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Just putting a question out ther for feedback. this is not our 1st front wheel drive car...none of the others did this.
We, my wifes car, have a 06 Milan. Very pleased with it so far. Yes it has the I4 engine and is peppy enough for her.
It just has this nasty quirk, highly intermittant suspention wiggle. seems like we have to hit a bumb just right and is most noticable at highway speeds, >45 mph. Seems to be on the passanger side only.
It becomes most unsettling with winter limited traction road conditions, then a bumb isn't needed, or not much of one. It just starts to wiggle/sway and when your driving in multiple lanes and it does this, a real white knuckle event. It has always corrected itself , never move the steering wheel at all, but we have had let off the gas. But I have came close to start to counter steer to get out of it. Otherwise it seems to drive OK. No we do not use the cruise control in those driving conditions.
The best way to discribe it on partialy snow covered roads it feels like it wants to hydroplane or black ice & the rear want to go ahead of the front, for the most part to the passanger side. Or the suspension becomes untentioned from the front to the back, or back from the front, take your pick. And like there is elastic joining the rear wheels. This lasts only for a few seconds
In dry road conditions it will wiggle it butt at folks behind us and isn't nearly as concerning.
Now this does have the larger lowprofile tires, not sure whether that has anything to do with it or not??
Tires are very new front have just a few miles on them and the rear have <15k. The fronts were on the rear and were getting worn down pretty well...so we replaced them and put the new on the front. that wasn't it.
Had this in twice to the dealership where we purchased it and checked the alignment both times and check suspension over and came out with no adjustment each time.
The servise manager told me that there was 3 other Milan owners with simular issues. Apprently we're not the only ones. I have noticed fusions doing the same thing as we followed them.
Like said it is intermittant making it hard to pin down. Just wondering if there were others out there that has experieced the same with their Milan and or Fusion's and what was done to correct it???
thanks in Advance!
We, my wifes car, have a 06 Milan. Very pleased with it so far. Yes it has the I4 engine and is peppy enough for her.
It just has this nasty quirk, highly intermittant suspention wiggle. seems like we have to hit a bumb just right and is most noticable at highway speeds, >45 mph. Seems to be on the passanger side only.
It becomes most unsettling with winter limited traction road conditions, then a bumb isn't needed, or not much of one. It just starts to wiggle/sway and when your driving in multiple lanes and it does this, a real white knuckle event. It has always corrected itself , never move the steering wheel at all, but we have had let off the gas. But I have came close to start to counter steer to get out of it. Otherwise it seems to drive OK. No we do not use the cruise control in those driving conditions.
The best way to discribe it on partialy snow covered roads it feels like it wants to hydroplane or black ice & the rear want to go ahead of the front, for the most part to the passanger side. Or the suspension becomes untentioned from the front to the back, or back from the front, take your pick. And like there is elastic joining the rear wheels. This lasts only for a few seconds
In dry road conditions it will wiggle it butt at folks behind us and isn't nearly as concerning.
Now this does have the larger lowprofile tires, not sure whether that has anything to do with it or not??
Tires are very new front have just a few miles on them and the rear have <15k. The fronts were on the rear and were getting worn down pretty well...so we replaced them and put the new on the front. that wasn't it.
Had this in twice to the dealership where we purchased it and checked the alignment both times and check suspension over and came out with no adjustment each time.
The servise manager told me that there was 3 other Milan owners with simular issues. Apprently we're not the only ones. I have noticed fusions doing the same thing as we followed them.
Like said it is intermittant making it hard to pin down. Just wondering if there were others out there that has experieced the same with their Milan and or Fusion's and what was done to correct it???
thanks in Advance!
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