Automatic Transmission Question

[HORSEpower]

Hey, I've always wondered; what makes the steering wheel vibrate on older cars with automatic transmissions when you are sitting still in park. Seems just about every car has the same problem when it gets around 80,000 miles. Why does this happen.

Kurt

[IONpwr26]

or in the case of my rental car.....14000 miles

[Brazen6.0]

it's the huge cam you got in there :D

[Stang8YourImport]

lol, Yeah, what Jenni says.. Our rental car right now does the same damn thing. I've noticed the same thing with almost all (not necessarily older) front wheel drive cars with autos at work when I pull them in or drive them. I've asked my step dad (ASE Master Auto Tech for 25 years) and he didn't even know. lol Oh well.

Nick

[Stang8YourImport]

And it usually does it worse in drive with yoru foot on the brake at a stop.

Nick

[markviiiEdrea]

engine mounts. my moms tracer dose that and we found the engine mounts where lose she has 120,000 on her car

[HORSEpower]

Did repairing the engine mounts fix the problem?

Kurt

[4U 2 NV]

a girls head bobbing up and down in your lap.......

[HORSEpower]

I am referring to an odor in the Escort. I don't think I will have a girl bobbing up and down in my lap in that car anytime soon.

Kurt

[Stang8YourImport]

Hey, Kurt... Does the shaking happen without the A/C on or with it on? I see this problem all the time with most auto equipted frw cars... It's common... But if you didn't have this problem before, it might be something. There are many things that could make it shake at idle.

Nick

[HORSEpower]

I have had it for a long time, and of course it gets worse with time. It doesn't matter if I have the AC on or not.

Kurt