Stalling out at intersections.

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drew281
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I have a 2011 kizashi se, and I was having similar problems. Auto zone checked it out and said the MAF or throttle body. The sensor is $124 and the rep suggested to clean the sensor and throttle body. I cleaned it with CRC after looking on YouTube and it runs way better. Haven't had an issue this was this past Sunday. Clean it out before you buy a new sensor.
kweaver919
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Update for anyone who might be interested (2 years later) the stalling was the timing chain skipping. Luckily, under warranty.
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Thank you for that info. I havent seen this problem yet. I have seen these with over 200k and i was impressed with it still sounding like new. Maybe you had a fluke and the tensioner just didnt work right.
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kweaver919 wrote:Update for anyone who might be interested (2 years later) the stalling was the timing chain skipping. Luckily, under warranty.
Timing chains don't jump a tooth and then continue to run for years. It would have to be massively loose to jump a tooth, if this happened it would very quickly spiral downhill and quit running altogether.

And there's 0 possibility that it could jump a tooth and then jump back to being right.
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Most likely timing chain stretch due to lack of quality oil lubrication and or chain durability. This could end up causing just enough chain stretch to trigger a cam /crank correlation code then a fail safe or limp home mode and a poor running and maybe even stalling at idle. I havent seen chain stretch myself on the Kizashi but I certainly have on the Hondas.
Juan
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Well, Im going thru this right now except code POO16 came up which is the camshaft / crankshaft correlation code. After going the easy way and changing the cam and crank sensors which did nothing I ended up at the dealer because the next step is the timing chain and tensioners causing the car to be out of timing. The car is a 2012 SLS with 85K. The dealer is going to replace the chain and tensioner and sensors all under warrantee. Im very surprised this happened especially with a timing chain in the car. I take very good care and change the oil religiously on the car. Im also very surprised that Suzuki did not fight me on this at all.
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