My engine stalls at idle or when slowing down?

As a starting point I would check the EGR valve and the pcv.

It has an EGR in accordance with Mitchell1- Further the EGR was introduced back in 1973 to eliminate Nox- Nitrogen Oxides which is one of the gases that EPA is concern with under the clean air act.

I recommend you check the EGR as recommended by Bruce its a typical sign of an EGR failure. To include the PCV valve-

What's happening with your problem is the fresh A/F mix is being diluted with excessive oxygen-meaning your burning more air than fuel. The mixture is unbalance.

I've heard of poor in connections at the pcm harness on these for a stalling condition.

Bruce is a pretty proud guy, when he says something, you can take it to the bank that he knows if an engine has something.

Ok first off is the engine light on? Next question is how many miles are on this car? Now how old is the fuel filter and spark plugs and plug wires? Have you checked the air filter and such? Do you have a digital multi meter and can you check the fuel pressure? Get back to me with what you know and what you can and are willing to do yourself and we will take it from there.

Try cleaning throttle plate on both sides and iac hole with choke cleaner. If it continues check fuel pressure with a gauge

No the tps only goes on one way, the air leak may be the duct work going to throttle body which if it has holes in it or not on properly will cause your problem. Check for a vacuum leak with choke cleaner the rpm should change if you find it. Then check your fuel pressure with a gauge like I said in first reply it may be low. Auto parts rent gauge.

You need to find out what codes are in the computer.
If you put it in neutral, does it also stall when the gas pedal is pressed?

IF it doesn't, I would suspect there may be a transmission problem in that it is stuck into a a higher geared setting and stalling the motor immediatley. The torque converter may not be released from the engine.

HI there,

It sound as if an electrical component as come loose, you will have to see if you have lost fuel pressure spark or injector pulse then we can start to check systems to see what has gone wrong, I would be checking for fuel pressure first as I feel it may be a fuel pump problem.

Mark (mhpautos)

Do this. Turn the key in the ignition to ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON. And then, read your odometer display for DTC. Jot down the codes and post. We'll help diagnose.

There's two common things to consider. First, if the battery was disconnected, the Engine Computer has to relearn "minimum throttle" before it will know when it has to be in control of idle speed. Until the happens, you might have to hold the accelerator pedal down 1/4" to get the engine to start, you won't get the nice idle flare-up to 1500 rpm at start-up, and it will tend to stall at stop signs. To meet the conditions for the relearn to take place, drive at highway speed with the engine warmed up, then coast for at least seven seconds without touching the pedals.

Second, a plugged pickup screen inside the gas tank will cause stalling when the largest volume of fuel is being pumped, which is during coasting. This might not apply to your vehicle because the fuel pressure regulator is inside the gas tank and is no longer controlled by engine vacuum. This applies to vehicles with a pressure regulator on the fuel rail on the engine and a fuel return hose to the gas tank.