We have an '05 Stratus sedan (2.4L) that has 38,000 on her. she resently started to idle rough, loss of power, and stall and even sometimes i think i can hear a rod knock (its not the injector clicking sound its more as my Neons sound when i first start it). the sparkplugs are fine. its thowing no codes at all. anyone know what the stalling problem could be? oh and sometimes when you come to a stop it stumbles. like the idle will randomly drop to like 300-400RPMS and ALMOST stall but then recovers but still idles a little rough.

 

kind of sounds like a vac leak, any work done to it lately?

 

besides oil change...no. the last oil change was about 2k ago. and the last time it saw the shop was about 6k ago for a problem with the TPS. where would it be leaking from though? all the lines look fine and its not throwing any codes (assuming the Stratus' have a code for vacuum leaks like the Neon does)

 

should have codes for a vac leak, not always though. with eng COLD spray some carb cleaner or eather around the intake, if you have a leak the rpm will jump.

 

ok. i'll try that tomorrow. even though tomorrow we're taking to get a qoute on what its worth. cause come Saturday we might be trading it for an '06 Sebring Touring.

 

It could be that the computer needs updated-had the same problem with our 05 and it only had 34k on it