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My 96 Accord shakes( like I have a flat tire) and makes a loud
thumping sound. It usually starts around 65 mph. and continues even at
low speeds. It comes and goes and only does it when I accelerate. I
have taken it into 2 diff. places and no one can figure out what is
wrong. Any ideas as to what it could be???

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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:26:55 +0000, weezel18 wrote:

> My 96 Accord shakes( like I have a flat tire) and makes a loud
> thumping sound. It usually starts around 65 mph. and continues even at
> low speeds. It comes and goes and only does it when I accelerate. I
> have taken it into 2 diff. places and no one can figure out what is
> wrong. Any ideas as to what it could be???
>

Can be lots of things... First things to check would be tire wear, wheel
balance and alignment.

If all of those are OK, it could be a ball joint, or other suspension item...

I got the tires balanced aligned etc. They said my tires look fine.
The other place I took it to said everything looked fine. Could it
possibly be the motor mounts? I know those don’t wear out often so
it may have been something the mechanics overlooked???

"Joe LaVigne" wrote
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:26:55 +0000, weezel18 wrote:
>
> > My 96 Accord shakes( like I have a flat tire) and makes a
> loud
> > thumping sound. It usually starts around 65 mph. and
> continues even at
> > low speeds. It comes and goes and only does it when I
> accelerate. I
> > have taken it into 2 diff. places and no one can figure out
> what is
> > wrong. Any ideas as to what it could be???
> >
>
> Can be lots of things... First things to check would be tire
> wear, wheel
> balance and alignment.
>
> If all of those are OK, it could be a ball joint, or other
> suspension item...

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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:25:29 +0000, weezel18 wrote:

> I got the tires balanced aligned etc. They said my tires look fine.
> The other place I took it to said everything looked fine. Could it
> possibly be the motor mounts? I know those donÂ’t wear out often so
> it may have been something the mechanics overlooked????

I would expect worn motor mounts to cause vibration at idle or lower speed.

"weezel18" <none@000.com> wrote in message
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> My 96 Accord shakes( like I have a flat tire) and makes a loud
> thumping sound. It usually starts around 65 mph. and continues even at
> low speeds. It comes and goes and only does it when I accelerate. I
> have taken it into 2 diff. places and no one can figure out what is
> wrong. Any ideas as to what it could be???
>
>
Odd as it sounds, others have reported clunking on acceleration being fixed
after axle replacement. I expect the shops have at least looked at the CV
joint boots, but apparently it can happen in spite of the boots being
intact.

No easy test I know of, and replacing axles on blind suspicion is fairly
drastic.

Mike