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I have had this problem for about 3-4 years now. Whenever I accelerate from about 50-80mph I get a nasty shaking through the steering wheel, floor, everywhere; and passangers can feel it as bad as I do. I have new engine mounts, and have replaced the CV joints 2 times now. When I change the right CV out the shaking is noticably lessened, but it is definatly still there. What can I do, I am at a loss and everyone I have talked to has no clue either. I need to fix this, the ammount of shaking that goes on can not be good for the rest of the car... Thanks for the help!! -Nick
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Turning the wheel to either side, or straight ahead makes no difference in the strength of the shaking... thanks so far for the help...
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I have the exact same problem. I was going got change out the motor mounts. I'll keep an eye on this post to see if anybody has an answer.
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I would have a good front end mechanic look at all suspension / bearing componets in the front. Then I would suggest that they look at your rims to make sure they are true. (not bent from jumping curbs ect.) After checking the rims have the tires spun balanced. I had a tempo that the wheels had intermittent vibrations. This did not quit until the rims where replaced. I had tried replacing the half shafts and tires. Turned out that the rims were bad. A ball joint was also shot but it was not found until the car was raised on a lift the lifted by the frame not the tire.
Good luck Dan
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Good Luck Dan
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Originally posted by 99blacksesport:
I have had this problem for about 3-4 years now. Whenever I accelerate from about 50-80mph I get a nasty shaking through the steering wheel, floor, everywhere; and passangers can feel it as bad as I do.
If it's only under acceleration, I'd say engine misfire or something else in the drivetrain. ATX or MTX tranny? I would think that wheel balance would occur whether or not you were accelerating.
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I had some shaking as well until I changed my coil, wires and plugs.
Could also be in the front end like tie rods, ball joints, rims etc...
If only under acceleration, I would check the ignition system first.
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Make sure the engine is centered and does not have a driveaxle misaligned or in a bind. Sometimes this happens if the subframe or engine mounts have been disturbed.
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Originally posted by SquareHead:
I had some shaking as well until I changed my coil, wires and plugs.
Could also be in the front end like tie rods, ball joints, rims etc...
If only under acceleration, I would check the ignition system first.
I have a MTX. The whole ignition system is fairly new. New plugs, wires, and coilpack have all been replaced.
It is only under acceleration between 50-80, I would think a misfire would be at any speed acceleration?
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I battled a similar problem for about 2-3 years, vibration only on acceleration. It first happened after I had a half shaft replaced. I took it back to get that replaced and it didn't help. Took it back to get the other one replaced and that didn't help. I finally ended up getting new OEM half shafts installed and my problem is gone!
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