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grand marquis shakes when it shifts

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Old 09-09-2010, 04:06 PM
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so its gotten more aggressive as time goes... now when the car shifts around like 40mph i get this violent shake throughout the car. like if im at a red light and going up to 45 mph, when it shifts at 40 it'll shake, but if i'm going 30mph and then floor it to like 60+ it wont do it.

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Old 09-09-2010, 11:27 PM
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when was last time the car has head the fuel filter changed or a tune-up? another thing... description such as year helps too...
 
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Old 09-10-2010, 01:58 PM
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Probably 2nd Gen Marquis. My 93' does the same thing, can't figure out the problem.
 
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Old 09-10-2010, 10:12 PM
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lol sorry i forgot the specs.. 1993 grand marquis LS 56k miles. i've had it for about a year and an old lady had it before me. i haven't had a tune up on it, it runs just fine... besides this problem
 
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Old 09-10-2010, 10:15 PM
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lowkey have you looked into it at all or ruled out any options it COULDNT be? i just kinda assumed it was something to do with the transmission.... low fluid or something i dunno
 
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Old 09-12-2010, 11:12 PM
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I read on a website once that if you put some stop-slip in your tranny it'll make it stop, so I dropped the pan, cleaned it out real good, changed the filter inside, sealed it back up, put some tranny fluid in and a whole bottle of stop slip.. cranked her up.. got to 35 and KKRRRGGGG *SHAKE**SHAKE*SHAKE*
 
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Old 09-13-2010, 10:34 AM
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damn. its real frustrating. i just dont want my transmission to go because i know thats a pretty penny. plus that would lead me into paying more for the ac/tranny than i did for the car itself.

oh what to do, what to do. luckily my girls dad is a mechanic so it'll have him check it out
 
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Old 09-13-2010, 05:32 PM
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i am guessing that the transmission pressure needs adjusted and is too low and many times tune-up and fuel filter can help too... i know people thought my transmission was the issue but instead needed tune-up and fuel filter...
 
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Old 03-05-2011, 12:48 AM
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My 96 MGM had that problem too, transmission fluid was changed, including the one inside the torque converter, no more shaking. Well, I am sure you did that already.
 

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Old 03-05-2011, 01:36 PM
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You might also want to check the driveshaft universal joints. I had shaking/vibration at certain speeds and shaking upon shifting (along with an annoying squeak when shifting) and this is what it turned out to be.
 

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