sup guys i got a 97 jeep cherokee sport i6 and ive been having a problem recently with starting up. When i turn the key the car wont turn over and my radio restarts and my gas gauge goes below empty. so i need to pump the gas peddle a few times then it turns over, if i take my foot off the pedal my rpm's go down and the engine shuts off. i have to do this 5-7 times before the car can be up and running. This happened about 3 times and have no idea what it could be, the check engine light came on today as well. Any help please!!!???

 

take it to your local auto parts store have them run the code its usually free...and go from their, in my experience a bad battery can cause some symptoms like that....not often, but i've seen screwed up batteries do odder things...they should be able to load test the battery/charging system too

 

X2 get it down to the local autozone or checker & have them scan the check engine light. Sounds like poor fuel flow to me... find out what the obd2 scanner says, & have them test the bat. & altrlernator too.

 

well i just bought the battery about 3 months ago could i really go bad that quick? it was a bosch battery. i figured it my be the fuel pump as well but why would that restarted my radio and have my interior lights dim when trying to start? ill head down to autozone see what they say

 

It sounds like the IAC.

a simple and near free fix is buy a can of throttle body / carb cleaner and take apart the throttle body and clean the IAC ports and everything. if it makes it better you know it is the IAC.

 

if your altinator is bad, or going bad, it can kill a battery in a few days...

 

on my way to auto zone, my check engine light magically shut off....

 

it is stored in the PCM, still have your codes read

 

I misread the op. Sounds like an electrical problem on top of a fuel problem. IAC would be a good cheap place to start! Also see if they have a fuel rail pressure gage in there loan a tool program!

 

clean your battery terminals if they look dirty. i had a similar problem and it turned out to be badly corroded bat. terminals.

 

we cleaned the battery terminals today to start, very coroded. Our mechanic teacher at votech told me that the corosion may have gotten into the wire and they could have possibly caused the problem

 

so did it cure the problem?

 

so far so good, well see what happens