Well I had to bite the bullet and take it in, although I did not go to the dealer I came out feeling over charged. I had to replace the Idle Control Valve, costing about $250 U.S dollars. I hope that fixes the problem I was experiencing. The car is running better, but I still have yet to test it dur...

I went to autozone and picked the code reader up today, but it was not helpful. It did tell me that my RPM was high, but we raised that to help my car to start. So, I guess I'm taking it into the shop blindly and I hate doing that. So any other suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

Update: This fix did not resolve the problem, although if it does not start messing with the throttle and adjusting the rpms seems to help. Anyone know if the weather may be playing a factor? I live in southern calif. where the weather is pretty moderate and am currently in my hometome where it is d...

Thanks for the advice. Before I went to autozone a friend and I decided to take a look one last time before getting the code reader. The throttle, that sets the Idle and had slipped and was extremely low. After we adjested that the car started, continued to run. I have only driven it around the bloc...

Hello and in advance, thank you for any advice you may give. I have a 2001 S40 1.4Turbo with 58,XXX miles. I just purchased it about a year ago and have regularly changed the oil. Now to the problem. The S40 will start with a full functioning dash and heallights, but as soon release the gas it dies/...