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Gerard Pineau Posted on May 03, 2014
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My 2004 Sebring 2.4L does not have an egr valve. The engine light is on light is on with and error of p0400 . So what now?

My engine light is on and most everything on google says to replace or clean the egr valve. I followed the manual to where it should be and there is nothing there. Everything else looks like the manual photo but the egr valve and pipe and harness is missing. Also the place where it is supposed to connect to the throttle body has a plate bolted there. It seems to me this car never had an egr valve and came that way from the factory. So if I am getting error codes P0400 and P0401 what am I supposed to do?

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With the code coming up for an EGR valve I would consider it unlikely that it left the factory without one as it would have had the code from day one and it would have been fixed at a service under warranty.. If you got the car second hand then it is possible that the EGR valve failed and the previous owner found it easier to blank it off to sell it . I would consider fitting a new valve and getting it working properly as it is critical to passing the road worthy certificate., performance and economy.

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