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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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I Have A 2000 That Needs Some Answers. First, After The Car Is Warmed Up The Steering Wheel Has A Vibration To It And Then About Every 3-5 Seconds Theres A Kick In The Vibration (also When The A/c Gets Turned For A Few Seconds Gets Pretty Bumpy). I Have Narrowed It Down To 3 Possible Solutions; Either Its Bad Injectors, Harmonic Dampener, Or Bad Plugs Or Wires. The Wierd Thing Is That I Have Never Recieved And Error Codes Of Any Sort.

My Second Need Is That The Turn Signals Work About 80% Of The Time. I've Had The Car Taken To Three Different Dealerships And They Cant Seem To Find Out Whats Wrong.

If I Could Get Some Answers That Would Be Great M'kay.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 06:51 AM
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Does the vibration occur all the time or more prevelant at a certain RPM??
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 08:17 AM
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I know this is a bit shotgun but replacement of the plug wires on almost a 5 year old car would be the first thing I would do.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by 1hot2000
I Have A 2000 That Needs Some Answers. First, After The Car Is Warmed Up The Steering Wheel Has A Vibration To It And Then About Every 3-5 Seconds Theres A Kick In The Vibration (also When The A/c Gets Turned For A Few Seconds Gets Pretty Bumpy). I Have Narrowed It Down To 3 Possible Solutions; Either Its Bad Injectors, Harmonic Dampener, Or Bad Plugs Or Wires. The Wierd Thing Is That I Have Never Recieved And Error Codes Of Any Sort.

My Second Need Is That The Turn Signals Work About 80% Of The Time. I've Had The Car Taken To Three Different Dealerships And They Cant Seem To Find Out Whats Wrong.

If I Could Get Some Answers That Would Be Great M'kay.
How long has this problem be occuring? how many miles are on the car? does this happen in neutral or in gear? is it worse in gear? All those items listed could effect how the cars runs interms of vibration or missfire which could be either of those conditions.. just because the PCM doesn't detect a problem does not mean it's not happening.. how does the car run off idle under acceleration?

-Rick
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 09:20 AM
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How long have you had this car? Have you driven other C5s?
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 11:52 PM
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the car has 63000 miles on it. it just had a tune-up about 3000 miles ago. the vibration is bad at idle in gear and in neutral
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