hi, just bought a 51 reg 1.0 vibe with 43 k genuine miles on it, ive done about 200k miles in my micras over past 15 years and been very very lucky with them and I feel I know their quirks pretty well;
there are two things, one there is a bit of vibration coming through gear lever which gets louder if you hold gear lever knob, my previous micra did this but had treble the mileage, and having done some research, concensus seems to be its worn linkages??
however the other thing is car is totally silent till it gets to about 5o mph in third or fourth then there is what I can only describe as a subdued howl or whine which goes away when you put clutch in or knock car out of gear and coast, so its not wheels;
I've tried all sorts of searches inc on this forum without getting much further, any body any thoughts what it could be, gear selection etc all absolutely fine
thanks
dave
there are two things, one there is a bit of vibration coming through gear lever which gets louder if you hold gear lever knob, my previous micra did this but had treble the mileage, and having done some research, concensus seems to be its worn linkages??
however the other thing is car is totally silent till it gets to about 5o mph in third or fourth then there is what I can only describe as a subdued howl or whine which goes away when you put clutch in or knock car out of gear and coast, so its not wheels;
I've tried all sorts of searches inc on this forum without getting much further, any body any thoughts what it could be, gear selection etc all absolutely fine
thanks
dave