Car shaking while engine light flashing?

2015 DODGE DART
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LYNSI G
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My car died and I got it jump started. While driving home, engine light starts flashing and beeping and my car would shake every time it did. My traction control light was also on. I would like to preface I’m a bit overdue on an oil change as well, we topped it off until I was able to get it professionally changed but my car started acting weird before I could. What do y'all think this is and how much would it be to fix depending on the issue. Thank you!
Sep 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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To me it sounds like the engine is misfiring, we can find out for sure if we run the codes, this video should help, also when was the last tune up you had?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBCpCWEFnTg

Was the traction control light on before the jump? Could the car have been jumper backwards? If so please go over this guide.

https://2carpros.com/articles/resolving-reverse-battery-connection-in-cars-a-step-by-step-repair-guide/

It sounds like the battery might be bad as well, you should not need to jump start it.
Sep 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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