Rough Idle
 

There is no loss of performance. The car just started running rough at idle and jumping forward when stopped. Is this a known issue?

2008 SS model

I'm going to take it to have the codes read. The check engine light is on.

Known issue ? No

Get the codes read then post up the code numbers.

I'll take a lottery guess on a possible code number. P0100 ? 101,102.103 ?

It was the camshaft sensor code. 2nd time I've had it. The problem seems to have fixed itself. The car is running fine now. Going to chalk it up to bad gas maybe. Will see if it does it again.

Sorry, but without the actual code number it's hard to say.

Fwiw. Auto parts employees who read codes are known to give out slightly inaccurate info sometimes. All they know how to do is read the description which isn't always correct.

There was a number of folks who went and had their codes read and were told the sensor was bad. Most of those turned out to be the actuator solenoid and NOT the sensor.

So. What is the actual code number ?

x2 - without the code, the thread is worthless if you are looking for advice. If it happened twice, and cleared up by itself does not mean the problem is gone. Dollars to donuts it will come back as a lot of the errors that get flagged by the CEL are drive cycle dependant.

The problem came back. I did not get the code number. He just told me what it said. The car seems to be fighting against the brakes in drive at a stop. I'm just tired of having issues with the car. It has spent 8 months in the shop for other issues. This one is too much. I think im done and going to trade it in. To me it feels like the torque converter again. They changed it last year. New problem but I personally think its the same problem. Its not going to be covered for the repairs and i am tired of spending money on the car.

Ask.

Yeah. Might as well sell it.

Im tired of asking about it. A lot of the answers on the problems with the 2008 in the system have stemmed from all the time they spent working on my car. They have sent both experts to work on it with the problems with the turbo and loss of power issue. They got that fixed by changing the torque converter. I have had ever issue with mine that is on this forum for my particular year model. Its frustrating to say the least. I love the car but at this point its not worth trying anymore.

I have had the car for 4 years and an accumulated 8 months of that time it has been worked on. There isn't really a viable, cheap for lack of term performance car since chevy decided that the camaro was to be the only ss model made. I guess im just going to go buy a malibu or even a camaro and try from there. Maybe one day chevy will get back to offering an lower cost performance car again. I am a die hard chevy fan and the memories the car has given me will last forever...

Camaro the only SS to be made ?

Guess you haven't seen the Aussie inspired, Holden designed car called by GM simply "SS".

Maybe you could get involved enough in your car problems to ASK what the code numbers are and then do some research into them. Instead of "the machine said"....

Please excuse me, I have had a bad couple of days. You wouldn't believe what I deleted.

What the heck is a " lower cost performance car ". Mutually exclusive comes to mind.

More involved? I mean seriously.. what part of 8 MONTHS IN THE SHOP DID YOU MISS? And the 2 gm engineers that were here trying to figure out what was going on with my car the last time. I am really offended by that statement. How about you read before speaking. Oh and check out my previous posts I had before this one on what was going on. Research? you should do some yourself. The car is gone so this will be my last post..

Oh and the problem was the cam solenoid beind stuck at 49 deg.. Metal shavings in the screen and Jet black oil that had just recently been changed.

I have a new 2014 malibu now..

Thank you to those that were there when i needed the help instead of the other remarks...

Well from what you said about the cam solenoid, the code was one or more of p0010/11/13/14??

If the code itself was posted from the very start, we would have pointed you right away to https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-...13-14-a-28779/

The "code" is the definitive point from which advice can be given. Accept it or not.

Enjoy the Malibu, they are nice cars too.