Shutting off car idle goes very low?

2006 NISSAN SENTRA
279,675 MILES • 1.8L • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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Car starts great, no lights on dashboard, after warming up, car idle goes very low and shuts off at traffic lights, and one time on freeway car put put .
Apr 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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This can be because of a vacuum leak, a stuck swirl valve or a dirty throttle body. Even though there is no check engine light on we should run the codes to see if any are pending, this guide can help:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Here is a guide to help go over the easy problems and how to fix them, please report back to me.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/stall-at-idle

Please go over these guides and get back to us.




Apr 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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