This was a very intermittent problem in the beginning and because it showed NO CODES very difficult to diagnose and the mechanic couldn't get it to duplicate. It was maddening, within 2 miles of leaving somewhere after a cold start the car would just shut off at a stop light! The dealer also couldn't find the problem a week later except they tried by doing a VPS Injector Service. 2 days later I was back and they tried cleaning the throttle and adjusted the idle because the RPM's were also acting wonky. The next day I returned and they said maybe I needed a tune up because I had a bad spark plug and they wanted me to leave it for a few days. I tried a third shop and they spent a couple days testing it and finally identified the sensor that was bad. It only cost 189.00 to fix the problem but it was hundreds more because of the other attempts.
This was a very intermittent problem in the beginning and because it showed NO CODES very difficult to diagnose and the mechanic couldn't get it to duplicate. It was maddening, within 2 miles of leaving somewhere after a cold start the car would just shut off at a stop light! The dealer also couldn't find the problem a week later except they tried by doing a VPS Injector Service. 2 days later I was back and they tried cleaning the throttle and adjusted the idle because the RPM's were also acting wonky. The next day I returned and they said maybe I needed a tune up because I had a bad spark plug and they wanted me to leave it for a few days. I tried a third shop and they spent a couple days testing it and finally identified the sensor that was bad. It only cost 189.00 to fix the problem but it was hundreds more because of the other attempts.
- Laurie C., Orlando, US