Power issues

Dimo

Dimo

Bought an X
Founding Member
Location
Wilmington, De
Back ground: 2004 with 119*** miles, daily driven, 4wheeled, and regularly maintained.
Recently went 4wheeling and a couple hundred miles later started running into issues. First just had one random sputter in the RPMS and loss of power while idling in D. Shifted into N then back to D and had no problems for 50 mile drive home. The next time I drove it, the speedo stopped working. Hitting the dash fixed it of course. On the same drive, while driving, same sputter in the RPMS and loss of power. Shifted into N and back to D, problem went away. Currently, still having speedo issues and more than likely more sputtering. Check all the fuses and onced over everything. Any recommendations?
 
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TJTJ

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
NJ
Dimo said:
Back ground: 2004 with 119*** miles, daily driven, 4wheeled, and regularly maintained.
Recently went 4wheeling and a couple hundred miles later started running into issues. First just had one random sputter in the RPMS and loss of power while idling in D. Shifted into N then back to D and had no problems for 50 mile drive home. The next time I drove it, the speedo stopped working. Hitting the dash fixed it of course. On the same drive, while driving, same sputter in the RPMS and loss of power. Shifted into N and back to D, problem went away. Currently, still having speedo issues and more than likely more sputtering. Check all the fuses and onced over everything. Any recommendations?
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You could have loose ground straps for the dash/under the hood, etc.
 
Kirk_R

Kirk_R

First Fill-Up (of many)
Location
Keller TX
My 2000 started losing power one day last year, and I watched the RPM drop and jump up numerous time, it never went away though. Mine was a Distributor problem. Good luck with yours - I would definitely look for the ground problem to.
 
Dimo

Dimo

Bought an X
Founding Member
Location
Wilmington, De
Update:

Scanned for codes, knock sensor only (N/A motor equals not likely any problems).
Check and cleaned engine grounds.
Cleaned mass air flow and misc under the hood.
Ran higher octane and cleaner (possibly picked up a bad tank of gas in Harrisburg).
Speedo was unrelated and a loose plugin under the dash seemed to be the fix.


All in all, no more issues. Thanks for the help guys!
 
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