wierd vibration in steering wheel?

[SX4DUDE2013]

So in my car when I accelerate around a turn kinda fast. Like trying to beat a ligh or just in a rush, the steering wheel will vibrate. The car is front wheel drive. It almost feels like the tires are screaching but they never makes the noise? I can only "feel" it. Is this normal?

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Re: wierd vibration in steering wheel?

What you are describing is torque steer. When you accelerate abruptly in either a straight line or around a corner the steering wheel will vibrate like you have described. The more power you add to the car (intake, exhaust, tune) the more violent the vibrations will become under hard acceleration.

Everything is normal.

You can reduce the torque steer with a limited slip differential.

[SX4DUDE2013]

Re: wierd vibration in steering wheel?

What you are describing is torque steer. When you accelerate abruptly in either a straight line or around a corner the steering wheel will vibrate like you have described. The more power you add to the car (intake, exhaust, tune) the more violent the vibrations will become under hard acceleration.

Everything is normal.

You can reduce the torque steer with a limited slip differential.

Thanks for the response. Does a rear wheel drive car do this too?

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Re: wierd vibration in steering wheel?

No. Front wheel drive are the only ones that suffer from this. All wheel drive will experiance this but not anywhere near as bad as front wheel drive.
This feeling is never felt through rear wheel drive because the rear tires are putting the power down. What you are feeling is the tires trying to grab the surface and if there is any resistance from one tire to the other the tire that tire will follow that path in turn pulling the steering wheel in that direction.