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Car randomly started to idle at 600-800 RPM

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Old May 16, 2026 | 01:51 PM
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Car randomly started to idle at 600-800 RPM

Hey all! I’m back after a long hiatus with a question because I can’t seem to find another thread on this issue.

I have had my FD for 4 years now and in the last 2 months or so, during my drives the car randomly drops idle from 1200 to 800 to finally 600 RPMs. This happens occasionally, not all the time and usually during longer idle periods (damn red lights that take forever to change)

Before this, since I have owned the car, the car would also idle around 1000-1200 RPMs no matter how long we were sitting in neutral.

Wondering if anyone has any leads on why this would randomly start happening and also doesn’t happen all the time.

Any and all advice is welcome! Thank you so much!
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Old May 16, 2026 | 02:48 PM
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??? For an unmodified FD, idle is around 7-800 RPM. Why was yours idling around 1100?
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