I'm trying to troubleshoot my mom's car. It had been stalling periodically as she slows down or comes to a stop if she put it in neutral it would typically restart. It was not throwing a check engine light at this point. My Dad has a basic foxwell scanner that only shows a voice of us an active code.
So, I cleaned the throttle body thoroughly off the car, reinstalled it and did the idle relearn procedure. It seemed to behave while I was still there, so, I considered it fixed and didn't hook up my better scanner (I know, I should have). The next day it went back to stalling. I drove back to where my parents live, hooked up my code reader and got a pending p1336 code. So, we replaced the crankshaft position sensor.
After this was done my parents drove for a good 30 or 40 miles and it was behaving normally. However, this evening my mom was running into town to run some errands and the car shut off on her except this time it was while she was in motion not while she was coming to a stop. She managed to get it to the side of the road, my dad came, they got the car restarted and got it home. This time, it threw a check engine light.
My dad hooked up his scanner and this time got a p061d code. Dad replaced the mass air flow sensor, I think they went through the idle relearn procedure because my mom said they did everything I told him to do but now the car won't start at all.
Any advice as to what could be going wrong with this thing would be greatly appreciated. I don't live in the same town as my parents I'm about an hour and a half away and I've already driven down there twice this week to try to help. Money is a bit tight for them right now as well.
So, I cleaned the throttle body thoroughly off the car, reinstalled it and did the idle relearn procedure. It seemed to behave while I was still there, so, I considered it fixed and didn't hook up my better scanner (I know, I should have). The next day it went back to stalling. I drove back to where my parents live, hooked up my code reader and got a pending p1336 code. So, we replaced the crankshaft position sensor.
After this was done my parents drove for a good 30 or 40 miles and it was behaving normally. However, this evening my mom was running into town to run some errands and the car shut off on her except this time it was while she was in motion not while she was coming to a stop. She managed to get it to the side of the road, my dad came, they got the car restarted and got it home. This time, it threw a check engine light.
My dad hooked up his scanner and this time got a p061d code. Dad replaced the mass air flow sensor, I think they went through the idle relearn procedure because my mom said they did everything I told him to do but now the car won't start at all.
Any advice as to what could be going wrong with this thing would be greatly appreciated. I don't live in the same town as my parents I'm about an hour and a half away and I've already driven down there twice this week to try to help. Money is a bit tight for them right now as well.
Oct 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
