Stearing Wheel Shimmey - Jaguar X-Type 3.0 Sport

No doubt the shimmy occurs within a certain speed range - that's indicative of a dynamic tire imbalance, nothing else.

A shimmy is caused by unbalanced tires which create an oscillation in the steering linkage. Tires can be balanced off the car on a machine or on the car. Some tires must be balanced at high rotation speeds in order (for the balance) to correct their dynamics.

This isn't unique, the '92 - '99 Mercedes S Class cars also had a lot of vibration complaints - M-B blamed the tires and the tire manufacturers blamed M-B - leaving their customer, the owner, in an abyss. Some "ownership experience".

You may have to replace the tires - or at least switch front to rear.

I'm fairly sure I've seen some posts regarding this on a Jaguar forum which you'll find with a Google search "Jaguar Forum". I think it is Roadfly from memory. I'll have a look and post again if I find it.

I have a 2001 X-Type Sport which has not suffered this problem but has had one or two others.

Good luck.

Try here...

I believe I have seen some posts regarding the problem you mention.

from the movie "My Cousin Vinnie" "You got mud in your tires".

Seriously though the swap tires from front to rear is a good tip.

It's an even better one if you do it *one side at a time*. That way, if you have *a* bent or out of balance wheel, you will isolate it instantly.

If the shimmy goes away after the first swap of two tires, you know it is the one that went to the rear. If it goes away only after the second swap, it *may* be the second wheel that went rearward. To confirm this, swap the other side back. If the shimmy returns, *both* of the front wheels were bent or out of balance. If the shimmy remains, then you either have *four* bad wheels or (more likely) it's something else causing it.

If you're going to do an Internet search, it will work much better if you can manage to spell both 'shimmy' and 'steering' correctly ...

-- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that)