# 1996 Civic Vibration While Accelerating

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** vibration, civic, honda\
**Created:** [March 24, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256 "2009-03-24T20:18:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![martins4th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@martins4th](https://community.cartalk.com/u/martins4th)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256/1 "2009-03-24T20:18:01Z")

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I have this problem, I hope someone can help. I have this vibration that occurs while I am accelerating. If I back off of the gas it goes away, it’s not really noticeable until I hit about 60 then it goes away at about 75. I’ve replaced the tire and had an alignment done. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256/2 "2009-03-24T20:38:46Z")

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That is very characteristic of a bad front axle/halfshaft joint. How many miles are on this car, and has it ever had its front axles replaced?

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**Author:** ![martins4th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@martins4th](https://community.cartalk.com/u/martins4th)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256/3 "2009-03-24T20:58:29Z")

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I replaced the drivers side when I changed the struts because the boot was ripped. It has about 153,000 miles on it.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256/4 "2009-03-24T23:57:30Z")

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Well, seeing as how I don’t know when the struts were replaced, that doesn’t provide a whole lot of info. How many miles ago was that?

In any case, if the passenger’s side has 153K on it I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the pass side axle is due.

The other thing, though, is that many axles replacements these days are rebuilds - and the quality is often terrible. I wouldn’t be surprised if the “new” axle is bad.

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**Author:** ![martins4th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@martins4th](https://community.cartalk.com/u/martins4th)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256/5 "2009-03-25T03:22:04Z")

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I replaced the struts maybe 5000 miles ago. THe car has been doing it for a while. I will try replacing the passenger axle and see how that works. Thank you for the advic.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-civic-vibration-while-accelerating/28256/6 "2009-03-25T15:24:16Z")

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If the vibration pre-dates the new driver’s side axle then I wouldn’t worry about it - but if not, don’t assume that the “new” axle doesn’t have a problem.

I think that the axles are a good bet, but you should also give all of your motor and transmission mounts a very close inspection.