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ok my sister came here fome texas with a 96 ford contour with 107,000 miles on it. she says she needs me to do a few things to it for her. i take it for a ride. good for city driving but, on the exspressway,wow does not go over 75 when at 50 when you hit the gas it shakes real bad. i ask her how long it has done that she said since she bought it. that was a month ago. i asked her how much she paid for it she said 4,000. i about smaked her. what could make the car do that. i am lost. any thoughts. i was told to make a big bomb out of it. cant do that its a contour must be saved. lol.
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shocks or struts? ours kinda shakes a bit, not bad, but noticeable thats what sucks about buying a pre owned car, you dont know how it's been taken care of 
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But it won't go over 75, bad cat? vacuum leak? You should post this in troubleshooting. You might even find it moved there.
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Check plugs and wires too.....
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i ment to put it in troubleshooting. i dont know how i put it here. i was looking for it this moring and could not find it becuse it was in general. sorry guys. its my fault i'll try not to do this again. thanks for the replys i will look in to it.
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I had almost the same problem, when I switched back from 17s to stock. My car couldn't go over 35mph!!! I was shocked and lost (cause I could do XXXmph with 17"s). Also, when it topped out at 35mph, the traction control light came on. Does your sister's car do it? If yes... well my problem was is that I had bigger rear (195/75/14) tires than front (195/65/14). So I switched them, now the car runs perfectly. 17"s were better though... 
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The shaking over 50, if its only on acceleration then its the CV joints. Im having the exact same problem with them...
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my old 95 taurus would always shake really bad when i hit 65, so bad that no cd would play in my cd player!
I figured out that my wheels were messed up, either i had bent rims or non-balanced/aligned tires. I just got rid of it for my SVT.
...but it sounds like that has something to do with the engine or tranny.
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Originally posted by fordfan056:
wow does not go over 75 when at 50 when you hit the gas it shakes real bad.
Do a search for fuel pump problems.
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