Stalling but not Dying
Hello I have a 2006 base model with automatic. The car has about 41,000 miles on it and this summer developed an intermittent problem that has gotten progressively worse. The car will all of a sudden "bog down" like I am running out of gas. Usually when this happens holding the accelerator all the way down the engine fumbles for a few seconds and then takes off. At first I thought that maybe it was a stuck injector because putting a bottle of fuel cleaner seem to fix the problem and would not happen again for weeks. In the last 2 weeks it has happened several times. I bought the car used with 1600 miles on it an have never had to do anything to the car except regular oil changes. The check engine light did come on for awhile and I pulled the code of 2097. searching the forum it indicates a rear O2 sensor. No other codes come up.
As I mentioned I have been trying to find a pattern it happens in all conditions and types of driving. This morning was the worse as I went from 65 to 25 mph in traffic.
I currently have about a qtr tank of gas but have run it to the light a couple of times. I checked my tail pipe when I parked and it is white inside it is usually the normal black. I have not seen any smoke.
BTW: the check engine light is no longer on.
Sorry for the long post but I need to tear into this issue this weekend and not sure where to start.
