I have about 26k miles on a 2012 prius v 5. Recently I noticed that the vehicle produces vibrations. You can feel it in the steering wheel, but also notice it with head rests and visors vibrating. This can occur by going as slow as 25 or 30 mph. The other issue is that when going over pumps the shocks feel soft and the rear of the vehible jumps one way or the other. I still have the factory tires with lots of wear remaining. I had this issue in a Jeep years ago and it was the faulty sway bars. My understanding is that Prius v's only have front sway bars. Anyway, was curious if anyone else has had similar issues (basically poor ride performance).
sometimes the tyres go bad even when the tread is good. jack it up and rotate each tyre carefully observiving any descrepencies between the outside, middle and inside edges. how is the tyre pressure? we had to replace my wife's hycam tyres at 20,000 miles due to cupping. i don't know anything about sway bars. all the best!
If it's vibrating through the whole car then it's most likely to be a problem with the rear tyres out of balance, the fronts would affect the steering wheel more than anything else. Assuming the pressures are correct and they are the original tyres, check that you haven't lost a wheel weight off the inside of the wheel, you'll see a clean patch where it was stuck on. If they are not the original tyres and/or you don't seem to have lost a weight, then go have them rebalanced.
