00 Malibu Couple of questions

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MADCAT424
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Hi everyone! I have a 00 Chevy malibu 3.1 v6 with 110k miles on it. I have a few problems with it, nothing major but it could turn into something major without fixing it.

1st problem:
My car when I first start it sometimes will if I put it in drive and start driving if I have to idle the engine will kind of seem like its almost trying to stall (it never does) it only happens within the first 5 minutes of starting it up. I have recently just waitied for the car to warm up a bit before driving it and that helps alot, it never does it when its warmed up.

My second problem:
The other problem is when I am driving from about 45-50 mph and 65mph and higher I get real bad vibrations coming from the front wheels, I also sometimes get the vibrations in the back wheels as well. Something also pops in the back suspensions when I go over speed bumps, it was not really noticiable before but it is starting to get louder.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, I am pretty handy with cars but don't know where to start on these two problems. Thanks alot!
Feb 19, 2007 at 6:31 AM
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CHEVY22
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is the check engine light on or has it been on recently ??

vibrations are very tough things , always start simple , check for loose or worn suspension parts , check the tires for abnormal wear and have them balanced
Feb 19, 2007 at 6:39 AM
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MADCAT424
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The check engine light is not on and has never come on, on the car. It runs/drives excellant after about 5 minutes of waiting for the car to warm up. When I first turn on the car the RPM's are roughly around 1.5k and I just wait for them to drop to 1k and drive its fine. But if I don't wait untill its at 1k before I drive sometimes the car will act like its going to stall at an idle (within the first 5 minutes)

Anything else you need lemme know!

Mike
Feb 19, 2007 at 2:45 PM
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