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Posted on May 16, 2017

Car keeps stalling in first gear

The other day my 96 eclipse (160k miles) started stalling while idle in first gear, or going down from 3rd 2nd and into first while breaking. The RPM's drop down passed 1 almost to 0 and it dies.
i took the car to Midas to see what the problem was and they found nothing wrong... The car was around a half tank of gas when this happened and they let me take it with no charge. As i left however it stalled again!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, 
Len

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 25, 2008

SOURCE: 96 eclipse.

Check for a vaccum leak at the intake. With the engine at idle spray a bit of starting fluid to find it. You will hear the engine pick-up when you hit the spot. Change the necessary gasket. Hopefully this will solve your prob! Frankster016

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 14, 2008

SOURCE: 2000 Eclipse GT auto trans.

thats one of two things i had the same problem with my 94 honda civic and my 00 mitsubishi eclipse both were not cheep to fix saddly for you man on my civic my tranny was catching and it would stall the motor out idk if that was the complete problem because i sold the car the same day i found out and i do not talk to the guy i sold it too but i seen it running fine a week or so later and on my eclipse it was my ecu for some reason there was a defect or some wires touching or something like that they replaced all my wires and my ecu and it ran fine till i sold it for my 2007 mitsubishi eclipse and gladdly i have not had any problems scince i bought the car

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Marvin

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  • Posted on Nov 19, 2008

SOURCE: 98 galant motor stalls - dies when gas is pressed

I would take a look at possiable damage to the PCM (powertrain control module)

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 17, 2008

SOURCE: engine keeps dying after I turn it on.

I had the same problem when I did battery maintenance on my 1988 Montero Sport. The problem was explained to me, that the car's electronic pollution control computer data was erased when the battery is disconnected or the battery totally discharges. The car's computer uses this data to regulate idle speed and other engine factors. The solution given to me was to recheck the battery connections (make sure they are clean, and tighten down), start the vehicle, and just let it sit and idle for about 15 - 20 minutes (without racing the engine or driving the vehicle). This will rebuild and repopulate the car's computer engine data it needs to make adjustments. Hope this helps.
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Joseph Reichwein

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  • Posted on Mar 11, 2009

SOURCE: In the past 15months I have have replaced my

No mention of the fuel pump. Was this checked? This sounds like a fuel pump problem. Have a technichian check this out when you go in next time I am certain this is your problem.

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