2004 Accord Ex problem has me baffled
 

Ok, Here is the deal.

About 2 weeks ago i noticed a problem that has developed in my Accord.

When I am driving and hit 20-35 mph zone the car wobbles. Its more noticeable from the passenger side. The car feels like a wheel is about to fall off. This wobble is pronounced while i am accelerating, just normal accelerating. As soon as i feel it, I let off the gas and it goes away, I get back on the gas and it resumes but after it gets over 35 mph its a lot less noticeable.

So, Basically its only doing it when i have my foot on the gas pedal accelerating 20-35 mph range. Once it gets 40 on up the wobble almost goes away or is a lot less noticeable.

I felt at first i had a slipped belt in a tire. I put new tires on it the other day and it still does it.

I have jacked up each corner of the vehicle and tried to see of there is any play in the wheels. There is no play, Its normal. I have had excellent luck with Hondas in the past.

This car only has 40K miles on it and i bought it brand new, It hasnt been abused or anything like that.

We have a couple Honda Specialist here in town so I am going to let one take a look.

My gut feeling is that it has something to do with a axle but i am not sure.

We checked the motor mounts and they were Ok also. Visual inspection on the lift whre i work revealed nothing out of the ordinary, nothing looked like it had been hit or damaged.

At first i thought this wobble was coming from the back but now i am not sure.

Any opinions would be appreciated. This is my 5th Honda and this is the first problem i have had with any i have owned in the past.

What kind of car? 2004 Accord EX Automatic or standard?

Mechanical vibrations if exist, are there to stay or get worse until you fix it. In any mechanical system, there is a natural frequency that vibration gets really bad and then you notice them until you pass that peak and they decay. An eample of this is wheel balancing.

You need to figure out what are the symptoms first. For example, you are going 25 MPH accelarating, you feel the vibration, now shift to neutral to take the transmission out of the equation.

You get the point, try different combination until you find the thing that is repetable every time.

I had a similar problem last year.. I took my car for inspection and after inspection it developed that problem. The problem was that the "mechanic" tightened the lug nuts incorrectly – some nuts were over tightened and others were loose. The fix was to redo the lug nuts.

Is it still under warranty? I'd take it to the dealer if so.

Got the problem fixed.

One of the cv joints on the passenger side was bad. You wouldnt think a car with only 44k miles on it would have a bad cv joint but it did.

We also had the front rotors resurfaced and now it drives smooth again.

Thanks for those that took their time to reply to my post.