Car not accelerating

Tiny
NINJAHBUNNIE
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  • 1996 TOYOTA COROLLA
  • 1.8L
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 240,593 MILES
I went and got my brakes inspected, the brakes were fine. Needed an alignment. Everything was fine so I got on the highway car would not accelerate, it took awhile. It did not pick up then you get up to about sixty miles per hour. Then the car started shaking really bad like an earthquake right in the front area and closer to the driver side. Still have the acceleration problem, there is no check engine light on. Diagnostic checks not coming up with anything. I have been to several mechanics who have looked at it listen to it. I was told I do not need a tune up, all the spark plugs look good. I was told to put in fuel injector cleaner in it. It made it run smoother stopped the rough idle, but now it runs like I am driving on the rough road it is still kind struggling to accelerate but it will. It is making this low humming/rumbling noise like it is going not going but it is a little sluggish. It also sounds like I am driving on rough roads all the time but I am not. It also vibrates bad.
Sunday, March 4th, 2018 AT 6:32 AM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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If the front portion of vehicle is shaking badly, it could mean something is wrong with the wheel bearings. Were they checked for excessive play? Your symptom is similar to what is termed as "Death Wobble" and there could be some faults withe the steering linkages. You mentioned the brakes were fine, but if the calipers pins are seized, it could cause the brakes to self apply when heat builds up. This can also result in the shaking.
After getting up to speed, try shifting to neutral and test if vehicle slows down quickly as if the brakes are applied.

Let us know how it goes.
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Monday, March 5th, 2018 AT 7:49 AM
Tiny
NINJAHBUNNIE
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Found out what the shaking, vibrations and rattling was. My motor mounts needed to be replaced(So far only done passenger side one) and radiator grille was tied down cause it was loose also a couple of bolts around the front. Also my spark plugs totally needed to be replaced there were cover in oil and burnt! So that has made my car lift up a little higher and it runs great! But now my gas pedal feels heavy and car still takes time to accelerate and there's this low deep him like I'm forcing it to drive but it's driving fine.(Doesn't sound normal) if I let go of the gas car also slows down to a complete crawl really quickly. What now! Guy says it's driving fine and it's shifting fine but my gas pedal has always been easy to push and now it feels heavy and that low deep humming noise as the car starts to accelerate is weird.
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 AT 12:11 PM
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KEN L
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That is weird. Can you make a video of the problem and upload it here?
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Thursday, March 8th, 2018 AT 12:34 PM

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