Whtmaxz07

Hi all. My 07 maxima se is shaking on acceleration. No codes. I had my tires rotated and balanced and it didn't improve. I noticed my tie rod bushings were bad too.

At highway speed,, the car shakes as i accelerate to 80. Then, the car alternates between calm and shaky.

Your thought and advice?

User1

Time for new axles.

The Wizard

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How old are your tires? Are they evenly worn? How much life is left on the tires? Did you double check to see they were inflated properly? Sometimes over inflated tires that are old are not worn evenly can cause shaking.

Whtmaxz07

I found this while having the tires rotated and balanced.

could this be the culprit?

User1

No. You need new axles.

Whtmaxz07

I'm running on Acililies Tires

TDGrant

Well, you got a pickle to figure this out. I would switch rear tires to the front to rule out ties and rims. Then make sure your wheel bearings are good, and all your suspension and sub-frame bolts are tight. If that is all good, then like U1 said, you're probably looking at axle issues.

I had a similar issue..shaking between 60mph and 80mph. The issue was my passenger side strut mount's rubber insert had separated from the strut mount's housing, though I did not figure that out until it started squeaking.

At the end of the day, finding out the cause of this issue takes some work.

qzyv1r

I would start with the tie rod ends. When you accelerate weight shifts off the front tires allow then to wiggle. Rod ends are pretty cheep compared to halfshafts. Plus if your tires arnt scalloped already from the bad tie rods you can save them.
How do the halfshaft (aka driveshaft) boots look? Cracked leaking grease? If they are damaged then you may have a joint failing on the halfshaft. But usually they grind and crunch. If the haflshaft wobbles generally it would of been there from day one as a mfg defect. Not completely ruleing it out but its unlikely. After tie rods could be struts. Rotate tires if it goes away bad tires they can get soft spots.