Hello all, can warped rotors cause the ride to by bumpy...When I am driving with my foot off the brake, it feels like Im hitting a whole bunch of little bumps. It shakes the steering wheel, and anything in the drink holder and vibrates the passenger seat. I thought it was the road, so I rode in a friends car...no imaginary vibrating/bumps..It feels exactly like warped rotors do when your braking on them. I know my rotors are warped, but do warped rotors make for a bumpy ride even when the brakes are not being applied??

 

Not as far as I know. My old car had warped rotors and it was just fine, untill you hit the brakes.

 

depends on the speed. at highway speeds the car will vibrate

 

sounds more like your wheels are out of balance.....

 

Yes it will cause vibration. I had the same problem till I changed them to I rotors but also check tire pressure and balance.

 

Yes, like I said the rotors on my old car (1989 VW GTI) were warped to **** for a while, but i never had any vibration problems unless i was braking, and even then it wasn't bad

 

hm that's strange, there shouldn't be enough pressure against the rotors to make the car vibrate

 

ya, idk what the heck is causing the vibration either, I do tons of highway driving, and it is just pissing off..I have had the tire place and the dealership look at it, and they both say its normal....and they play the blame game on each other..

 

for me it wasnt so much a vibration as it was throwing the weight off making it feel like a vibration. once the rotors were replaced it stopped

 

alright cool, I think Im gonna order some frozen rotors, and Hawk HPS pads...seems like a good combo after reading the post that was just made about rotors..thanks guys!

 

vibration is balance, balanc the wheels.. and your problem should go away...

 

Nope that is the first thing the tire place tried was rotating and balancing my wheels....didn't do a thing..

 

BAHHH First off you can not warp your rotors unless you auto cross every day and your brakes stay at high temperatures. Its your pads that suck they get glazed over and cant grip the rotors thats why you get the stuttering action, or AKA warped rotor crap. Ahhhh will you people plz plz search. Oh and your problem is probably out of balance wheels like everyone says

 

it's also possible you have a rim or tire that is out of round/bent.....

 

umm yes, our rotors do warp (and not just from auto-x). if you searched you would see that its a common problem.

 

the rotor itself does not actually warp you would need to heat it up till they are glowing red and then when they would cool they would change shape other wise its just the stock pads that can not with stand higher temps for a while and they get glazed. Thus they cant grip the rotors

 

Tires can go out of round too. Any weird bumps in the sidewall?

 

Forgot to mention i have brembo blanks and hawk hps up front. I have been driveing like a psycho with them and they are fine.

 

could be problems of wheel bearings, suspension, wheel balance, major wheel alignment needed (suspension part)

 

so do I start at the dealership or the tire place??

 

Tires need to be balanced. I had similar problem when driving on 95

 

yeah i have the same problem...for some reason, it takes about 5 times to finally balance my tires correctly, and if they aren't it's extremely annoying at highway speeds.

 

Go balance your tires first with a good shop around your area. If problem still exists then go to tirerack.com order some good brake pads and rotors.

 

I have the same problem...

The ride feels really rough, even on smooth roads.

Over 55 mph, i start feeling a vibration in the steering wheel.

I just got my front brakes done and all four tires balanced, but the problem still exists. I will be getting my alignment done, I hope that solves my problem. I hope its not anything major, like wheel bearings or other suspension components.