chasemyaccord

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This morning I was driving my grandmother to the mall. While on the freeway cruising in 6th gear, I started noticing a steady rumble. At first I thought it might've been the bass from the radio, but the volume was not anywhere near the level it'd have to be to cause such vibrations. Then I thought it may be how the road was paved, but the road looked fine (Tyler exit on 91W). I looked at my rear view mirror and the image looked fuzzy due to the shaking. I put my hand on it to verify it wasn't just my eyes. I exited the freeway and the noise continued. When I came to a complete stop and turned right, the noise subsided. After arriving at my destination, I went outside to examine the car. My grandmother said she smelled something burning near the rear of the car, which I also noticed. After dropping her off, I got back on the freeway but the noises went away.

If the problem reveals itself again, I guess I'll be going back to the dealer. I did get an oil change done at the dealership yesterday, along with an examination of my brakes, air filter, and tightening my parking brake, but I don't see how that'd be related to what I experienced.

Has anything like this happened to anyone here?

Gamedog

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Hasn't happened to me man.... Might be a rear diff issue... Was it a big rattle in the tranny too? Was your shifter shaking?

chasemyaccord

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From what I can remember, the tranny and shifter seemed fine, although I wasn't really paying attention to it.

Roseyhebert

Sounds like a parking brake issue. It's in the back with the rear brakes/rotors. You said that they tightened it, maybe they over did it a little too much. That is the right area for the burning smell to be coming from and I know it can cause vibrations like you said you were having. I would get it checked out because that can do some damage to the brake.

chasemyaccord

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I know there's a screw somewhere near the parking brake handle that I can adjust to loosen the parking brake, right? I don't have time to go to the dealership this week, so I'd like to do it myself if it wont take much time.