My car has almost 200,000 and was driving fine. However today I turned the car on and it wouldn't go in reverse or drive. The car was turned on but it started shaking and I couldn't drive. After turning the key about a dozen times I finally was able to drive it back home which was a short distance. It felt fine however after I parked, the same thing happened and I can't drive it. What is going on?
SOURCE: 2002 sequioa sudden stall
Often when the battery is disconnected or replaced the computer will lose it's learned idle settings. You could try letting the engine idle in park until the engine temperature comes up to normal and leave it like that for a few minutes, then put the Air con on and let it idle again for a few minutes, then switch the air con off and put it into drive. If it does not stall, let it idle in drive for 2 minutes or so, and then do the same with the Air con on. This should relearn the base idle settings and stop it from stalling on you. Before you carry out this procedure you should make sure that when you replaced the battery you didn't remove any other plugs or knocked anything that may be causing the fault. If you try this procedure and it still stall when you select drive, you will need to get a Mechanic to check the vehicle over.
Hope this helps,
Mark.
SOURCE: 1992 Toyota Camry Rough Idle
start by pulling hose off egr valve see if idles smoother almost instantly
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