1996 Ford Taurus car vibrates like a truck

19,500 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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ROBERTWHITE
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my car,when idled vibrates pretty strong..like a truck..it also sounds a little rough when i step on the gas..it almost sounds like its a beast but doesnt perform like it..and everytime i let off the gas to turn a corner and apply the least amount of gas it seems the tranny wants to delay..i put some honey lube to thickin the tranny...any advice would help..thanks
Dec 27, 2009 at 2:48 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

It sound as if you may have an engine miss fire, i would start with a full tune up including all the filters, compression check and ECU scan checking for any unresolved fault codes, start here.

Mark (mhpautos)
Dec 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM
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