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Yolette Posted on Sep 01, 2012

My 1997 Altmia keeps stalling and putting when I stop or slow down. I changed the wires and spark plugs but it is still doing it. It cut off several times today. When I had the lights on the inside and outside lights got dim. Any suggestions

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Sounds like your alternator could be going bad, most major autoparts stores will do a free battery, starter and alternator test, and tell you what your problem is. just make sure you ask for a full charging system test otherwise they will probably just check the battery (if the battery tests bad you wont get an accurate test on your alternator, so replace the battery then have them run the test again right away) If it is the alternator, dont let it go too long, a bad alternator can kill your battery, a bad battery can kill your alternator and starter, and a bad starter can kill a battery.

no promises that this is your problem but it is where I would start, there are other possibilites as well, such as a weak feul pump or clogged fuel filter, if your engine isn't getting enough gas it will dog down and stall. But like I said above I would start with the battery/alternator/starter test.

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tork converter is locking out see if you can unplug it as a quick fix it will be a round plug on the training should fix the problem but remember its only temporary as to you will lose overdrive and kill gas mileage by 5-6 miles a gallon but it wont damage anything

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replace coil pack, or check fuel pump is working,worst case peplace ecu(engine management computor unit)check spark leads,and fit new spark plugs,discard all the ones in the engine ,thats in there,with new ones,,,,,,,

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my dodge stratus 1996 seems to want to stall when i push on the gas. anyone have any ideas

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