# HELP! 2006 honda civic. sounds/feels like its running at a high RPM but its not

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**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 22, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-2006-honda-civic-sounds-feels-like-its-running-at-a-high-rpm-but-its-not/64865 "2011-05-22T17:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ledavids](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ledavids/32/3169_2.png) [@ledavids](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledavids)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-2006-honda-civic-sounds-feels-like-its-running-at-a-high-rpm-but-its-not/64865/1 "2011-05-22T17:09:51Z")

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i have a 2006 honda civic. at higher speeds it sounds and feels like it is running at a high RPM but the RPMs are where they should be. if i touch on the brake the sound gets louder. i recently had my car in and got new tires, but the problem still persists. they checked my brakes and they are fine. any ideas???

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-2006-honda-civic-sounds-feels-like-its-running-at-a-high-rpm-but-its-not/64865/2 "2011-05-22T17:19:49Z")

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Since none of us can hear the noise that you are trying to describe, anything we suggest will merely be a guess.

That being said, I think one strong possibility is that you have one or more bad wheel bearings. Since a seized wheel bearing is a definite safety issue, I would suggest that you have a competent mechanic–perhaps someone other than the mechanic who looked at your brakes–check all 4 wheel bearings.

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**Author:** ![ledavids](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ledavids/32/3169_2.png) [@ledavids](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledavids)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-2006-honda-civic-sounds-feels-like-its-running-at-a-high-rpm-but-its-not/64865/3 "2011-05-22T17:59:16Z")

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i will have them checked monday. do you think it could be anything with the transmission?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-2006-honda-civic-sounds-feels-like-its-running-at-a-high-rpm-but-its-not/64865/4 "2011-05-22T18:36:27Z")

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The transmission is a possibility, I suppose, but I think that wheel bearings are more likely.  
Is this a manual trans car or an automatic trans car?

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**Author:** ![ledavids](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ledavids/32/3169_2.png) [@ledavids](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledavids)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-2006-honda-civic-sounds-feels-like-its-running-at-a-high-rpm-but-its-not/64865/5 "2011-05-22T19:28:37Z")

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automatic. i check the transmission fluid today, which is fine.

- its not really a grinding noise, but rather it sounds as if the engine is reallllly working harder than it needs to. kind of like on a manual when you haven;t shifted and you need to. ugh. is this making any sense?