ok here is the problem every time i try to accelerate i get this bad rattle in the front of my car it feels like my tires are jumping off the ground in the front and it also does it when my automatic goes from 1st gear to 2nd gear i dont wanna keep drivin it if i cant fix it so if ne1 has had this prob tell me how to fix it please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (if it helps its a 97 neon SE 2.0L 16v DOHC w/ 90,000 miles.)

 

Torn motor mount?

 

I don't know a whole lot yet, but what I do know is it sounds like a broken motor mount.. Don't hold me to it though. Just my two cents.

 

motor mount possibly or your tires are out of balance

 

Dunno, but sounds to me like you manually shift your ATX. I could be wrong and it could very well be a busted mount but from your first post you sound like a street rice....errr...I mean racer.[:@]

Some more info to helo change my mind would be appreciated.

 

As I said in other post, you should never shift you ATX unless you are decinding a steep hill, then it takes of stress on your breaksystem, then you should only shift into the second highest gear, and you should only shift it once when you are going to work the tranny alot, like when your pulling a trailer in stop and go situations. You should never shift it when you accelrate, or brake.

 

Sometimes its possible to break motor mounts when nutural dropping it or what some people call nutral bombing it.

 

Dude, way to repeat the obvious. 3 People mentioned it could be a motor mount.

 

Ok,
Is it a rattle, or a KABANG!
A rattle is probably not a mount, mounts usually make a hard thunk when accelerating, or during shifts.
But......if your tires are "hopping", that could be a whole other ball game.

Could be a transmount, or a TCC.

Just some ideas, it's really hard to diagnose a problem like that without driving it.


Jeff
Philly