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Vibration at Idle

Old Jun 22, 2016 | 05:05 PM
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Vibration at Idle

2013 G37x, 53k mi.

When stopped with the car in drive there is a minor vibration that can be felt in the seat and steering wheel. With the AC on it's worse and can rattle the quarters in my center console. RPM's are stable and the vibration gets better if you shift the car into neutral.

The car didn't always feel like this and my mothers EX35 doesn't feel like this, so it's not "normal"

Any ideas?
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 05:22 PM
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Check for loose bolts on the A/C compressor brackets. Could also be a bad motor mount.
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by slartibartfast
Check for loose bolts on the A/C compressor brackets. Could also be a bad motor mount.
I was thinking motor mount, but the engine doesn't flop around like you'd expect with a busted motor mount
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 01:39 AM
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I suspect they're fluid-filled and maybe one ruptured.
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by slartibartfast
I suspect they're fluid-filled and maybe one ruptured.
So, not like the old rubber motor mounts where failure means your engine becomes detached from the frame, they just fail to attenuate the vibrations as well?
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 02:09 AM
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Correct. The differential bushing is fluid-filled and failure there is fairly common. Fluid-filled motor mounts have been fairly standard for a decade.
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 04:17 PM
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Had a similar problem.

https://www.myg37.com/forums/g37-sed...or-review.html

Check out the drive shaft section. It def caused vibration and after the fix, it went away. You can just crawl under car with a light to see if that same spot is torn where mine was
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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 10:48 AM
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Mine does something kind of bizarre I get a rattle sound only when stopped at a light in D or DS that's when my RPM's are at 500, as soon as I put it in Neutral or Park it goes away because my RPM's go to about 600. Or even if I slightly rev it in D with my foot on the brake over 500rpm it goes away. Any thoughts?
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Old Jul 1, 2016 | 09:52 PM
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that's pretty much what is happening with mine
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Old Jul 1, 2016 | 11:01 PM
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Heat shield?
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Old Jul 2, 2016 | 01:20 PM
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Same problem. I think i noticed it after removing oem cats i feel it under feet on door panel and steering wheel
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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 07:40 PM
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Alright, just had my inspection, told them about the vibration, they checked the motor mounts and said it was in spec. Also, i'm apparently the only person who feels it (it is very minor).

Could dirty throttle bodies be the culprit?
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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 09:53 PM
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Happens on my coupe when in drive but with brakes down or going in reverse. It's fine in park and N. Sometimes it faint while other times it's a lot. When I do turn on my AC it does vibrate even more. Hopefully it's not my AC compressor and Motor mounts or that would be expensive...
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Old Aug 3, 2016 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by AzNBoY92
Happens on my coupe when in drive but with brakes down or going in reverse. It's fine in park and N. Sometimes it faint while other times it's a lot. When I do turn on my AC it does vibrate even more. Hopefully it's not my AC compressor and Motor mounts or that would be expensive...
how many miles? Ever clean the throttle bodies?
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Old Nov 19, 2018 | 08:57 AM
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Did you ever found out why the car was doing that?

Originally Posted by Victory
2013 G37x, 53k mi.

When stopped with the car in drive there is a minor vibration that can be felt in the seat and steering wheel. With the AC on it's worse and can rattle the quarters in my center console. RPM's are stable and the vibration gets better if you shift the car into neutral.

The car didn't always feel like this and my mothers EX35 doesn't feel like this, so it's not "normal"

Any ideas?
Did you ever solved the issue, This is happening to me 100%exactly to what you are describing.
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