I've had my 2025 Fieldmaster for 4 days now and have put 810 miles on it with frequent interstate driving. That should slow down in the weeks ahead, but during those trips I've noticed a very strange vibration in my steering wheel under the following conditions combined:
-Going up any incline or under load
-Between 67-71 MPH
-8th Gear
-1900-2000 RPM's
There seems to always be some light vibration at 2000 RPM's, but in the aforementioned scenario, the steering wheel becomes uncomfortable to hold after a while. It isn't like a shuttering vibration, but rather a high-pitched one that causes my hand to tingle or numb if holding for a while. Despite it being a pretty specific scenario, it's very frequent when traveling on the interstate, taking up about 40-50% of the trip when there's traffic.
I've tried to mitigate it by reducing air pressure in my tires a little, as well as got my tires rotated and balanced, but that hasn't worked. I'm going to call the service department at my dealer tomorrow to ask about it, but has anyone else experienced this or have any ideas as to what might be causing it?
I don't really notice it in the body of the vehicle, nor coming through the seat, it's just the steering wheel. If I accelerate through the speed it's fine, or if I stay under that speed it's fine. Also, when I downshift manually to 7th gear in that scenario, it goes away as the RPM's jump above 2100 to maintain that speed. I.e., I can be doing 67-70 MPH in 7th Gear at 2200-2300 RPM's and not feel anything.
-Going up any incline or under load
-Between 67-71 MPH
-8th Gear
-1900-2000 RPM's
There seems to always be some light vibration at 2000 RPM's, but in the aforementioned scenario, the steering wheel becomes uncomfortable to hold after a while. It isn't like a shuttering vibration, but rather a high-pitched one that causes my hand to tingle or numb if holding for a while. Despite it being a pretty specific scenario, it's very frequent when traveling on the interstate, taking up about 40-50% of the trip when there's traffic.
I've tried to mitigate it by reducing air pressure in my tires a little, as well as got my tires rotated and balanced, but that hasn't worked. I'm going to call the service department at my dealer tomorrow to ask about it, but has anyone else experienced this or have any ideas as to what might be causing it?
I don't really notice it in the body of the vehicle, nor coming through the seat, it's just the steering wheel. If I accelerate through the speed it's fine, or if I stay under that speed it's fine. Also, when I downshift manually to 7th gear in that scenario, it goes away as the RPM's jump above 2100 to maintain that speed. I.e., I can be doing 67-70 MPH in 7th Gear at 2200-2300 RPM's and not feel anything.
