I have the exact same problem! They balanced the tires and it's still there. Were you able to figure it out?
Maybe it has to do with the break in process, which to me is still a bit weird but at the very least let your dealer know and maybe open a case with VW.Took delivery of my new Atlas on Christmas Eve and was VERY concerned after I read this thread. However, after 200 miles on the Florida Turnpike at an average of 75-80 mph, I cannot replicate ANY chassis vibration. Was this an intermittent issue?
We are glad to hear that the vibration problem you have been dealing with seems to be fixed now...Hi all, just to let you know that the Drive Shaft of my Atlas was replaced and the Vibration gone! I'll keep you posted on any change.
Thanks for the update! I've always enjoyed continental tires (it's only my experience, I'm sure there are those that hate them). I'm having a similar issue with the Civic I bought from my sister in law. She put very cheap ($25 per tire...) tires on the car. I've had the car aligned and wheels balanced and it still had a terrible vibration from 49-54mph. Not one to throw away usable tires, I had the tires ROAD FORCE BALANCED. You can use Hunter's (the manufacturer of the road force machines) website to locate shops that carry these machines and have the factory trained techs to use them. After having the Civic's wheels road force balanced, they had to take 3 of the 4 tires off the rim and rotate the high point of the rubber with the low point of the rim to help "true" the roundness of the assembly. I also found out that I've got a terrible lateral runout on one wheel where it had either hit a big pothole or a curb that my sister in law somehow forgot she hit. Yeah, it cost $100 for the road force and it took about 2 hours, but now I know that no matter what I do (short of replacing that rim) I'll never be ENTIRELY rid of that vibration. That's peace of mind for me and knowing exactly what will fix my problem is awesome.Update on vibration.
Today I went to Onion Creek VW, Austin TX. They told me it's tire balance issue. Walmart used minimum 1/2 lb weight scale. However VW dealer can reach 1/4 lb accuracy. After they did 4 wheel balance and rotate tires front to back again, vibration reduces a lot, but it's still there in a very subtle way. Now I just call it good enough. I can't believe 1/4 lb can much such big difference. It reaffirms to me that the tires coming with the car is not that good.
I can't wait any longer to replace these junk tires with Michelin ones.
Those beads seem really cool! Do they go inside the tire/rim assembly?WestB87, thanks for sharing your experience. Next time when vibration is over my mental limit, I will try the road force balance. I have used http://www.innovativebalancing.com beads to balance big tires on motorhome. I never need to worry about tire balance again, even for >65mph. I am not sure how good it is on smaller cars.
When the tire bead/edge is open from the wheel, the balance beads/ sand can be tossed into the tire tube with the bead bag. Once >65 mph, bags will pop open. Some of the bead type need stem filter. But for motorhome they sell some that don't need stem filter. I asked them if it can be applied to Atlas. But they did not reply back yet.Those beads seem really cool! Do they go inside the tire/rim assembly?