Vibration With Throttle
 

I just picked up a 2003 SI and have a quick question. At around 50mph there's a decent vibration that I thought may just be a wheel out of balance but I noticed today it only does it if I am giving it gas, the harder the gas the more vibration but it eventually sort of fades off closer to 75mph. If I push the clutch in or take it out of gear it goes smooth. Any ideas? I'm going to jack it up tomorrow and have a look, if nothing sticks out I'll take it to a shop but I wasn't sure if there's something that immediately comes to mind for these cars with this symptom. It drives straight, no pulling but I did notice sharper left turns at more than a parking lot speed you can feel the vibration if you give it some gas.

Thanks,

Simon

Re: Vibration With Throttle
 

Could be a cv axle going bad.

Re: Vibration With Throttle
 

Well I jacked it up and the right front has a small amount of play if you grab each side of the tire and move it back and forth. I don't see anything visibly bad or any movement from jiggling it so I'll just take it to a local shop to see if they can diagnose it.

Re: Vibration With Throttle
 

Only thing shop could find was the left axle even though they said it's not horrible. Also both tie rod ends show a little play but not anything dangerous. Taking it to have a new axle put in tomorrow and maybe will just go ahead and do tie rods. Just thought I'd update in case someone else ever searches something similar.

Re: Vibration With Throttle
 

New axle fixed it! Smooth at all speeds.

Re: Vibration With Throttle
 

Did you get OEM or cheap auto part store one?

Re: Vibration With Throttle
 

OEM