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Vibration at idle? Anyone found a cure for this problem?

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Old 01-22-11, 10:32 AM
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Default Vibration at idle? Anyone found a cure for this problem?

I noticed on my 2003 GS430 the car feels to vibrate a bit when the engine is warmed up and I'm sitting at a stoplight idling...

Is there a known fix for this issue or do you basically learn to live with it?
Old 01-22-11, 11:58 AM
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how many miles you got? check your motor mount to make sure they are not bad... idle might be a little low ,,, but what its on when your on idle? you might need to check the TPS...( thottle position sensor... ) hope this help... its a start
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i need suggestions too. I have a gs 300. 1st I cleaned the throttle body, then spark plugs. I just had timing belt and motor mounts done a week ago. I'm doing trans mount tomorrow because I still have vibration in the steering wheel at idle. It's seems to be getting worse though so it might be a vacuum leak.
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Does it still vibrate with the a/c on?
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try motor mounts
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Just turn on your headlights if it starts bothering you.
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Tune up, using wrong gas, or replace motor mounts.
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Originally Posted by 1UZ-GS
Just turn on your headlights if it starts bothering you.
Do it. Motor mounts should fix this problem. Pretty much any car over 80k needs new motor mounts.
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Mass air flow sensor needs to be cleaned too
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if it started only a short time ago.. i would suggest checking for a vaccuum leak first. depending on mileage of the car.. engine mounts could be a problem but i think the trans mount would cause more of a problem while driving. i would try doing an ignition tune up after doing a vaccuum check because some of the hoses may be brittle from heat and time
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Clean the throttle body and run some injector cleaner, had the same problem and it went away after I cleaned everything up.
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The op never came back lol?
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Originally Posted by flexspeed
how many miles you got? check your motor mount to make sure they are not bad... idle might be a little low ,,, but what its on when your on idle? you might need to check the TPS...( thottle position sensor... ) hope this help... its a start
there is a serious rough idle when I hit a red light and I'm currently trying to run some diagnostics on my TPS, which took a crap. Could it be that along with cleaning out their throttle body that they should check their TPS, as well?
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