# Car makes grinding noise while accelerating

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-makes-grinding-noise-while-accelerating/91174>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-makes-grinding-noise-while-accelerating/91174 "2015-09-15T11:06:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![donfrench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@donfrench](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donfrench)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-makes-grinding-noise-while-accelerating/91174/1 "2015-09-15T11:06:27Z")

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My car just started making a grinding noise when accelerating. It does not make it while maintaining a constant speed or revving the engine in neutral. I never had this problem before and I am at a loss to explain it. Any ideas? Car is 1995 Camry for what that is worth.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-makes-grinding-noise-while-accelerating/91174/2 "2015-09-15T20:41:17Z")

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I would guess you most likely have a bad motor mount.

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**Author:** ![donfrench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@donfrench](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donfrench)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-makes-grinding-noise-while-accelerating/91174/3 "2015-09-15T20:57:38Z")

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Oh well that would make sense. Thanks, I’ll check that.

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**Author:** ![donfrench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@donfrench](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donfrench)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-makes-grinding-noise-while-accelerating/91174/4 "2015-09-16T03:25:56Z")

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Turns out it was a heat shield that was loose and resting on the muffler. There was vibration upon acceleration that did not happen at any other time and that was causing the noise. Lucky for me because the mechanic who figured it out fixed it free of charge.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-makes-grinding-noise-while-accelerating/91174/5 "2015-09-16T03:35:30Z")

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A happy ending, gotta love it!