View Poll Results: SE vs. SL "Shimmy in the Steering Wheel"

2004 SE Maxima Shimmy

25.71%

2004 SL Maxima Shimmy

22.86%

2004 SE Maxima NO-Shimmy

31.43%

2004 SL Maxima NO-Shimmy

20.00%

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SE vs. SL "Shimmy in the Steering Wheel"

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12-03-2003, 02:45 PM

kennedy1111

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SE vs. SL "Shimmy in the Steering Wheel"

Hello All; By reading through the many threads on this site the famous "shimmy in the steering wheel" problem seems to be isolated to approxamety 35% of the 2004 SL Maxima owners that posted on this site. Is there anyone that has a 04' SE Maxima that has not been able to resolve a "shimmy in the steering wheel" problem? Thanks.

12-03-2003, 02:54 PM

rburkart

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Just had a quick thought.......Have they sold enough of these to cover the cost of a recall?.......Do you suppose other manufacturers are monitoring this site?................

12-03-2003, 05:26 PM

KJSmitty

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Originally Posted by kennedy1111

I've done all I am going to do with my vibrating 04 SE. Tomorrow the paperwork for the TX lemon Law fight will be filed.

Smitty

12-05-2003, 08:21 AM

4drsleeper

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My shimmy has been 95% corrected with wheel balancing and rotors turned. Drives great now.

12-05-2003, 11:56 AM

kennedy1111

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Rotors

Good news. Is it a SL or SE and how many miles did you have on it before turning the rotors?

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My shimmy has been 95% corrected with wheel balancing and rotors turned. Drives great now.

12-05-2003, 12:20 PM

kennedy1111

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Rotors

Good news. Is it a SL or SE and how many miles did you have on it before turning the rotors?

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My shimmy has been 95% corrected with wheel balancing and rotors turned. Drives great now.

12-05-2003, 01:49 PM

4drsleeper

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Good news. Is it a SL or SE and how many miles did you have on it before turning the rotors?

It's an SE. I had about 4500 miles when I took it in. I noticed the shimmy from day one. However, it wasn't that bad when I first got the car but it progressively got worse over time. Eventually I could feel the steering wheel shake when I was slowing down and I knew the rotors probably needed to be turned. So I took it to the dealership and got it fixed. It still annoys me that I had to take a brand new car in for the rotors with only 4500 miles on it. I know that I'm extremely nice to the car and I pretty soft on the brakes so this shouldn't have been an issue.

12-05-2003, 02:00 PM

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Are the rotors just under-sized or something? Why are you having to rotate at like 4500 miles? that is not normal for a car, and especially not normal for Nissan cars. They are usually really good in the brake area, in my experience. I have a 99 and I don't think they were replaced(the rotors) even when I bought it at 65,000 miles. It is fine now, because I put some new ones on.