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Patrick Woods Posted on Jan 20, 2018

Car hesitates and jerks a lot

The car will often cut off at stop lights when cold. It will then jerk like crazy when trying to get up to speed. Sometimes, the oil light will blink, but the levels are fine. The check engine light has come on a couple of times, but it will then drive fine for days on end between these episodes.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 11, 2008

SOURCE: Car losing power and turning off

if your car is 2003+ try turning the key to run (but not crank) then to acc. 3 times and the engine codes will show up on the odometer, then you can look up what those codes are to help diagnose some of the problems.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 15, 2009

SOURCE: Dodge Neon 98 Engine Oil Pressure

you might try and change the pcv valve, my car hand a similar problem in the summer and i never changed it. the pressure blew my cam seal and i was leaking oil like crazy. i dont know if it will fix it but they are cheap. i would give it a try.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 06, 2009

SOURCE: 2004 Dodge Stratus automatic has trouble shifting gears

I had the same problem - it was a fuse that controls the speedometer and the shifting solenoid

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  • Posted on May 30, 2009

SOURCE: yellow check engine light on after having oil change and splash guard tied back on

Could be a number of things. Should still be under 3/36000 warranty. Take it to the dealership. If the place you got your oil change from used the wrong weight oil, this could cause the light to come on. There are thousands of possibilities, which is why you need a computer to check them now.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 04, 2009

SOURCE: the engine oil level is fine and the oil light is on.

This can be a few different things. I'll give you a couple. First, do you have an oil pressure gauge? If you do, watch it very closely. Specifically while accelerating, braking, and making turns... so, pretty much, all the time except when cruising. If you don't have one, you'll just have to watch the light. More than likely you are losing oil pressure and it has nothing to do with oil level. If it comes on more when the car is idling, but tends to go off when it's revved up, the oil pump may be going out or may be leaking. It could be that it's pickup line is getting clogged, but don't count on it. It could also be a clogged oil filter, but again, not likely. Change your oil AND filter first and foremost, even if you've done it recently. Then watch the light while the car is idling and while revving it SLIGHTLY. BE CAREFUL!!! If you're temperature gauge starts going up or your check engine light comes on, shut it OFF. Lack of oil pressure leads to blown engines. You don't want to spend 3-5K on a new one. Get the thing checked out. One more thing. When you get your oil changed, ask the mechanic to reset your car's oil change computer. Many newer cars will show an oil light when it's time to change the oil. If it's not reset, it won't know it was changed and will stay on. I hope this is your problem. Good luck with everything.

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