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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 11:07 AM
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I have a 2003 chevy cavalier. After driving the vehicle for awhile (30 minutes), the engine will stall when it supposed to go in idle. I have to keep restarting the engine at every stop sign and stop light. It does this for about 15 minutes then it starts working right again. There is no engine light on or strange sounds. I am at a lost. What do you guys think it may be.
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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Engine Idle Solenoid. Most Likely.
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 5:09 PM
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My 03 has done this a few times but not with any kind of consitency, but now my car wont start (see my post) due to what I think is a fuel pump issue. It was very scary the first time it did it as the steering wheel locks when the engine turns off at least mine did lol....
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 6:47 PM
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Same problem w. my beretta, do you have a 2.2L engine too? This is a common problem w. the 2.2's I guess, but can't find anybody that knows what causes it! Let me know if you get it fixed, I want to know what you did.
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 5:21 PM
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I'm also having trouble with my '03 cavalier. It seems to do it every few months and only when I'm at low speeds eg. in a parking lot or stoping. It seems to happen most often when I'm making a turn into a parking spot or something. My mechanic is having a hard time finding anything wrong with that car as well.

Seems to be a common problem.
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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My girl friends 91 Cavalier had a intermittent problem with stalling, after weeks of this I finely got lucky, it happen as she pulled in the driveway, I pulled the code out of it, TPS= Throttle Position Sensor
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 4:08 PM
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Why dont you go to the dealer, the dealerhas the tools needed to fix it along with mechanics who work on carsjust like yours all the time.Get itdone right, and save money. If you take it tojust anymechanic they will have to troubleshoot and fix things that most likely are not the problem, and could end up just making it worse. Get it done right first.
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