# 2001 Chevrolet Impala’s front tires locked up

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevrolet-impala-s-front-tires-locked-up/163014>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, impala\
**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevrolet-impala-s-front-tires-locked-up/163014 "2020-04-18T00:36:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![taylorann62193](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@taylorann62193](https://community.cartalk.com/u/taylorann62193)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevrolet-impala-s-front-tires-locked-up/163014/1 "2020-04-18T00:36:48Z")

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Front wheel drive 01 Chevy impala front tires locked up while accelerating from a stop sign. Heard a loud bang sounded as if engine dropped to the ground or like something major had snapped or broke . Then both front tires were locked up. Shift into all gears fine . Also can hear the change being made in the sound of the running engine . When pushing the gas petal it tried to start going but like something is locking up one wheel maybe . When jacked up and tires are taken off the cylinder will spin slowly when given some strength .  
Things that might be useful for determining what could be wrong with my car that occurred before the brake down .

- when in neutral or drive at a complete stop without being on the brake the car wasn’t rolling backward or forwards on an incline or on straight road . Only when hitting the gas petal it would move at all.
- the engine would jump a little when being started

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevrolet-impala-s-front-tires-locked-up/163014/2 "2020-04-18T12:27:54Z")

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> [@taylorann62193](#):
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> the engine would jump a little when being started

Well, for starters this sounds like broken motor/transmission mounts.  
When a shop gets it, who knows what else they may find.