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My car is acting funny! Earlier in the day while "parked" the car went silent. Tried to turn it over... The car "tried" to start but wouldn't. So, I thought it needed gas. My bf went to get gas, came back and put enough gas in to get me to the gas station. Got there.. Filled her up! Tried to turn the car on, same thing! Car "tried" to start. This happened twice later on the same day! Now.The check engine light is on! Finally! Got the car to go! Went to a store called "auto zone" and had them hoop up their computer to my car to see what the hell was going on! (Oh! on my way to the store, when my car went to shift, it's automatic. It was shifting hard and bucking) Auto zone printed me out this! Cylinder 4 misfire (I knew about that), Ignition coil #5,Random misfire,engine speed circuit low/no signal, neutral position (PNP) switch circuit fault. The guy at the store said the misfire can cause the other codes! But the last 2 codes i listed won't cause the misfire! So he suggested to fix the misfire. Ok! Yeah I can do that, and buy the parts! I just had the car int he shop 1 month and 9 days ago. They replaced #6 coil because it was misfiring! It's weird because coils 1,3,5 are in the back. Coils 2,4,6 are in the front and they take these long coil packs! 2 hours after my car came out of the shop $1,100 dollars later the check engine light went on. The shop had my car for 1 week and 1 day. I knew about the #4 misfire because i brought it to "Auto Zone" but my bf put that mystery oil stuff in the gas when i filled up, and 2 days later the engine light went off, so the the bf thought that maybe the gunk came off. My car had been sitting previously for about 2 almost 3 yrs and needed some work done to it, so it would pass inspection! I know the 6 spark plugs were NOT replaced, which I have no clue why. Just my friend spoke of a part i forgot the name. I guess it's near my transmission and the part is like 200$s new it's the labor that's going to get me! If I fix the misfire what's my chance the "bucking" will stop? or is that something different? My car is 15 yrs old, and has 149,7-something miles on it. And she still looks good a little rust here and ther nothing noticeable HELLPPPP PLEASE?!! I'm a woman and i get screwed over because of my gender... I have put sooo much $ into this car and the $300 i had saved up for my daughters bday in may, shes turning 3 went into the car. Which we alllllll need it! But,I had to start from rock bottom saving up for my daughters birthday
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well you do have some things going on.first of all,dont run you fuel tank dry,when it gets to 1/4 tank,consider that empty and go put more gas in it,pump has to stay cool.if not submerged in fuel at all times it gets hot,and works harder, and will burn out.take it back to the shop that you gave $1100.00.why no new plugs?