Vibration in Steering Wheel on 2008 Nissan Rogue

[pozniakr]

I have a 2008 Rogue S, 15,000 miles. when I slowly accelerate, between 20-39 miles per hour, their is a noticable vibration in the steering wheel. Dealer master tech checked it out, agreed with vibration but said it was normal for this type of transmission, no service bulletims on this vibration. is this normal? My Rogue is under warranty and if there is a problem that you know about I'd like it fixed. [email protected]

[pozniakr]

hello-anyone out there to help with this question??????\

[pm_page6776]

Does the steering wheel vibrate or move back and forth slightly? You likely have 1 or more tires that have high radial force variation. This means that a tire has a "stiff spot" in the sidewall causing the vehicle to feel like the tires are egg shaped at speeds between 20-50 mph and typically become less noticeable at higher speeds. The steering wheel will not vibrate so much as move back and forth.

[nothing]

I agree with the previous post. This might sound dumb but also check your tire pressure. Make sure all four tires are at appropriate psi.

[pozniakr]

Tire pressure has been checked and is OK. Tires are new--15,000 miles on them. When i take my foot off the accelerator at the speeds where I feel the vibriation, i experience no vibration in the steering wheel. When I hit the speeds in low vs drive, there is no vibration in the steering wheel. Anyone think its the tramsmission? While my dealer said this vibration is normal in the traansmission found in the 2008 Rogue S, I am taking it to another Nissan dealder for their opinion while this is still under warranty. Somone suggested that the problem might be the motor mounts?

[nothing]

This is hard to trouble shoot 'cause I've never even been inside a Rogue. Perhaps someone who drives one will chime in soon.

Good luck with this.

[pozniakr]

Also, steering wheel does not move back and forth--it vibrates.

[asoomal]

Have your front wheels balanced.

Just curious, have you hit any pot holes or curbs?

[rougesucks]

i have a 2009 rogue sl awd and took it in for 6 months and filed a bbb case and nissan response was its normal operating conditions, which is bull, ask them were its coming from and what are the specs. ask them how much vibration is normal and compare it to your rogue, they dont have a clue. in my case it is a binding axle shaft. have them put your rogue on a host off the ground and have them put it in drive at idle and then accelerate. i have a video if you want. pass the word around

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

Id have them switch the front and rear tires - move the fronts to the back ino ther words - then test drive.If that changes nothing then its time dig depeer - tell 'em to quit fartin' around and do close inspection up on the rack with the wheels off the ground ---- this could be a bad half-shaft, a wheel bearing starting to fail, or, something really strange like I had one time years ago in a POS Chrysler, a faulty differential putting vibration into the halfshaft that you "feel" under excelleration.

[pozniakr]

I took my rogue to another dealer in Mass. The tech felt the vibration in the steering wheel but did not know what was causing it, even though I had listed all of your comments in response to my problem. I asked them to drive a similar Rogue in their lot to see if the steering wheel vibration problem exits, as another dealer told me it does because of the type of continuous transmission in the Rogue. The second dealer did not do this. What is wrong with Nissan service and customer service. The second Nissan dealer said they woud call the Nissan Help Desk to see if they can pinpoint my problem but then added, "If you don't hear back from us in five days, give us a call". Give them a call...what customer service.

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

.... The second Nissan dealer said they woud call the Nissan Help Desk to see if they can pinpoint my problem but then added, "If you don't hear back from us in five days, give us a call". Give them a call...what customer service.

I understand your frustration and I'm not saying the problem is no big deal...it IS a big deal- you spent good money for a vehicle and you have a situation that needs to be resolved.....but being one myself, I cant help but think you should consider the service mgr's side if it.....In a perfect world, everyone remembers to follow up and resolve everything they are involved in. On the other hand, everyone is busy with many things and they don't allways remember everything...in this case, this dealers service dept has to wait for answers from thier factory / supplier - who knows how long they may have to wait? The system is most likely first-come first-served where they send a message in with contact info and then wait for an available person to respond....I think they are being reasonable and trying to help...IMO it's worse to give the "we'll call ya when we know something" line and then stuff comes up, or the factory guy is out of town and his voice mail is full, or whatever....and then you end up never calling the customer back......I very often tell customers to call me if I don't call back within a certain time just becuase of this....and I have had jobs sit for weeks at a time 'cause we need info from the engineering dept of a manufacturer while they figure out an answer to the problem we present them with.....It sounds like you found a better sevice dept to deal with - be pateint, be reasonable and work with them - but don't hesitate to make that call and just say you're "checking in" to see if there are any ideas yet...

[mrbizness1]

while your at the dealer have them check for this recall

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/r...email