# Rough idle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rough-idle/85641>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** xd\
**Created:** [June 25, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rough-idle/85641 "2014-06-25T22:14:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tdbelladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@tdbelladonna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tdbelladonna)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rough-idle/85641/1 "2014-06-25T22:14:54Z")

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I have a 2009 Scion xD and when I am idling in D or P, my car sounds like a diesel engine. It makes this propeller kind of sound on the driver side and it is worse when I am stopped or idling, but does not go away when I am driving. It has about 76,000 miles and I moved from AZ to CA, not that I think that makes much of a difference, but the high heat in AZ can cause problems for cars. The heater core went out in the fall of last year and I just had all 4 struts replaced. I really don’t want to have to spend too much more on the car to be honest and hope this is just a simple issue.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rough-idle/85641/2 "2014-06-25T22:35:23Z")

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It could be. Have you raised the hood while the Scion was running and looked around? The last time I heard a sound like this…it turned out to a be cooling fan striking a broken piece of the fan shroud. Take a look or have someone look for you. You might get lucky.