# Vibration in 03 Nissan Frontier

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-03-nissan-frontier/77762>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, frontier\
**Created:** [March 4, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-03-nissan-frontier/77762 "2013-03-04T00:49:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gonville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gonville](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gonville)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-03-nissan-frontier/77762/1 "2013-03-04T00:49:13Z")

</div>

I have some serious vibration at about 40 to 50 MPH only when the accelerator is depressed. As soon as I let off the gas it stops. I have had the tires rotated and balanced and the U joints checked. My Mechanic says he can’t figure it out and to drive it until it breaks.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-03-nissan-frontier/77762/2 "2013-03-04T01:29:58Z")

</div>

You can’t always tell if a U joint is good unless you take it out. Your mechanic should know this. When a U-joint breaks, it can tear up the drive shaft and the attached yoke and that becomes a very expensive repair.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gonville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gonville](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gonville)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-03-nissan-frontier/77762/3 "2013-03-04T04:29:59Z")

</div>

He removed the drive shaft and inspected them or so he said.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-03-nissan-frontier/77762/4 "2013-03-04T07:06:44Z")

</div>

If he went to the trouble of removing the driveshaft, it wouldn’t have been much more work to replace the u-joints. U-joints are reasonably priced. I am NOT implying that the u-joints were bad, by the way.