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Vibration from stop at light to medium acceleration - 8/6/2007 4:02:40 PM

retsdarb

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I have a 2006 Ford Five Hundred Limited that is experiencing a vibration problem.
The vibration occurs consistently from a stop, but not at speed, when under light to medium acceleration. The vibration sounds like it is coming somewhere in the front end and is not associated with alignment. The vibration only happens in a specific band of acceleration that represents perhaps 20% of the range, if 1/10 is barely accelerating and 10/10 is full throttle. The vibration stops once the car has reached about 25 mph.
Can anyone shed some light on where to start looking?

I have taken it to two dealerships with no results so far, although that is a long story in itself. The next step is going to be to teach my wife how to reproduce the problem and have her take it to a different dealership near where she works. Any insight would be helpful though.

Thanks!

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RE: Vibration from stop at light to medium acceleration - 9/3/2007 4:54:36 AM

bwhelch

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I have the exact same problem with my '06. I took it to my dealer and he found a tsb with similar symptoms calling for some spring gadget in the exhaust area, but unfortunately it didn't fix the problem. However, I did see some info (epinions.com)about an engine vibration balancing bar out of adjustment on an '05. I'm going next week to the dealer to see if that's a possibility, yet I would think something that descriptive would be the first thing they would check. Wish us luck! I'll post result.

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