98 Dodge Durango 100,600 mi

Tiny
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My check engine light came on while driving, during left hand turn I accelerated while coming out of the turn, the engine raced but I was not accelerating, I let off the gas and tachometer dropped to about 400, heard clicking as if running out of gas and engine was going to shut off, check engine light came on, I let it idle for a few seconds, then it stopped clicking, came back upto about 800rpm and everything seemed fine. Ive had a real hard time starting when its been sitting cold. Engine cranks but takes about 3 tries and 10-15 seconds to start, just replaced spark plugs. The engine will sometimes stutter at a red light. At steady speeds it runs like a champ. Check engine light comes on all the time now. Help!
Thursday, December 28th, 2006 AT 10:19 AM

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Tiny
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Can you get some codes pulled out of the ecm? (Autozone?). I wouldn't buy part there, but they'll give you a free scan! :)
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006 AT 6:44 PM
Tiny
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P0300
p0303
p0306
p0545
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Friday, December 29th, 2006 AT 7:22 PM
Tiny
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The first three are misfire codes, the last ( PO545)
is Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit Low (Banks1 Sensor1) May be due to a blown resistor in the EGT connector or a bad EGT sensor. I would address the last one first and it may have caused the misfires.

Article of interest?
converter meltdown see link:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2005-12-21-chrysler-usat_x.htm
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Friday, December 29th, 2006 AT 8:07 PM

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