What’s that noise?
Noises, shakes, pulls and warning lights — find out what it probably is, and how urgent it is. Three taps.
- 3What it means
Medium urgency
Book a check this week
Safe for now, but it gets worse (and pricier) the longer you leave it.
Most likely
Worn shocks or unbalanced wheels
When a tyre bounces instead of rolling smoothly, it wears in dips and patches.
What we’ll check: Measure the tread at the lowest patch first: under 3 mm there means a new tyre. Then shocks and wheel balance.
Understand it better
Why does wheel balancing matter?Visual guideUnbalanced wheels wobble as they spin. That shakes your steering, wears your tyres in patches and strains your suspension — so a quick, cheap job saves you expensive ones.How do I know if my shocks are worn?The car keeps bouncing after bumps, dips its nose when you brake, leans in corners, or your tyres wear in patchy “cups”.
This is a guide, not a diagnosis — cars are complicated, and only a proper look can tell for sure.