Q: Vibration when driving
I was driving home today when my car stated to vibrate violently and smoking a little bit from the right side. Got home and smelled like burning rubber,put it on ramps and checked it out the serpentine belt looks good and couldn't see a problem anywhere else.Belt is two years old,about 30000 on it.What could it be?
My car has 227000 miles.
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