Originally Posted by
ggjacks5
I have had my '05 Crossfire for 8 years. I have yet to find a mechanic that doesn't sigh or their roll eyes when I tell them I have a Crossfire that needs work. Even the three Chrysler dealership's near me flat out say, we don't work on those cars much and they are difficult to diagnose. My car is barely hanging on right now, but I cannot afford to buy another one right now. Plus, still REALLY like my car.
CAR ISSUES:
1. P410 Code
2. Check Engine Light (goes on and off)
3. BAS Light (goes on and off... on for the last 50 miles)
4. Car surges and seems like it is not getting enough gas
5. Rough idle and dying while driving until a friend of mine cleared all the codes with a code reader he borrowed from his work (Ford mechanic). Car ran great for 2-3 days. Then the surging problem started and has become progressively worse in the last few days. Tried to drive it today but turned around and went back home. It feels like it's not getting enough gas or maybe not enough air. The problem is worse when taking off in a low gear.
RECENT REPAIRS:
1. I had the throttle body cleaned (not replaced) a couple of months ago. Car ran great for about 2 weeks then slowly started surging when taking off and dying when at a stop.
2. I have tried resetting the computer by pressing the brake and accelerator, turn ignition on, off, etc. That didn't work.
Any suggestions regarding DFW mechanics that work on Crossfires and are good would be appreciated.
2005 Crossfire, base model, manual 6 speed, 155,000 miles
Thanks!
My first thought concerning the surging and stalling is a vacuum leak , check all of the vacuum lines going to the throttle body to see if any have slipped off or have developed a hole in them, simple way to check for a vacuum leak is to use a can of starting fluid and with the engine idling if possible, carefully spray short bursts of starting fluid around the throttle body and MAF sensor, if the RPMs surge each time you spray then you have found your vacuum leak if no change in RPMs then there is no vacuum leak. Po410 is the secondary air injection pump , it is tied in with the EGR circuit , on cold starts the secondary air injection pump pumps air into the exhaust system in order to get the catalytic converters to heat up faster, more often than not the DTC code is caused by a bad relay or burnt contact in the RCM which stands for Relay control module. All of the symptoms and problems you have described have been dealt with numerous times on the forum , use the search function and you can solve most of your problems your self and save a lot of money. A little more information about your car would be helpful like has the fuel filter be changed has the RCM been changed does it still have the stock air intake system have you checked cleaned and reassembled your battery and all connections. The more information you can give us the more we can help you.😉 all of these symptoms could also be caused by a bad RCM.