# '98 Honda Accord- Grinding noise from main drive belt after hitting a pot hole

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-honda-accord-grinding-noise-from-main-drive-belt-after-hitting-a-pot-hole/77396>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [February 16, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-honda-accord-grinding-noise-from-main-drive-belt-after-hitting-a-pot-hole/77396 "2013-02-16T20:13:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![upchuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b782af/32.png) [@upchuck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/upchuck)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-honda-accord-grinding-noise-from-main-drive-belt-after-hitting-a-pot-hole/77396/1 "2013-02-16T20:13:19Z")

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My twin sons recently got a “hand me down” '98 Accord from their uncle. It has approximately 250K miles on it. One of my sons recently hit a pot hole in the car and immediately noticed a grinding sound coming from the engine. I checked it out and it appears to be coming from the serpantine (main drive) belt. I noticed some melted rubber on the surrounding hoses and motor parts and the pulleys. My son observed that after hitting a puddle that the grinding sound briefly went away. What do you think the problem is?