Viper wants to stop idle, etc.?

slaughterj

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Viper starts but shows the yellow engine light. After starting it settles down to idling at 1k RPM, and then RPMs drop and car cuts off. Took it for a brief drive around the block, and when it hits ~3k RPM, it's like all the power is gone. So what could be wrong? Recently changed the spark plugs, could I have knocked something loose in the process?
 

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Car ran perfect, or was running bad BEFORE you changed plugs? Have you checked all the wires for order, integrity, etc? Check all vacuum hoses? If still getting check engine light, Go to auto store and pick up a code checker.
 
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Car was fine before. Wire order should be right, much easier on SRTs than Gen2s. All the hoses appear to be connected, but that was my thought as to what was wrong, wondering if there is a specific one that would tie to this?
 

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Do the three key to pull the engine code, it will help us help you...

Key On-Off-On-Off-On (over a period of time similar to saying the On-offs slowly) and wait a bit to see the odometer display the codes. When you get the timing of the key up/down right you'll see PXXXX followed by other codes if they exist, or a "done" when the last code has been displayed. If you get nothing, key back off and try again.
 
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Just got this message, actually I already got the code, it was the MAP sensor (P0108), changed it, car runs great! (Thanks to Tom Sessions!)
 
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