Alright everyone, im not a noob to preludes or anything, just to this site.
Every year around this time, when it starts to get cold, my car likes to do some wierd things. This year is a new problem though. I'll go through all of them in the thread so im not making 5 threads for each different problem.
First off, i have a 97 auto (unfortunately), and i have 137,xxx miles on it.
1. (new problem) I know this has been discussed before, but i would like an answer to my problem, not someone else's who i have one symptom in common with. So here we go. Rough Idle only in "drive". I'll start my car, let it warm up in park, and when i put it in drive, the rpm's drop from 750-800 to 450-500ish and causes, from what it sounds like in my exhaust, like hiccups, or is this misfiring? It does not throw any codes or anything, and it drives fine, but when i come to a stop, the idle is at about 500 rpm's and starts to do the same thing and i get vibration and i can feel and hear that the car wants to die, like its fighting to keep at idle. Also when first starting the car, while in park, the exhaust seems to make pops or as described above as hiccups. It has been doing this for the past week or so now and two days ago i changed my spark plugs, wires, distributor cap/rotor and it is still doing it. Please, this is my main concern, any help would be greatly appreciated.
the rest are minor issues, i mainly want the above problem fixed asap.
2. Now that it is cold outside, if i go over a bump in the road, my suspension (dont know part of it, but im assuming the shocks or something around there) makes a strange noise. Not like a squeek or anything but sounds like old hinges on a door creaking. I have been told its dried out bushings? or something. Any clues?
3. Climate control. Every winter the same thing, every now and then if i want to change from, for instance, my feet, to my face... ill push the button and nothing happens. It lights up that it is going throught the top vents, but is still coming out to my feet. This is very annoying.
if i forgot anything, ill just edit this one.
thanks for your time and sorry for the long post.
And thanks in advance for your help.
-Zakk
Every year around this time, when it starts to get cold, my car likes to do some wierd things. This year is a new problem though. I'll go through all of them in the thread so im not making 5 threads for each different problem.
First off, i have a 97 auto (unfortunately), and i have 137,xxx miles on it.
1. (new problem) I know this has been discussed before, but i would like an answer to my problem, not someone else's who i have one symptom in common with. So here we go. Rough Idle only in "drive". I'll start my car, let it warm up in park, and when i put it in drive, the rpm's drop from 750-800 to 450-500ish and causes, from what it sounds like in my exhaust, like hiccups, or is this misfiring? It does not throw any codes or anything, and it drives fine, but when i come to a stop, the idle is at about 500 rpm's and starts to do the same thing and i get vibration and i can feel and hear that the car wants to die, like its fighting to keep at idle. Also when first starting the car, while in park, the exhaust seems to make pops or as described above as hiccups. It has been doing this for the past week or so now and two days ago i changed my spark plugs, wires, distributor cap/rotor and it is still doing it. Please, this is my main concern, any help would be greatly appreciated.
the rest are minor issues, i mainly want the above problem fixed asap.
2. Now that it is cold outside, if i go over a bump in the road, my suspension (dont know part of it, but im assuming the shocks or something around there) makes a strange noise. Not like a squeek or anything but sounds like old hinges on a door creaking. I have been told its dried out bushings? or something. Any clues?
3. Climate control. Every winter the same thing, every now and then if i want to change from, for instance, my feet, to my face... ill push the button and nothing happens. It lights up that it is going throught the top vents, but is still coming out to my feet. This is very annoying.
if i forgot anything, ill just edit this one.
thanks for your time and sorry for the long post.
And thanks in advance for your help.
-Zakk
