I have a feeling this has already been posted, but I need to ask.

Just a few minutes ago, I was having some fun on a back, country road. I noticed that at one point when the car downshifted into 3rd, I heard a quick shudder of the car. I kept trying to duplicate this, and finally did pulling a hill. It was in 3rd gear at around 3,000 RPM (not exact, but close enough). It's a buzz throughout the whole cabin that you can feel. What is this? Can anyone help out?

 

carrier bearing??? tranny mount?? motor mounts???

 

Either motor mounts....or tranny.

 

Motor mounts is easy to check.

Open hood
start car
Put in gear
HOLD BRAKE PEDAL DOWN
Give it the gas slowly
See how much the motor Lifts off the drivers side, Doing the torque thing
DOnt do this for more than a few seconds
See my photo and youll know why I did it, Enjoy WOODY

 

Thanks Waldig. I'll check that first thing tomorrow after school

 

My bets are the carrier bearing or a nasty high temp exhaust resonance if you are running a modded exhast.

 

Any updates?

 

The engine doesn't seem to lift on rev any more than what is normal. I may just need to take it to the dealer. Joy. What would be the best thing to tell them?