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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 07:34 PM
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I have a 2004.5 S40 2.4i, I have a vibration in the front seems to be coming from passenger side, just replaced passenger side cv axle, old one had a busted boot, the vibration happens in gear when turning in either direction and upon acceleration, seems to go away after 30mph. Just checked and the driver side inner boot is busted as well, going to replace, could the driver side be causing the vibration feeling coming from passenger side?
 
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 09:38 PM
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Yes it's quite possible to have the driver side axle "pretending" to cause vibration on the passenger side.
Since the boots are broken, your best bet to replace them and see if it goes away. Make sure to use quality axles, sometimes "rebuilt", is rebuilt not quite to standard
 
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 09:43 PM
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The noise sounds like running over ripple strips really fast, it happens when I turn right and going uphill into my driveway, sometimes it will happen on level ground. plus when driving and hit a bump the passenger sounds like it hits hard, not sure if it is a strut issue or LCA.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 04:08 PM
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I was hoping for some more input, I will replace the drivers side to see if that solves the problem.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 09:56 PM
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Could be the right side engine mount resting on the body
 
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 10:37 PM
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Could be the right side engine mount resting on the body
+1 A busted motor mount will cause noise and vibration on the right side.
 
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