car vibration..

[blueblood]

Hi guys I got a 2006 accord euro luxury auto..111000 on the clock..there is a slight vibration when the car drives around 60kmph..looks like when it is in the 4th gear..The RPM gets really low and starts to vibrate..:(:( Any reasons for this..what I thought was there maybe a miss or something..When this happens if I put the gear on tiptronic then the RPM increases and drives normally

[blueblood]

I might have found the answer

[hsonthalia]

Is this the graphite one you bought for 17500 from a laby in eastern Melbourne suburbs?

[djpro1]

I know of this vibration. Happens to me sometimes on 2nd gear cruising at 30km/hr ish.. I think its common for Euros to do this since my gf's 06 euro vibrates around that too. Just accelerate more and it'll go away. I haven't found a solution to it however..

[minircc]

a friend of mine had vibrations and his mechanic spent ages trying to find the problem. eventually replaced the driveshaft. problem went away.
don't know if yours is the same problem, but worth mentioning i guess.

[blueblood]

Yeah i ll take it to the mechanic..also there is a bad smell coming from the car when driving for sometime..as if the car is farting..:)

[blueblood]

anyone got an idea of that smell.its like a rotten egg smell..

[BraXta]

you posted this twice blue... its common in Cl9s... its the driveshaft housing... ive got a post on here somewhere... all due to honda saving money... thats all =D (thanks honda) but it is fixable just costs around 250 each side... if your from sydney...


a friend of mine had vibrations and his mechanic spent ages trying to find the problem. eventually replaced the driveshaft. problem went away.
don't know if yours is the same problem, but worth mentioning i guess.


if you put another factory euro on it will come back.... =(

[aaronng]

anyone got an idea of that smell.its like a rotten egg smell..

It's the sulfur in the petrol reacting in the cat convertor, causing it to produce a bit of H2S which gives the rotting egg sell. What petrol are you using? Use a different brand or go to a different petrol station. If you are using 95 RON, try 98 RON as it usually has a bit more detergent in it. Either that or you have a dead animal stuck under your car.

[blueblood]

haha..thanx guys..ive been using normal octane..i think its 90...i might change to 98..

Yeah ive realised that ive posted this twice

[Darkii_]

Should be using premium unleaded (95 RON) in the euro =)

[blueblood]

yep from today I started using it..Thanks guys

[gd1_nz]

Yea i have the same problem in my CL9. Guess I will have to replace the drive shaft.

[john23]

I've noticed something similar; it's not an audible vibration though...

...I just put it to the fact that I was in 4th gear and driving slowly (60km) uphill... if driving manual you'd get the same thing...

correct me if I'm wrong, but for sake of not spending money, I hope I'm not! ;)

[ricerockets]

It's the sulfur in the petrol reacting in the cat convertor, causing it to produce a bit of H2S which gives the rotting egg sell. What petrol are you using? Use a different brand or go to a different petrol station. If you are using 95 RON, try 98 RON as it usually has a bit more detergent in it. Either that or you have a dead animal stuck under your car.


ive been using 98RON petrol either bp ultimate, caltex vortex premium but i still get the smell everytime i step out of the car... my friend reckons the cat needs replacing but im not too sure... i just walk away from the car as quick as possible

[tony1234]

ive been using 98RON petrol either bp ultimate, caltex vortex premium but i still get the smell everytime i step out of the car... my friend reckons the cat needs replacing but im not too sure... i just walk away from the car as quick as possible

Your friend is probably right about replacing the cat.Go to a decent muffler shop and get it checked out.

[gd1_nz]

Maybe the transmission fluid is in need of changing? My 05 euro done 110,000km was vibrating at very low rpm and it turned out to be the dirty old transmission fluid.