Hesitates when driving up inclines in hot weather?

2004 DODGE STRATUS
208,000 MILES • 2.4L • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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SWEETWM1
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This has been a good car. Starts hesitations just up hills on any inclines mostly when it's really hot out. She'll be okay for a little while and then holding the pedal down and hitting high RPMs, other times she's just fine.
Sep 5, 2022 at 8:43 AM
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Do you have a check engine light on? If so, we need to run the codes. You can get a CAN scanner (Controller Area Network) from Amazon for about $30.00.

Here is a video to show you how:

https://youtu.be/u-4syLc-ifQ

Here is a scanner link:

https://amzn.to/3o41KcZ

If no check engine light is on it sounds like the fuel pump is getting weak here is how you can change it out in the images below.
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Sep 5, 2022 at 6:25 PM