SlicedBread
05-04-2008, 11:04 AM
1998 Dodge Avenger Sport V6 2.5L
Last week when I was driving home from school my avenger was acting very strange. After a minute of being on the highway the car shutoff engine power and it was coasting for probably 5 seconds before it went from 0 rpm back to 3000 or so. Then around ten minutes later it was jerking (not like a misfire) but like kinda like off an on accelerating, it did this for a good 3 minutes meanwhile the car seemed like it was restarting itself (brake, cruise control and eventually CEL lit were all cycling on and off with the jerking). Then a couple of minutes later the rpm's dropped to 0 for around 10 to 15 seconds twice. After all that it drove home normally, all with half a tank of gas.
The next day (around 16 hours later) It wouldn't start without a fight. When I did get it started I revved the rpms and it did so, but it would not idle. I tried backing out but the car shutoff and refused to start again.
Come today I decide to try it for kicks (I need to fix it but dont really want to), It starts normally on the first attempt, I can hear the fuel pump hum and a relay click in the front just like normal. It was idling at 900rpms for a minute and then I shut it off. I have not tried to drive it yet though.
What could be wrong this time?
Last week when I was driving home from school my avenger was acting very strange. After a minute of being on the highway the car shutoff engine power and it was coasting for probably 5 seconds before it went from 0 rpm back to 3000 or so. Then around ten minutes later it was jerking (not like a misfire) but like kinda like off an on accelerating, it did this for a good 3 minutes meanwhile the car seemed like it was restarting itself (brake, cruise control and eventually CEL lit were all cycling on and off with the jerking). Then a couple of minutes later the rpm's dropped to 0 for around 10 to 15 seconds twice. After all that it drove home normally, all with half a tank of gas.
The next day (around 16 hours later) It wouldn't start without a fight. When I did get it started I revved the rpms and it did so, but it would not idle. I tried backing out but the car shutoff and refused to start again.
Come today I decide to try it for kicks (I need to fix it but dont really want to), It starts normally on the first attempt, I can hear the fuel pump hum and a relay click in the front just like normal. It was idling at 900rpms for a minute and then I shut it off. I have not tried to drive it yet though.
What could be wrong this time?