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Stalling or almost stalling?

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Old 11-04-09, 02:06 PM
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Has anybody run into any cases where their car dies in traffic, or almost dies in traffic? This has happened to me twice in the last 2 months but its not consistently.
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I just put a post out yesterday with a similar question. Is it jumping or the engine shaking??? I'm still researching my issue.
Old 11-04-09, 02:12 PM
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it feels like the engine is misfiring, and it shakes. Once it actually died on me, and recently it almost died (all the lights turned on and when I pressed the gas it was ok). I find that when i put it into neutral or turn the a/c on (while its in drive) its fine!
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happened to me several times.. dunno why tho.
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Check your TB and give it a good clean.
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Idle air control motor could be bad, start with a TB clean tho
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this also happened to me not too long ago , and then one time after it happened, i was giving it gas and im hearing the engine but the car was struggling to move......
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I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it but, I have a K&N drop in filter, I've heard the the oil from the filter could possibly gunk up the TB, any input?
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I would clean the MAF sensor, and the TB.
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