Anyone know why my car would be shaking at higher speeds? It's particularly bad at 68-82 and then it's a bit better, not much though. I thought maybe tires need balancing but, there's no reason they should've gone unbalanced from the last time they were. Any ideas??

 

Could be a number of things, bent wheel, balancing, alignment may have caused tires to wear uneven,. I say take it to a shop and get it rebalanced. If that doesnt help start inspecting everything to eliminate them as being the cause. Seems like a lot of maximas have this problem.

 

True that. Mine started getting it at about 70-75k miles. I wanna say worn front suspension, because I really doubt that everyone gets their wheels/alignment out of specs all at the same time. I know rebalance and align did not do di** to improve things on my car, so it was unnecessary service. Once again, if you want perfection in a used Maxima, fuggediboudit, you'll drive yourself crazy and spend $$$. I've learned to live with it because I'm not gonna replace parts at only 85k. Maybe when it gets worse.

 

same problem here I almost lose control few times on the highway.. But when going 95+ it stops shaking heh

 

The only way to stop the shaking is stock wheels with stock suspension. Friend of mine put on 2003 Maxima Tires + Rims on his 95 maxima most of the shaking stopped and handles much better now.

 

it's either a suspension problem, or the balancing. Take it to where you last had it balanced, and have them rechecked. Most places have a per mile guarantee on balancing and alignment.

 

i had the shaking at about 70mph, too. i discovered that i had a warped rotor. by the time i finally got a clue, it could be heard loudly upon braking. by that tiime it was too late. it had gotten bad enough to destroy the bearings and contact surfaces of all axle components and everything. i even had to replace the spindle/knuckle as the vibration threw it out of "true." how this happened i can only deduce that it was from the night that i hit a pothole really hard. added to the problem was that my car is lowered and has lo-pro tires. so it hit the hole like a rock. i payed for that in spades. maybe you hit something and you just cannot remember, as we run over lots of things all of the time.

 

hmmm... this happened to my friend's jeep last year... the cause was heat warped brake disks... had the exact same symptoms as you and did not notice anything during breaking... check your disks...!

 

YOU MAY NEED:

new struts
Alignment
Balance
new tires
rotation

 

my wheel is shaking all the time! depends on the speed, in the city its just a little bit, but on the highway it feels like the whole car is about to explode because of shaking

 

dude. stop driving the car! you may be damaging a whole line of components. check it asap. i made the mistake of continued driving (dumb me). and i payed for it. big time.

 

this is the smartest thing somebody said on .org in a while !!!

drive it till the wheels fall off and shut up about all those little things
only thing that was designed to last is VQ motor .

mine vibrates at 75mph - i will leave it - keeps me from speeding and wastin $$$ on tickets.

Nick

 

for mine it was an alignment. I got the alignment done and no more shaking at 68-79 mph

 

Get your wheels balanced with a Hunter GSP9700 machine. This website tells about the machine and has a locator so you can find a shop in your area that has one:

www.gsp9700.com

 

I think a lug nut broke from your wheels. You better check!

 

I had bought that $40 lifetime balance and rotation at Discount Tire and my car was still shakin between 65-80. I took it to different places they would say alignment, but they didnt have an adapter for my 18's. So I took it to this place Car RX on Huebner Rd and they said oh its your shocks/struts. I said well do the alignment anyways. Only one of my wheels was slightly out of alignment. So one day I was over by Marbach Rd and took my max to the Discount Tire there. They did my alignment and I have zero shakes. I couldnt believe that one Discount Tire would do a cr@p job and another would do it right. Anybody in San Antonio I would say take your Max to the Discount Tire on Marbach and 410.

 

My mechanic says my rim is alittle bent because of pot holes thats why it shakes..