My car is doing a sort of jumping/grinding action if I push the gas a little further when I take off, it sometimes does it when the car shifts into second. What is the problem?

Asked by JonathanJimenez Jun 01, 2015 at 01:53 AM about the 2001 Dodge Neon

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When this happens the car shakes
really bad.

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Reelin68 answered 9 years ago

Hopefully it's not the tranny. You may have broken transmission mounts, bad wheel bearings, bad CV shafts. I would take it to a shop ASAP before you do too much damage. If you plan on fixing it yourself, I would get it off the ground and try to recreate the sound. Locate it, and start tearing into it.

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My car is doing a sort of jumping/grinding action if I push the gas a little further when I take off, it sometimes does it when the car shifts into second. What is the problem? 1 Answer

When this happens the car shakes really bad.

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