Angelica- Issueswith my car wanting to give up?
My car is a 1999 Ford escort zx2 and lately I've been having one minor problem. My car starts great and everything but when I let it sit in park or even stop while o drive it starts to jolts and shake like it wants to give out. Once I start moving the shaking in and out goes away only until it comes to a stop. It has been happening for over a week now and the engine light is on and all but I have never felt something like this as if the car wants to give up. Yesterday I let it sit running just waiting to see if it gave out and the car did after about 8 minutes. I went to turn on the car and it did so perfectly but the shakes and jolts like it is trying to give up. I can't hear the shaking or jolting from the outside but I can feel and hear it in the car! Any suggestions or help before I take it to a mechanic please!
Sounds like a misfire at idle. There could be many causes, get someone who knows what he's doing to look at it
Could be a variety of things. Ranging from ignition to vacuum. This sounds like either a vacuum line is cracked or you might have a bad idle valve. On a car that old I'd run with the vacuum line idea first and go from there.
Your very 1st step here is to get the car scanned so that you know why the engine light is on. It will indicate where to look for the problem. Many Escorts had problems with rotted out rubber elbows on their PCV lines that created vacuum leaks and it's very possible that this is your problem and cheap repair but you still need to have it scanned.
Hi so take it to a ford dealer for a service and ask them what can be done about it.
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