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Question: Shudders and stalls every few months

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ArtNinja, Schenectady, NY, March 05, 2010, 10:00
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Every three months or so, my car will act up when I'm stopped at a light. It will shudder and then stall. It starts up right away.
It does this a couple of times a day for about a week, then it will run fine for the next few months.

Anyone else have this problem? Could it be the change in temperature?

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    Oakman March 05, 2010, 10:43
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    Check the computer for codes. It could be a Crank Sensor or many other things, such as a power relay etc, etc. Also check your idle system.

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    Visitor, March 29, 2010, 10:20

    I am having this exact same problem. Also I find that when I go to accelerate from 0 it is not shifting gears properly from the 1st to 2nd gears, once I get going it is fine. Mine shakes and stalls at red lights and in the morning sometimes when I am reversing.

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    ArtNinja, May 05, 2010, 08:20
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    Turns out that I need to clean the Mass Air Flow sensor.

    It was pretty easy, you need to buy MAF cleaner from an auto parts store and follow the directions. There is unfortunately a dearth of photos on how to do this. I'll take pictures next time. Apparently it's a good thing to do every time you change the air filter.

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