# Why is my Saturn shaking at idle?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-my-saturn-shaking-at-idle/14400>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** saturn\
**Created:** [May 24, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-my-saturn-shaking-at-idle/14400 "2008-05-24T18:07:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tatiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@tatiana](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tatiana)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-my-saturn-shaking-at-idle/14400/1 "2008-05-24T18:07:50Z")

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I have a 2001 Saturn SC1 with 60,000 miles. When the car is at idle, it shakes and the rpm sits around 0.8. If I turn on the air conditioning, the vibration decreases greatly. Gas mileage is down slightly (26 mph vs 29 mph). I have had the spark plugs and wires replaced, but this didn’t help. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![airheadearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@airheadearl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/airheadearl)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-my-saturn-shaking-at-idle/14400/2 "2008-05-24T19:11:53Z")

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Intake cleaning would be a great place to start.