EGR Valve toubles on 2005 T&C

Last post on Apr 22, 2009 at 3:16 PM

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#1 of 1 EGR Valve toubles on 2005 T&C by chubrubba Apr 22, 2009 (3:16 pm)
I'm not sure what happened to what I posted earlier today, but what the hey, I'll try it again. Ahem, The other day the dreaded check engine light made its appearence while on a trip to the hospital to visit my brother-in-law, he's doing much better FYI. Anyway, I took my T&C to Autozone (great bunch of guys) and they read the code for me, it was a P0406 code which means the EGR Valve is having an issue. The valve cost $80 (autoparts store) and a Saturday afternoon if you decide to tackle it youself, for a handy person it is doable, others should stay clear of this one. iThis repair could wind up costing you over $400 bucks at a Chrysler dealership. Anyway now to fun part. I decidied that before I was going to start buying parts and prepping for this repair I was going to physically check all the connections to the EGR valve, alternator and the other assorted sensors. To my surprise one of the connections made a snapping sound when I squeezed it together, (the connection was not fully seated) and magically the check engine light disappeared when I started my T&C. So, please if you get a check engine light and it's an EGR code, please check your connections.

#1 of 1: EGR Valve toubles on 2005 T&C by chubrubba; Apr 22, 2009 (3:16 pm)

I'm not sure what happened to what I posted earlier today, but what the hey, I'll try it again.

Ahem, The other day the dreaded check engine light made its appearence while on a trip to the hospital to visit my brother-in-law, he's doing much better FYI. Anyway, I took my T&C to Autozone (great bunch of guys) and they read the code for me, it was a P0406 code which means the EGR Valve is having an issue. The valve cost $80 (autoparts store) and a Saturday afternoon if you decide to tackle it youself, for a handy person it is doable, others should stay clear of this one. iThis repair could wind up costing you over $400 bucks at a Chrysler dealership.

Anyway now to fun part. I decidied that before I was going to start buying parts and prepping for this repair I was going to physically check all the connections to the EGR valve, alternator and the other assorted sensors. To my surprise one of the connections made a snapping sound when I squeezed it together, (the connection was not fully seated) and magically the check engine light disappeared when I started my T&C.

So, please if you get a check engine light and it's an EGR code, please check your connections.