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BDShort

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Got a few more things happening.

Sitting in my car and I hit the gas and noticed a flustered sound coming from under neath. I tried my best to film the sound, I'll probably go up under again tomorrow and get a closer inspection but here it is. It's hard to hear, but there's the initial rev but after I let off the gas there's a hollowed flustered sound from what I think is below the driver side? I don't quite know how to describe it. If this video isn't good enough I'll be more than happy to make one from underneath tomorrow.


http://imageshack.us/clip/my-videos/826/5k9xczondlobwlrzxmtzls.mp4/

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/36/5k9xczondlobwlrzxmtzls.mp4

http://youtu.be/o4wMa9g7t4A

I've also noticed when I get up to around 70-75 my car tends to shake a fairly good amount all over. Any speed below it and it's smooth sailing. I have a video I took where I placed it in a spot in the center console and you can see how badly the car shakes shown here.

http://imageshack.us/clip/my-videos/51/s4yehjlknraomhnersejik.mp4/

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7208/s4yehjlknraomhnersejik.mp4

http://youtu.be/s7LWh3ObGzM

Branching off of that, my GPS has a speed reading on it that tells me what the speed limit is and if I'm going over it, when I'm driving 65 my GPS tells me I'm 2-3 mph less than that. Sometimes 4, and it's steady. Could I be losing power in my engine? I haven't had a tune-up in ages, and I'm due for an oil change.
 



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One of those links should work...
 






your speedo is working normally. there are too many variables (tire wear) for any speedo to be 100% accurate. typically, they read a few miles per hour below actual speed.
 






your speedo is working normally. there are too many variables (tire wear) for any speedo to be 100% accurate. typically, they read a few miles per hour below actual speed.

+1...mine does that too. there is also something to be said about the timing of the signal being sent and received to the gps (cloud cover etc...)
 






That makes sense; can anyone view the videos?
 






Self bump.

Uploaded them to Youtube, should be good to go now
 






If you start to shake at 70 or so, first thing I would do is check the bearings, ball joints and tie rod ends. If all is good have the tires balanced. A balance will likely clear up the shaking as long as everything else is good.
 






ill surely do that, but how can i tell if they need to be replaced? i don't have an hydraulic jack anymore to check if it's loose. is there some kind of visual inspection I could do?
 






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