Car Shaking Problems

It is the engine that is vibrating and it is just being felt in the steering wheel. Can be a vacuum leak, or miss in the engine.

the distributor controlls the spark, if the spark is advanced, too much, or retarded too much, yeah. it will shake, or not even run.

the distributor doesnt usually go out, out of the blue.. if you took the cap off to check gap, or clean it, then put it on, and it is rough, yeah.. that may be it. but if it is out of the blue, running rough, you may want to check it for cracks, (cracks make gaps even hairline and the gaps make it run rough) you should also check the vacuum lines for cracks, and bad connections. the vacuum leaks will mess with the advancement of timing, and can also make it run rough.

but to answer the question, yes. a bad distributor can make the car shake.

uneven wear could be one of a couple of things. The tire pressure could be too high or too low. The rear alignment could be off. Or if the tires were rotated and the front end was out of alignment, then the wear will continue even though the tire is now on the rear.

A loose or incorrectly mounted wheel assembly-= wow this is bad mechanics.

Disconnect the battery, remove the intake manifold, remove the spark plug boot covers and cables, and remove the old spark plugs. Put in the new spark plugs, attach the spark plug boot covers and cables, replace the intake manifold and connect the battery.

It sounds like you could possibly have a cv joint slipping or both. These are the drive lines that connect to your front wheels they are more prone to slipp when making corners and accelerating. To inspect them you can jack each side up like you would change a tire put a jack stand under the frame of the car for safety with the car off and in park with e brake on. Just reach up and grab the cv joint near where it connects into the wheel and check for sloppines hold cv joint and have a friend try to rotate wheel both directions by hand. cv joint should move in conjuction with wheel no sloppiness. Hard acceleration such as roasting the front tires usually causes this problem.

Kinda need more information. Is it just when accelerating, or also when idling in drive? Does it only do it at a certain rpm or speed, or when applying brakes?

Fouling spark plugs can happen when the tip temperature is insufficient to burn off carbon, fuel, oil or other deposits and causes spark to leach to metal shell...no spark across plug gap will cause a misfire. Wet-fouled spark plugs must be changed as they won't fire. Dry-fouled spark plugs can sometimes be successfully cleaned by bringing the engine up to the operating temp.

There are a lot of things, first of all you need to remember why you needed to change them in the first place.

Improper gap

wires in wrong order

wires not on all the way

wires bad

coil bad

wrong plugs

another problem with engine causing misfire.

Any system can affect the complete combustion which can attribute to a misfire code, not just the plugs themselves. Fuel filter, coil pack, fuel injectors, head gasket issues, O2 sensors, catalytic converters.

Tire out of balance, bent wheel, or if it vibrates only when braking you have a warped rotor.

Putting the lights on, listening to the radio or anything else that is plugged into the car.

Yes is can.

This is caused by a construction flaw during construction of the tire. If it is a fairly new tire it will be replaced by the manufacture.

The Chevy 2500 HD Duramax would stall out at 200 RPM because of mechanical failures. The mechanical failure will make it not operate at its optimum.?æ

your tires might not be balance, or the tires belt is broke.. and might want to have or you can check your tie rod for to much movement. All you have to do is jack your front wheels up and pull up an down on it while your tires off the ground. Its souldnt have no movement and also can check ball joints the same way but by pulling left to right.

when they are no longer balanced.

perhaps you connected your spark plug wires incorrectly check your firing order if you crossed a couple of spark wires the engine may still run but very roughly also you may have spark plug wires that are not fully connected to the plug are you reusing the old plug wires may be time for a new set check connectors for corrosion recomend using high quality spark plug wires

...everyone should have a manual for their vehicle(parts store or dealer), and a local library should have professional shop manuals available in the REFERENCE section for free...make copies of the appropriate sections...read up and good luck :)

It could be the tires out of balance, the wheels need an alignment or the steering mechanism needs service. Can also be a bent wheel, but I would suspect it is an out of balance tire.

1. Your wheels are off by a huge number on balancing

2. Either steering setup or suspension setup needs work

3. Engine and tranny mounts can cause problems as well

4. Bad tires

I experienced violent vibrations while driving down the highway. I could see the trim vibrating, sun visor flipping and evrything else looked drunk!

I took it to C. Harper KIA. I had them check the entire front end, I turned out to be 3 out of 4 wheels needed balancing and either of the two tires needed replaced.

I am still driving on bad tires but I will get them replaced this Friday

My minivan did the same thing - it turns out I simply needed the wheels balanced (about 7 bucks per tire). That took care of it. Hope this helps.

This can be a warped rotor or tire out of balance. If it only happens when braking it is a warped rotor.

The most common cause of this problem is warped brake rotors. Get it replaced soon. Whenever you replace rotors, you should replace the pads. The old pads will have conformed to the shape of the rotors, so braking efficiency and life will be down if you use them with the new rotors.

It could be one of the following: 1. Tires are out of balance, 2. Perhaps one or both tires may wobble. 3. Brake rotors may have warped.

you most likely have warped brake rotors