’00 ford Contour SE Front wheel drive 4 cylinder. 2.0
I have posted a question about this before but I haven’t found what’s causing the problems.
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I have these two problems
1. When I’m driving on the streets. I can feel something grinding under the pedals on the left side just behind the left tire. it makes noise sometimes but its a very low grinding sound, most of the mechanics I went to couldn’t hear it. Both rotors/ brake pads, motor mounts, & transmission mounts are new – cv shaft & wheel bearing on left side are new. The two front tires are new good year ‘Regata 2′ tires – at the last shop I went to, I was told they were ‘out of round’ , I just got them last year…I went to get an alignment done and was told I didn’t need one because they were straight. The car doesn’t veer to the side if i let go of the steering wheel. I already had the tires balanced. I tried rotating the tires to check if it was a bent rim but the problem stayed in the same left area.
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2. any time I go 45mph. Or higher like highway speeds – that left side starts to vibrate. I’ve had this problem for a few years. This week, it started vibrating a lot more, enough to make the left side of the car start shaking. At the last shop i went to, the guy said it could be the sway bar links because the rubber on the part that connects to the lower control arm is worn out. He showed it to me and the rubber was splitting apart. He then said I needed the engine/ transmission mounts & new front tires, I dont know if he was right or he just wanted me to make his car payment. Do I need the sway bar links replaced Or can it be something else? If that’s the problem, which part do i need to replace? The Sway bar links or the lower control arm? I’m not sure because The lower control arms come with the ball joint and bushings but the sway bar repair kit has a rubber part that connects to the rubber ball joint of the lower control arm…Is there an inner wheel bearing inside the transmission? If so would they have to remove the transmission to get to that part? I have looked in the area where the vibrating is coming from. There is no grease sprayed like if it was a torn cv boot. The sway bar bracket bushings are in good shape…. Thanks.