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Listen to Tracer and do a complete valvetronic (shaft and actuator) replacement. I did my actuator only and had to go back and replace the shaft as well. FCP euro sells a complete kit, ensure yours has the shaft which looks like a camshaft. It’s fine to drive your car as is for a while but the symptoms will worsen over time and eventually you run the risk of screwing up the DME but I drove around for atleast three months with worse symptoms than yours and car drove like crap but didn’t suffer any long term damage