Please Help w/ Code P0491 on a 2005 Chrysler Sebring [Technical]

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From: m6onz5a on 15 Mar 2010 15:35

On Mar 15, 3:31 pm, lovepeteypab...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> On Mar 15, 2:18 pm, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <p...(a)hovnanian.com> wrote:
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> > lovepeteypab...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Please can anyone help me! I have a 2005 Chrysler Sebring I recently
> > > purchased. A few days after driving it off the lot the check engine
> > > light came on. It gave a code of p0491 which reads as a Secondary Air
> > > Intake System Bank 1. The Chrysler dealer I have been going to doesn't
> > > know how to solve the problem either. Please help me. I have already
> > > spent hundreds trying to figure out this problem. I have been to
> > > chrysler numerous time since 2/17/2010 and they have not been able to
> > > figure out the problem. I have replaced a pcv valve, map sensor, cam
> > > sensor, and now a pcm. All of which has not lead to an answer as to
> > > why the check engine light will not go off and why it is giving this
> > > code. Please help I am going broke over here!
>
> > Check the wiring to the associated sensors for breaks/shorts.
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> > --
> > Paul Hovnanian p...(a)hovnanian.com
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Have gnu, will travel.
>
> I just dropped it off at Chrysler today and they stated that they
> needed to keep it for a couple of days and it would be anywhere from
> $200-300 just to look it over again and check all the wiring. Ugh so
> frustrated.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

It's not under any warranty??????

From: lovepeteypablo1 on 15 Mar 2010 15:38

On Mar 15, 2:20 pm, m6onz5a <corv...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 11:27 am, lovepeteypab...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
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> > Please can anyone help me! I have a 2005 Chrysler Sebring I recently
> > purchased. A few days after driving it off the lot the check engine
> > light came on. It gave a code of p0491 which reads as a Secondary Air
> > Intake System Bank 1. The Chrysler dealer I have been going to doesn't
> > know how to solve the problem either. Please help me. I have already
> > spent hundreds trying to figure out this problem. I have been to
> > chrysler numerous time since 2/17/2010 and they have not been able to
> > figure out the problem. I have replaced a pcv valve, map sensor, cam
> > sensor, and now a pcm. All of which has not lead to an answer as to
> > why the check engine light will not go off and why it is giving this
> > code. Please help I am going broke over here!
>
> It sounds like it had a problem before you drove it off of the lot if
> the engine light lit up just a couple of days after you purchased it.
>
> but to me that code sounds like an O/2 sensor issue, but it could be
> anything from a vacuum leak to whatever.

Yes the code was on the first day I saw the car. When I brought the
issue up they said they would take a look at it and it could be any
little thing. WhenI came back to see the car the next day the light
was off. They said it was the gas cap. I test drove it and it was
fine. I went back the next day and paid cash and drove it off the lot.
Two days later the light popped back on. I took it back and they
changed the cam sensor and the light stayed off for two days and then
came back on. The dealer stated there was nothing else they could do
and that was that. From there I took it to a Chrysler dealer and they
have done all of the replacing. I dropped if off today and they said
it would be another $200-300 just to check and go over every wiring.
Ugh this car is driving me nuts.

From: lovepeteypablo1 on 15 Mar 2010 15:42

On Mar 15, 2:35 pm, m6onz5a <corv...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 3:31 pm, lovepeteypab...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 15, 2:18 pm, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <p...(a)hovnanian.com> wrote:
>
> > > lovepeteypab...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > Please can anyone help me! I have a 2005 Chrysler Sebring I recently
> > > > purchased. A few days after driving it off the lot the check engine
> > > > light came on. It gave a code of p0491 which reads as a Secondary Air
> > > > Intake System Bank 1. The Chrysler dealer I have been going to doesn't
> > > > know how to solve the problem either. Please help me. I have already
> > > > spent hundreds trying to figure out this problem. I have been to
> > > > chrysler numerous time since 2/17/2010 and they have not been able to
> > > > figure out the problem. I have replaced a pcv valve, map sensor, cam
> > > > sensor, and now a pcm. All of which has not lead to an answer as to
> > > > why the check engine light will not go off and why it is giving this
> > > > code. Please help I am going broke over here!
>
> > > Check the wiring to the associated sensors for breaks/shorts.
>
> > > --
> > > Paul Hovnanian p...(a)hovnanian.com
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Have gnu, will travel.
>
> > I just dropped it off at Chrysler today and they stated that they
> > needed to keep it for a couple of days and it would be anywhere from
> > $200-300 just to look it over again and check all the wiring. Ugh so
> > frustrated.- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> It's not under any warranty??????- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

No I purchased it as is.

From: lovepeteypablo1 on 15 Mar 2010 15:43

From: Vic Smith on 15 Mar 2010 16:05

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:38:52 -0700 (PDT), lovepeteypablo1(a)yahoo.com
wrote:

>
>Yes the code was on the first day I saw the car. When I brought the
>issue up they said they would take a look at it and it could be any
>little thing. WhenI came back to see the car the next day the light
>was off. They said it was the gas cap. I test drove it and it was
>fine. I went back the next day and paid cash and drove it off the lot.
>Two days later the light popped back on. I took it back and they
>changed the cam sensor and the light stayed off for two days and then
>came back on. The dealer stated there was nothing else they could do
>and that was that. From there I took it to a Chrysler dealer and they
>have done all of the replacing. I dropped if off today and they said
>it would be another $200-300 just to check and go over every wiring.
>Ugh this car is driving me nuts.

Pretty car. The only Chrysler I ever had an itch to buy.
Hope it works out. Don't get discouraged yet.

--Vic

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