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My 1.2 Punto 188 has around 70k miles on it and is a 2000 car. Recently we changed onto winter tyres (essential here in sweden) and since then there's a vibration which goes right through the car. It's worst as certain speeds, like around 50mph, where it resonates fairly badly. The vibration is felt through the whole car rather than in the steering and the wheels and tyres have been re-balanced but that didn't solve it.
What could cause this? The other, perhaps significant detail, is the swap to winter tyres was carried out by a local tyre place and we had lost the key to the locking wheel nuts (or rather, another local mechanic had kindly lost it for us following some work carried it in the summer). I believe the tyre place removed the locking wheel nuts by welding a nut onto the locking one.
I can't work this one out, as changing wheels shouldn't introduce a vibration unless the wheels are out of balance, which has been checked and doesn't seem to be the case. Could it be wheel bearings (maybe on the rear axle so not felt via steering wheel), but if so, why did it start the day they changed tyres?
What could cause this? The other, perhaps significant detail, is the swap to winter tyres was carried out by a local tyre place and we had lost the key to the locking wheel nuts (or rather, another local mechanic had kindly lost it for us following some work carried it in the summer). I believe the tyre place removed the locking wheel nuts by welding a nut onto the locking one.
I can't work this one out, as changing wheels shouldn't introduce a vibration unless the wheels are out of balance, which has been checked and doesn't seem to be the case. Could it be wheel bearings (maybe on the rear axle so not felt via steering wheel), but if so, why did it start the day they changed tyres?