# Car shakes when driving over rough part of road

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, camry\
**Created:** [June 2, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700 "2013-06-02T22:14:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![93camry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/ecccb3/32.png) [@93camry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/93camry)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700/1 "2013-06-02T22:14:47Z")

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front end of car sort of shakes when driving not smooth roads. resumes smooth ride when back on smooth road.

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700/2 "2013-06-02T22:19:25Z")

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Front end struts. The strut bearing could be worn out. It could be ball joints or tie rods, these would need immediate attention.

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**Author:** ![93camry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/ecccb3/32.png) [@93camry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/93camry)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700/3 "2013-06-02T23:42:17Z")

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re: car shakes when driving over rough road. I will check air in tires then try to recreate shaking. If fixed, great! IF NOT, do you have honest mechanic in Fremont, UC, Newark areas? I was thinking of taking car to alignment place… Any suggestions\> Thank you so much.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700/4 "2013-06-03T00:29:48Z")

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Click on “Mechanics Files” at the top of this page, or try [yelp.com](http://yelp.com).

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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:** [June 3, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700/5 "2013-06-03T00:47:31Z")

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I am thinking tie rod or ball joint problems. Old school to try and push and pull wheel from top, any looseness is a bearing, then side to side looseness is a tie rod or ball joint.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shakes-when-driving-over-rough-part-of-road/79700/6 "2013-06-03T07:34:06Z")

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The car is 20 years old…Probably has well over 200K miles on it…The suspension is probably ready for a major going over…