Q: I have a bad idle when the car heats up, it goes into drive and then shakes whenever I stop. The maf and iMac have been cleaned.

asked by on March 22, 2018

My car idles bad and shakes when the car heats up and when I’m either stopped at a light or in park. The iac and maf sensor were cleaned. I have had 2 motor mounts replaced. It has a slight hesitation. I’m thinking it may be iac that is going bad? Do you have any other ideas. The car drives fine when I get going sorry for the original questions saying iMac meant iac and it won’t let me change it on my phone

My car has 172629 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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