2001 Impala rough idle-shaking

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vince - 18 Feb 2006 00:06 GMT

My 01 Impala 3.8L takes more than 5 minutes in the morning for the idle to
go down and when in drive it shakes and makes more noise than usual. Also,
when accelerating while going 10 mph the car started to shake and felt like
I had run over an animal. The car has only 30K miles.
What could cause this? If I go to the dealership they will charge $150 to
diagnose since no fault codes are present.
I am assuming if the engine light is "on" a fault will be stored.
Thank you for any suggestions.

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Shep - 18 Feb 2006 00:12 GMT

No matter what it has to be scanned, especially when the problem happens,.
could be a coolant temp sensor sataying in the cold mode, this will not set
a code, this is the starting point only.

> My 01 Impala 3.8L takes more than 5 minutes in the morning for the idle to
> go down and when in drive it shakes and makes more noise than usual.
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> I am assuming if the engine light is "on" a fault will be stored.
> Thank you for any suggestions.

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