Originally Posted by joebangaa

Just recently my car would die immediately after startup. Either that, or the RPMs will drop so low that it seems like the engine had died, followed by a quick rise in RPMs back to a normal idle. I'd been suspecting the IAC valve for quite some time now but am confused about the situation since IAC valves usually have trouble bringing up the RPMs to normal idle range when the car is cold. My problem usually occurs when I start up the engine shortly after I had shut it off (like after I'd made a very short trip).

Originally Posted by Tone51510

Hello hope all is well. I am having the same issue as you once had and was wondering how you fixed this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.

Originally Posted by bnewall1

Greetings!

Please see my posts on Page 3. My problem was fixed by replacing the MAF sensor. I thought it was an IACV problem, but it was just the MAF.

Originally Posted by Tone51510

Thank you for the fast response. Hopefully this is the answer to my problem.

Originally Posted by cornholio

It would help us to know the year of your car also. 02-03 have no iacv so that would be easy to rule out