Car stalls

Yea. Actually I just googled it, and it seems doable. But thanks, I just wanted another opinion before I take it in the shop. I was hoping that it might have been the spark plugs, but im thinking I really should do a diagnostic check before diving in to repair.

Oh and also, my engine shakes alot at idle, and most of the time it stalls, and the rpm is below the 1 at idle. I dont know if that anything. And also, there is hesitation when I try to accelerate, to a point where I sometimes floor the gas and it doesnt respond right

and thanks, this is all new learning experience for me

Car's fuel pressure checked ok. The vehicle was also hooked up to a scanner and everything tested out fine there too. The vehicle is still staggering and stalling out when put into park, or upon shutting it own and restarting it. Idle at time when it starts up and does not stall out appears to be rough but once in drive and driven levels out. I would appreciate direction from this point. What is the next thing to determine the cause?

00 ford focus keeps shutting off at stop lights, stop signs, and sometimes in the middle of a turn. Change battery. Any ideas on what could be making it shut off?

I cleaned the throttle plate and the sensor. All seemed in good shape really. I checked the vacuum lines and all seemed in good shape as well. I also on a hunch and dumped in a large amount of injector cleaner on the last fill up. Currently the problem is intermittent, But goes for long stretches without any issues. Going to periodically add a little injector cleaner to the system and then check the throttle body and sensor as the summer continues to see if there is anything else that pops up. Thanks for the insight and thoughts.

How do I do that?

I had a similar problem, I replaced the coil pack and was good to go.

Ok when I crack the car its ok but when I start to mash the gas paddel down it goes dead I have replace coil pack plugs and wires fuel pump and filter and timeing belt cat-converd I could drive it a about one mile it would start missing and go dead and I could pull over wait turn car off then it would crack back up and does the same thang.

I already drove it more than 10 miles

I replaced the battery about two weeks ago. It just started shutting off frequently like that today.

Try spark plugs wires and coil pack

Why does my car die when I barely touch gas pedal or put it in gear I have changed fuel pump. It seems to help if I hold my hand over carburator and regulate air going in its a 2000 ford focus 4 cyl. Auto, thanx in advance.

I have a stalling problem. This started several days after power washing engine.

The car starts, revs, shifts, fine. But has intermittent staliing problem.

For the most part this happens after car is warmed up and after stopping at stop sign. Upon normal acceleration, the engine "abruptly" starts to stop (engine stoos quidkly with a thud/jolt) and may or may not quit depending on how quickly I take my foot off the gas. It starts right away and may or may not stalll again.

If I accelerate very slowly, it will not occur.

It runs fine once it gets through this low speed acceleration problem.

It did "miss" once at speed going on an entrace ramp.

It will also show similar symptoms at highway speeds if I put the pedal to the metal and it will die surge, die surge, until I let up on the gas.

Standard code reader at Auto Zone did not show codes. I replaced a couple of sensors (for EGR) but did not help. Unplugged the MAF but did not help.

Tune up etc OK.

Ford guy said he though valve problem i(internal mechanical problem) in trans going from 1st to 2nd gear but I drove it in first "1" (Auto) and it still does it. I happens any time from immediately to after its reving up to 5-10 miles per hour.

Took it to a trans place and they think it's electic

updated 5-10-09
I took the car to a small independent transmission shop after Ford wanted to charge me $3,500 to replace the trans. The guy said that there was no way that this was a mechanical problem. I was either a ground or some other problem. He connected his "code machine" ran a test of some sort which caused the engine to race plus whatever else. The bottom line is, it must have rebooted the system and the problem has gone away. No charge.

I went bach to Ford and told them I wanted my money back for the "diagnosis"
they did. But they said to pack sand. That they need to be compensated for their time even if they didn't know what they were talking about. Even I knew it wasn't a mechanical probelem.

So much for Ford trained mechanics. There are no mechanics today. If they
can't plug it into the machine and have the answer spit out they're lost.
You need some common sense and ability. The problem they stated couldn't have been true had they thought it through but they sure wanted $3,500 bucks.

Engine Mechanical problem
2000 Ford Focus 4 cyl Automatic 87,000 miles

Are you ready for a challenge?
My newly licensed son purchased a 2000 ford focus with 135,000 miles on it He loves the car but a week after he bought it the engine died. The used car dealer even though it was bought as is, put another used engine in it for us. This engine even though we really know nothing about it supposedly has like 86,000 miles on it. When he got the car back it started stalling intermittently. It would go a week with no problem and then 2 days of stalling then nothing again. We took it back to the garage and nothing shows up on the computer and he cannot duplicate the stalling. We take it home a week and half no problem then stalling starts again. Bring it back nothing shows up on computer so he changes the idle air control valve. We take the car home and the ignition switch locked up. Had that replaced and went a week and the stalling started again. There is no rhyme or reason. It stalls cold it stalls warm and it stalls so far only when idling in the drive position, when at a light or stop signs. I was told if I took the car to the dealer it would be hard to find the answer if it can't be duplicated and the price would be great if it had to be looked at for a long time. This is an old car that when running, runs well. I have searched the internet and see that the ignition switch is a common problem with the 2000 as well as the stalling. I however never find a real solution. Tomorrow we are changing the fuel filter. I am hoping you have some other not to expensive advice to offer?

Thanks much for any help you can offer.