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Old 09-10-14, 06:14 AM
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Default Shaking/Vibes in Drive

Hello.

Idles down to about 500, lots of "shaking" at a red light in Drive. Slip it into Neutral/Park, no shaking.

Motor mounts or tranny?

lol

Help.

Please don't say tranny.



Thanks for any help.
Old 09-10-14, 06:15 AM
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Have you tried cleaning the throttle body, IACV, and MAF?

500 is fairly low, should be around 750 rpm idle.

How many miles?
Old 09-10-14, 08:28 AM
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Yup IACV cleaning.....
Old 09-10-14, 01:08 PM
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Hyp--163...

As you know, I cleaned the MAF, replaced air filter, replaced IACV and cleaned the throttle body about a month ago.

This has really been happening ever since...

I know that my aftermarket muffler makes "noise" in neutral/park/idle, but when you shift into D, there's a noticeable shake/vibration that clearly does not happen in the other positions. It does not shake when you're driving, just when at a light or stop sign. Sometimes it doesnt drop as low as others, but I'd say it'll go down to 550/6 and then up again to 700/750. It doesnt flutter like it did when I had bad IACV, it just goes down and feels more vibrating that when the car is not stopped, or not in drive.

^so what I'm saying is that I don't think it has anything to do with the muffler. Or, is there more air/**** being pushed through it while idling in drive than there is in neutral?

FYI when in neutral it's a 750, sometimes goes a little lower. But, not usually as low as that bolder line.
What are the next suggestions, lol?
Old 11-18-14, 05:39 PM
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I'm having this exact same issue - car vibrates quite noticeably only when stopped in drive. In park/neutral and in motion, there is no vibration. I also notice when vibrating it sounds like the exhaust is much louder than when driving. I did not notice a major drop in RPMs, but will keep my eye on it.

I will try cleaning the suggested sensors and other components and report back.
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Check for broken engine mounts, exhaust leaks due to breach in flex exhaust coupling and crack in the WU_CAT (the first catalytic converter)

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