles or so alongside a typical tire rotation. Be sure to closely monitor your TPMS. For more on tires, check out our guide to decoding tire numbers!
If you car is shaking and it’s not because of the above reasons, then it’s likely your steering or suspension systems are damaged. In this case, you may feel your car trembling not only during braking but at all times. A damaged axle shaft could also be the reason, which would cause your car to shake when coming to a stop. The suspension components should also be checked when you take your car in for a routine tire rotation.
With a handful of reasons why your car may be shaking, it’s hard to pinpoint the exact problem yourself. This is why you should take your car in to be serviced at Nyle Maxwell Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Austin, where our expert technicians can find the exact issue. If you think you have a larger issue at hand, contact us and make an appointment with our service department today! We’re also here to answer any service-related questions you have like how to remove a car battery.
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Schedule Oil Change Oil Change Service Offers Knowing how often you should change your oil is an important part of vehicle ownership, but the answer isn’t always quite as clear-cut as you might like. In a nutshell, you should change your oil at recommended service intervals, when it gets low, or when it gets dirty….
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