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I own a 4cyl mystique with an ATX and when I come to a stop while the car is in drive my whole dashboard shakes uncontrollably. Is this normal? I have gotten in the habit of slipping my car into neutral whenever I come to a stoplight, Is this shifting in and out of drive to neutral ok for the transmission, or am I wearing something out?
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Shouldn't harm anything by shifting to Neutral. Sounds like you may need to tune up your engine and/or replace your motor mounts to get rid of the vibrations.
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The shaking should not be happening with an I4. I do not see any reason why constantly going from drive to neutral would cause any more damage then shifting from park to drive. I do it often in heavy traffic.
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Ya, the shaking would be a sign of the engine running poorly.  When was the last time it had plugs/wires/etc?
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bad shaking would be engine probs/motor mounts... slight shaking could be because our idle rpms is too low i think... a chip can fix that... i think this is what was once said.
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I shift into netural every time I stop 
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Mine will *only* vibrate badly when I have the A/C on. Other then that it idles very smoothly. I would suspect something else. There really needs to be more info before a good idea can be formed. We need to know if there are any mods yet, mileage, when its last major tuneup was, etc. 
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Should not be vibrating badly with the A/C on either. Our little Zetec's should be smooth as butter idling.
Should note I have 98+...maybe the pre-98 motor mounts (if different) just handle it differently so nothing is wrong?
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Never had a problem idling. 
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this was discussed on the old forums. many owners of pre 98's with 4 cyl have a vibration when the ac is on, even me. also a vibration when it's off. had it checked by the best mechanic in town and said it's normal for a 4 cyl to vibrate.
when ac is on in 4 cyl engines, takeoff is slower too.
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