My car is stuttering and shaking

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

101, if I replaced the plugs and the wires 6 months ago, can it be bad already?

you don't think its the air filter? I just got my oil changed on Tuesday and they supposedly looked at the air filter and shook it out, and today especially when i came to a stop, it was just shaking all over the place!

Ugghh i hate not knowing anything about cars. I have the manual but its kind of hard to troubleshoot when i have no idea what to look for.

No on the plugs, but it could be the wires IF the engine is actually misfiring. When you get on the gas, does the shaking go away? Like its only at idle?

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Totally missed that. Isn't Corona a couple of hours away? I remember driving by there last year and thinking, Oh 101 lives here!

Las Vegas is about 3.5 hours away, unless I take a bike..then about 2. lol

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

No on the plugs, but it could be the wires IF the engine is actually misfiring. When you get on the gas, does the shaking go away? Like its only at idle?

theres a delay and a stutter when i get on the gas from the stop but yes it goes away once i start going.

The shaking / rocking starts again when i come to a stop and it got really bad at idle yesterday. It is intermittent though. yesterday it got pretty bad, today there isn't any rocking but there is still a sputter/delay when i first get on the gas.

Actually yesterday after all the rocking and such at one point (and it was a bit cooler during the day, don't know if that makes a diiference) when i started it up to go home, i got on the gas and at about 30 mph and there was a surge and all of a sudden it was smooth again for the next 3 miles until i got home.

Checked the air filter, it looks pretty good. none of the wires seem to be loose. I put decent gas in it, either at the Chevron, Shell or Circle K. Oil and tranny fluids seem good.