Is my IAC going?

[Black'02]

Hi guys,

I seem to be having an problem with my car stalling from time to time at speed. It happened to me again yesterday as i was getting ready to exit the highway. The offramp had a fairly tight corner and it scared the crap out of me when i went to steer the car into it and realized that my car had stalled and i had no power steering . Anyway im not precisely sure when the car stalled but i believe it may have been when i pulled the car out of gear (i dont believe i had shifted into a lower gear yet). Anyway the car started back up and all was fine

This has happened to me a few other times, maybe a month or so between occurances, but I honestly cant describe the exact circumstances behind the stalls. Ive done some searches and thought that maybe my iac was starting to go but wasnt positive. My car only has a few mods including an mgw, cat-back, and a k&n with the air silencer removed. Has anyone else had this happen before or possibly have any suggestions for me? Thanks.

 

[RandyStinchcomb]

sounds like an IAC problem, what year and how many miles?

 

[Black'02]

Its a 2002 with around 55k miles on it.

 

[SThomas]

Its a 2002 with around 55k miles on it.

Yea... I was at WOT then I had to stop real quik..I pulled it outa gear and into neutral andt hen the rpms went all the way down and it stalled out.

 

[Wolvrin704]

Found a good link on cleaning the IAC.

http://www.muscularmustangs.com/iac.php

 

[RandyStinchcomb]

Its a 2002 with around 55k miles on it.

when was the last time you replaced the PCV valve? being they should be replaced @ every 30k and failure todo-so will result in an early IAC problems, oh and ONLY buy OEM ones

 

[Black'02]

Well i bought the car with about 35k on it. The previous owner had the dealer do all his maintainence (funny i know) and he gave me all the records so i will go back and check to see if it was ever replaced (i dont think it was). The stalling problem is a fairly rare occurance but it seems to be happening at times when it is pretty dangerous so i think i will replace both parts. Thank you all for the input!