I purchased my 1997 Courge from my Dad and he told the squeak or rattle was from the sway bars on the passenger side. I did not think much of it and when I had the car in for a front end aliment they fix the issue by putting on new pad I believe.
That was about 1 year ago. Since then I have noticed that from time to time the on the same side, a squeak, and now a rattle also. It sounds like the original noise with the sway bar. I was wondering if this is a common issue for the 1997? Problems with the sway bars?
PS - the car drive and handles fine, it just makes the noise from time to time
I have the same issue. It is very random and only occurs if the car is cold or has been sitting awhile. Car Details: 1997 with V8 and EFI fuel injection. I hear the fuel pump and have replaced the pressure regulator (5 months ago) and fuel filter (10 to 11 months ago).
The engine turns and starts for a brief second, then dies. If I step on the gas while starting the engine starts and everything is fine. It has done this 4 or 5 times but the last time I could tell the issue is getting worst.
This last time if I remove my foot from the gas the engine died and I had to keep the RPMs above 1,000 or the car would die. I would press the gas petal and raise the RPMS between 1,000 and 2,000 where the car ran OK. If I allowed the RPMs to drop close to 1,000 and could tell the engine wanted to die. It had a led tone and while not rough running was not smooth either. After about 5 mins of doing this I could tell "tone" of the engine changed and it started idling correctly.
My check engine light has never come on so I don't think any codes have been set (please confirm if this is correct). I wondered about the MAP senor as I had another car years back that would eat those every 4 to 6 thousand miles (other issues) but the engine ran much worst. This is like it, but not quite.
It has the original fuel pump but I am not noticing any other issues and normally the car runs great. The car was tuned up about 9,000 miles ago, new plugs, wires, and the above replaced. The coil packs have been repleaced but a long time ago.
