2003 Ford Taurus Car Idles low only after a restart when wa

2003 FORD TAURUS
130,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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OLY_R
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Over the last month i have had a couple times that the car would idle so low it would stall out if i stopped somewhere after the car was warmed up and restarted. after cooling off it would run fine. Then today it did it again and now today was the first time the check engine light came on.
Apr 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Actually, the check engine light is a good thing. It indicates there is a trouble code stored in the computer that will identify where the problem is coming from. I could guess it is a throttle position sensor, but that is only a guess. What I need you to do is to take the car to a nationally recognized parts store and have them scan the computer. Most will do it for free. Let me know what the trouble code is and then I can tell you what to do.

Let me know what you find.
Joe
Apr 2, 2010 at 10:59 PM
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