| Also the Rogue has "adaptive logic control", if you read the list of features it's right there. What this means is that the computer learns your driving habits and "tunes" the CVT and throttle response to your preferences. Remember your car has an electronic throttle/gas peddle, it is not linked to the engine throttle, just to the computer. So when you press on the throttle the computer interprets what you want to do and selects the appropriate gear ratio and opens the throttle appropriately. If you are an agressive driver, hard on the gas and brakes, the computer adapts to this and when you press on the throttle it will give you a lower gear and more throttle than someone who drives conservatively. What this means is that each person's Rogue will perform a little differently because the computer has learned from different driving habits. If you are a conservative driver this vibration will be more noticeable because you will always be in the highest gear resulting in the lowest rpms. Agressive drivers won't notice this as much in their Rogues becuase they'll spend more time in a lower gear with high rpms which does not produce the vibration you are experiencing. So this would explain differences from one Rogue to the next, and yes I experience the vibration but don't notice it any more and feel it is completely normal. It not only has to do with the high gearing of the CVT but also the long stroke of the QR25 engine in the Rogue, which is designed to work with the high gearing. Trust the Nissan engineers that designed this powertrain, there is lots of sophisticated engineering contained in your Rogue and it has been well tested. The vibration is normal. |