Hello. My 2005 Pacifica is giving me problems again. It was starting fine and running good and suddenly one day it took about 6 seconds of cranking to start, the check engine light is now blinking instead of solid, it rattles when I get up to a stop sign, sort of stops rattling when I put it in park...And there is a strong smell coming from under the hood. Like maybe what you would smell if you put your face down by the exhaust pipe and smelled it. strong though. Aslo when I am accelerating, the car wants to jerk back and forth when its getting ready to shift. all of this was non existent and now its every time. I will appreciate any help. Thanks

 

Blinking CEL denotes a misfire, whether spark or a bad fuel injector needs to be determined. how many miles on that 3.5 motor and have you ever had the spark plugs replaced in the last 13 years now? The smell is probably RAW gas going thru the catalytic converter(not good). And with a misfire while driving, it is going to jerk and rattle.

 

First thing to do is get the codes see what your working with

 

It has about 213k miles. don't know when the spark plugs were changed. Ive had it over 2 years. I did get the codes and there were a lot of em! one had to do with o2 sensor. another was fuel line regulator. camshaft sensor. anymore help would be appreciated. I prefer a diy solution because I don't have more money to dump into this car. Thanks

 

still need the codes first off