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jamax, San Diego, CA, December 25, 2009, 21:39

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My car has a vibration when it's in drive with the brake on. It doesn't vibrate in neutral or reverse, but does slightly when warming up in park. It does seem to vibrate when I take a sharp left turn. I did have a rear-end collision in August, but didn't notice the vibration until I took it home from the body shop. So far I change two motor mounts and did a major tune-up, but that hasn't solved the problem. Any idea what's going on and if the vibration can lead to other problems?
Thanks for the help and Merry Xmas, Happy New Year!

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• Answer #1

  Bret Bodas December 26, 2009, 20:34
  

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  There are normally 3 or 4 mounts for the transmission/engine, so one of the others may be bad. You may have an exhaust system that is vibrating as the engine is in drive, this may have been caused by the accident.
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  Visitor, March 03, 2011, 14:48

  I had the exact same issue with my 2002 SLK320. It was the muffler hanger bracket. I used a crescent wrench and bent the middle of the bracket about an 1/8 of an inch and it has been dead silent ever since. Shade tree mechanic? Maybe, but it worked.
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