# Car shakes beginning at 55mph when accelerating

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-beginning-at-55mph-when-accelerating/62798>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [March 20, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-beginning-at-55mph-when-accelerating/62798 "2011-03-20T09:58:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tcline010](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcline010/32/2320_2.png) [@tcline010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcline010)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-beginning-at-55mph-when-accelerating/62798/1 "2011-03-20T09:58:08Z")

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I recently purchased 4 brand new michelin tires. They are approximately 3 months old now. Beginning a couple weeks ago, my car started shaking profusely at 60mph when accelerating. When I let off the gas, it would stop. I went and got a tire balance thinking that was the problem… but it’s still happening, and now it starts at about 55mph. I have no clicking sounds when turning the wheel, and my car runs great besides this! Any thoughts on what this could be?

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**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-beginning-at-55mph-when-accelerating/62798/2 "2011-03-20T11:51:55Z")

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Yes, It’s not tires. Tire rellted vibrations would occur in the 50 to 70 mph range but would be there all the time, not just when acceleratuing.

I would look at the CV joints (FWD) or the U joints (RWD).

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**Author:** ![jimgray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jimgray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jimgray)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-beginning-at-55mph-when-accelerating/62798/3 "2011-03-20T11:52:27Z")

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a couple of possibilities

bad CV joint, bad motor/transmission mount allowing the motor to move out of its normal position