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mowog73
09-30-2009, 08:00 AM
I bought my 200 in June and all summer the car and ran fine but the last couple of mornings have been below 10 deg C (50 deg F). The car is a bit harder to start and when it does start and you put it into Drive (automatic) it stalls. It will also stall if you give it a bit a gas even if it is still in Park. If I let it idle for a couple minutes it then works fine.

I'm guessing it must be a bad sensor but does anyone have an idea where I should be looking? What sensor it could be? Is this a common problem?

P-Funk!
09-30-2009, 01:08 PM
When was the last tune up?

I would run injector cleaner through the gas tank first.

No rough idle when warm?

mowog73
10-01-2009, 08:38 AM
I've had it since June and have no idea when it was last tuned up.

It runs fine once warm.

This morning it was very cool and again was hard to start and would stall when the gas pedal was depressed. Letting it idle for 10 minutes and it started to work better. I guess it's off to the garage for diagnosis.

Muffie
10-04-2009, 02:14 AM
i'll take a guess at the battery is shot/ altenator is bad.