Aloha Everyone,
Just curious if anyone out there has experienced a similar issue on their 99 5 speed Manual Contour, 4 cylinder.
When driving our Contour yesterday a very deep and constant vibration began to occur under acceleration and under power. We noticed the vibration when the car was over 3500 rpm, but soon the vibration moved to the lower ranges of the RPM range. It is a loug grumble that everyone in the car can hear and feel. The brakes seem to work fine and the engine revs fine in neutral. I haven't lost any tire weights, even if I had, this vibration is so deep and heavy that it couldn't possibly be from a missing weight.
This may add more confusion as sometimes I don't describe problems the right way but...the dealership recently checked our car out for an issue I was having under acceleration. Occasionally when starting from a stop light the car would stutter until I pushed in the clutch and then more smoothly and with higher rpm got the car back on step. I could no recreate the issue for the dealer.
They reported that all front end linkages and arms/bars looked fine so nothing unusual was noted. The tech did say that our motor mounts looked worn and then qouted us 550.00 to replace them. The tech noted that our clutch appeared to be about 1 year away from replacement.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts. I knwo that cars wear at different rates based on drivers and conidtions but I was hoping this type of issue has been seen before so we could know what to expect.
Oh, one last thing, on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being hardest) how difficult is changing the motor mounts on my own? I do not have the best tools or area to work on my own car. I guess I answered my own question...
Thanks Contour enthusiasts!
Just curious if anyone out there has experienced a similar issue on their 99 5 speed Manual Contour, 4 cylinder.
When driving our Contour yesterday a very deep and constant vibration began to occur under acceleration and under power. We noticed the vibration when the car was over 3500 rpm, but soon the vibration moved to the lower ranges of the RPM range. It is a loug grumble that everyone in the car can hear and feel. The brakes seem to work fine and the engine revs fine in neutral. I haven't lost any tire weights, even if I had, this vibration is so deep and heavy that it couldn't possibly be from a missing weight.
This may add more confusion as sometimes I don't describe problems the right way but...the dealership recently checked our car out for an issue I was having under acceleration. Occasionally when starting from a stop light the car would stutter until I pushed in the clutch and then more smoothly and with higher rpm got the car back on step. I could no recreate the issue for the dealer.
They reported that all front end linkages and arms/bars looked fine so nothing unusual was noted. The tech did say that our motor mounts looked worn and then qouted us 550.00 to replace them. The tech noted that our clutch appeared to be about 1 year away from replacement.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts. I knwo that cars wear at different rates based on drivers and conidtions but I was hoping this type of issue has been seen before so we could know what to expect.
Oh, one last thing, on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being hardest) how difficult is changing the motor mounts on my own? I do not have the best tools or area to work on my own car. I guess I answered my own question...
Thanks Contour enthusiasts!
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