If it has the 2.2L engine, and its has more than 60K miles on it, you may have had a timing chain jump. The tensioner for the chains breaks and allows the chain to jump time. They only last about 60-80K miles before this happens, and when it does, it usually bends valves in the head since it is an interference engine. GM knows about this and has done nothing to correct it. You need to do a compression test to confirm the problem. If it shows low compression on one or more cylinders, plan on a replacement or rebuilt head and a new timing chain set. Then either get rid of the car or plan to replace the chain tensioner every 50K miles to prevent it from happening again.
I speak from personal experience here, having had it happen twice on my daughter's 1997 Cavalier.
SOURCE: 95 buick lesabre shifts hard
1. There may be a vacuum leak anywhere under the hood.
2. The vacuum governor mounted on the transmission is broken (has a ruptured diaphragm). Easy to replace, has one bolt and a small (one inch) locking plate.
3. Replacement at AutoZone is around $12~~20.
Hope this helps!
SOURCE: rough idle, dies when trying to give it gas
it'll either be your ignition system (spark plugs, distributor cap, etc) or more likely your fuel system (most likely your fuel pump or your fuel filter)
SOURCE: Very hard to start and idles rough
Cold start injector could be bad, or you could have a small vacuum leak, like a cracked hose. A vacuum leak is most noticeable at idle, when engine cold.
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SOURCE: 1997 chrysler town & country was cutting out,died,now wont start
you need to put a scanner on it and see what code comes up.
my guess would be the crank sensor which is very common .
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