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I really need your help guys!!!

karimrguigue

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I really need your help guys!!!
First of all I want to thank every member of this forum, everyone has been helpful.

I have a 2004 Ford explorer XLT, When I drive and I pass the 45 miles per hr and then let go the gas pedal, feel some kind of rattling at the steering wheel while the car is slowing down , it’s a steady noise that you also feel while you lose speed it disappear when you accelerate . It’s hard to describe the way it sounds and feel, because it’s not some kind of loud noise.
I can maybe compare it to the noise that a plane makes when it lands while losing speed (in of course a much quieter version) along with the steady vibration at the steering wheel.
Now I don’t know if it can help but when I look for parking sometimes, I really press the gas up slowly in order not to miss any spot, and sometime I hear a loud noise coming from under the hood while I am slow on gas it goes away if I press more gas, the noises sounds like belts having hard time spinning.
Please help start with anything...
Thanks in advance
 



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I'd check your tie-rod ends and brake pads to start. Put your explorer on jack stands and push/pull on the tires at the 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock points if you feel a woobly feeling at your tie-rod ends they could be shot, but they usually make noise when you turn. If you have some play in the wheel that you can isolate to the wheel hubs, then try checking them out.

If this all tests out good check your drive-shaft as coasting noise is usually associated with this. It's the more expensive fix, that's why I listed it last. Is it possible you are experiencing front diff whining?
 






I am going to try these Tests, but for the noise when I am looking for parking it's a whining noise, it does feel it’s from the front of the car, Do you think it’s related to the other problem?
 






Have you checked the power steering fluid?
 






I drive my moms camry on the highway the otherday and around 80 if I let off the gas I got this noise but nothing when parking.
 






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