Q: My car vibrates when stopped
My whole car vibrates when stopped at a red light. It is more audible shaking then a physical shake. It's throughout the whole car not one particular area. When stopped it stays just below 1 rpms. When in neutral it only shakes slightly. When accelerating above around 1 rpms the shaking stops. I changed the tires, brakes and rotors, fuel system cleaning, spark plugs, and motor mounts. I don't know what else could be wrong with it. Firestone couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.
My car has 108000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
You should have a mechanic like one from YourMechanic test the computer and engine mounts for problems that may be causing the running rough? The motor mounts may be broken or you may have a problem with the intake manifold or cam timing system.
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