2003 solara, idle and cruise problems.
Has anyone had the following problems with their 2.4 liter solara. Problem 1: I have 184,000 miles on my baby and it just started running poorly when coming to a stop. It idles up and down and then stalls. It starts right back up and you need to keep your foot on the brake and gas to keep it from stalling again.
Problem 2. May or may not be related to problem 1 . When running along in cruise all of a sudden the car will kick out of cruise, the rpms race, the speedometer drops to zero then both may bounce back and forth a few times , then car will correct itself and run ok. Occasionally this will happen the same way when not in cruise.
Looking for some help as to what thiis may be.
Done some online research and in the V6's it seems there is an idle control valve, but I don't seem to find one on the 2.4.
Also the Map valve could be the problem, or speed sensor if there is one .
the sensors are not cheap, and I have an appointment with mechanic, just looking for some input ahead of time.
thanks
Problem 2. May or may not be related to problem 1 . When running along in cruise all of a sudden the car will kick out of cruise, the rpms race, the speedometer drops to zero then both may bounce back and forth a few times , then car will correct itself and run ok. Occasionally this will happen the same way when not in cruise.
Looking for some help as to what thiis may be.
Done some online research and in the V6's it seems there is an idle control valve, but I don't seem to find one on the 2.4.
Also the Map valve could be the problem, or speed sensor if there is one .
the sensors are not cheap, and I have an appointment with mechanic, just looking for some input ahead of time.
thanks
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