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Help! My jeep stalls when turning on some times

Old Mar 5, 2017 | 07:30 PM
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Question Help! My jeep stalls when turning on some times

hi, I'm newer to the jeep community, my jeep Cherokee 1997 sport 4d Has been running fine for about 2 months about 2 weeks ago it would stall when truing on sometimes it happens randomly, I can get it started if i step down on the accelerator or pump it about 5/6 times ive taken it to a couple other people and they don't know either i could really use some help if you need any more information please let me know.
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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 08:01 PM
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https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/jee...ng-left-34842/
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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 08:08 PM
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i think i'm having a different problem my jeep doesn't die when it already running it just doesn't start up when i turn it on.
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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 08:16 PM
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LOL, I miss read. Most people call that starting. I read "turning on" as turning-the-wheel type turning. Any codes?
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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 08:47 PM
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Well i got a check engine light 1 day ago but no other error codes the check engine light was from my o2 sensor going out the people i've talked to have told me that wouldn't have caused it
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Old Mar 11, 2017 | 08:35 PM
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Old Mar 11, 2017 | 11:11 PM
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Unplug your upstream o2 sensor. Does the problem still exist?
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Old Mar 12, 2017 | 05:41 PM
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Battery or connections maybe. A weak battery or poor connections will do this.
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 01:57 AM
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Well i found the problem, If anybody else is having problems like these the first thing i would do is clean your idle control system
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