Problem keeping car on

Asked by tev998 Aug 02, 2020 at 04:21 AM about the 1999 Dodge Durango SLT 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car will shutoff when left on  for a while will start
right up with no problem and sometimes will have a
hard time staying on seems like its about to shut off
then will shoot back up to 1500 rpm giving it gas
when its about to shut off wont help seems like it
looses response anyone have this issue before no
codes no check engine light

2 Answers

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Check the idle/air mixture valve & the throttle position sensor.

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I changed my idle valve and it wasn't that. I just changed the map sensor today. So far so good. But it didn't do this all of the time.

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