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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [lantgeo]
by leseuldaniel
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May 04, 2007 (9:51 am)
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Replying to: lantgeo (May 04, 2007 6:11 am)
I don't have the same car, but I can assure you that the dealer knows what triggered the code when clearing it. You can buy your own code reader for about 30$ on ebay. Last time these symptoms occured on my car, it was the crankshalft position sensor going bad.
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [leseuldaniel]
by psychogun
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May 04, 2007 (10:47 am)
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Replying to: leseuldaniel (May 04, 2007 9:51 am)
I also don't own the Outlander. However, the symptoms you mention are similar to what I experienced as the O2 sensor was failing...
It may also indicate a lose air-intake hose...
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [psychogun]
by lantgeo
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May 04, 2007 (5:00 pm)
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Replying to: psychogun (May 04, 2007 10:47 am)
Well this is what happened today-I started the car- it ran a self diagnostic-the rough idle has gone away as before but this time it cleared the check engine light by itself. Does this car have a self diagnostic tool built in that checks and clears it own codes?
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [lantgeo]
by gene_v
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May 04, 2007 (5:17 pm)
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Replying to: lantgeo (May 04, 2007 5:00 pm)
Wow! A car with a brain. Well I had to have a code removed by the Dealer after the battery ran down due to me leaving it im appliance mode. They had to clear the limp-home code.
Sounds like you had an ill condition.
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [lantgeo]
by deweywins
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May 08, 2007 (10:53 am)
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Replying to: lantgeo (May 04, 2007 6:11 am)
Ran into a similar problem. Outlander didn't want to start and when it did, it would die immediately. Finally got it going with the check engine light on. Went right to the dealer and when I turned the engine off and then back on, the check engine light did not light.
Was informed that the codes are stored and so are retrievable. My vehicle had many codes which the tech had to wade through one by one (ID the code, check the connection/part/whatever), clear the code and move on to the next code.
The original problem was a bad connector (CANN connector?) which caused a cascade of performance problems which each generating its own code.
Replaced the connector and the car was good to go.
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [deweywins]
by lantgeo
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May 09, 2007 (5:26 am)
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Replying to: deweywins (May 08, 2007 10:53 am)
Ok thats what I needed to know, I was wondering if the error codes were saved so that the service department can see what went wrong even though the engine light cleared. I dont think they fixed the issue from the last time I sent it in. This time I will let my wife tell them the exact action that caused this issue and what happen after. I will also ask her to make sure they tell her what went wrong and what they did to solve the issue.
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [lantgeo]
by lantgeo
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May 11, 2007 (1:18 pm)
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Replying to: lantgeo (May 09, 2007 5:26 am)
okay guys- My wife carried the car to the dealership today and they called her back and said they cannot give us back the car because they called japan and found out that this has happen to a few other outlanders. They said this may be a major issue and that the car may shutdown while driving. So they are going to give me a rental and see if they can fix the issue. This might be a recall- I will update the board as soon as I get more info.
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [lantgeo]
by rcpax
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May 12, 2007 (6:02 am)
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Replying to: lantgeo (May 11, 2007 1:18 pm)
What model year was your Outlander again?
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [rcpax]
by lantgeo
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May 12, 2007 (2:17 pm)
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Replying to: rcpax (May 12, 2007 6:02 am)
Its 2007
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Re: Rough idling- then engine light came on. [lantgeo]
by lantgeo
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May 21, 2007 (4:34 am)
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Replying to: lantgeo (May 12, 2007 2:17 pm)
Well I got the car back on saturday. The mechanic said they changed a coil and spark plug and this should solve the issue. It does seem to be driving better, we will see.
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