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Reply With Quoteif its a month old...my suggestion, take the lazy man's route and go to the service department at the dealer...
first of all i want to give props to the creater of this site!!!! i just bought my car about a month ago and i immediately got on the net and searched for a site for the galant and ideas on how to hook it up, and stumbled across this site... and its off the backboard!!! anywayz, like i said, i just bought my 2002 es/4cl about a month ago and im noticing that when i get to about 60-65 mph it starts shimmying(sp?), or pulling slightly from side to side-thats the best way can describe the feeling. i was wondering if someone else has had the same problem or can give me some ideas on what it is and how to fix it.
if its a month old...my suggestion, take the lazy man's route and go to the service department at the dealer...
Welcome to TGC goldie_415. First I would check all the tire pressures to make sure they're all correct. Anything beyond that should be looked at by the dealer b/c you just got the car as Pinoy suggests. Just make sure you're not feeling this effect from an uneven road.
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Welcome to TGC! Sounds like it may be a balance problem... just a guess. As everyone else said, take it back to the dealer you bought it from and have them rebalance the tires....
Thank you and welcome to The Galant Center.
By chance have you upgraded your tires? Does it move like this always after 60-65 or only at this speed on certain stretches of road?
Reason I ask is that I have some Nitto 450 Exit directional's on my other car and it makes my car move like you're describing but I found out it happened only when I drove over the rain grooves on the freeway. For the longest I thought it was some gust of wind blowing me back and forth until I noticed that the trees where not moving. Needless to say, these tires suck.
Not sure if I want to say you're lucky because most people had a front end shake with their new Galants after 70 mph. I think it was due to warped disc brakes.
Sounds like flaky tire balancing job. Have the dealer just totally re-do the wheel balancing.
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