Q: Fuel rail pressure is all over the place and the truck bucks badley going down the road. Only code that comes up is P215a.
Fuel rail pressure is all over the place and the truck bucks badley going down the road. Only code that comes up is P215a. The speed sensor on rear differential was just replaced. This all started happening right after I blew the serpentine belt and replaced my powersteering pump
My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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