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when car is warm and you park it when you come back to start it, sometimes it revs up and then will lose rpm's and kill. You can start car and when put in gear it will kill unless giving itgas. Sometimes when you get going it will just cut out completely and then start going again. Not sure how to get codes from computor for code of the problem


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To get the codes:

1. turn ignition ON. Do NOT start the engine.

2. Simultaneously push and hold the OFF and WARMER buttons on the climate control panel for 3 seconds and release them.

4. Codes in the form of LETTER & NUMBERS will appear on the fuel data screen and will stop at PCM?.

5. As EACH CODE displays the word HISTORY or CURRENT will display.

6. I need to know what codes you get and if they are HISTORY or CURRENT.

7. Turn ignition switch OFF.

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