Car Shaking Problems

There are a number of possible causes: 1) a tire/wheel is unbalanced, bent, or out of round. 2) brake drums or rotors may be warped or out of round. 3) the vehicle may need a wheel alignment. 4) one or more steering linkages may be worn out and in need of replacement. 5) one or more ball joints may be worn out and in need of replacement. 6) if your tires are skidding and your vehicle has ABS, the steering wheel and brake pedal may emit a pulsing sensation.

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Depends on your definition of safe?

A bad alternator will make whats called a whirring noise. It could also make a low growl. This is just the bearings going bad. If your alternator is not supplying any power, it has nothing to do with noise typically.

Throttle actuator control position sensor....it's a small piece that goes in front of the engine.....cost about $110......must have Allen star key to take out if you're going to do it yourself.

You may not necessarily need them, but it would be aggravating to have to pull them apart again 6 months from now. If it were me, I would change the mounts and the springs while they are out, especially if you have more than 100,000 miles. If you hear a clunk while hitting bumps, or if the center metal piece of the mount comes loose easily after removal from the strut, the mount is probably finished- replace it.

Fords (and Mercury and Lincoln) are infamous for vacuum leaks. It is possible that you have a leaking vacuum hose, or a missing vacuum system cap, which would make a hissing noise if you open the hood with the vehicle running.

The problem could also be sensor related so find out if it is showing a MIL code and see which one it is, newer cars are made to self diagnose their problems, once you have that starting point you can make some educated guesses as to what to fix first.

Typically, a low end side-to-side movement such as what you describe is caused by a slipped belt on one of your radial tires. It CAN be caused by a bent rim, but typically that would cause you problems at highway speed as well.

actually anyone can't solve that problem correctly until you explain much about the shake.but there are many kinds of shakes.

If there is a problem in CV joints you may feel a shake.

Also if there is a problem in the connecting rod you may get the same feeling.

If you hear a noise with the shake it could be a problem of lack of power steering oil. If your power steering oil hose broke once, you may get the same unfortunate feeling.

Tire is not properly balanced, Tire is defective and/or out of round, Tire has a broken internal belt, a bent wheel, If the vibration is extremely fast and produces a droning noise, a defective universal joint or defective drive shaft is the likely cause..

Your AC should have NOTHING to do with your barking system, as it is not tied into the vacuum of the engine. If your wheel shakes under braking, then you need to replace your rotors and pads.

take it back they didn't align it right

No. it doesn't hav enough pressure to bend the rim, but it can be a very dangerous situation. If the bubble is more or less just a bump in the tire it is probably caused by the tire seperating. The threads that bind the tire have ruptured, and air is getting in between the layers of material causing the bubble. it is an accident waiting to happen.

this is an easy procedure simply locate the plugs, remove the plug wires they should just pull off(make sure you label these in some way so that you know which goes where) , and using the spark plug socket from your average socket set and remove the sockets and replace with new ones then replace the plug wires on to there corresponding plug make sure you do not mix them up or the plugs will not fire in the right order

if you also had your rotors replaced w/ the brake service then its because the mechanic did not completely clean off the chemical compound applied to the rotor when shipped. its used so it stays in top condition. if you have your OLD rotors and it smokes after new pads, then something is very wrong. more than likely wrong brake pad or the person who worked on your brakes messed something up.

Misfire or bad motor mounts most likely but as with any problem there are other possibilities.

its probably just your idle kicking in when u stop, this keeps your car ideling at a certain RPM so your car dont stall, and die.

If the automatic transmission car jerks when accelerating and the dash does not indicate a gear, there is a problem with the transmission. Check the shift solenoid.

Normally this is a symptom of a tire out of balance. Have your tires balanced and this should solve the problem.

This is probably due to worn brake rotors on the brakes, if there is no vibration when driving then this will be the cause.

If it is coming out of the front, it sounds like a loose brake caliper, or loose brake pads. I would get it looked at asap.

sounds like disk was overheated and neads to be turned down. It usaually can be done once or twice before it needs replaced. If you ride the brakes or, going downhill hold the breaks and don't allow them ot cool. it'll overhead the rotor and they'll warp. Kind of like a clutch plate in a manual transmission.

It'll caost around $100.00 for rotor and disk pads for the front end.

ok it may be simplar than that! my 91 Mazda did the same thing. if you car has (ABS) brakes then it may be the relay. mine was out; replaced it and now it stops.

answer sounds like your rotars are out of round or cracked. to check this , remove wheel , look at rotars blue spots will indicate overheating and distotrion most cracks are visable

definant possibility. with a broken motor mount, the engine will lift up during acceleration thus causing vibration.

It's a sort of a round thing near the back of the intake manifold. It is mostly gray but you'll mostly just see the cap of it which is made of (usually black) plastic with seven thick wires (plug wires) coming off of it.

The visible part of the distributor is about the size of a large orange and has a smaller shaft that you don't often see which extends into the engine all the way down to the oil pump.

could be a couple things, but my moneys on your rotors. get your brakes and rotors changed, it always fixes my shake while braking

lets not just spend money on something that may not be the problem, first up, check wheel bearings, second check wheel balance

also need to have ball joints checked

Check your wheel bearings, tie rod ends, balljoints and CV axles. A bent rim will also cause a shake at high speed.

Not unless the vehicle is hit hard enough to absolutely, positively total it. In which case it really doesn't matter.