Same thing on my front wheel drive car. Replace your engine mount(s). The rubber has probably worn. Not too hard of a job.
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Check for a mis-firing cylinder also.
If your car is shaking while it is idling, it is most likely your automatic choke. The automatic choke is not operating correctly but if you remove the choke and put a lubricant on it, it should stop shaking.
It could be that your car is idling to low, the throttle position sensor can be bad
When the car is running it appears to run fine. When stopping or car coming to a stop it feels like choking or its about to stall and the whole car is usually shaking or vibrating
You most likely have cylinder misfire. Check your ignition coils and spark plugs.
I sat in my car in the driveway with the car idling, waiting for the kids to come out.
Rough idling is whenever the vehicle's motor "misses" or does not fire causing an imbalance and a loss of rotation reducing the motor's power and causing excessive shaking.
My car (year 2000 S500) has the car shaking a bit and clicking or clanking sound when idling. Was told it is due to bad catalyst converter (the inside was broken). Are those the symtoms or there are other symtoms? Please advise. Thanks.
If it's only during stopping, I'd say warped rotors. Have the rotors and pads checked out.
The same on a car equipped with manual transmission. On an automatic equipped car it will use less idling.
Idling is what your car is doing when it is just sitting somewhere running. As soon as you press on the gas it is no longer idling. Your idle speed is the number of RPMs your engine runs at when you are idling.
It depends on how long you are idling, or how fast you are going. If you know you are going to be idling for a long time, it's best just to put your car in park.
If a car shakes and loses power when idling it can be the spark plug. If a spark plug is fouling, it can cause power losses.