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Old Sep 15, 2024
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Shudder only when accelerating from stop.

What's going on everyone, a little issue I am currently having right now is the fact that whenever I gas a little bit heavy from a stop there is a vibration/shudder mainly felt on the passenger side that happens every time. So far I've done all the suspension excluding the upper control arms, shocks, and lower control arm bushings. Did the alignment today as well. I'm assuming it could be mounts, driveshaft related, or maybe it's normal. I'll upload a video when I get the chance to.

2005 Ford Ranger 2WD 2.3L Automatic Transmission
 
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Old Oct 5, 2024
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You can hear a vibration while I'm accelerating. If I lay low on the acceleration there's no vibration, but a little heavy or all the way from a stop it vibrates but doesn't do it once it's going. As said before it's only felt on the passenger side
 
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Old Oct 23, 2024
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Same Issue, 2011 Ranger ext cab 2.3l auto 4x2

Originally Posted by Guccington
https://youtube.com/shorts/VRErDtFQQ...Lm6tNj9FhZbtMc

You can hear a vibration while I'm accelerating. If I lay low on the acceleration there's no vibration, but a little heavy or all the way from a stop it vibrates but doesn't do it once it's going. As said before it's only felt on the passenger side

Did you ever solve this? I am having the same exact issue. It does not feel suspension related, it feels like driveline or torque converter. Just curious if you were able to fix yours and how?

I’m going to do some diagnosis this week.. if I figure anything out I’ll let you know 🤙🏼
 
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Old Oct 26, 2024
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What's up man yeah I did. It ended up being the motor mount on the passenger side. From the outside it looked fine but once I took it off I seen that it was separated on the back end of it causing the vibration.
 
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What's up man yeah I did. It ended up being the motor mount on the passenger side. From the outside it looked fine but once I took it off I seen that it was separated on the back end of it causing the vibration.
 
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