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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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Bad idle

My girlfriend bought her escape last year. It's a 2008 with about (15,000).

yesterday we drove downtown. As we hit traffic, the car began to shake a little at idle. it went away as the car picked up speed but was noticable at every stop light.

After being parked for a couple hours, we drove home and didn't notice anything.

Cars going in for service today. I don't really want to ask the shop guys to look for it. my guess is the IAC valve needs to be cleaned
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Well not sure about the newer escapes, but our 2004 had a recall for the throttle position sensor which was actually messing the idle up on it.
 
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