Hello everyone, I am a new member but have read several threads on this site and decided to turn to people who have a lot more experience with these cars than I.
Quick Background on the car and issues
I bought the car used from my parents, car is on its second motor but has been in the car for quite some time now. Before I brought the car home I paid a mechanic local to the Traverse City MI area to replace the water pump, Timing Chains, Timing Chain Tensioners, Timing Gears and Alternator.
I drove the car home which was roughly a 4.5 hr drive with no issues. The car originally just sat for a few months because I didn't really need it at the time. I then started driving the car everyday but only drove it for 1-2 hrs each day. I started to notice the car would get stuck in first gear but after turning the key off and back on it would shift normal.
At first this was completely random then it started to happen everytime I would drive my car right around the 15-20 minute mark and then after doing this 2 times in a row it would not do it for the rest of the trip which was about 45 minutes. I also noticed it would only do it after I slowed down below 10 mph so if I didnt slow down under 10mph for the first 30 minutes of the trip it wouldnt do it until I did.
After doing some searching I ended up replacing the Input and Output sensors on the transmission but this didn't fix the issue. I put up with it for a couple of weeks because I drove the car so little. Recently the issue has become much worse, now sometimes after getting stuck in first gear and then key off key on the car will hesitate really bad inbetween shifts. Sometimes the car will not allow me to shift regardless of the gear. So for example if I was in second gear going 45mph and attempted to speed up, once the car got ready to shift into 3rd the car would act like I just hit a rev limiter with the car picking up then dropping down over and over. If I gave it more throttle the jerking would become even worse as the car would start to accel at a higher rate but then would shut off more severly and drop back down then kick back in. Once again key off and key on would normally resolve it for a little bit.
Last issue to add to the list is now sometimes when I restart the car it would just stall and die out. I would normally do my restarts while driving by putting the car in neutral. I noticed when it dies off the RPM go up to about 750 then hover around 250 then it peters out.
So I decided maybe its time to check the codes, here is the list with a breif description of each.
I think these 2 may be related
P0016 - Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation (Bank 1 Sensor A)
P0344 - Camshaft Position Sensor "A" Circuit Intermittent
I think these 2 are related as well
P0700 - Transmission Control System Malfunction
P1698 - PCM Fault No CCD Message From TCM
This one I am not as worried about
P0158 - O2 Sensor Circuit High Voltage
The description for the P1698 is literally "The Powertrain control Module (PCM) unable to communicate with Transmission Control Module (TCM)"
Because of this & the P0700 I was reading faulty TCM so I go to the pull it yard and yank a TCM out of a 2001 Intrepid only to find my 2004 doesn't have an independant TCM but its built into the PCM. So I guess the Module is having trouble communicating with itself then?
One last thing, because of all the restarting on an old battery that had been sitting for a while discharged I had to replace it but I did get the more expensive highest CCA battery. I noticed a lot of these issues say wiring harness, low voltage and so on, so tonight I plan to go through and check connectors and harnesses and wire up some new ground points because I noticed some are really corroded or just missing.
I also purchased a Cam and Crank sensor so those will be going in as well to rule them out.
Quick Background on the car and issues
I bought the car used from my parents, car is on its second motor but has been in the car for quite some time now. Before I brought the car home I paid a mechanic local to the Traverse City MI area to replace the water pump, Timing Chains, Timing Chain Tensioners, Timing Gears and Alternator.
I drove the car home which was roughly a 4.5 hr drive with no issues. The car originally just sat for a few months because I didn't really need it at the time. I then started driving the car everyday but only drove it for 1-2 hrs each day. I started to notice the car would get stuck in first gear but after turning the key off and back on it would shift normal.
At first this was completely random then it started to happen everytime I would drive my car right around the 15-20 minute mark and then after doing this 2 times in a row it would not do it for the rest of the trip which was about 45 minutes. I also noticed it would only do it after I slowed down below 10 mph so if I didnt slow down under 10mph for the first 30 minutes of the trip it wouldnt do it until I did.
After doing some searching I ended up replacing the Input and Output sensors on the transmission but this didn't fix the issue. I put up with it for a couple of weeks because I drove the car so little. Recently the issue has become much worse, now sometimes after getting stuck in first gear and then key off key on the car will hesitate really bad inbetween shifts. Sometimes the car will not allow me to shift regardless of the gear. So for example if I was in second gear going 45mph and attempted to speed up, once the car got ready to shift into 3rd the car would act like I just hit a rev limiter with the car picking up then dropping down over and over. If I gave it more throttle the jerking would become even worse as the car would start to accel at a higher rate but then would shut off more severly and drop back down then kick back in. Once again key off and key on would normally resolve it for a little bit.
Last issue to add to the list is now sometimes when I restart the car it would just stall and die out. I would normally do my restarts while driving by putting the car in neutral. I noticed when it dies off the RPM go up to about 750 then hover around 250 then it peters out.
So I decided maybe its time to check the codes, here is the list with a breif description of each.
I think these 2 may be related
P0016 - Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation (Bank 1 Sensor A)
P0344 - Camshaft Position Sensor "A" Circuit Intermittent
I think these 2 are related as well
P0700 - Transmission Control System Malfunction
P1698 - PCM Fault No CCD Message From TCM
This one I am not as worried about
P0158 - O2 Sensor Circuit High Voltage
The description for the P1698 is literally "The Powertrain control Module (PCM) unable to communicate with Transmission Control Module (TCM)"
Because of this & the P0700 I was reading faulty TCM so I go to the pull it yard and yank a TCM out of a 2001 Intrepid only to find my 2004 doesn't have an independant TCM but its built into the PCM. So I guess the Module is having trouble communicating with itself then?
One last thing, because of all the restarting on an old battery that had been sitting for a while discharged I had to replace it but I did get the more expensive highest CCA battery. I noticed a lot of these issues say wiring harness, low voltage and so on, so tonight I plan to go through and check connectors and harnesses and wire up some new ground points because I noticed some are really corroded or just missing.
I also purchased a Cam and Crank sensor so those will be going in as well to rule them out.