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This may have been addressed before, but my new 2006 vibe (base fwd auto) idles around 1800 rpm on morning start, doesn't go down below 1500 rpm for several minutes. It seems very high to be putting it in Drive to pull away. Once it is warmed up everything is fine. Is anyone else experiencing this high idle speed on start up, is there anything that can be re programmed to lower it? Thanks for the help, car is only 1 month old!

thanks for your input, i was more worried about the transmission long term, but time will tell....

Silverawd26 is right. All Vibes (at least the new ones) do that before the engine is warmed up. Mine's a year old, has done that the whole time, and is fine. I don't think there's anything you can do to reprogram it.

Yep normal! And when you put the car in gear the RPMS go down, thus it will not hurt the trans.

yea mine does that.2004 base vibe 1zz , i just wish it heated up faster so i could accel faster, sooner. good way to fix that is a Supercharger haha oh man my dreams are expensive

Just bought on 09 2.4 automatic fwd Vibe, and noticed that the idle after a cold start stays around 1500 for about a minute before dropping to 1000 rpm or so. Does anyone else experience this situation, do you just put it in drive and go anyway, or do you sit and idle for a minute before driving off?

every car does this... it's so the car warms up fasternormal..you can wait or drop and go... i personally wait the 60seconds or so till it drops off high idol

I noticed this on mine too. I'm not sure I agree all cars do it-at least to this level. I had a GM 3100 for 7 years/125K and a 3800 for 2 years 25K and they didn't jump up like quite this high. It also seems like it will do it after 10 minutes as opposed to overnight. I just have gotten a little more used to it.

cars used to do this many years ago, but most modern cars seem to have a stable idle even after a cold start closer to 1000 rpm, not 1500. Just wondering if this was common, in which case I wonder how the 5 speed auto tranny will hold up long term. At least we are coverd for 5 years.

its called open loop. basicly it allows the car to build up to operating temperature by having the car run a little more rich until you reach optimal temperatures. 99.9% of all OBD II cars do this.