# 1997 Jeep Cherekee

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-jeep-cherekee/12821>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 12, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-jeep-cherekee/12821 "2008-04-12T21:12:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![icetea123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@icetea123](https://community.cartalk.com/u/icetea123)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-jeep-cherekee/12821/1 "2008-04-12T21:12:20Z")

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Rough idle at time of starting. Misses when accelerationg. Spark plugs, and fuel ejecters changed

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**Author:** ![mmsamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mmsamma](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mmsamma)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-jeep-cherekee/12821/2 "2008-04-12T23:37:08Z")

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That’s great/is it now running properly?

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-jeep-cherekee/12821/3 "2008-04-13T00:36:44Z")

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was this the reason for changing the plugs/wires?

or has this poor idle/missing started since the plug/wire change?

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-jeep-cherekee/12821/4 "2008-04-13T00:36:47Z")

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A 12 year old vehicle needs a nice, clean, NEW fuel filter. And air filter.