2002 S60 with automatic.
Wife hit a curb with right front tire - hard enough to cut the tire. The tire was replaced and switched to the right rear. Steering wheel shake began immediately. Points of interest:
1. No obvious difference in wear pattern of any tires.
2. Two volvo dealers have been unable to identify a problem that would cause a shake.
3. The local Firestone dealer spin balanced all tires - found no problems - says he even spin-balance checked the offending rim and found no problem.
4. The majority of the shake takes place from start to about 50mph and leaving a stop and turning left.
While the problem is readily obvious to all three "people" none of them can locate it!
I fear that resolution will ultimately involve a major tear-down and the finding that very expensive parts need replacement - odd that 2 separate Volvo dealers are stumped.
For what it is worth the car drives fine but I think of suspension and brakes as the same - mess with either and it may kill you!
Any thoughts from you gurus would be greatly appreciated.
Oh yes, the vehicle has 155,000 miles of mostly highway driving.

 

Have you swapped the front and rear tires?

 

Volvo's I have 2 xV70 T5's both suffer from some shake after I take the wheels on and off, they have no centering rings to center the wheels on the hubs, drive it for a couple of hundred miles, may just go away, then re-torque the wheel nuts.

Karl

 

It may be worth rotating the tires to see if it changes the problem. Getting a 4-wheel alignment should help isolate any bent or out of spec suspension components. Is it possible that maybe one of the other rims got bent? Any chance the tires are directional tread and they put the new one on the wrong way or rotated a tire to the wrong side?