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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / January 2008

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2006 Chevy Impala Rough Idle

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foxruairi@gmail.com - 24 Jan 2008 04:58 GMT
Recently I had a scare with my 2006 Chevy Impala. I was in a parking
space, still in drive, when the idle dipped low and the lights went
very dim and I thought it was going to die. I didn't have any problems
while in motion. I had the battery checked, and indeed, it was
corroded. I had it replaced and had an oil change. But it seems that
it still idles not so smoothly. It hasn't done the whole dieing thing
again, but I am afraid that it will. It also seems to change between
gears choppily. Theres not any noise or anything troublesome, just not
smooth.

My vehicle is not under warranty and I am in college and can't afford
a great deal and don't want to be ripped off at the mechanics, so any
advice would be great!
ROY BRAGG - 25 Jan 2008 08:37 GMT
You don't say how many miles are on the car, but I had a similar experience
with my 2000 Impala.  It would act as though it was going to die, but would
recover.  The idle was unaffected.  My problem ended up being a bad harmonic
balancer that was not sending a good signal to the PCM.  The PCM was
replaced under emissions warranty, but the balancer was the problem.
Roy
> Recently I had a scare with my 2006 Chevy Impala. I was in a parking
> space, still in drive, when the idle dipped low and the lights went
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> a great deal and don't want to be ripped off at the mechanics, so any
> advice would be great!
Paul - 26 Jan 2008 00:43 GMT
> Recently I had a scare with my 2006 Chevy Impala. I was in a parking
> space, still in drive, when the idle dipped low and the lights went
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> a great deal and don't want to be ripped off at the mechanics, so any
> advice would be great!

Likely the ecu settings were wiped during the battery??? replacement.
I would run it for a few days to let it re-learn your driving
habits then go from there.
 
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