Having Trouble With My Car?

Question

My 4runner Has Been Acting really Weird Lately These Are The Problems

1.My 4runner`s Steering Wheel Keeps Vibrating When I Go 60 and up have any ideas why?

2.When I go to the shop to the the oil change and when i bring it home its starts leaking? I

its a Toyota 4runner 2005 SWD

Answer 1

Your tires need a good rotation and balance.

They aren't cleaning up their mess. When you change the oil sometimes it can run down the motor where the filter is and it can drip onto the ground.  

Answer 2

HI

I'm with DR. car guy

Vibrating steering wheel is front tire balance and or shocks.

and the oil leak (if it leaks for a short time then stops) is most likely oil they let run down the skid plate to drain the oil out and its still dripping off for a day or two..

Good luck

Tim

Answer 3

The tires being balanced MAY be your problem, but I would personally place my bet on it being your alignment. There's somewhat of a 50/50 chance of ti being your tires balanced or alighnement and lots of times bad alignement can lead to the setting the balance of the tires off.

As far as the oil leaking. If it is continually leaking and didn't before 2-3 things might have happened. They either didn't tighten the oil drain bolt tight enough after draining the oil, or they may have stripped it! Another possibility is they didn't tighten the oil filter on all the way. These occurances are rare but very possible. The third possibility is you simply blew a seal or soemthing and are leaking oil, just out of pure bad luck and it happened to be around when you took it to the shop for an oil change.

Hope this helps,

Cheers!

Answer 4

Vibration at highway speed may be tire balance or tread separation - have the tires balanced and rotated and that should improve that situation. If it does not then tire replacement will be the next step.

If it only appears to leak a few drops or small puddle for a day or two after the oil change it is because they are not properly wiping up the oil which runs down on the suspension and bottom of the engine from the filter when they change it.  If continued leakage is visible after 2 days or if a large puddle (over 3" diameter) forms overnight take it back and have them check for the cause. Check the oil level before driving the car again!

Answer 5

1. You need to have the tires balanced or replaced if they're shot.

2. The lazy people who do your oil changes dont take the skidplate off when doing the oil change, hence the residual oil.

Answer 6

1. Sounds like the tracking and balancing needs checking

Question 2 Not quite sure what your trying to say